the bulk collection of American phone records by the National security agency will no longer be permitted legally, Spencer Ackerman of the Guardian reports.
since October 2001 that US phone calls weren't collected en masse from America's three largest telecommunications providers.
for another 90-day extension of the order needed to continue the collection of domestic phone records. e did not file an application for reauthorization,
Mcconnell, whose bill would continue all phone-records collection by the FBI and NSA, and the rest of the Senate will meet again on May 31.
That print shop got tapped to print the emails for the landmark 2001 Microsoft antitrust case. Wilson recalls printing out piles and piles of Bill gates'and Steve Ballmer's emails
boxing them up, putting them on trucks, and delivering them to the courthouse, where as many as 300 attorneys would be searching them for anything relevant to the case."
you could only access the database from a Windows computer running an outdated version of Internet explorer,
Even without outside investment, Logikcull was able to hire the experts it needed to develop a browser-based, computer-plus-smartphone software solution,
what it will be like to use the iphone as a remote control for your entire home (AAPL) The first home appliances that will work with Homekit, Apple's platform for connecting all of the devices in your home,
and door locks that you can control with your iphone, Apple has added a new support page with a few new details about
As long as you're signed into the same Apple ID account on your iphone and Apple TV,
#This US military-funded security company can tell who you are just from the way you touch your phone Passwords could soon be going the way of the dodo as digital security gets more sophisticated.
move your mouse or touch your phone screen. Behaviosec tracks these movements and maps them against past interactions to see
or pressing a phone screen harder the company will let the bank know it thinks someone else is trying to get into your bank account.
"Behaviosec's tech plugs directly into banks apps and websites, so even if you've never downloaded it you may have used it.
#All of Germany just signed up to this micropayment app that people think is the future of news on the web Blendle,
the app or website takes a small payment, with revenue split roughly 30/70 between Blendle and the publisher.
"In May, Facebook partnered with nine major news publishers to launch Facebook Instant, a feature that allows the publishers to publish directly to Facebook's mobile app.
And in April Google created a#150 million fund for journalism in Europe, partnering with eight European publishers to invest in training
and research n
#Intel is spending $125 million to solve one of the biggest problems in Silicon valley (INTC) Intel is opening its wallet to solve one of the biggest problems in Silicon valley:
#It's no longer all about ads ere's how publishers, streaming sites, and apps are using subscriptions to boost revenues
While ads account for the bulk of revenue at most publishers, music streaming sites, and on apps, the subscription model is gaining traction.
Internet companies are exploiting the opportunity to boost ARPU (average revenue per user), helped along by recurring payments from a subscriber base.
the categories are video, music, news publishing, social networks/messaging, and dating apps. Access The Full Report And Data sets By Signing Up For A Trial Membership Here are some of the key takeaways:
%and Linkedin (2%).The report is full of charts, data, and case studies that can easily be downloaded
#Dropbox found a brilliant way to add a lot of new users by killing email attachments On Wednesday,
and possibly replace email attachments. But the service is designed cleverly in a way that also introduce Dropbox to a ton of new users.
users send out file requests by email, and the recipient can upload files up to 2gb in size to a designated Dropbox folder,
from both existing and non-Dropbox users, forgoing the need to go through multiple email attachments or physical copies.
This could potentially replace email attachments, as it offers bigger file limits and a more convenient way to upload files.
"One day, people may simply download 3d printing files from the Internet with customized shapes and colors and print out useful devices at home."
The research has been published in the journal Microsystems & Nanoengineering, in an article headed"3d printed microelectronics for integrated circuitry and passive wireless sensors. e
For the last two years, Amal Graafstra, the founder and CEO of the Seattle-based company, has sold implantable devices including near-field communication (NFC) chips, radio-frequency identification chips (RFID), biomagnets,
Dangerous Things/Facebookimplanting a RFID tag only takes a few minutes and is a relatively painless procedure.
For example, Graafstra, who has an RFID chip implanted in each hand, has stopped almost completely using keys and passwords.
and unlock doors and log into his computer and password-secured websites. He even rigged his motorcycle
If you have enabled a NFC phone like most major Android phones, you can also unlock it with an implanted device just by holding it.
Dangerous Thingsbiohacking kits range in price from about $40 to $100. This RFID kit comes with everything needed to perform an implant.
Eventually, implantable devices could even be tied to your bank account so that you can make transactions, Graafstra said.
