Haddie and Dan discuss Jeff Bezos' purchase of the Washington Post, CBS blocks Time Warner Cable subscribers from full episodes on CBS.com, a Chinese hacking team, terrible UK Twitter trolls threaten high-profile women, Apple applies for patent on 'audio hyperlinking' system for podcasts, the first lab-grown burger is described as 'close to meat', Lego photography, Bebo goes clean, and how to make a tiny toilet out of a banana (and a pretzel)!
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Washington Post to be sold to Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon - The Washington Post
The Washington Post Co. agreed Monday to sell its flagship newspaper to Amazon.com founder and chief executive Jeffrey P. Bezos, ending the Graham family’s stewardship of one of America’s leading news organizations after four generations.Bezos, whose entrepreneurship has made him one of the world’s richest men, will pay $250 million in cash for The Post and affiliated publications to The Washington Post Co., which owns the newspaper and other businesses.
Borowitz Report : The New Yorker
Mr. Bezos said he had been oblivious to his online shopping error until earlier today, when he saw an unusual charge for two hundred and fifty million dollars on his American Express statement.
Amazon’s Bezos buys The Washington Post | Poynter.
Amazon.com owner Jeff Bezos has purchased The Washington Post, the company announced Monday. Post Co. chief Don Graham made the announcement to employees in the newspaper’s auditorium.
Amazon Founder Says He Clicked on Washington Post by Mistake : The New Yorker
Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon.com, told reporters today that his reported purchase of the Washington Post was a ?gigantic mix-up,? explaining that he had clicked on the newspaper by mistake.
OMGPOP Team Tried To Buy Back Its Site, But Zynga Killed It Instead | TechCrunch
OMGPOP almost got an extra life, but Zynga said ‘game over’. Zynga just finalized plans to shut down OMGPOP, the game developer of Draw My Thing it acquired for $200 million in March 2012.
Facebook Poaches First CMO Gary Briggs from Google | Digital - Advertising Age
Facebook has tapped a seasoned technology marketing executive most recently with Google to be its first-ever CMO.
USDOJ: Department of Justice Proposes Remedy to Address Apple’s Price Fixing
The Department of Justice and 33 State Attorneys General today submitted to the court a proposed remedy to?address Apple Inc.?s illegal conduct, following the July 10, 2013, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York decision finding that Apple conspired to fix the prices of e-books in the United States.? The proposed relief is intended to halt Apple?s anticompetitive conduct, restore lost competition and prevent a recurrence of the illegal activities.?
Apple calls the DoJ's ebook remedy a draconian and punitive intrusion into its business - The Next Web
Plaintiffs’ proposed injunction is a draconian and punitive intrusion into Apple’s business, wildly out of proportion to any adjudicated wrongdoing or potential harm. Plaintiffs propose a sweeping and unprecedented injunction as a tool to empower the Government to regulate Apple’s businesses and potentially affect Apple’s business relationships with thousands of partners across several markets. Plaintiffs’ overreaching proposal would establish a vague new compliance regime—applicable only to Apple—with intrusive oversight lasting for ten years, going far beyond the legal issues in this case, injuring competition and consumers, and violating basic principles of fairness and due process. The resulting cost of this relief—not only in dollars but also lost opportunities for American businesses and consumers—would be vast.
FBI pressures Internet providers to install surveillance software | Politics and Law - CNET News
The U.S. government is quietly pressuring telecommunications providers to install eavesdropping technology deep inside companies' internal networks to facilitate surveillance efforts.
CBS Blocks Time Warner Cable Subscribers From Watching Full Episodes On CBS.com | TechCrunch
A dispute between CBS and Time Warner Cable over retransmission fees for its broadcast content has spilled over onto the web, with a blackout of television programming also being extended to CBS’ online properties. In the wake of Time Warner Cable dropping the CBS and Showtime signals in most major markets, the broadcaster has decided to block access to full-episode viewing on CBS.com.
