7:06 PM
NYU researchers identified a single gene that simultaneously controls inflammation, accelerated aging and cancer! They called this an unexpected finding because it is uncommon for a gene to have 2 different, significant functions and tying together aging, inflammation and cancer development is a big find. Researchers have known for decades and inflammation, accelerated aging and cancer were somehow intertwined, but nobody figured out the connection between them until now:
http://communications.med.nyu.edu/media-relations/news/key-gene-found-responsible-chronic-inflammation-accelerated-aging-and-cancer
When an iPhone user asks Siri something, that information is sent to a server farm in North Carolina and saved--IBM blocked Siri on employees' iOS devices because Apple stores potentially sensitive voice-inputted data. In addition to the voice-input data, Apple also sends the user's name, nicknames, the names, nicknames, and relationships to you of your address book contacts, the songs you have in your iTunes account, and the location of the iOS Device if Location Services is turned on:
http://www.infoworld.com/t/data-security/should-you-care-siri-taking-notes-194136
Google hired several key members of HP's Enyo team, key members for the webOS platform. The designer of the original webOS platform is now in charge of design for Android at Google, and one of the people joining Google was the lead of the Enyo team:
http://www.fiercemobilecontent.com/story/google-poaches-talent-webos-enyo-team/2012-05-25
Interesting tweet: "So #Google gets #Palm for around zero billion. #wellplayed"
https://twitter.com/#!/gartenberg
The FCC voted unanimously to allow LTE to be used in the 800 MHz band, enabling Sprint to use its Nextel iDen spectrum for LTE. The previous rules had restricted 800 MHz to 2G services, with the restrictions dating back to before Sprint merged with Nextel in 2005:
http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/fcc-approves-use-lte-800-mhz-band-opening-door-sprint/2012-05-25
Political polls have been reporting that landline voters prefer Romney over Obama, but voters with only cell phones prefer Obama by quite a big margin over Romney:
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/polls-cell-phone-users-prefer-obama-landline-users-153934903.html
http://communications.med.nyu.edu/media-relations/news/key-gene-found-responsible-chronic-inflammation-accelerated-aging-and-cancer
When an iPhone user asks Siri something, that information is sent to a server farm in North Carolina and saved--IBM blocked Siri on employees' iOS devices because Apple stores potentially sensitive voice-inputted data. In addition to the voice-input data, Apple also sends the user's name, nicknames, the names, nicknames, and relationships to you of your address book contacts, the songs you have in your iTunes account, and the location of the iOS Device if Location Services is turned on:
http://www.infoworld.com/t/data-security/should-you-care-siri-taking-notes-194136
Google hired several key members of HP's Enyo team, key members for the webOS platform. The designer of the original webOS platform is now in charge of design for Android at Google, and one of the people joining Google was the lead of the Enyo team:
http://www.fiercemobilecontent.com/story/google-poaches-talent-webos-enyo-team/2012-05-25
Interesting tweet: "So #Google gets #Palm for around zero billion. #wellplayed"
https://twitter.com/#!/gartenberg
The FCC voted unanimously to allow LTE to be used in the 800 MHz band, enabling Sprint to use its Nextel iDen spectrum for LTE. The previous rules had restricted 800 MHz to 2G services, with the restrictions dating back to before Sprint merged with Nextel in 2005:
http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/fcc-approves-use-lte-800-mhz-band-opening-door-sprint/2012-05-25
Political polls have been reporting that landline voters prefer Romney over Obama, but voters with only cell phones prefer Obama by quite a big margin over Romney:
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/polls-cell-phone-users-prefer-obama-landline-users-153934903.html