Author: Nick

Students create smartphone-powered driverless car

Posted by | Jul 8, 2013 | |

The driverless car is already on the road, and there’s a lot to look forward to, especially as the technology is refined and improved. A team of information and communications technology students from Griffith University in Queensland, Australia, may have found one way already — using smartphone technology. Their prototype car, about the size of a toy pedal car, has a smartphone mounted on the front and uses several of the phone’s features for autonomous driving

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DirecTV and Time Warner said to make power play for Hulu

Posted by | Jul 8, 2013 | |

As rumors have abounded about what company is going to get its hands on Hulu, it’s looking like DirecTV and Time Warner Cable may be the runners-up. According to Bloomberg, DirecTV is said to have put in a follow-up bid to purchase the streaming video service and Time Warner has reportedly followed-up by offering to buy a stake in the company and become an investor alongside the owners. While the sale of Hulu is private, two people with knowledge of the matter told Bloomberg that both of these offers were made on July 5, which was the deadline for incoming bids

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Another Amazon victim – this time it’s Barnes & Noble’s CEO

Posted by | Jul 8, 2013 | |

Barnes & Noble’s Chief Executive William Lynch has resigned, following the bookseller’s long fight for a Nook table that rivals the Kindle from online outfit Amazon It marks the departure of a tech-focused exec who rose to the company’s helm from its online business, and put more authority in the hands of its chairman and biggest shareholder, Leonard Riggio. Through a wave of acquisitions, Riggio built the chain into the country’s biggest bookseller, but the company has struggled to find its bearing as Amazon first undermined its traditional book business and then outgunned the chain on reading devices. The company isn’t searching for a CEO successor

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iPhone 5 trumped Galaxy S4 on user complaints at launch — study

Posted by | Jul 8, 2013 | |

Users have a love/hate relationship with these two, but one received a little more hate at launch. (Credit: CNET) If you believe the griping on social media, then the iPhone 5 caused the most user angst of the major smartphone releases of the past year. Social media analysts We Are Social gauged the reaction on Twitter, blogs, and forums following the release of the iPhone 5, Samsung Galaxy S4, Nokia Lumia 920, and BlackBerry Z10

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