CE Newswire - 10.02.13

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Today's Top 3 Stories #1 Exclusive: Microsoft Investors Push For Chairman Gates To Step Down   While Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer has been under pressure for years to improve the company's performance and share price, this appears to be the first time that major shareholders are taking aim at Gates, who remains one of the most respected and influential figures in technology. (Dawn) Why This Is Important: Opinions are mixed on the debate, with the dissent limited to three anonymous shareholders. #2  Is New Kindle The Future Of Contact Centers?   We have featured advances in unified communications and collaboration geared to the contact center market a number of times on this site, but I haven't seen anything very interesting at the consumer end -- until now, from Amazon. (InformationWeek) Why This Is Important: Why go all the way into the Apple store for help with a broken tablet? Will the Kindle push-button instant assistance become the new expectation? #3 Google Said To Avoid U.S. Antitrust Challenge Over Waze   Google Inc., owner of the world's largest search engine, won't be challenged by U.S. antitrust regulators over its purchase of mapping application Waze, people familiar with the matter said. (Bloomberg) Why This Is Important: Google could use a break after all the concessions it has had to make to appease European antitrust regulators. 4. Who Advertises on Facebook's Mobile App? Other Apps (Businessweek) 5. Make Your Embarrassing Old Facebook Posts Unsearchable With This Quick Tweak (Wired) 6. FAA Panel Endorses WiFi As Safe (WSJ) 7. Another Insane Apple Advantage (SeekingAlpha) 8. European Regulator Close To Settlement With Google (Dawn) 9. 17 Entrepreneurs Share Their New Favorite Apps (Fox Business) 10. FreedomPop Launches Free Mobile Phone Service On Sprint's Network (TechSpot) "This is long overdue ... Replacing the old guard with some fresh eyes can provide the oxygen needed to properly evaluate their corporate strategy." said Todd Lowenstein, a portfolio manager at HighMark Capital Management, which owns Microsoft shares, about the push to oust Bill Gates. Blog Post of The Day Disruptions: Visually Impaired Turn To Smartphones To See Their World By Nick Bilton Luis Perez loves taking photographs. He shoots mostly on an iPhone, snapping gorgeous pictures of sunsets, vintage cars, old buildings and cute puppies. But when he arrives at a photo shoot, people are often startled when he pulls out a long white cane. More » Upcoming Events ADL National Consumer Technology Industry Awards Tribute Nov. 9 Grand Hyatt Hotel New York http://adl.org Ultra HD Conference At CES Unveiled Nov. 12 Metropolitan Pavilion New York www.twice.com/ultraHD 2014 International CES Jan. 7-10, 2014 Las Vegas Convention Center Las Vegas www.cesweb.org Mega Group USA Convention March 20-23, 2014 Gaylord Texan Hotel Dallas www.megagroupusa.com  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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