12:22 PM
Tuareg secessionists have seized 2/3 of Mali, an area bigger than France, and proclaimed they are their own country. What has to concern the U.S. is that an al Qaeda-affiliated movement is now in control of that huge breakaway land:
http://www.homelandsecuritynewswire.com/dr20120604-breakaway-mali-region-now-under-al-qaedaaffiliate-control
For the Galaxy S and Galaxy S II, Samsung released different versions (with different names) on all wireless carriers...but for the Galaxy S III, Samsung is launching on the 5 biggest U.S. carriers right around the same time and having almost identical devices with the same name on each carrier:
http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/samsung-push-galaxy-s-iii-5-us-carriers/2012-06-04
Clearwire joined the Rural Cellular Association, which includes almost all of the small wireless carriers in addition to T-Mobile and Sprint...they should basically re-name the Rural Cellular Association "anybody except Verizon and AT&T":
http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/clearwire-joins-rca-notes-spectrum-backstop/2012-06-04
Magnolia Broadband is selling its patent portfolio full of RF patents to Google:
http://www.androidcentral.com/magnolia-broadband-selling-rf-patents-google
Asus unveiled their latest transformer device, an all-in-one desktop PC running Windows 8 that is ALSO a fully featured Android tablet. The odd thing is that the PC and Android tablet is 18.4-inches, a form factor I haven't seen on a tablet before:
http://www.androidcentral.com/asus-transformer-aio-gets-official-dual-booting-dual-function-windows-8-and-ics-device
Asus and BlueStacks will allow Asus PC computers to run Android apps! All Asus laptops/notebook/desktops and other Windows devices will be able to directly use Android games, utilities, readers, etc.:
http://www.droid-life.com/2012/06/04/asus-announces-partnership-with-bluestacks-to-bring-android-apps-to-windows-pcs/
A 21-year-old Chicago man is about to become the youngest student awarded an M.D. by the University of Chicago. The prodigy was reading at age 2, writing at 3, composing music at 5, earned his undergrad degree at 12 (finishing in 3 years and graduating summa cum laude), and also has a Ph.D. in molecular genetics and cell biology:
http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/prodigy-21-to-get-1451611.html
http://www.homelandsecuritynewswire.com/dr20120604-breakaway-mali-region-now-under-al-qaedaaffiliate-control
For the Galaxy S and Galaxy S II, Samsung released different versions (with different names) on all wireless carriers...but for the Galaxy S III, Samsung is launching on the 5 biggest U.S. carriers right around the same time and having almost identical devices with the same name on each carrier:
http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/samsung-push-galaxy-s-iii-5-us-carriers/2012-06-04
Clearwire joined the Rural Cellular Association, which includes almost all of the small wireless carriers in addition to T-Mobile and Sprint...they should basically re-name the Rural Cellular Association "anybody except Verizon and AT&T":
http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/clearwire-joins-rca-notes-spectrum-backstop/2012-06-04
Magnolia Broadband is selling its patent portfolio full of RF patents to Google:
http://www.androidcentral.com/magnolia-broadband-selling-rf-patents-google
Asus unveiled their latest transformer device, an all-in-one desktop PC running Windows 8 that is ALSO a fully featured Android tablet. The odd thing is that the PC and Android tablet is 18.4-inches, a form factor I haven't seen on a tablet before:
http://www.androidcentral.com/asus-transformer-aio-gets-official-dual-booting-dual-function-windows-8-and-ics-device
Asus and BlueStacks will allow Asus PC computers to run Android apps! All Asus laptops/notebook/desktops and other Windows devices will be able to directly use Android games, utilities, readers, etc.:
http://www.droid-life.com/2012/06/04/asus-announces-partnership-with-bluestacks-to-bring-android-apps-to-windows-pcs/
A 21-year-old Chicago man is about to become the youngest student awarded an M.D. by the University of Chicago. The prodigy was reading at age 2, writing at 3, composing music at 5, earned his undergrad degree at 12 (finishing in 3 years and graduating summa cum laude), and also has a Ph.D. in molecular genetics and cell biology:
http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/prodigy-21-to-get-1451611.html