8:40 PM
FAA Advisory panel has recommended that passengers should be able to use their ereaders, tablets, and smartphones (in airplane mode) throughout the flight, even during takeoff and landing:
http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/report-faa-panel-recommends-loosening-restrictions-passenger-access-mobile/2013-09-27
Interesting article about why 2 nuclear reactors in Europe are 7 years behind schedule and cost 3x more than the nuclear reactors made for China:
http://nextbigfuture.com/2013/09/why-two-european-nuclear-reactors-will.html
China has their first Moon rover and they are inviting the public to come up with a name for it:
http://www.rdmag.com/news/2013/09/china-unveils-its-first-and-unnamed-moon-rover
Retired F-16 jets have been turned into UAVs...they are used for target practice, with other jets shooting them down:
http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2013/09/f16-drone/
This sure seems like a smart move for Motorola--they are planning a hiring spree in Waterloo, Ontario...the home of BlackBerry, which has a lot of experienced engineers that will soon be looking for work:
http://www.engadget.com/2013/09/26/motorola-plans-expansion-in-canada/
Report about how Apple's iOS 7 has a host of HTML5 defects. The bugs are so bad that a company that is normally like an Apple fanboy is publicly posting their disappointment and pointing out the serious flaws. They basically call the iOS 7 release a beta and another company says that this is "the buggiest Safari version since 1.0". Some of these bugs were actually reported by developers during the beta period...but Apple didn't bother to fix them:
http://www.infoworld.com/t/html5/bad-news-ios-7s-html5-full-of-bugs-227685
Apple is selling their iPhone 5s for $100 more than the less-capable 5c...but it basically costs them the same amount to make each device!
http://www.infoworld.com/t/iphone/how-apple-makes-the-iphone-5s-the-same-price-the-iphone-5-227559
The startup that makes Candy Crush Saga filed for an IPO that values their company at $5 bil:
http://www.fiercemobilecontent.com/story/report-candy-crush-saga-maker-king-files-ipo-5b-valuation/2013-09-27
19-year-old college student in Temecula was arrested for hijacking the webcams of young women (including Miss Teen USA), taking nude photos, then blackmailing them to send him more explicit material:
http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/26/justice/miss-teen-usa-sextortion/index.html?hpt=hp_c2
http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/report-faa-panel-recommends-loosening-restrictions-passenger-access-mobile/2013-09-27
Interesting article about why 2 nuclear reactors in Europe are 7 years behind schedule and cost 3x more than the nuclear reactors made for China:
http://nextbigfuture.com/2013/09/why-two-european-nuclear-reactors-will.html
China has their first Moon rover and they are inviting the public to come up with a name for it:
http://www.rdmag.com/news/2013/09/china-unveils-its-first-and-unnamed-moon-rover
Retired F-16 jets have been turned into UAVs...they are used for target practice, with other jets shooting them down:
http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2013/09/f16-drone/
This sure seems like a smart move for Motorola--they are planning a hiring spree in Waterloo, Ontario...the home of BlackBerry, which has a lot of experienced engineers that will soon be looking for work:
http://www.engadget.com/2013/09/26/motorola-plans-expansion-in-canada/
Report about how Apple's iOS 7 has a host of HTML5 defects. The bugs are so bad that a company that is normally like an Apple fanboy is publicly posting their disappointment and pointing out the serious flaws. They basically call the iOS 7 release a beta and another company says that this is "the buggiest Safari version since 1.0". Some of these bugs were actually reported by developers during the beta period...but Apple didn't bother to fix them:
http://www.infoworld.com/t/html5/bad-news-ios-7s-html5-full-of-bugs-227685
Apple is selling their iPhone 5s for $100 more than the less-capable 5c...but it basically costs them the same amount to make each device!
http://www.infoworld.com/t/iphone/how-apple-makes-the-iphone-5s-the-same-price-the-iphone-5-227559
The startup that makes Candy Crush Saga filed for an IPO that values their company at $5 bil:
http://www.fiercemobilecontent.com/story/report-candy-crush-saga-maker-king-files-ipo-5b-valuation/2013-09-27
19-year-old college student in Temecula was arrested for hijacking the webcams of young women (including Miss Teen USA), taking nude photos, then blackmailing them to send him more explicit material:
http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/26/justice/miss-teen-usa-sextortion/index.html?hpt=hp_c2