Publication: PC Magazine

First reported 6 hours ago - Updated 14 mins ago - 1 reports

Yahoo Board, Unfazed by Tumblr Porn, Approves $1.1B Acquisition

In a bit of news from the, "we expected that" department, Yahoo's board of directors has approved a deal to purchase the micro-blogging service Tumblr for a cool $1.1 billion in cash. The official announcement from Yahoo could arrive as soon as Monday ... [Published PC Magazine - 6 hours ago]

Entities: Tumblr Inc, Yahoo! Inc, Pornography, Acquisition

First reported 14 hours ago - Updated 3 hours ago - 1 reports

YouTube LLC

YouTube Comedy Week: Get Ready to LOL

Starting today, YouTube proclaims itself the premiere place to watch your favorite comedians online with its inaugural Comedy Week.If you think the best place to watch celebrities crack jokes online is Funny or Die, well, yes, you're probably right. Will ... [Published PC Magazine - 14 hours ago]

Entities: YouTube LLC, Sarah Silverman, Eric Wareheim, Tim Heidecker

First reported 7 hours ago - Updated 7 hours ago - 1 reports

Google Inc

Teen's Inexpensive Self-Driving Tech Takes Home $75K Intel Prize

Self-driving cars: Relatively new technology, but not all that new of a concept for those in the San Francisco Bay Area who have seen Google's laser-radar-armed vehicles puttering around.A 19-year-old high school student, originally from Romania, has ... [Published PC Magazine - 7 hours ago]

Entities: Google Inc, Henry Lin, Astrophysics, San Francisco Bay Area

First reported May 18 2013 - Updated 22 hours ago - 1 reports

NASA

NASA Observes Biggest Moon Meteor Impact Since 2005

If you happened to be staring up into the sky yesterday, you would have seen a little piece of history. Specifically, you would have seen a big ol' hunk of space rock kissing the moon, generating the biggest lunar explosion that NASA has seen since scientists ... [Published PC Magazine - May 18 2013]

Entities: NASA, Mare Imbrium, Bill Cooke

First reported May 18 2013 - Updated 23 hours ago - 1 reports

Yahoo! Inc

Yahoo Board Reportedly Meeting to Consider $1.1B Offer for Tumblr

If your weekend wasn't exciting enough – perhaps you're spending a decent chunk of it reblogging your favorite animated .gifs on your brand-new Tumblr account – then get ready for a fresh dose of speculation from the tech world.Word is that Yahoo is allegedly ... [Published PC Magazine - May 18 2013]

Entities: Tumblr Inc, Yahoo! Inc, Jim Edwards, Swisher (United States), Peter Kafka

First reported May 19 2013 - Updated May 19 2013 - 1 reports

MacBook Air

Oh Where, Oh Where Are Apple's Macbook Airs Going?

So begins the Apple rumormongering – this time, it's chit-chat about a possible refresh to the Macbook Air that's making the rounds.A new report from AppleInsider indicates that MacBook Air laptops are starting to dry up at authorized retailers. Specifically, ... [Published PC Magazine - May 19 2013]

Entities: MacBook Air, Apple Inc, Ivy Bridge, Architecture

First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 1 reports

Walt Disney Company

3D Print a Stormtrooper With Your Face On It

3D printers can make just about anything (even guns), but now they can also make your Star Wars fantasies come true.Disney's "D-Tech Me" experience is returning this weekend, which will allow park visitors to 3D print a Stormtrooper with their face on ... [Published PC Magazine - May 18 2013]

Entities: Stormtrooper, Star Wars, Walt Disney Company, 3D Printing

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Apple iTunes 11.0.3

Apple's iTunes has long been an unparalleled source and player of music and video. The application had remained largely the same for over two years until the arrival of iTunes 11 (free), which marked a major rebuilding in features, interface, and underlying ... [Published PC Magazine - May 17 2013]

Entities: iTunes, Apple Inc, iCloud

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 2 reports

Developers Can Now Respond to Google Play Reviews

Android developers can finally give app reviewers a piece of their mind. Google this week added the ability for developers to respond to reviews left on the Google Play store."There are a lot of great things a developer can do to promote their app, but ... [Published PC Magazine - May 16 2013]

Entities: Google Play, Google Inc, Google Android, Hugo Barra, Bad Reviews

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 2 reports

Google Play for Education Launching This Fall

Google today unveiled Google Play for Education, which will allow teachers to discover apps designed specifically for K-12 students.Chris Yerga, an engineering director at Google, showed off the education-focused section of the app store at today's Google ... [Published PC Magazine - May 15 2013]

Entities: Google Play, Google Inc, Education

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 2 reports

Windows 8.1; Page's Vocal Cord Paralysis; BBM on iOS, Android

Topping tech headlines on Tuesday, Microsoft confirmed that the upcoming Windows Blue update is officially known as Windows 8.1 and will be delivered as a free update through the operating system's app store.Windows 8 and Windows RT users will receive ... [Published PC Magazine - May 15 2013]

Entities: Google Android, Paralysis, Windows 8, Apple iOS

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 2 reports

An Open Phone Could Save Nokia

With the ability to run any mobile operating system, an open phone would be a hot commodity.Poor Nokia is struggling with waning market share but it is doing a great job at getting press coverage around the upcoming Lumia 925. We know a few things about ... [Published PC Magazine - May 14 2013]

Entities: Nokia Corporation, Google Android, Smartphone, Operating Systems, Linux OS

Quotes

"Yahoo's purchase of Tumblr, if the terms are correct, is a strong indicator of just how badly it wants to get expand in media-based social networking" wrote TechCrunch's Darrell Etherington today

Yahoo Board, Unfazed by Tumblr Porn, Approves $1.1B Acquisition [Published PC Magazine - 6 hours ago]

"Eight-seven percent of the car accidents are only because of human mistakes," said Budisteanu, in an interview with NBC News. "They don't see the cars, they don't see the traffic signs … the self-driving car will see everything."

Teen's Inexpensive Self-Driving Tech Takes Home $75K Intel Prize [Published PC Magazine - 7 hours ago]

One promoeven dares to claim, "This will be the single most culturally significant event that has ever happened since anything has ever happened, ever." You can find the details, such as they are, on the YouTube Spotlight Channel where Comedy Week will take place...

YouTube Comedy Week: Get Ready to LOL [Published PC Magazine - 14 hours ago]

...meteors and measuring their impact rates gives future lunar explorers an idea of what to expect," reads NASA's statement about the moon impacts. "Is it safe to go on a moonwalk, or not? The middle of March might be a good time to stay inside."

NASA Observes Biggest Moon Meteor Impact Since 2005 [Published PC Magazine - May 18 2013]

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