Why does Yahoo! buy failed startups? It's the only way it can get good developers | The Verge
Mayer had taken a lot of flack in the press for purchasing startups with little traction, many of whom did not even build or invent the technology for which they were praised in the acquisition announcements. But Mayer isn't buying these companies for what they built
Chinese Hacking Team Caught Taking Over Decoy Water Plant | MIT Technology Review
A hacking group accused of being operated by the Chinese army now seems to be going after industrial control systems
1984 Day Sees 'Restore the Fourth' Protests Across the Country
Restore the Fourth, an activism organization born on Reddit, chose the day to call for protests against the NSA in 20 cities across the country. The goal of the organization is to end what its members see as the NSA's unconstitutional surveillance regime and to ensure the enforcement of the Fourth Amendment and its protection against unreasonable searches and seizures.
MP Stella Creasy receives death threats from Twitter trolls
The horror photo of a masked man brandishing a large knife was sent to MP (Member of Parliament) Stella Creasy by an internet troll, who warned her: ‘I’m gonna be the first thing u see when u wake up’. It is the latest menacing attack on high- profile women on Twitter.
APP OF THE WEEK: Minutely Lets You “Correct” The Weather, Visualize Storms In 3D | TechCrunch
Mobile weather applications may be becoming the new playground for user interface designers, but few can also make claims as to advancing the technology behind the display of the weather on users’ smartphones, as well. But that’s the case with Minutely, a newly launched mobile weather application for iPhone and Android which not only offers the usual assortment of weather info, like temperatures, forecasts, and precipitation details, but also a 3D view into the weather itself in an application built on top of Unity.
IKEA's Augmented Reality 2014 Catalog Lets You Preview Products in Your Apartment! | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building
IKEA’s upcoming 2014 catalog, which will be released on August 25, will allow you to preview products in your home using augmented reality to ensure that your purchase is the perfect size, style, and color for your interior.
World's First Lab-Grown Burger Is 'Close to Meat'
After years of work, a scientist at a Dutch university cooked and served the world's first lab-grown "beef" burger.
Tesla to produce all-wheel drive Model S sedan next year | The Verge
Coming off its first profitable quarter in company history, Tesla is preparing an all-wheel drive version of its popular Model S electric sedan,
KICKSTARTER OF THE WEEK: Range. Smart thermometer, smarter cook. by Supermechanical
Modernize your kitchen craft with precise temperature readings, alerts to phones anywhere, & recipe graphs for repeatable results.
Can you spot the hidden Lego bricks in these incredible pictures?
Artist Dean West first started thinking about using Legos in his work back in 2009, when he had a big box of the brick toys sent to his home in Australia.
But West didn't even know where to begin, since he didn't play with the Danish building blocks growing up. After researching the toys a bit more, West found someone who was more skilled in the art of Lego construction - New York City sculptor Nathan Sawaya.
Billionaire Red Sox Owner John Henry Buys Boston Globe For $70 Million From New York Times - Forbes
John Henry, billionaire sports team owner and Boston resident, has brought the town’s most recognized newspaper back to local ownership. With a $70 million all-cash bid, he purchased The Boston Globe from corporate owner The New York Times on Saturday.
Amazon.com : Belkin 3-Outlet Mini Travel Swivel Charger Surge Protector with Dual USB Ports (1 AMP / 5 Watt) : Power Strips : Electronics
Bites and Pieces Sandwich Crust Cutter Tetris Style
Tetris your sandwich.
Bebo Founder: "It's time to come clean." - YouTube
http://youtu.be/Lm9J8Glk0bE
VIDEO OF THE WEEK: Shark Week. #SharkCat cleaning Kitchen! - YouTube
The epic return of Shark Week celebrated by Shark Cat and a Roomba.
How to Make a Tiny Toilet Out of a Banana
YouTube's Founders Challenge Vine and Instagram with New Video App - NYTimes.com
After months of teasing, the wait is over: Chad Hurley and Steve Chen, who brought us the video-sharing site YouTube, are taking the wraps off their newest project, a video creation app called MixBit.
ISRC - International Standard Recording Code
ISRC, the International Standard Recording Code, is the internationally recognized identification tool for sound and music video recordings.
Chief marketing officer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A chief marketing officer (CMO) is a corporate executive responsible for marketing activities in an organization. Most often the position reports to the chief executive officer.
Apple applies for patent on "audio hyperlinking" system for enhanced podcasts | TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog
Patently Apple provided some insight into an Apple patent application published today by the US Patent
Amazon.com: Logitech UE 984-000298 Mobile Boombox Bluetooth Speaker and Speakerphone (Black Grill/Black): Electronics
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