8:38 PM
To prepare for the Winter Olympics, the Russian government will kill 2,000 stray dogs and cats to beautify the area:
http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/olympics/2013/04/17/sochi-olympics-killing-stray-cats-and-dogs/2090389/?sf11784708=1
Amazon bought voice recognition startup Evi for $26 mil. Evi is a Siri competitor (both use Nuance's technology for voice recognition) and is available for both Android and Apple platforms:
http://www.fiercemobilecontent.com/story/report-amazon-acquires-siri-clone-evi-26m-rekindling-smartphone-buzz/2013-04-18
Google has banned advertising on Google Glass. With ads not allowed and paid apps not allowed, it is unclear how developers will make any money from their Google Glass apps:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-22166419
Google isn't allowing anyone who gets the $1,500 Google Glass system from selling it or even loaning it out to anyone. One person found out that he couldn't sell it when he was informed that he had to pull his eBay auction after it had gotten up to $90k and the bidding wasn't close to being over yet:
http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2013/04/google-glass-resales/
Apple's stock dove today after one of its audio-chip suppliers reported an inventory glut that may indicate slow iPhone sales:
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-04-17/apple-falls-on-sales-forecast-miss-by-audio-chip-supplier-cirrus.html
Verizon reported record profit margins in the past quarter, adding 734,000 retail net customer additions, and they now have 30% of their retail postpaid customers on shared data plans:
http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/verizons-profit-surges-postpaid-additions-keep-flowing-q1/2013-04-18
Nokia's sales dropped 20% from last year's disastrous sales...but their CEO put his best spin on things and said that they will have a new "hero" Lumia phone coming soon. Nokia had their lowest quarterly revenue in 13 years:
http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/nokias-n-american-sales-drop-elop-hints-new-hero-lumia-us/2013-04-18
First-grade teacher in Texas was accused of fondling a girl in her classroom and was questioned by police after she failed a polygraph exam. Her defense is that she didn't do it because the girl is African American and the teacher is prejudiced against African Americans...I've never heard the "I'm a racist" defense before!
http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Humble-first-grader-says-teacher-sent-kids-out-4438603.php
http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/olympics/2013/04/17/sochi-olympics-killing-stray-cats-and-dogs/2090389/?sf11784708=1
Amazon bought voice recognition startup Evi for $26 mil. Evi is a Siri competitor (both use Nuance's technology for voice recognition) and is available for both Android and Apple platforms:
http://www.fiercemobilecontent.com/story/report-amazon-acquires-siri-clone-evi-26m-rekindling-smartphone-buzz/2013-04-18
Google has banned advertising on Google Glass. With ads not allowed and paid apps not allowed, it is unclear how developers will make any money from their Google Glass apps:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-22166419
Google isn't allowing anyone who gets the $1,500 Google Glass system from selling it or even loaning it out to anyone. One person found out that he couldn't sell it when he was informed that he had to pull his eBay auction after it had gotten up to $90k and the bidding wasn't close to being over yet:
http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2013/04/google-glass-resales/
Apple's stock dove today after one of its audio-chip suppliers reported an inventory glut that may indicate slow iPhone sales:
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-04-17/apple-falls-on-sales-forecast-miss-by-audio-chip-supplier-cirrus.html
Verizon reported record profit margins in the past quarter, adding 734,000 retail net customer additions, and they now have 30% of their retail postpaid customers on shared data plans:
http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/verizons-profit-surges-postpaid-additions-keep-flowing-q1/2013-04-18
Nokia's sales dropped 20% from last year's disastrous sales...but their CEO put his best spin on things and said that they will have a new "hero" Lumia phone coming soon. Nokia had their lowest quarterly revenue in 13 years:
http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/nokias-n-american-sales-drop-elop-hints-new-hero-lumia-us/2013-04-18
First-grade teacher in Texas was accused of fondling a girl in her classroom and was questioned by police after she failed a polygraph exam. Her defense is that she didn't do it because the girl is African American and the teacher is prejudiced against African Americans...I've never heard the "I'm a racist" defense before!
http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Humble-first-grader-says-teacher-sent-kids-out-4438603.php