en-gh-hotdailynews: 2015-06-27 Ghana Sci/Tech

Delphi says self-driving car didn't come close to Google's car
Reuters
June 26 Delphi Automotive PLC on Friday offered a new description of an encounter on a California road between one of its prototype self-driving cars and a self-driving vehicle operated by Google Inc, saying "the vehicles didn't even come close to each ...

Google starts road tests of new self-driving cars   Hindustan Times
Close call for rival self-drive prototypes   Irish Examiner
Google starts testing of prototype self-driving cars   Financial Express
The Register
CBS Local
Chicago Tribune
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New Apple Patents Enhance Geofencing Capabilities
Mobile ID World
New Apple Patents Enhance Geolocation Capabilities A couple of new patent applications filed by Apple indicate that it's working on advanced geofencing capabilities for its operating systems. (Geofencing refers to virtual boundaries imposed on the physical ...

Apple wants your friends to track your EXACT location   Komando
Finger Biometric Sensing Pixels: The Next Apple Innovation?   findBIOMETRICS
Apple patents tracking technology so accurate it lets you track friends inside   Daily Mail
Telegraph.co.uk
The Cheat Sheet
Ghana Broadcasting Corporation
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Fortune

NASA to beam ISS astronauts' view
The Hindu
NASA is sending Microsoft's virtual reality headset to the International Space Station (ISS) to beam back to the Earth what astronauts see in space. NASA and Microsoft are teaming up to develop Sidekick, a new project using commercial technology to ...

Microsoft's HoloLens: An attempt to Provide Virtual Guidance to NASA Astronauts   West Texas News
Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT): A New Mission Statement And Sending ...   LearnBonds
HoloLens Reaches For Outer Space   ReadWrite
eWeek
The Market Business
KPLU News for Seattle and the Northwest
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Microsoft went all out for its Windows 10 desktop background
Mashable
Microsoft partnered with San Francisco designer Bradley G. Munkowitz, whose worked on films such as Tron, to create a spectacle out of the desktop background. Microsoft used lights, projectors, camera mapping and even a fog machine to create a ...

Navy pays Microsoft $9 million a year to support Windows XP   KHON2
With Windows as a Service, Microsoft changes how it reports revenue for ...   VentureBeat
Voice of IT: Survey respondents say 'yes' to Windows 10   ZDNet
Phones Review
CNNMoney
Ubergizmo (blog)
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See 7 tech companies support today's same-sex marriage ruling
TechRadar
To celebrate, a large number of tech companies today have changed their logos or posted to social media. ADVERTISING. Here is a round-up of tech companies showing their support of marriage equality, featuring filters, hashtags and easter eggs: ...

How to show off your pride on Facebook   CNET
Facebook Has A Tool That Lets You Rainbow-ify Your Profile Pic   Ubergizmo (blog)
Facebook Will Rainbow-fy Your Profile Picture For Gay Marriage   PopSugar Australia
NBC New York
WOKV
Yahoo Tech
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Samsung will stop blocking Microsoft software updates 'within a few days'
PCWorld
Owners of Samsung PCs will begin receiving automatic software updates from Microsoft again soon, after Samsung said it will end its practice of blocking automatic Windows Updates on its computers. “We will be issuing a patch through the Samsung ...

Samsung Will Stop Breaking Windows Update With Its Crappy Bloatware   Gizmodo Australia
Samsung's Update Software Breaks Windows Update   Dispatch Times
Samsung: We'll stop knackering Windows Update on your laptops   The Register
Engadget
Ubergizmo (blog)
The Verge
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Fallout Shelter (for iPad)
PC Magazine
Combines the appeal of Fallout with the lure of addictive mobile games. Cute art contrasts ironically with dark subject matter. Eschews exploitative free-to-play tactics. Cons Limited number of things to do at a time. Sketchy breeding feature may bother some ...

Here Are The Phones That Will Fit Your 'Fallout 4' Pip-Boy Edition   Forbes
This week in games: Man buys Fallout 4 with bottle caps, The Rock's in ...   PCWorld
Your iPhone 6+ and other 'phablets' won't fit in Fallout 4's wearable Pip-Boy   VentureBeat

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TIME

iOS 9's Low Power mode may make your iPhone around 40% slower
Toronto Sun
Apple said at its Worldwide Developers Conference earlier this month that the upcoming iOS 9 would increase the iPhone's battery life by one hour and with its Low Power mode enabled, users could get up to an addition three hours of power. However, the ...

Low Power mode in iOS 9 saves battery life by slowing performance   Macworld
Apple's iOS9: A look at the new operating system   Business Recorder (press release) (blog)

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Amazon announces Alexa now open for third-parties developers
Financial Express
Washington, June 26 (ANI): Amazon has announced that it is making Alexa, the Echo's cloud-based virtual assistant open to thirds party developers and manufacturers. By: ANI | Washington | June 26, 2015 9:28 pm. Amazon has announced that it is making ...

Releasing Amazon's Alexa in the Wild Will Change Computing   PC Magazine
Beyond the Echo: Amazon opens its Alexa digital assistant to developers   Fox News
You're About To Start Finding Amazon's Echo AI In Unexpected Places   Gizmodo Australia
CRN
InformationWeek
Forbes
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Mini Clubman revised
Irish Examiner
Another chapter has opened in the regeneration of the Mini model family, with the debut this week of the new Mini Clubman. Following on from the 3-door Hatch and the 5-door Hatch, Mini says the new model offers customers a premium vehicle featuring the ...

Why don't auto makers kill off unpopular models?   The Globe and Mail
Would You Rent Out Your Brand New Car?   Forbes
BMW releases images of the second generation Mini Clubman   Firstpost
autoevolution
The Auto Channel (blog)
Motor Authority
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