Tech News Flash

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Tech News Flash: Wednesday -- August 28, 2013

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Headline Scan
Nissan Kicks KITT-ish Car Plans Into High Gear
Uncle Sam Wants Your Facebook Data
All Things Appy: Top 5 WiFi Helper Apps for iOS
BBM May Leave the Nest
Zero In on Research Control With Zotero

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Podcast
Why Oslo Is Off-Limits to Apple's Aerial Photographers
Apple's taken plenty of flak for its mapping system, and some of it is
well-deserved. After all, the maps have erroneously led drivers into the
middle of nowhere and shown buildings that appear as though they're
melting. Don't blame Apple if its images of Oslo, Norway, aren't
crystal-clear, however. That one's not on Apple. Norway has denied Apple
the license required to take aerial photos of Oslo.
http://www.technewsworld.com/shared/audio/tnw-vranicar-2013-08-22.mp3

Today's Story Highlights

Nissan Kicks KITT-ish Car Plans Into High Gear
Nissan will be ready to begin selling multiple models of driverless cars
by 2020, it announced on Tuesday. The company has been researching the
technology for years in partnership with teams from universities
including MIT, Stanford, Oxford, Carnegie Mellon and the
University of Tokyo. Work has already begun in Japan to build a
dedicated autonomous driving proving ground.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/78824.html

Uncle Sam Wants Your Facebook Data
Facebook on Monday released transparency reports of government requests
for its users' data. Privacy groups hailed the move as a positive step
forward -- rare praise for the company, which has had a checkered
relationship with those groups over the years. Facebook's Global
Government Requests Report shows that the United States, by far, was the
biggest peeper.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/78827.html

All Things Appy: Top 5 WiFi Helper Apps for iOS
It's almost like we're going backwards. What with the escalating price-
gouging by mobile networks for wireless data on the move, it still
behooves us to use WiFi hotspots whenever possible. Who'd have thought
we'd still be using public WiFi in this now 4G-enabled world? The
answer, however, is that we are, like it or not, and most likely will be
for the foreseeable future.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/78813.html

BBM May Leave the Nest
BlackBerry is looking to spin off its BlackBerry Messenger service into
a separate business to compete with other instant messaging apps. The
company announced in May that it would make BBM, once available only on
BlackBerry devices, available to devices running on iOS and Android.
BlackBerry announced two weeks ago that it was looking into ways of
revitalizing the company.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/78826.html

Zero In on Research Control With Zotero
With countless high school and college students heading back to school
at roughly this time of year, now is a good time to get acquainted with
Zotero, a great cross-platform tool for collecting, organizing, citing
and sharing research sources. I have spent considerable time working in
academic settings helping students manage their research assignments.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/78814.html

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