Monday, August 18, 2014

Who is Xiaomi? Meet China's hottest smartphone maker

Full Moto 360 details leaked by premature Best Buy listing

Hackers steal data on 4.5 million US hospital patients

ITworld Tonight
August 18, 2014
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Who is Xiaomi? Meet China's hottest smartphone maker

The upstart Chinese company is making waves in the smartphone business. Here's a look at how it became successful, and what's in store for the international consumers who are its next target.

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Issue highlights

1. Full Moto 360 details leaked by premature Best Buy listing

2. Hackers steal data on 4.5 million US hospital patients

3. 10 changes Twitter needs to make right now to stop abuse

4. Baidu partners with U.N. to tackle e-waste in China

5. Facebook tests 'satire' tag, makes the Internet slightly less confusing (and less fun)

6. Patent trolls under attack, but not dead yet

7. The easiest way to create a GIF from a YouTube video

8. Kill switches might let the government brick your smartphone

9. ICYMI: Bill Gates blows away other techies with his ALS Ice Bucket Challenge video

Full Moto 360 details leaked by premature Best Buy listing

Was that a Moto 360 price tag we just saw or is Best Buy messing with us? You be the judge. READ MORE

Hackers steal data on 4.5 million US hospital patients

A major U.S. hospital operator says hackers based in China broke into its computer systems and stole data on 4.5 million patients. READ MORE

10 changes Twitter needs to make right now to stop abuse

Harassment is all too common on Twitter. We have a few ideas the network can use to become a safer space. READ MORE

Baidu partners with U.N. to tackle e-waste in China

Chinese search engine Baidu and the United Nations Development Program are hoping to streamline the recycling of e-waste in China with a new app that can help users easily sell their old electronics for cash. READ MORE

Facebook tests 'satire' tag, makes the Internet slightly less confusing (and less fun)

Facebook is experimenting with a new feature that may help you determine that the story you saw is, in fact, an attempt at humor. READ MORE

Patent trolls under attack, but not dead yet

The patent wars keep going and going and we keep paying and paying. READ MORE

The easiest way to create a GIF from a YouTube video

Turn any YouTube video into an animated GIF by adding "gif" to the URL. READ MORE

Kill switches might let the government brick your smartphone

In today's open source roundup: Kill switches might let the government brick your smartphone. Plus: A full review of KDE's Plasma 5, and is systemd evil? READ MORE

ICYMI: Bill Gates blows away other techies with his ALS Ice Bucket Challenge video

If you have to watch just one more ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, make it this one from Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates. He geeks out as only Bill Gates can do by drawing up and demonstrating quite the contraption. READ MORE

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