Friday, 28 April 2017

The Morning After: Meet Nintendo's newest portable gaming system

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It's Friday, April 28, 2017.

Hey, good morning! You look fabulous.

A new Nintendo portable (don’t get too excited though), a mobile 3D printer that might be ready for your future Mars homestead, and one of Nintendo’s most influential employees is calling it a day. Plus: It’s earnings season!

Just two Ds

Nintendo’s new 2DXL is coming July 28th

We weren’t expecting more new hardware from Nintendo, but that’s what they unveiled last night. The new 2DS XL brings the power of a 3DS XL, but without the added dimension. Easy enough to understand, right? The clamshell system will go on sale in the US July 28th for $150.

Perfect for DIY home building on an alien planet

MIT's mobile 3D printer built the largest structure to date

The Digital Construction Platform consists of a large hydraulic arm mounted on caterpillar treads, and it can build a 12-foot tall, 50-foot wide igloo in 13 hours, running on solar power. Don’t believe us? Just check out the video.

Yes, they have a permit.

Apple’s self-driving test vehicle spotted on the streets of Silicon Valley

We’ve seen any number of test mules loaded up with LiDAR camera equipment, but yesterday one rolled out of an Apple building in California. The Lexus SUV sported some “off the shelf” equipment instead of custom designed hardware, but one way or another Project Titan is rolling out.

Here's how you can learn Java programming for just $49.

The Triton 700 is slightly thicker and less powerful than a Razer Blade

Acer’s new Predator gaming laptop has one weird trick

Who doesn’t want a trackpad located above the keyboard?

It's not just about making your selfies look better.

Why Amazon wants to replace your mirror with a camera

Amazon believes you'll spend $200 on a camera that's both an extension of your smart home and the ultimate fashion accessory. The Echo Look is designed to help you look your best every morning, guiding and improving your style every time it's used. But what it represents, and what Amazon gets out of it, could be a much bigger deal for the future of fashion. In short, the company hopes it’ll get some good data-based insight into how to sell you more clothes.

And the ones they do have are old and damaged.

NASA is running out of functional spacewalk suits

NASA already spent over $200 million on developing a next-gen spacesuit, but it's still years away from conjuring up a working unit. That's a bigger problem than you might think because according to NASA's Office of Inspector General (OIG), the agency is quickly running out of (PDF) functional suits needed for spacewalks. The iconic white suits you see the ISS crew wearing today are the same units made for astronauts 40 years ago.

Data is now broadcasting.

Cassini probe survives first dive between Saturn and its rings

NASA's Cassini probe has emerged unscathed after its first dive between Saturn and its rings. The spacecraft's ground team had to spend 20 hours wondering whether the probe was doing well or whether it plunged to its death a few months too early. Thankfully, it got back in contact with NASA at 2:56AM EDT today, April 27th. By 3:01 AM, it started beaming back precious data about the planet's atmosphere, including the unprocessed images of Saturn's features above.

Takeda brought the world the analog stick, 'Punch-Out' and the Wii.

Nintendo's hardware visionary is calling it a day

Alongside yesterday’s impressive earnings report, Nintendo announced that long-serving employee Genyo Takeda is stepping down as company director this June. Holding the title of representative director and also sitting alongside Miyamoto as "Technology Fellow," Takeda has played a key role in defining both Nintendo's hardware and software. During his 46 year career at the Japanese games giant, Takeda's credits include producing/directing Nintendo classics like Punch-Out!! and Pilotwings 64 plus designing the N64's analog stick.

But wait, there's more...

