| Today's Top 3 Stories | | #1 | NHTSA To Require Backup Cameras On All Vehicles | | | The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration issued a regulation Monday requiring all vehicles, including new trucks and buses, to have rear-view visibility -- in effect, requiring backup cameras. (USA Today)
Why This Is Important: Automakers have been readying for this ruling, which many deemed inevitable. It goes into full effect in 2018.
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| | #2 | Apple's War On Samsung Has Google In Crossfire
| | | Apple is seeking about $2 billion in damages from Samsung, which in turn says Apple violated its patents, but the case could also have major implications for Google. (New York Times)
Why This Is Important: Should Apple win, Google may have to make changes to critical Android features; however, by the time this is all said and done, it's more likely that the devices and features in question will have already been replaced anyway.
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| | #3 | Smartphone Kill-Switch Could Save Consumers $2.6B Per Year
| | | Technology that remotely makes a stolen smartphone useless could save American consumers up to $2.6 billion per year if it is implemented widely and leads to a reduction in theft of phones, according to a new report. (Computerworld)
Why This Is Important: Proponents of the bill claim consumers will save these billions by being able to downgrade to warranty plans that don't include theft protection.
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"We expected a knee-jerk reaction from people who don't have all the information we do and will not have it for some time. We expected a negative reaction, that does not mean we think the reaction is warranted. My primary goal is the long term success of VR, not short-term warm and fuzzy feelings." -- Oculus founder Palmer Luckey
| | | Blog Post of The Day | What Games Are: Virtual Reality, We Hardly Knew You
By Tadhg Kelly
It might be white hot news that Facebook dropped two-bils on buying in, or that Valve's Michael Abrash has joined Oculus as chief scientist, but I suspect that this generation of virtual reality is already dead. Dead like 3DTV is dead. Dead like Blu-Ray is dead. Dead like Kinect is dead. Which, on the face of it, is a pretty bold claim to make given we haven't seen much in the way of the consumer version of VR yet, but bear with me. More » |
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