CHICAGO – Google Inc has removed excerpts of customer reviews from sites such as Yelp and TripAdvisor from Google Places, its competing online service aimed at helping consumers search for local businesses.
The move, announced in Google’s official blog on Thursday, follows the disclosure of a U.S. antitrust investigation last month.
The federal probe concerns whether Google, which dominates U.S.
Apple hates power users. Ive heard the refrain many times over the last few weeks, but its reached a crescendo with the release of OS X Lion. Apples newest OS has a host of user-facing features that are aimed at making it the easiest and most feature-rich OS that Apple has ever made.
Those features, along with the fact that several key new additions to Lion borrow heavily from the iOS mobile platform, have convinced many that Apple is actively discouraging power users from using its platform. Launchpad, Mission Control and the changes to the finder are seen as more nails in the coffin of the Mac as a platform for more advanced users. Some say that soon well be using a version of OS X that makes the Mac just a bigger version of the iPad.
There is some truth in the reactions to the changes that Apple has made, and is continuing to make, to its flagship OS.
Nikon AF-S DX 40mm macro lens : Nikon announces a new 40mm DX-format macro lens for close-up photography. Designed to capture fine details, the macro lens boasts a 1:1 reproduction ratio for superb, life-like images. A fantastic way to shoot features that can’t be seen with the naked eye, this Nikon 40mm macro lens will more than satisfy enthusiasts keen to explore the power of close-up images. Measuring approx. 68.5×64.5 mm and weighing approx. 235 g, this lens features a metal mount with rubber sealing and is supplied with a lens hood HB-61 and soft lens case CL-0915. Find more…
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The Olympus M. Zuiko Digital ED 45mm f/1.8 features 45mm at focal length with maximum aperture of f/1.8. The lens construction has 9 elements in 8 groups and has diagonal angle of view at 27 degrees. Closest focusing distance at 0.5m and has a filter size of 37mm. The Olympus M. Zuiko Digital ED 45mm f/1.8 lens weighs 116g and it measures 56mm in diameter and 46mm long.
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This single-focal-length portrait lens has a beautiful shallow depth of field which allows for background blurring effects that are not possible with the 14-42mm kit zoom lens. Find more…
IDG News Service — Verizon Communications on Friday reported revenue of US$27.5 billion for the second quarter of 2011, up 2.8 percent from the second quarter of 2010, largely driven by mobile subscriber additions.
Net income was $3.6 billion, up from $553 million, although the second quarter of 2010 included a one-time charge of $2.3 billion for a voluntary employee reduction program. Earnings per share was $0.57 for the past quarter, compared to $0.51 in the second quarter of 2010, not including the one-time charges. Analysts polled by Thomson Reuters expected earnings of $0.55.
The company added 2.2 million mobile customers during the quarter, and mobile data revenue grew 22.2 percent from a year ago.
Verizon also announced a change in its top management, with President and COO Lowell McAdam promoted to president and CEO. a
[Editor’s Note: The statements below are from an e-mail correspondence with Johnny Ryan on issues facing the Internet and changes it may soon undergo.]
Countries slow to benefit from the industrial age may have better fortunes in the digital era. In the past, nations needed ore in their hills, a good geographical location, strong armies, etc. to prosper. In the digital age one thing only is key: talented, entrepreneurial individuals.
But to achieve this, governments must inculcate digital instincts through farsighted educational reform, promoting revolutionary talent early in life, and producing a generation capable of competing with their global peers. D
AMD today announced revenue for the second quarter of 2011 of $1.57 billion, net income of $61 million, or $0.08 per share, and operating income of $105 million. The company reported non-GAAP net income of $70 million, or $0.09 per share, and non-GAAP operating income of $114 million.
In the first half of 2011, AMD brought to market the most competitive client offerings in our history, reinforcing our position as a design and innovation powerhouse, said Thomas Seifert, CFO and Interim CEO. Todays computing experience is increasingly being defined by the ability to deliver brilliant multimedia and video content with all day battery life. Fusion APUs are ideal to meet this need, positioning AMD to gain unit market share in the mobile computing space. Find more…