Axeon fits a Land Rover Defender with an electric drivetrain for use in game parks. While developer interest in Apple's mobile devices remains high, interest in Android has stalled among programmers disappointed with tablet prices and pressed by Android fragmentation, a survey published today showed. American Express beat estimates in its first quarter earnings, yet rising costs led to an afterhours Renowned Aussie fashion photographer Christian Blanchard has shot campaigns for some of the biggest names in the business. He talks us through his portfolio and shares tips for aspiring photographers. The actors will play Tom and Alice in the fantasy tale being circled by Jeff Bridges and Julianne Moore. [...] Amazon might have taken a first-mover advantage by beating Apple and other companies to the punch with a web-based music storage and streaming service — but it wasn't enough to floor investors in the same way companies like Apple have done in the past with these kinds of announcements. But despite the first-mover advantage, it doesn't look like Amazon has pulled an Apple — specifically its own shareholders. Investor reaction to a dramatic change in company activity can sometimes be an indicator of how successful a new product might be. For example, when Apple announced the iPhone, its shares jumped around 13.5 percent. Amazon's announcement led to a modest 3.1 percent bump in the company. The new service looks like it will face some stiff competition from a few companies. Google is rumored to be testing its cloud music service internally. Apple is also believed to be working on a cloud music service after picking up Lala.com. Spotify, an extremely popular cloud music service in Europe with more than 1 million subscribers, is planning on moving into the U.S. market. Sony also announced its music service will be accessible through the Internet. The announcement did not spook ... JPK changed the title from "The Spook's Apprentice" to "The Seventh Son" VeriFone attempted a classic "fear, uncertainty, and doubt" (FUD) campaign against Square today with a site and a video (below) claiming a major exploit in the mobile payment method. The credit card processing firm claimed that all was needed to "skim" and steal credit card data was a fake app that could use Square data but didn't actually process a payment. Since the hardware didn't encrypt the data, it could be adapted in "minutes" to systematically grab data from unsuspecting buyers, company chief Doug Bergeron claimed.... Jitters coincide with start of $37-billion social handouts Telegraph View: The Bank of England's inept performance at controlling inflation is threatening to spook the markets. An anonymous reader writes "From the Wired article: 'If educators in New Mexico want to teach evolution or climate change as a "controversial scientific topic," a new bill seeks to protect them from punishment. House Bill 302, as it's called, states that public school teachers who want to teach "scientific weaknesses" about "controversial scientific topics" including evolution, climate change, human cloning and -- ambiguously -- "other scientific topics" may do so without fear of reprimand. The legislation was introduced to the New Mexico House of Representatives on Feb. 1 by Republican Rep. Thomas A. Anderson. Supporters of science education say this and other bills are designed to spook teachers who want to teach legitimate science and protect other teachers who may already be customizing their curricula with anti-science lesson plans.'" Read more of this story at Slashdot. Alex Pettyfer and Jennifer Lawrence are circling this project about an exorcist in training. [...] JPK added Alex Pettyfer (In Talks) to the credits As it marches on with the process of integrating two of the largest U.S. airlines, United Continental posted earnings on Tuesday, announcing a substantial loss based on merger costs that didn?t spook investors, as the company widely beat Wall Streets? earnings expectations. A recently uncovered presentation from Microsoft has revealed that the company has been encouraging its partners to scare enterprises away from the iPad. It argues that corporate buyers would get weaker enterprise security, app support and device variety. The pitch found by ZDNet is targeted at those with or without iPads and tries to get those companies with iPads to keep using Windows on tablets, either through a virtual desktop to "reduce risk" or by adding extra tablets.... Growth shows why the Asian giant is the engine of world recovery Shedding light on the risk of developing diseases such as diabetes or cancer does not tend to trigger extreme anxiety. But it also doesn't push seem to people to make significant lifestyle changes. When Mike Godfrey's employer put out a call for recruits for a study on genetic testing, he hesitated before volunteering to hand over a swab of his saliva.
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