Prices for products range from $39 for a basic RFID/NFC glass tag to $99 for a NFC injection kit and take only a few minutes to implant into the hands.
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved RFID chips for human implantation in 2004.
Dangerous Thingsgraafstra has a RFID tag in each of his hands. e have been picking up things like rocks
and demonstrates how the RFID tag implanted in his hand can be used to unlock a smart doorlock.
#Google has a brilliant new tool for avoiding long lines at stores and restaurants Google has added a new tool to its search bar that helps people avoid long lines at stores and restaurants.
The feature reveals peak traffic hours for millions of businesses on every day of the week,
the company said in a blog post. The tool is accessed by searching for a retailer,
"Google's post reads.""Now, you can avoid the wait and see the busiest times of the week at millions of places and businesses around the world directly from Google search.
For example, just search for"Blue Bottle Williamsburg,"tap on the title and see how busy it gets throughout the day
#Smartphone skin cancer app developed by Vancouver dermatologist A new smartphone app for monitoring skin cancer made its debut at the World Congress of Dermatology in Vancouver on Tuesday.
I don't have to wait 12 months to use a doctor's phone or...camera to look at my mole.
"The app works by attaching a mini-microscope to a smartphone camera, which takes images of skin moles
Maryam Sadeghi shows off an early version of Molescope, an app for smartphones and ipads that people can use to monitor for signs of skin cancer.
"Usually what I try to do is get good images with my iphone hovering over the dermatoscope,
cellphones with EU plans pay same price everywhere The European union has agreed to end mobile roaming charges within two years
and allow travellers with European phone plans to pay the same price for calls, text messages and data anywhere in the 28 EU nations.
also means Internet users will be able to access content without being slowed unfairly down or blocked, a concept known as net neutrality.
and the full parliament, would allow Internet providers to use"reasonable"measures to manage online traffic,
"With the prevalence of TV content on the internet and Netflix, Canadians are seeing less need to have a TV subscription,
what they need on the internet.""Allen said cord-cutters are finding other ways to watch their favourite shows
"The report is based on phone and online surveys conducted in the fall of 2014 with more than 8, 000 people across Canada a
#Wi-fi Aware enables location-based apps without GPS, cell service A new Wi-fi technology will soon let smartphones
and other Wi-fi enabled devices easily find each other and communicate without a cellular or internet connection or GPS.
Wi-fi Aware is a way for devices and apps to scan their surroundings for other devices
and apps they might want to connect to and exchange small messages before making a more solid Wi-fi connection.
Some uses suggested in a promotional video including: Finding someone to play a game with on a subway train.
Finding nearby people to share photos with at a crowded concert. Sending push notifications from a museum about an app that provides more information about exhibits
The new technology was announced this week by the Wifi Alliance, a collaboration of companies involved in making
or selling Wi-fi devices or components, including Apple, Microsoft, Sony, Intel and Samsung. Location-based services have been billed as a convenient way to target information to people, such as shoppers,
In Wi-fi Aware-certified devices, the service runs continuously in the background, looking for services
users who find what they're looking for can establish a more solid connection via Wi-fi,
or Wi-fi Direct, which allows some devices to connect directly without an internet connection. Regular Wi-fi has sometimes been blamed as a battery drain in smartphones
but the Wi-fi Alliance says Wi-fi Aware operates in a very power efficient way"through a unique process of discovery
and synchronization, establishing a common'heartbeat'".'"Works indoors, in crowds It's billed as working well even indoors somewhere GPS doesn't work very well,
limiting the use of GPS in location-based services. Wi-fi Aware will also work in crowded places like concerts
and protests without a cellular, Wi-fi or GPS connection. Its range is similar to that of a regular Wi-fi connection several dozen metres.
So far, the Wi-fi Aware technology has been incorporated into a wireless chips from Broadcom, Intel, Marvell and Realtek."
"Wi-fi Aware closes many of the gaps preventing other technologies from offering a rich experience where users can fully engage with the world around them,
"said Clint Brown, director of product marketing for Broadcom Corp.,in a statement. Existing technologies used for location-based services all have weaknesses.
GPS doesn't work well indoors, regular Wi-fi is not very power efficient, NFC has an extremely short range,
and Apple's ibeacon, based on Bluetooth Low energy (BLE) is designed to work only with Apple devices. ibeacon:
How much privacy would you give up for a coupon? This week, Google announced its own competitor to ibeacon, known as Eddystone,
which can be compatible with any Bluetooth Smart device, regardless of whether its Apple, Android,
or some other platform. Kevin Robinson, director of product marketing for the Wi-fi Alliance, said another advantage of Wi-fi Aware over beacon technologies is they offer only one-way conversations."
