“The laws of supply and demand at work: Staples sells out of new Nexus 7 tablets. It seems that Staples’s $30 off tablet promotion worked well for them, as both models of the new Nexus 7 are already out of stock on their website.”
Ms. Penny even has a spot on Jill’s car. I know where I rate in the food chain! Who’s living the dogs life now…..
A view of my lovely!
Google Keeps Offering Free Wi-Fi — Now in San Francisco
It has been many years since Google first built their Wi-Fi network in their hometown of Mountain View California. While initially getting a lot of attention, their Wi-Fi efforts have since been over shadowed by the deployment of Google Fiber. In addition to offering Google Wi-Fi in Google Fiber locations like Kansas City, the company also this year gave a $200,000 grant to Pryor, Oklahoma to build a citywide Wi-Fi network. More recently, Google is providing 60 acres worth of free Wi-Fi access in Douglasville, Georgia, near where Google runs a 500,000 square foot data center. This week, Google also announced they’ll be paying around $600,000 to provide free Wi-Fi in at least 31 San Francisco parks.
Cybercriminals increasingly use the Tor network to control their botnets, researchers say
“Malware writers are increasingly considering the Tor anonymity network as an option for hiding the real location of their command-and-control (C&C) servers, according to researchers from security firm ESET.”
Zuckerberg: Facebook will generate ‘a lot of profit’ from Instagram, ads will come ‘when the right time comes’
“During his company’s quarterly earnings call today, Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg discussed how Instagram could one day be monetized. The answer isn’t too surprising: the expectation is for the app to one day turn a profit, and advertising will be the name of the game.”
Facebook now has 1.15 billion monthly active users and 699 million daily active users
“In its second quarter earnings results, Facebook revealed that it now has over 1.15 billion monthly active users, 819 million mobile monthly active users and 699 million daily active users.”
Sources: Apple wants Samsung to pay $30-$40 per device to settle patent dispute
“The patent war between Apple and Samsung has entered a calmer phase, as the two largest smartphone makers in the world are reportedly trying to settle their lengthy patent dispute.”
How To: Update Your 2012 Nexus 7 To Android 4.3 (JWR66V) And Root It Right Now
“Note: This is an adaptation of my Nexus 4 update/root post, so it has some duplicate content, but all the instructions are specific to the Nexus 7. Android 4.3 was officially unveiled and released yesterday to the Android Open Source Project.”
Top 5 Features in Android 4.3 Jelly Bean
“1) Support for Restricted Profiles: you can keep junior out of your, ah, questionable apps or Web sites. Technically, it means that you can set up separate environments for each user with fine-grained restrictions in the apps that are available in those environments.”