Your Face May Soon Be Tied To Data at Google (NewsFactor)
March 31, 2011
Google, which knows and remembers a lot about a lot of faceless users, may be about to start knowing faces. According to a new report, the search giant reportedly is about to introduce a facial-recognition app for mobile devices — but Google is denying the accuracy of the story. The app, which was first reported in a story by CNN, will allow a user to obtain a profile or other information about a person based on facial recognition
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Twitter is in with Jack Dorsey and out with QuickBar (Appolicious)
March 31, 2011
Twitter is in with Jack Dorsey and out with QuickBar Posted March 31, 2011 4:10pm by Lauren Mitchell Tags: Twitter, Jack Dorsey, QuickBar Twitter’s QuickBar feature for the iPhone and iPad left the party shortly after its arrival. You can download the updated Twitter for iPhone here.
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Stock Wrap: The Real Story, March 31
March 31, 2011
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Web hosting titan under fire for killing elephant (AFP)
March 31, 2011
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) – The founder of website domain hosting firm Go Daddy was under fire on Thursday for an online video showing him proudly killing an elephant in Zimbabwe. Bob Parsons posted the vacation video to his Arizona company’s website, saying this was the second consecutive year he has spent hunting “problem elephants.” “Of everything I do, this is the most rewarding,” Parsons said in the video’s opening message.
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AP Interview: Catching up with Twitter’s Biz Stone (AP)
March 31, 2011
SAN FRANCISCO – When Twitter turned five years old on March 21, co-founder Isaac “Biz” Stone was on the road celebrating with some of the popular short messaging service’s famous users.
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Wall Street ends a strong quarter optimistic on payrolls (Reuters)
March 31, 2011
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Pulse News tops Android Apps of the Week (Appolicious)
March 31, 2011
Mobile news and entertainment are high priorities amongst users, and Android’s collection of supported apps continues to gain traction.
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Pictures, letters of King assassin shown in online museum (Reuters)
March 31, 2011
NASHVILLE, Tennessee (Reuters) – A Memphis county official has opened an online museum of case files, personal correspondence and little-seen black-and-white images chronicling the jail time of James Earl Ray, who killed civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. 43 years ago this Monday. “This is not just an incredible part of Shelby County history and Tennessee history, but national and world history,” said Tom Leatherwood, 54, Shelby County register of deeds.
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New memoir highlights tension between Allen, Gates (AP)
March 31, 2011
NEW YORK – In a memoir out next month, Microsoft Corp. co-founder Paul Allen details tensions in his relationship with Bill Gates, including a scene from 1982, when he overheard Gates talking to current CEO Steve Ballmer about reducing Allen’s stake in the company while he was undergoing cancer treatment. “Unable to stand it any longer, I burst in on them and shouted, ‘This is unbelievable! It shows your true character, once and for all.’ I was speaking to both of them, but staring straight at Bill,” writes Allen in the book, a part of which was published by Vanity Fair magazine online this week
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Wall Street Comes Out
March 31, 2011
When many people think of Wall Street, complex multibillion-dollar deals and anxiety-inducing trades come to mind. However, for some LGBT employees who come out in the male-dominated finance industry, the highest stress can involve simple issues like what to say in the bathroom or whether to invite a colleague to lunch for fear of appearing “interested.” “It’s not unlike the Catholic priesthood,” said corporate diversity consultant Brian McNaught during the opening plenary for Out on the Street
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