"So you can discover proximity to a uniquely identified service or device but the benefits stop there,
"he said in an email.""Wi-fi Aware enables a two-way conversation that doesn't rely on the cloud."
"For example, he said, existing proximity-based apps can notify travellers that they're near an airport security checkpoint.
But Wi-fi Aware would let the app ask about wait times at that and nearby security checkpoints o
for example through social media and online shopping, are big parts of the explanation for this decline among the Millennial generation.
Litman learned that city is buying a fleet of 400 new buses, all with onboard Wi-fi, USB ports at every seat and bike racks.
Jeff Wood monitors developments in urban transport technology at The Direct Transfer website. While he says"transit agencies are pretty far behind the times
#Smartphones tested as tools for medical research Jody Kearns doesn't like to spend time obsessing about her Parkinson's disease.
Yet since she enrolled in a clinical study that uses her iphone to gather information about her condition,
She taps the phone's screen in a certain pattern, records a spoken phrase and walks a short distance while the phone's motion sensors measure her gait."
"'Smartphone apps are the latest tools to emerge from the intersection of health care and Silicon valley,
Smartphone Medicine Dr. Michael Mcconnell, a cardiologist who's using an app to study heart disease,
calls a smartphone a great platform for research because it's one thing that people have with them every day.
Eric Risberg/Associated press) More than 75,000 people have enrolled in health studies that use specialized iphone apps, built with software Apple Inc. developed to help turn the popular smartphone into a research tool.
Once enrolled, iphone owners use the apps to submit data on a daily basis, by answering a few survey questions
or using the iphone's built-in sensors to measure their symptoms. Scientists overseeing the studies say the apps could transform medical research by helping them collect information more frequently and from more people, across larger and more diverse regions,
than they're able to reach with traditional health studies. A smartphone"is a great platform for research"
said Dr. Michael Mcconnell, a Stanford university cardiologist, who's using an app to study heart disease."
researchers also say a smartphone's microphone, motion sensors and touchscreen can take precise readings that,
These can be correlated with other health or fitness data and even environmental conditions, such as smog levels, based on the phone's GPS locater.
Google Inc. says it's developing a health-tracking wristband specifically designed for medical studies.
Researchers also have tried limited studies that gather data from apps on Android phones. But if smartphones hold great promise for medical research
experts say there are issues to consider when turning vast numbers of people into walking test subjects.
Study organizers also acknowledge that iphone owners tend to be more affluent and not necessarily an accurate mirror of the world's population.
Democratizes medicine Apple had created previously software called Healthkit for apps that track iphone owners'health statistics and exercise habits.
using the iphone's capabilities and vast user base estimated at 70 million or more in North america alone."
For scientists, a smartphone app is a relatively inexpensive way to reach thousands of people living in different settings and geographic areas.
"Smartphones also offer the ability to collect precise readings, Dorsey added. One test in the Parkinson's study measures the speed at
which participants tap their fingers in a particular sequence on the iphone's touchscreen. Dorsey said that's more objective than a process still used in clinics,
who said she already used her iphone"constantly"for things like banking and email.""I figured that participating would help my family and friends,
Las Positas College in Livermore will be the site of the flow batteries installation, where there is already a 2. 35 MW solar array that generates about 55%of the campus electricity.
since last June. he app is currently available for download on ios and Android. With the the new Bridj app
switching from a Web-based booking system with predetermined routes to a model that driven by the app
A new partnership between Google and Motiv Power works as follows: n Mountain view shuttle buses will be free for the public
The company has a goal of making materials for about 30 million cell phone batteries by 2016.
Cell phone batteries are notorious for having to be recharged frequently which inconveniences and irritates customers.
when people buy new cell phones. Solid Energy launched in 2012 and has raised $4. 5 million.
including Google, for its roject Ara. This is a very ambitious effort to bring modular, customizable smartphones to billions of people.
It sounds as if, potentially, the ARA phone could allow more than one battery, if that was preferred.
T he Ara platform is designed to permit hot-swapping of modules without requiring you to power down the phone
which means that you could slide out the camera and replace it with a battery
So, if the Ara phone is launched, could it be possible to have four times the battery life of a current, conventional cell phone?
