CE Newswire - 09.26.13

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Today's Top 3 Stories #1 15 Percent Of Americans Find The Internet Irrelevant And Hard To Use   The information superhighway is not for everyone. Fifteen percent of adults still don't use the Internet, primarily because it's not relevant to them or it's too difficult to use, a recent Pew survey said. (PC World) Why This Is Important: Although access to the Internet is increasing, the number of people who find it to be too complicated is rising as well. Somewhat even more shocking is that the study found 3 percent of U.S. users are still stuck using a dial-up connection.  #2  eBay To Buy Braintree For $800 Million   eBay Inc. agreed to buy Braintree, a global payment platform, for $800 million in cash, in a bid to grow its PayPal unit's mobile capabilities.  (Wall Street Journal) Why This Is Important: eBay's PayPal unit has been facing ongoing competition from other mobile-payments systems — including Google. Braintree, which is no small potato in the category, should give eBay a hefty boost.  #3 Twitter Launches Emergency Notification Service   A new service from Twitter allows government agencies and non-governmental organizations to send emergency messages directly to users' phones during natural disasters or times of crisis, the company announced Wednesday. (CNN) Why This Is Important: Users of Twitter will be able to receive critical information, such as severe weather alerts while social networking. Don't worry -- it's optional. 4. Thanksgiving Day Will Top Black Friday for the Best Deals (DealNews) 5. Electronics Giant Sharp Entering The Strawberry Business (Wired) 6. Can A Case Boost Your iPhone 5's WiFi? Check The Linkase (Reuters) 7. Bill Gates admits Control-Alt-Delete was a mistake, blames IBM (The Verge) 8. So, What About BlackBerry's Business Model? (SeekingAlpha) 9. How Google Could Have Made The Web Secure And Failed -- Again (CNET) 10. Black Friday Is Facing Extinction (Time) "We are seeing the eventual extinction of Black Friday," said Bill Tancer, head of global research for Experian Marketing Services, adding "What we see in our data is that retail is really changing. The consumer is relentlessly searching for that deal." Blog Post of The Day Forget Foreign Languages and Music. Teach Our Kids to Code By Brendan I. Koerner J. Paul Gibson began to teach programming classes for teens out of frustration. A computer scientist at the National University of Ireland, he had by 1998 become shocked at the ineptness of his students. More » Upcoming Events CEDIA Expo Sept. 25-28 Colorado Convention Center Denver http://expo.cedia.net/register CEA Industry Forum Oct. 20-23 Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Los Angeles www.ce.org 2014 International CES Jan. 7-10 Las Vegas Convention Center Las Vegas www.cesweb.org Was this copy of CE Newswire forwarded to you? Start your own subscription by clicking here. TWICE Editorial Team Stephen Smith, Editor In Chief Phone: (917) 281-4754  | Email Greg Tarr, Executive Editor Phone: (917) 281-4760  | Email John Laposky, Managing Editor Phone: (917) 281-4736  | Email Doug Olenick, Web Editor Phone: (917) 281-6719  | Email Joseph Palenchar, Senior Editor Phone: (917) 281-4746  | Email Alan Wolf, Senior Editor Phone: (917) 281-4769  | Email Lisa Johnston, Senior Editor Phone: (917) 281-4733  | Email

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