| Today's Top 3 Stories | | #1 | Report: Google's Next Tablet Will Have 3D Vision Technology
| | | Google is planning to release a tablet with "advanced vision capabilities," which will use two back cameras, infrared depth sensors and software to capture 3D images of objects and rooms, according to a report. (Mashable)
Why This Is Important: The tablet would be the second product from Google's "Project Tango," announced in February, which aims "to give mobile devices a human-scale understanding of space and motion," according to a Google exec.
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| | #2 | Jeff Bezos Doesn't Think Amazon Is Secretive: 'We're Just Quiet'
| | | "I never think of us as secretive," Bezos said. "We're just quiet." The irony may have been lost on Bezos as he said this in a meeting where reporters — there were only about six of us there — were prohibited from recording, taking photos, using a laptop to type or using any kind of social media. (Dallas Business Journal)
Why This Is Important: The founder's "loose lips sink ships" credo was carried into Amazon's annual shareholders' meeting, where reporters were banned from using electronic recording devices and each was assigned a handler, North Korea-style.
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| | #3 | Sony Says PS4 Is Already Contributing Profit
| | | Sony president Kaz Hirai said at a corporate strategy meeting in Japan this week that the PlayStation 4 is ahead of schedule for previous PS platforms by "already contributing a profit on a hardware unit basis." (Gamespot)
Why This Is Important: Although Sony has been bleeding red ink from other business sections in recent quarters, the gaming business continues to thrive and is "establishing a very different business framework from that of previous platform businesses," Hirai said.
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