Meet HitchBOT, the robot that's thumbing its way across Canada

Fining customers for negative Yelp reviews? Welcome to the future of big data When astronauts breathe on Mars, they'll thank this MIT professor ITworld Tonight August 07, 2014 Share this email Meet HitchBOT, the robot that's thumbing its way across Canada The hitchhiking robot is part of a social experiment to see if drivers will transport the robot (safely) to an art gallery in Victoria, British Columbia. READ MORE   Issue highlights 1. Fining customers for negative Yelp reviews? Welcome to the future of big data 2. When astronauts breathe on Mars, they'll thank this MIT professor 3. How Zorin OS got a distrohopper to stop hopping 4. Netscout sues Gartner over Magic Quadrant rating 5. Who's paying for your tech certification? 6. Black Hat keynote: U.S. should buy up zero day attacks for 10 times going rate 7. Google adds a callback button to Android Device Manager Fining customers for negative Yelp reviews? Welcome to the future of big data The one-two punch of consumers' eagerness to share their opinions and their unfamiliarity with business contacts spells opportunity. READ MORE When astronauts breathe on Mars, they'll thank this MIT professor When astronauts are living and working on Mars, they'll be able to thank MIT's Michael Hecht for their ability to breathe on the Red Planet. READ MORE How Zorin OS got a distrohopper to stop hopping In today's open source roundup: Zorin OS made a long-time distrohopper finally settle down and stop hopping. Plus: The Linux Foundation promotes Automotive Grade Linux, and Codestarters converts Chromebooks into Ubuntu development machines for kids. READ MORE Netscout sues Gartner over Magic Quadrant rating NPM company accuses Gartner of pay-to-play. READ MORE Who's paying for your tech certification? Working on the theory that career development fuels retention, many businesses are picking up the tab for certifications. READ MORE Black Hat keynote: U.S. should buy up zero day attacks for 10 times going rate Dan Greer has other suggestions to improve cyber security that will make software vendors 'yell bloody murder'. READ MORE Google adds a callback button to Android Device Manager In today's Android roundup: Google updates Android Device Manager and adds a callback button to make it easier to recover lost or stolen phones. Plus: Four open source productivity tools, and the top five Android antivirus utilities. READ MORE SURVEY: Got 10 minutes? Tell us about your tech interests and you could win an iPad mini ITworld is conducting its annual survey about your involvement with and interest in various technology categories, and invites you to participate. Survey participants will have the opportunity to win an iPad mini and sign up to receive a report outlining survey highlights. Take the survey now! GIVEAWAYS: We've got 5 copies of each of these new books to give away to some lucky ITworld readers. Enter now for your chance to win! The Official Ubuntu Book, 8th Ed. Essential Mobile Interaction Design DON'T MISS... Why many programmers don't bother joining the ACM Top 25 free tools for every Windows desktop 10 amazing (and bizarre) drone discoveries Just their type: 10 keyboards beloved by programmers 11 colorful characters seen at Comic-Con International 2014 Follow ITworld Share this email You are currently subscribed to itworld_today as garn14.tech@blogger.com. Unsubscribe from this newsletter | Manage your subscriptions | Subscribe | Privacy Policy Learn about INSIDER When accessing content promoted in this email, you are providing consent for your information to be shared with the sponsors of the content. Please see our Privacy Policy for more information. If you are interested in advertising in this newsletter, please contact: sean_weglage@itworld.com Copyright (C) 2014 ITworld, 492 Old Connecticut Path, Framingham, MA 01701 ** Please do not reply to this message. To contact someone directly, send an e-mail to online@itworld.com. **