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Why Apple has stopped growing

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apple Apple CFO Peter Oppenheimer predicted in January that Apple will generate the same amount of revenue this past quarter—the company releases its financials today—as it did a year ago. Analysts agree with him . Apple generated more revenue than ever in the the first fiscal quarter of 2014, which includes the 2013 holiday season. But it’s entirely possible that fiscal 2014 (which runs through September ) will be the first time since Steve Jobs returned to Apple and turned the company around that revenue will not grow from one fiscal year to the next. It is, literally, the end of an era—financially, the biggest bull run of any technology company in history, from $13.931 billion in revenue in 2005 to $170.910 billion in 2013 . In 2011 Apple was briefly the most valuable public company in the world . That valuation was a bet by the markets that Apple would continue to grow, and it has—until now. What’s interesting here isn’t that Apple has plateaued—the markets already knocked $45 bill

This Is the Absolute Best Day to Post on Facebook

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Businesses on Facebook are being forced to reevaluate their social media marketing strategies as their posts continue to reach fewer and fewer users. For a brand that’s looking to ensure that its posts get the most engagement possible, new data shows that Friday is the day when users are most likely to Like, comment or share posts that come from brand Pages. Adobe tracked more than 226 billion post impressions by 300 brands on Facebook in the first quarter of 2014 for its Social Intelligence Report. Fridays earn about 15.7 percent of each week’s total posts impressions, with Thursday being the next most active day with a 14.5 percent share. Users also engage with brands more actively on Fridays by a small amount. Posts from the Pages tracked had a 3.3. percent engagement rate on Friday (meaning that 3.3 percent of the users that saw a given post interacted with it in some way), compared to 3.2 percent on Thursdays and less on other days. Combined, these figures show that Fridays are a

How Going to Space Can Mess With the Astronaut Brain

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The first astronauts who set foot on the moon were quarantined for three weeks when they returned to Earth. Scientists weren't sure what kinds of lunar germs they might have brought back with them. That level of caution may sound absurd today, but a new study shows trips to outer space can still mess with astronauts on a physiological level. New research from Johns Hopkins finds that long-term deep space missions can alter brain proteins and cause cognitive deficits like lapses in attention and slower reaction times. Researchers came to this conclusion by exposing rats to high-energy particles that simulate the conditions that astronauts would experience in deep space, then running them through a series of test that mimic the fitness assessments that astronauts, pilots, and soldiers are required to take. But the strange thing scientists found is that deep-space conditions don't affect everyone the same way. About half of the rats tested emerged from the test entirely unaffect

Google introduces 'time machine' feature in Street View

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Google has turned its Google Maps Street View into a time machine to let users travel back in time and see how places have changed. The new feature will let users track changes in landscape, buildings, roads and entire neighbourhoods from around the world since the Street View mapping program began in 2007. Users can now click on a new clock icon that will appear in the corner of the screen when using Street View on Google Maps on a desktop or laptop computer, firing up scrollbar-controlled time machine, changing the year and even season of the area or building they are currently looking at to see how it has changed over time. 'A time traveller like Doc Brown' "If you've ever dreamt of being a time traveller like Doc Brown, now's your chance," said Google Street View product manager Vinay Shet in a blog post. "We've gathered historical imagery from past Street View collections dating back to 2007 to create this digital time capsule of the world."

Goodbye, billfold. Hello, smartphone

Here’s the thing about Taka Torimoto: He’s more likely to remember his smartphone than his billfold. And that spells opportunity for a whole raft of new players in the lucrative payments industry. A 41-year-old technical consultant with an engineering degree from Georgia Institute of Technology, Torimoto has paid for fast food with the tap of his phone and sent money just as you would attachments in emails. His father digitally sends the grandkids cash for Christmas. No more checks. Torimoto’s voice rises with excitement as he talks about the new possibilities. “Payments is one area that is going in so many different directions.” For the first time since the advent of credit cards, there are new ways to pay that don’t involve cash, check or plastic. Most are built on top of the existing payments system, but — courtesy of that hand-held computer in our pockets and purses — offer new vistas for both consumers and tech entrepreneurs. “It’s clear that the mobile phone is the device that pe

Google Is Paying Back Thousands Of Android Users For Letting A Fake Virus Scanning App Into Its Store

Google has given refunds to people who downloaded Virus Shield, a top selling Android app that didn't work, according to Michael Crider of Android Police . Users are getting a full refund as well as an extra $5 credit to the Google Play Store for Android apps. Around 10,000 people downloaded the $3.99 app before Google finally took it down. Virus Shield promised it could protect your Android phone from harmful spyware, but never actually scanned your phone for malware. Instead, it just showed a green check mark saying the scan was finished. Google's refund is coming two weeks after the app was pulled from the store. Users have a 15 minute window  to get all of their money back after they download something from Google Play. Once that window is closed, customers are stuck with the app. The Google Play Store has been plagued with harmful apps lately. Last week, a security firm discovered that Google let in a malicious app  which could manipulate app icons and take people to phi

