Wednesday, October 9, 2013

Interesting articles from today's tech news

 
Google brings Mobile Backend Starter, its one-click deployable cloud backend for Android, to iOS -
 
Microsoft's new iOS and Android apps bring the Windows desktop to phones and tablets -
 
The next three ideas combined might make for interesting new interfaces - a phone you can dial in your pocket, or blind people can use easily?
 
Samsung's Galaxy Round is the first phone with a curved display -
 
Disney invents touchscreen that lets you feel textures -
 
Hands-On: Tactus Technology Gives Flat Touchscreens The Middle Finger With Pop-Up Buttons -
 
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The battle to destroy Wikipedia's biggest sockpuppet army -
"He submitted all five user accounts for a sockpuppet investigation, which checks to see if a single person is using multiple accounts to promote an agenda. Wikipedia’s own definition describes a sockpuppet as “an online identity used for purposes of deception.” Using sockpuppets is a major sin on Wikipedia because it fundamentally undermines the encyclopedia’s credibility: The community ought to be self-governing, but if one user controls an army of automatons who parrot his or her opinion in every discussion, how can you trust any decision?"
 
Anonymous no more: Twitter engineer, UConn security analyst among 13 indicted for 'Operation Payback'
Not all the people named in the FBI indictment fit the hacker stereotype  -
 
Wearables will soon analyze your body chemistry to make you healthier -
 
 
 
 

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