Google closes on Motorola Mobility acquisition
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Google says Dennis Woodside, previously president of Google's Americas region, is Motorola's new CEO. Departing CEO Sanjay Jha will help to ensure a smooth transition.
Continue »iPhone-powered guitar shreds digitally
The digital gTar never needs tuning.
(Credit: Incident Technologies)(CNET) At first glance, a digital guitar with the brains of a super-powered smartphone and illuminated fretboard seems like a product that could change everything about guitar instrumentation. The digital dynamo by Incident Technologies aims to work as "the first guitar that anybody can play," as noted in description of the gTar on Kickstarter.
To start, one merely needs to plug an iPhone 4/4S in to the digital guitar. After selecting a song in the gTar app, illuminated frets await your fingertips to help you start playing along.
Continue »Webby Awards: Steve Jobs honored, list of winners
"Game of Thrones" star Nikolaj Coster-Waldau poses at the 16th Annual Webby Awards at the Hammerstein Ballroom, Monday, May 21, 2012 in New York.
(Credit: CBS/Edecio Martinez)(CBS News) The 16th annual Webby Awards was held Monday night in New York.
New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg was honored with a Webby Award for Lifetime Achievement for his work with the Bloomberg media corporation.
The award was presented by Tumblr founder and chief executive officer David Karp, who reminded the audience that if it wasn't for Bloomberg's contribution to financial technology, we wouldn't have found out the cost of Facebook stock shares until Monday. Karp was referring to the social network's high-profile initial public offering (IPO) last Friday.
Continue »Webby Awards to honor Bloomberg, Louis C.K.
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg speaks at UNC-Chapel Hill's commencement in Chapel Hill, N.C. on Sunday, May 13, 2012. Bloomberg told graduates that last week's gay marriage vote shows there is still a lot of work to be done for civil rights in this country.
(Credit: AP Photo/The News & Observer, Takaaki Iwabu)Some of the notable honorees include New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg, who will receive the Webby Award for Lifetime Achievement for his work with the Bloomberg media corporation. Actress Juliette Lewis and comedian Graydon Sheppard will receive a special achievement award for the viral web video "Sh*t Girls Say." Comedian Louis C.K. will be honored with a Webby Person of the Year award.
Continue »App scans faces of bar-goers to guess age, gender
Cole Harper, co-founder and CEO of SceneTap, holds up a phone showing the app SceneTap at a bar in San Francisco, Thursday, May 17, 2012. A new app is scheduled to launch in San Francisco this weekend that will scan the faces of patrons in 25 bars across the city to determine their ages and genders. The appās makers, Austin, Texas-based SceneTap, say the app doesnāt identify specific individuals, but privacy advocates have their doubts.
(Credit: AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)A new app launched this weekend that will scan the faces of patrons in 25 bars across the city to determine their ages and genders. Would-be customers can then check their smartphones for real-time updates on the crowd size, average age and male-to-female mix to decide whether the scene is to their liking.
Continue »3D motion-control transforms the home computer
(CBS News) Move over Microsoft Kinect and touch-screen displays. Controlling your computer may soon be done without touching a keyboard, mouse or touch screen - thanks to a little device called the Leap.
Leap Motion, a San Francisco-based motion-control software and hardware company, unveiled a new way to control computers.
Continue »Court won't reduce student's music download fine
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Apple partner Foxconn invests $210M in new plant
Foxconn employees working on Apple products.
(Credit: Apple)(CNET) Apple's primary manufacturing partner, Foxconn, will invest $210 million to build a new facility in October, according to China Daily.
Continue »Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg marries Priscilla Chan
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg marries long-time girlfriend Priscilla Chan.
(Credit: Facebook/Mark Zuckerberg)(AP) PALO ALTO, Calif. - Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg has updated his status to "married."
Zuckerberg and 27-year-old Priscilla Chan tied the knot at a small ceremony at his Palo Alto, Calif., home Saturday, capping a busy week for the couple.
Continue »Report: 37 billion online videos viewed in April
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(CNET) How much online video did you watch last month?
Across the U.S., 181 million Internet users tracked by ComScore caught a total of 37 billion videos in April. That means 84.5 percent of the U.S. Internet audience viewed an online video, and the average person spent 21.8 hours doing so for the month.
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