First look: Android L in action

The top 10 Windows 8 questions everyone asks

'Luckily, monkeys love to gamble' ... but they're just as irrational about it as humans

ITworld Tonight

June 30, 2014

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First look: Android L in action

The new Android version comes with a UI refresh, not new features alone.

Issue highlights

1. The top 10 Windows 8 questions everyone asks

2. 'Luckily, monkeys love to gamble' ... but they're just as irrational about it as humans

3. Hands-on with OS X Yosemite: Spotlight takes center stage

4. Supreme Court declines to hear Google's request in Street View lawsuit

5. iOS 7.1.2 arrives with fixes for iBeacons, mail attachment encryption, more

6. Why Android Wear is the new iPad

7. Hadoop distributor MapR gets $110M from Google

8. Facebook emotional manipulation test turns users into 'lab rats'

9. Wal-Mart slashes iPhone 5S and 5C prices by as much as 71% off list

10. Historical computing: The launch of the IBM System/360

The top 10 Windows 8 questions everyone asks

Some burning questions just don't die. READ MORE

'Luckily, monkeys love to gamble' ... but they're just as irrational about it as humans

Researchers show that humans are not the only species susceptible to "hot hand bias" when gambling. READ MORE

Hands-on with OS X Yosemite: Spotlight takes center stage

Like its littermate Dashboard, OS X's Spotlight feature has been with us since OS X Tiger, way back in 2005. But Spotlight in OS X Yosemite is different. Really different, with a new look, a new location, and a new set of data sources. READ MORE

Supreme Court declines to hear Google's request in Street View lawsuit

The U.S. Supreme Court declined to throw out a class-action lawsuit against Google for sniffing Wi-Fi networks with its Street View cars. READ MORE

iOS 7.1.2 arrives with fixes for iBeacons, mail attachment encryption, more

If minor iOS updates are your jam, then it's time to hit the old Software Update button, because iOS 7.1.2 has arrived for iPhones, iPads, and iPod touches. The Monday update fixes some minor bugs and also patches security vulnerabilities. READ MORE

Why Android Wear is the new iPad

Columnist Mike Elgan tested a smartwatch with Android Wear and said he has experienced a culture-changing platform. READ MORE

Hadoop distributor MapR gets $110M from Google

MapR, which distributes a commercial software platform based off the Apache Hadoop big data management open source project, has secured a $110 million funding round led by Google. READ MORE

Facebook emotional manipulation test turns users into 'lab rats'

Users and analysts were in an uproar over news that Facebook manipulated users' News Feeds to conduct a week-long psychological study that affected about 700,000 people. READ MORE

Wal-Mart slashes iPhone 5S and 5C prices by as much as 71% off list

In-store-only discounts to $99 and $29 suggest attempt to drive foot traffic. READ MORE

Historical computing: The launch of the IBM System/360

On the low end the IBM System/360 ran at 0.0018 to 0.034 MIPS which was, for the time, serious performance. READ MORE

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