That Google would choose Solid Energy as a potential partner for such a huge project seems to speak well of the startup new battery materials. he reason wee focusing on the materials side is that it where we can add the most value,
not in manufacturing, explained CEO Dr. Qichao Hu. An article in MIT Technology Review says Solid Energy battery technology is appropriate for smartphones,
but probably not for electric cars, because it can be recharged enough times. Some people drive the same car for ten years,
%According to GE, the Digital Wind farm makes use of the industrial internet o address a longstanding need for greater flexbility in renewable power. very business including our own at GE
added Bolze. y harnessing the full power of the Industrial Internet, we can create a world where wind farms learn,
A lakeside lifeguard station in The netherlands was used as the site for the first application of bioconcrete.
as shown in this nifty Youtube video (don miss the cartoon version, too): Hook up the floating engine to a generator,
to be precise source for hydrogen that the company has been messing around with (visit our sister site Gas2. org for more coverage).
That provides much more flexibility for site selection than offshore wind turbines which can easily run into aesthetic obstacles.
Think of energy like you think about an iphone The first and most important driver is the argument
Shell and Exxon don see Google and Apple as competitors, which is just why incumbents so often lose.
and Google who are both developing battery and car opportunities, with a close eye on the technology integration opportunity.
#Google street view Now Monitors Urban Air pollution Wee come to rely on Google street view for everything from roads to hiking paths to coral reefs,
Tech startup Aclima just announced a partnership with Google earth Outreach to equip Google street view cars with its mobile sensor platform.
Google, and EPA will empower people to eeurban air quality like never before, and could turn Google maps into platform for mapping environmental air quality against public health standards.
Google street view Maps Urban Air pollution Like Never Before Aclima equipped three Google street view vehicles for the Denver pilot program for a month-long system test during the DISCOVER-AQ study conducted by NASA and EPA.
The cars spent 750 hours of drive time gathering 150 million data points on nitrogen dioxide (NO2), nitric oxide (NO), ozone (O3), carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, methane, black carbon
which were correlated then with data from EPA stationary measurement sites. So far, EPA has relied on an extensive network of these stationary devices in urban areas to measure harmful airborne pollutants
Google earth Outreach Program Manager. his partnership with Aclima enables us to take the next steps in our pilot project to utilize Street view existing infrastructure
and test Google maps as an environmental sensing platform for mapping the environment. Aclima Denver air quality The Denver pilot returned interesting results.
and breathe in an entirely new way by integrating Aclima mobile sensing platform with Google maps and Street view cars, said Davida Herzl,
While the Google street view partnership could change the way we live and breathe outside, Aclima is focused also acutely on how we live
and analyzing 500 million data points daily across a global network composed of 21 Google offices around the world.
and will be used by Google to evaluate environmental factors within their offices and inform future workplace design decisions to boost employee health
Google Real estate and Workplace Services. ur vision is to create buildings that seamlessly support the people who inhabit them.
#Robots learn to cook by watching Youtube When it comes to teaching robots how to do things,
is Youtube. More specifically, cooking tutorials on Youtube. By watching these videos, robots are able to learn the complicated series of grasping
and manipulation motions required for cooking by observing what humans do on the Internet.""We chose cooking videos
because everyone has done it, "said UMD professor of computer science and director of the UMIACS Computer Vision Lab Yiannis Aloimonos."
"The robot uses several key systems in order to learn from Youtube videos. Computer vision, with two different recognition systems, allows the robot to visually process how the presenter grabs something,
While this operates in concert to circumvent the injured site on the spine allowing the patient--theoretically--to use their limbs it can also be used to monitor electrical impulses from the brain in real-time allowing the researchers to accurately gauge the patient's intention to move before the signal is translated into motion.
#Dutch Harvest Electricity From Living Plants To Power Streetlights, Wi-fi & Cell Phones Plant-e, a company based out of The netherlands,
using them to power Wi-fi hotspots, cell phone chargers, and even streetlights. The company debuted their project, called tarry Sky, in November of 2014 near Amsterdam,
where they lit up more than 300 LED streetlights at two different sites. Their plant power technology is also being used to power the company headquarters in Wageningen.
Their technology allows them to produce electricity from practically every site where plants can grow. ia photosynthesis a plant produces organic matter.
