6:36 PM
Microsoft's soon-to-be-former CEO has had some interesting quotes over the years, but I think 2 of his statements about the iPhone stand out--"There's no chance that the iPhone is going to get any significant market share. No chance." and the one about how business users have no interest in the iPhone because it doesn't have a keyboard:
http://allthingsd.com/20130824/beyond-monkey-boy-its-a-steve-ballmer-quote-tacular/
The NSA broke the encryption that secured the UN internal video conferencing at UN headquarters in New York. One thing that the NSA discovered was that the Chinese secret service was also eavesdropping on the UN:
http://www.homelandsecuritynewswire.com/dr20130826-nsa-broke-un-videoconferencing-encryption-eavesdropped-on-deliberations
About 1.5 million cockroaches escaped a farm in China where they were being bred for use in Chinese medicines. The cockroaches escaped to surrounding cornfields when someone destroyed the plastic greenhouse where they were being raised:
http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-08-25/china/41445913_1_cockroaches-business-plan-dafeng
Elon Musk wants to build an Iron Man-like hologram UI:
http://gizmodo.com/elon-musk-wants-to-build-the-iron-man-hologram-ui-for-r-1195302990
Google is looking for homes in Central California to test their Project Loon to see how good of an internet connection the balloon-based systems provide:
https://plus.google.com/+ProjectLoon/posts/B2gv6QNi6mx
The Department of Justice claims that Apple created in-app purchases to "retaliate against Amazon". They have an email from Steve Jobs to Phil Schiller and Eddy Cue that show how Jobs wanted Apple to force publishers to use Apple's in-app purchase system instead of selling through Amazon:
http://www.tuaw.com/2013/08/26/doj-claims-apple-made-in-app-purchase-rules-to-retaliate-agains/
http://allthingsd.com/20130824/beyond-monkey-boy-its-a-steve-ballmer-quote-tacular/
The NSA broke the encryption that secured the UN internal video conferencing at UN headquarters in New York. One thing that the NSA discovered was that the Chinese secret service was also eavesdropping on the UN:
http://www.homelandsecuritynewswire.com/dr20130826-nsa-broke-un-videoconferencing-encryption-eavesdropped-on-deliberations
About 1.5 million cockroaches escaped a farm in China where they were being bred for use in Chinese medicines. The cockroaches escaped to surrounding cornfields when someone destroyed the plastic greenhouse where they were being raised:
http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-08-25/china/41445913_1_cockroaches-business-plan-dafeng
Elon Musk wants to build an Iron Man-like hologram UI:
http://gizmodo.com/elon-musk-wants-to-build-the-iron-man-hologram-ui-for-r-1195302990
Google is looking for homes in Central California to test their Project Loon to see how good of an internet connection the balloon-based systems provide:
https://plus.google.com/+ProjectLoon/posts/B2gv6QNi6mx
The Department of Justice claims that Apple created in-app purchases to "retaliate against Amazon". They have an email from Steve Jobs to Phil Schiller and Eddy Cue that show how Jobs wanted Apple to force publishers to use Apple's in-app purchase system instead of selling through Amazon:
http://www.tuaw.com/2013/08/26/doj-claims-apple-made-in-app-purchase-rules-to-retaliate-agains/