1. Sony Q4: PlayStation 4 has never been more important to Sony

2. Amazon Q1: It's 'doubling down' on the Echo ecosystem

3. Alphabet Q1: Google's AI and hardware push wasn't crazy after all

4. Microsoft Q1: Surface revenue falls by 26 percent

5. 'Tropes vs. Women in Video Games' says goodbye

6. Nerdcore artist Mega Ran takes us on a Gameboy nostalgia trip

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Thursday, 27 April 2017

Tech News Flash

Tech News Flash: Thursday -- April 27, 2017

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Headline Scan
Internet Giants Ramp Up Fake News Defenses
Millions May Have Picked Up FalseGuide Malware at Google Play Store
Mobile Ubuntu Gamble to Fizzle Out in June
Our Sci-Fi Future: Silly vs. Terrifying
New Strain of Linux Malware Could Get Serious
The iPhone Model's Impending Obsolescence

Today's Story Highlights

Internet Giants Ramp Up Fake News Defenses

Three major Internet brands this week announced initiatives to combat
"fake news" online. Google revealed that it had tweaked its search
processes to help bring high-quality content to the top of search result
pages. Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales announced a new online publication
that aims to fight fake news by pairing professional journalists with
legions of volunteer community contributors.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/84487.html

Millions May Have Picked Up FalseGuide Malware at Google Play Store

As many as 2 million Android users might have downloaded apps that were
infected with the FalseGuide malware, security research firm Check Point
warned on Monday. The oldest of the infected apps could have been
uploaded to Google Play as long ago as last November, having
successfully remained hidden for five months, while the newest may have
been uploaded as recently as the beginning of April.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/84484.html

Mobile Ubuntu Gamble to Fizzle Out in June

Canonical will end its support for Ubuntu Touch phones and Ubuntu-
powered tablets in June, and that it will shut down its app store at the
end of this year. The company previously had signaled the system's
demise, but it had not fixed a date. With Ubuntu Touch, a unified mobile
OS based on Ubuntu Linux, Canonical hoped to establish a marketable
alternative to Android and iOS.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/84485.html

Our Sci-Fi Future: Silly vs. Terrifying

The future is now, or at least it is coming soon. Today's technological
developments are looking very much like what once was the domain of
science fiction. Maybe we don't have domed cities and flying cars, but
we do have buildings that reach to the heavens, and drones that soon
could deliver our packages. Who needs a flying car when the self-driving
car is just down the road?
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/84479.html

New Strain of Linux Malware Could Get Serious

A new strain of malware targeting Linux systems, dubbed
"Linux/Shishiga," could morph into a dangerous security threat. Eset
disclosed the threat, which represents a new Lua family unrelated to
previously seen LuaBot malware. Linux/Shishiga uses four protocols --
SSH, Telnet, HTTP and BitTorrent -- and Lua scripts for modularity,
wrote Detection Engineer Michal Malik and Eset researchers.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/84481.html

The iPhone Model's Impending Obsolescence

VCRs gave way to DVD players, which in turn have given way to streaming
services. Brick cellphones evolved into flip phones, which were swapped
out for two-way pager phones and then wiped out by the iPhone model.
Tape players gave way to the Walkman CD player, which gave way to the
iPod, which also ended up in the iPhone model. I think we soon will see
another big industry shift.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/84472.html

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The Morning After: Amazon's fashion camera and 'Call of Duty: WWII'

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It's Thursday, April 27, 2017.

Hey, good morning!

TV dinners for foodies? The beginning of the end for net neutrality? Someone beating up a poor robot? Must be a Thursday. We also hear more on the next Call Of Duty title and Amazon’s new fashion camera. Really.

Profits are up, and 'Pokemon' is pretty much a license to print money.

Nintendo Switch could outsell the Wii U in its first year

Nintendo's profits are up. It's claimed an operating profit of $1.6 billion (178 billion yen) for the last quarter, which is almost a billion dollars more than the same quarter in 2016. It's the company’s first financial results after its Switch console went on sale, and since March 3rd, it's sold 2.74 million units. The company believes sales will stay strong, forecasting 10 million more Switch consoles sold by this time next year. That prediction, shy of 13 million, would put it toe to toe with the total sales of its predecessor, the Wii U, over its entire lifetime.

Ajit Pai wants to do away with rules preventing throttling, blocking and paid prioritization.

FCC Chairman outlines his plan to gut net neutrality

The future of net neutrality has been uncertain since the November election of Donald Trump. His FCC chairman, Ajit Pai, has made it clear he intends to scale back some of the regulations surrounding ISPs, but details have been scarce. Now we have an idea of the framework the commission will be pursuing, and it begins with revoking the classification of ISPs as a "common carrier" service under Title II, which has essentially treated the internet as a public utility for the last two years.

