| Today's Top 3 Stories | | #1 | Record Labels Seek to Punish SiriusXM Over Pre-1972 Music
| | | A lawsuit brought by the major record labels -- Sony, Universal, Warner -- against SiriusXM has barely begun, and yet the case is skipping ahead to the issue of jury instruction. (Hollywood Reporter)
Why This Is Important: The suit, which has almost zero precedent, is potentially worth millions of dollars and could have a serious effect on satellite radio going forward.
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| | #2 | Nadella's Rise Renews Appeals For Office On iPad, Android Tablets
| | | The selection of new CEO Satya Nadella has renewed calls by analysts that Microsoft free its profitable Office franchise from Windows and release full-featured versions for Google's Android and Apple's iOS tablets. "Nadella should focus on setting products free, making them available everywhere, such as making Office available not just on Windows but also the iPad," said Ted Schadler, an analyst at Forrester Research, in an interview earlier this week. "Set this business free, Satya." (Computerworld)
Why This Is Important: The subscription aspect of Office on mobile devices may be off-putting, but with all the features available, it might just be the boost Microsoft needs.
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| | #3 | Apple, Other Tech Firms Talk Distracted Driving At Senate Summit
| | | Retiring Senator Jay Rockefeller IV (D-WV) on Thursday chaired a day-long summit on distracted driving that featured appearances by representatives of Apple, Google, Samsung, AT&T, General Motors, Toyota and others. While perhaps a bit ironic to some observers, the US Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation
is seeking "more robust technological solutions to distracted driving." (Electronista)
Why This Is Important: Consumers will be better off in the long run if the tech manufacturers impose safety limitations before the lawmakers feel compelled to step in.
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"With Gates as a mentor to the new CEO, it will increase the freedom, increase the power of the new CEO to make changes -- to deviate
from Ballmer's strategies," Yan Anthea Zhang, an associate business professor at Rice University, said about Bill Gates' decision to remain active in the Microsoft's product development. "Gates will be a mentor, an advisor, a supporter to the new CEO."
| | | Blog Post of The Day | The Questions That Computers Can Never Answer
By Aatish Bhatia
Computers can drive cars, land a rover on Mars, and beat humans at Jeopardy. But do you ever wonder if there's anything that a computer can never do? Computers are, of course, limited by their hardware. My smartphone can't double as an electric razor (yet). But that's a physical limitation, one that we could overcome if we really wanted to. So let me be a little more precise in what I mean. What I'm asking is, are there any questions that a computer
can never answer? More » |
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