Thursday 21 November 2013

Hyundai leads the way as hydrogen cars make more headway at the LA Auto Show

Apple Releases New Pre-Release Build of OS X Mavericks 10.9.1 to Developers for Testing

Apple has released a new pre-release build of OS X Mavericks 10.9.1 to developers for testing.

The build is numbered 13B35 and comes with the following notes:

Known Issues
- None

Focus Areas
- Safari
- Mail
- Graphics Drivers
- VoiceOver

Developers can download the build via the Mac Dev Center.

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Microsoft's Azure Cloud Computing System Hits Bumps, Taking Down Xbox Live And Some other services

Technology Crossover Ventures Funds All Of Spotify’s $250M International Growth Round


                                  Technology crossover  Ventures is making its biggest bet (ever/in years) by backing the entirety of Spotify new $250 million round, a source tells TechCrunch. TheWall street journal's  reports of Spotify raising the round at a valuation above $4 billion is right, and it will fuel Spotify’s push to become the defacto streaming music service around the world, our source says.

This is likely TCV's biggest Investment ever. It joined a crowd of VCs in Groupon’s $950 million round in 2011, and led a few other firms into Homeaway’s $250 million Series E in 2008. While it used to do more early stage deals, TCV has been focused around the Series C and D phase of startups’ lifecycles, with recent participation in $40 million rounds for Minted and JustFab.

SkyDrive App Updated For iOS 7, Adds Automatic Camera Roll Uploads

HUNGER GAMES releases ENDLESS RUNNER for Android and iOS

Unlike  the temple run 2 and Oz,the Endless runner is a long run game with lots of power-ups, social elements, and at least a few more interesting challenges from 'HUNGER GAMES'.

You start by choosing a male or female character. Seconds later, you're off and running, an angry swarm Jackers  buzzy pursuit. just like the temple run you swipe up, down, left, and right to jump, slide, and move, all in response to the obstacles that appear along your path.

Of course, this being a Hunger Games game, you'll occasionally trade the jumping and dodging for shooting arrows at stuff, a nice (confusing ) diversion.

Panem Run litters lots of items for you to collect along the way: building materials, "sparks," and power-ups. Some of these things can be applied to various upgrades, like better arrows, spark multipliers, speed boosts, and so on.

The Federal Communications Commission will propose that cellphone use be allowed on airplanes

The Federal Communications Commission will propose that cellphone use to be allowed on airplanes, according to the WSJ. Usage would still be restricted during takeoff and landing;they did also ban voice calls and data use over 10,000 feet.

Even if the ban is lifted, airlines have said that their customers strongly object to the idea, and thus they may not approve cellphone use on their flights.
the FCC made a similar proposal in 2004, it received more than 8,000 comments. The FCC dropped the proposal in 2007 amid objections from flight attendants and other groups who said airborne phone calls would be a nuisance. The FCC also was concerned by a "lack of technical information upon which we may base a decision," according to its 2007


The Federal Communications Commission will propose that cellphone use be allowed on airplanes

The Federal Communications Commission will propose that cellphone use to be allowed on airplanes, according to the WSJ. Usage would still be restricted during takeoff and landing;they did also ban voice calls and data use over 10,000 feet.

Even if the ban is lifted, airlines have said that their customers strongly object to the idea, and thus they may not approve cellphone use on their flights.
the FCC made a similar proposal in 2004, it received more than 8,000 comments. The FCC dropped the proposal in 2007 amid objections from flight attendants and other groups who said airborne phone calls would be a nuisance. The FCC also was concerned by a "lack of technical information upon which we may base a decision," according to its 2007