Drunkenly attacking a connected bot with cameras wasn’t smart.

Man arrested after knocking over a 300-pound security robot

The Knightscope’s K5 may not be the cutest robot, but that doesn't mean drunks get to knock it over.

Get a lifetime of 2TB cloud backup for just $60.

Return of the webcam?

Amazon Echo Look is a voice-controlled camera for fashion tips

Meet Echo Look, an Alexa-powered camera designed around taking your own fashion photos and videos. If you want to show off your daily wardrobe, you just have to ask the Look to take a snapshot -- you don't have to take a selfie in front of a mirror to get a full-length picture. And since it includes a depth-sensing camera, it can blur the background to make shots pop. The real party tricks come when you're not sure about your outfit, however. The Look's Style Check service blends AI algorithms with fashion specialist advice to provide a second opinion -- and hopefully get you buying more outfits, you clothes horse.

It's a step back in time for the franchise for a few reasons.

'Call of Duty: WWII' takes you back to Omaha Beach November 3rd

Call of Duty: WWII will launch November 3rd on PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. As you might expect, the game takes place largely in Europe between 1944 and 1945, ultimately pushing toward Germany after fighting through Nazi reinforcements on Normandy Beach and through the grimy streets of France and Belgium. As for the story, there's a big focus on the brotherhood of your squad -- something captured in HBO's Band of Brothers and Steven Spielberg's epic Saving Private Ryan.

Mobile earnings dropped off in Q1, but it expects the Galaxy S8 will turn things around.

Samsung's chip business kept things looking up to start 2017

Samsung's quarterly earnings are in, showing the company's highest quarterly profit since Q3 2013. That's despite the Galaxy Note 7 recall, and a markdown in the price of its Galaxy Note 7, apparently because the company's chip business (making memory, processors and camera sensors for phones) is booming. As a company, it brought home the $8.75 billion in operating profit expected, and looks forward to better results next quarter, since it will include sales of the new Galaxy S8 phones.

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Wednesday, 26 April 2017

ECT News Network Weekly Newsletter

ECT News Network Weekly Newsletter: Wednesday -- April 26, 2017

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This Week's Top News Headlines From the E-Commerce Times

Apple Slashes App Store Affiliate Commissions
(Posted 26-Apr-17)
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/84482.html

Uber Boss Practices Brinksmanship With Apple
(Posted 24-Apr-17)
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/84478.html

Google Mulls Ways to Banish Bad Ads
(Posted 22-Apr-17)
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/84477.html

Microsoft Inches Toward a World Without Passwords
(Posted 20-Apr-17)
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/84471.html

This Week's Top News Headlines From TechNewsWorld

Millions May Have Picked Up FalseGuide Malware at Google Play Store
(Posted 26-Apr-17)
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/84484.html

Our Sci-Fi Future: Silly vs. Terrifying
(Posted 25-Apr-17)
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/84479.html

The iPhone Model's Impending Obsolescence
(Posted 24-Apr-17)
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/84472.html

Facebook's Latest Moon Shot: I Think, Therefore I Type
(Posted 21-Apr-17)
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/84475.html

Apple May Be Getting Its Innovation Groove Back
(Posted 20-Apr-17)
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/84470.html

This Week's Top News Headlines From CRM Buyer

Then and Now
(Posted 26-Apr-17)
http://www.crmbuyer.com/story/84483.html

Salesforce, QuintilesIMS Team to Push New Therapies to Market
(Posted 25-Apr-17)
http://www.crmbuyer.com/story/84480.html

Healthgrades' CareChats Aims to Tear Down Doctor-Patient Wall
(Posted 21-Apr-17)
http://www.crmbuyer.com/story/84476.html

This Week's Top News Headlines From LinuxInsider

New Strain of Linux Malware Could Get Serious
(Posted 25-Apr-17)
http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/84481.html

A Window Into the Linux Desktop
(Posted 21-Apr-17)
http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/84473.html

Moby, LinuxKit Kick Off New Docker Collaboration Phase
(Posted 20-Apr-17)
http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/84474.html

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