Google Glass Owners: Don’t Waste Your Money—Yet

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If you missed your chance to buy Google Glass Tuesday, it's probably for the best, according to the product's earliest users. Google opened the gates to its face-mounted computer for a 24-hour window last week, and an eager public snapped up every model. Hate it or love it, everyone is curious. But the Google Glass "Explorers"—a select group who got the first few thousand models—have a message for people who want to join their tech-savvy in-crowd: Wait. "There's no rush," said Explorer and developer of the GlassFit app Noble Ackerson, "[Future iterations are] probably going to be cheaper and a lot better than this beta product." It's not that Glass isn't innovative or promising—it just delivers limited utility for its $1,500 price tag. "It continues to frustrate me because it's so unfinished," said technology blogger Robert Scoble. "It's a very expensive price for what it does right now." Users complained tha

In the Battle for Best Smartphone, Apple Still Beats Samsung

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Over the last couple weeks, many of my colleagues in the tech press have published reviews of the Galaxy S5, Samsung’s newest top-of-the-line smartphone. They all arrived at more or less the same conclusion: The S5 is a very nice device. Although it offers no spectacular advances over the previous version, Samsung seems to have done just enough with the S5 to stay ahead of every other Android phone maker. The only plausible competition comes in the form of the HTC One, which, as my colleague Molly Wood wrote, is prettier than the S5 but not as functional. The upshot of all these reviews is that if you’re looking for the best Android phone, Samsung’s is the one to buy. But that’s not the whole story. While there are probably some people who go out to shop for the best Android phone, I suspect that most people want to know which phone is best of all, whatever operating system it runs. In other words, how does the Galaxy S5 compare to the iPhone 5S, Apple’s six-month-old flagship device a

Prizefighter Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter dies at 76

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Rubin "Hurricane" Carter never surrendered hope of regaining his freedom, not even after he was convicted of a triple murder, then convicted again and abandoned by many prominent supporters. For 19 long years, the prizefighter was locked in a prison cell far away from the spotlight and the adulation of the boxing ring. But when he at last won his biggest fight — for exoneration — he betrayed little bitterness. Instead, Carter dedicated much of his remaining life to helping other prisoners and exposing other injustices. The middleweight title contender, whose murder convictions became an international symbol of racial injustice and inspired a Bob Dylan song and a Hollywood film, died Sunday. He was 76. The New Jersey native, who had suffered from prostate cancer, died in his sleep at his home in Toronto, John Artis, his former co-defendant and longtime friend and caregiver, told The Canadian Press. Carter "didn't have any bitterness or anger — he kind of got above it

India tops global remittances list; received $70 bn in 2013 : WORLD BANK

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      India tops global remittances                    list; received $70 bn in 2013  :                              WORLD BANK    APRIL 11 :-  HAVING received $70 billion in 2013, India has topped the list of countries receiving remittance from overseas workers, the World Bank said on Friday. the World Bank's latest issue of the Migration and Development Brief, said international migrants from developing countries are expected to send $436 billion in remittances to their home countries this year (2014)    In 2014, remittance flows to developing countries will see an increase of  7.8 per cent over the 2013 volume of  $104 billion ,rising to $516 billion in 2016. Global remittances, including those to high-income countries, are estimated at $581 billion this year, from $542 billion in 2013, rising to $681 billion in 2016. "Remittances have become a major component of the balance of payments of nations. India lead the chart of remittance flows, receiving $70 billion last year (2

20 YEARS AFTER GENOCIDE, VICTIM, ATTACKER NOW FRIENDS.

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INSPIRATIONAL...... 20 YEARS AFTER             GENOCIDE, VICTIM, ATTACKER NOW FRIENDS... RWANDA :today, the country marks the 20th anniversary of the start of its bloody genocide in which over 1 million were killed.....  nyamata, april 11 : H e lost her baby daughter and her right hand to a manic killing spree. He  wielded the machete that took both. Yet today ,despite coming from opposite sides of an unspeakable shared post, Alice Mukarurinda and Emmanuel Ndayisaba are friends. she is the treasurer and he the vice president of a group that build simple brick houses for genocide survivors. Their story of ethenic violence, extreme guilt and , to some degree, reconciliation is the story of Rwanda today, 20 years after its hutu majority killed more than 1 million tutsis and moderate hutus. "Whenever i i look at my arm I remember what happened ,"said Alice . As she speaks, Emmanuel - the man who killed her baby - sits close enough that his left hand and her right hand stumps some

NEW TOOL TO PREDICT WITCH PHOTOS WILL GO VIRAL ON FACEBOOK

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WASHINGTON : S cientists have developed a computer algorithm that predicts whether a photo will go viral on FaceBook by watching how fast it is shared. Stanford researchers said the clue to predicting witch of the many millions of photos on facebook will go viral lie in 'cascades', a term used to describe photos or videos being shared multiple times .                                                                                   -PTI

US to send 2 warships to Japan

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2 ballistic missile destroyers to be deployed to counter N korea threat {associated press, tokyo, april 6.} US DEFENCE secretary Chuck Hagel delivered a two-pronged warning to Asia Pacific nations  Sunday, announcing that the US will send two additional ballistic missile destroyers to japan to counter the North Korean threat, and saying China must better respect its neighbours. IN usually forceful remarks about China, Hagel drew a direct link between Russia's takeover of Ukraine's Crimea region and the ongoing territorial disputes between China, Japan and others over remotes islands in the east China sea. Hagel, who will travel to China later this week, called the Asian nations a "great power",and added,"with this power comes new and wider responsibilities as to how you use that power ,how you employ that military power." He said he will talk to the Chinese about having respect for their neighbours, and said, "coercion, intimidation is a very deadly thi

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