7:28 PM
Iran says that it sent a monkey into space and it returned safely:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2013/01/28/iran-space-monkey.html
Report claims that an explosion destroyed much of Iran's Fordow uranium enrichment facility and trapped about 240 people deep underground. The report says that Iran's security forces have enforced a no-traffic radius of 15 miles:
http://nextbigfuture.com/2013/01/rumors-that-irans-fordow-uranium.html
Ford is joining with Daimler and Nissan to develop hydrogen cars. They will invest an equal amount of money and hope to bring hydrogen cars to the market in 4 years:
http://www.rdmag.com/news/2013/01/ford-daimler-nissan-research-hydrogen-cars
Article about how Microsoft may be driving PC manufacturers to Google's Chromebook and Android platforms. HP is apparently the latest PC marker to announce its own Chromebook (it will be part of the Pavilion family). PC makers are upset with Microsoft building their own Windows 8 tablet and Microsoft blames PC makers for paltry Windows 8 sales. Acer's Chromebooks now are 5% to 10% of their US shipments and Samsung's Chromebook is the top-selling laptop in the US on Amazon!
http://www.infoworld.com/t/microsoft-windows/microsoft-driving-pc-makers-google-chromebook-and-android-211677
Dish's $3.30/share offer for Clearwire will reportedly force Sprint to raise its $2.97/share offer to $3.30/share.
http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/report-dishs-counterbid-will-force-sprint-boost-clearwire-offer/2013-01-28
Google+ passed YouTube and Twitter to be the #2 social network. Facebook has 51% of users but Google+ has 25%. Google+ apparently has 343 million users:
http://www.droid-life.com/2013/01/28/report-says-google-passes-twitter-and-youtube-as-second-biggest-social-network/
I had been worried after seeing all the headlines about how unlocking would be illegal in the US starting today, but this article explains how the change really isn't that big of a deal. The law only applies to GSM phones, so Verizon and Sprint customers aren't affected. It doesn't apply to phones that are purchased unlocked. It is mainly focused on customers that have gotten subsidized smartphones from AT&T and T-Mobile and want to switch to unlock their phones to switch to a different wireless carrier before their contract is up:
http://www.androidcentral.com/what-you-need-know-abut-cell-phone-unlocking
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2013/01/28/iran-space-monkey.html
Report claims that an explosion destroyed much of Iran's Fordow uranium enrichment facility and trapped about 240 people deep underground. The report says that Iran's security forces have enforced a no-traffic radius of 15 miles:
http://nextbigfuture.com/2013/01/rumors-that-irans-fordow-uranium.html
Ford is joining with Daimler and Nissan to develop hydrogen cars. They will invest an equal amount of money and hope to bring hydrogen cars to the market in 4 years:
http://www.rdmag.com/news/2013/01/ford-daimler-nissan-research-hydrogen-cars
Article about how Microsoft may be driving PC manufacturers to Google's Chromebook and Android platforms. HP is apparently the latest PC marker to announce its own Chromebook (it will be part of the Pavilion family). PC makers are upset with Microsoft building their own Windows 8 tablet and Microsoft blames PC makers for paltry Windows 8 sales. Acer's Chromebooks now are 5% to 10% of their US shipments and Samsung's Chromebook is the top-selling laptop in the US on Amazon!
http://www.infoworld.com/t/microsoft-windows/microsoft-driving-pc-makers-google-chromebook-and-android-211677
Dish's $3.30/share offer for Clearwire will reportedly force Sprint to raise its $2.97/share offer to $3.30/share.
http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/report-dishs-counterbid-will-force-sprint-boost-clearwire-offer/2013-01-28
Google+ passed YouTube and Twitter to be the #2 social network. Facebook has 51% of users but Google+ has 25%. Google+ apparently has 343 million users:
http://www.droid-life.com/2013/01/28/report-says-google-passes-twitter-and-youtube-as-second-biggest-social-network/
I had been worried after seeing all the headlines about how unlocking would be illegal in the US starting today, but this article explains how the change really isn't that big of a deal. The law only applies to GSM phones, so Verizon and Sprint customers aren't affected. It doesn't apply to phones that are purchased unlocked. It is mainly focused on customers that have gotten subsidized smartphones from AT&T and T-Mobile and want to switch to unlock their phones to switch to a different wireless carrier before their contract is up:
http://www.androidcentral.com/what-you-need-know-abut-cell-phone-unlocking