On the company website, they feature animated pictures of mini-forests growing on building rooftops supplying power to the entire building.
www. plantpower. eu or visit their website listed in the sources. More and more energy innovations seem to be emerging every single day,
Once swallowed, the high-tech tablet is controlled externally using a special mobile phone app. When it reaches the stomach a few minutes later
A powerful magnetic patch is applied then to the skin to draw the pill into position over the site where the vagus nerve runs through the abdomen-near the top of the stomach just under the breastbone.
which is played through earphones connected to a signal generator the size of a mobile phone. Clinical trial results suggest it can reduce tinnitus loudness by an average of about 40 per cent.
and historical sites. yber archaeologistsare busy making digital 3d models of items thought to have been destroyed,
The website invites people to submit photographs they have taken, which are sorted then and rebuilt in 3d by volunteers and experts alike.
and widespread looting of sites such as the Palace of Ashurnasipal II at Nimrud occurred, with fears that ISIS may destroy the ancient city of Palmyra.
Fove virtual reality headset lets players aim and interact with characters using just their EYES Gamers could soon be dropping their joysticks
chief executive of The Planetary Society Bill Nye said in a webcast after the launch. On this particular flight,
Google is also working on'smart lenses'that contain a control circuit, an image capture component and an image sensor.
The system can be linked wirelessly to a mobile phone for data access and to issue commands via audio,
000 A Japanese electronics firm is selling a 13ft (four metre) mechanical suit on Amazon that can be controlled by an iphone,
A company called Emotiv adapted a $499 (£324) gaming headset that lets wearers control on-screen and physical objects with their brain as part of a racing game.
A riveris wired up to the electroencephalography (EEG) headset and the device is trained to read their unique brain patterns.
They first clear their mind to train the headset to their neutral state and then think of a repetitive task that will be associated with driving the car.
Once the headset has been calibrated, the game begins and the driver can control the shoebox-sized vehicle by thinking about their repetitive task.
The Emotive headsets are embedded with sensors that record electrical activity along the wearer scalp, forehead and above the right ear.
and there are no immediate plans to release the game and headset. However, the EPOC Emotiv headset is available from $499 (£324)
and it will work with existing brain-computer interface games and software that work with EEG readings.
The Emotiv headset used for the demonstration is called Insight and is available to buy now. WOLVERINE-SUPER-HEALING POWERSIN the X men films, Wolverine has mutant powers
For example, implementing biometric identification in smart phones and other everyday objects such as computers or cars could make people see the technology as useful and easy to operate.
Another issue is how the data is kept secure, particularly in the case of iris-scanning by objects such as smart phones.
#Nasa joins US government project to create'Google for the deep web'that could uncover cyber criminals,
paedophiles and drug dealers in the online underworld The deep web is a hive of illegal activity,
'When you do a simple Web search on a topic, the results that pop up aren't the whole story,
The Internet contains a vast trove of information-sometimes called the'Deep Web'-that isn't indexed by search engines:
'We're augmenting Web crawlers to behave like browsers-in other words, executing scripts and reading ads in ways that you would
Additionally, a standard Web search doesn't get much information from images and videos, but Memex can recognize what's in this content
'Today's web searches use a centralised, one-size-fits-all approach that searches the internet with the same set of tools for all queries.'
'But common search practices miss information in the deep web-the parts of the web not indexed by standard commercial search engines
-and ignore shared content across pages.''Memex was designed to overcome these challenges by extending'the reach of current search capabilities
The software scours all aspects of the web-including those hidden in the dark net-to create data maps that might reveal clues about illegal activity.
or porn sites featuring the same email addresses or phone numbers. These patterns could reveal links that human investigators could miss,
Targeting the deep web is also an initiative being developed in the UK. In December the UK government said a specialist unit was being set up to hunt down paedophiles using the dark net to share child pornography.
Prime minister David cameron said the new unit is aimed at'shining a light on the web's darkest corners'as he announced a package of measures to tackle online child abuse.
The dark net consists of a network of encoded websites that sit behind the publicly available websites
when the FBI made a series of raids on Silk road-an online marketplace described as the'ebay for illegal drugs'.
Hidden capabilities that let users email and host file storage through encrypted and anonymous networks are provided by services the The Onion Router (Tor).
Tor users currently represent 0. 18 per cent of the total number of internet uses in the UK.
However, in a recent investigation, GCHQ and the NCA were able to track down a British man who had been maintaining chat rooms
and websites in the Far east and Eastern europe that were used to share child pornography around the world.
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