MC2 Post 1926 Amazing Hydroponic farm Japan Gandpa Dome

Planting seedlings in Japan's Gandpa Dome while standing up...

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Apple Pay Is Here And It's Going To Be Great: Why The Skeptics Have It Wrong



Link:   http://www.forbes.com/sites/markrogowsky/2014/10/20/apple-pay-is-here-and-its-going-to-be-great-why-the-skeptics-have-it-wrong/

 
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IBM Misses It's Mark.

IBM CEO Ginni Rometty: Failing Fast


Author: Steven Zolman

In a previous blog post, I took great pains at articulating my 10 Reasons Why Ginni Rometty would fail as IBM’s new CEO.  In the post, I mentioned the poisonous sales culture (you live by the sword, you die by the sword), which is at the center (of blame) for this and last quarter’s missed performance targets.  Another concern was the ‘garage sale’ of business units that would inevitably have to come if IBM were to meet its targets.  

As we have recently learned, IBM appears to be in the process of selling its server business to Lenovo, and it has long been rumored to be preparing its services business for sale as well.  It seems Ginni may be failing faster than even I had predicted.

Read:  Top 10 Reasons Why Ginni Rometty Will Fail 

as IBM’s New CEO

Link:  http://www.netnetweb.com/blog/top-10-reasons-why-ginni-rometty-will-fail-ibm%E2%80%99s-new-ceo
 

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Stanley Drunkenmiller at CNBC's Delivering Alpha 

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MC2 Post 1925 Apple and Facebook are now paying for women employees to freeze their eggs

Changing the Workplace:

From:  http://www.theverge.com

Link:    http://www.theverge.com/2014/10/14/6976295/apple-and-facebook-pay-women-employees-egg-freezing

 

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Cord-Cutters Rejoice: CBS Joins Web Stream

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 CBS will make available on its subscription Internet streaming service current series like “The Big Bang Theory.” Credit Michael Yarish/Warner Bros. Entertainment

Just one day after HBO said it would start an Internet-only offering, CBS announced on Thursday its own subscription streaming service that lets people watch its live programming and thousands of current and past shows on demand.

The moves signal a watershed moment for web-delivered television, where viewers have more options to pay only for the networks or programs they want to watch — and to decide how, when and where to watch them.

Link:   http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/17/business/cbs-to-offer-web-subscription-service.html?_r=0

 

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Inside the iMac Intel 27" Retina 5K Display Teardown

Link:   https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/iMac+Intel+27-Inch+Retina+5K+Display+Teardown/30260

 

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Apple Event Mostly Boring even with Colbert

It began with roughly 45+ minutes of  headlines for the "Press" and tabloids.  And then went into an area where Apple has no business being: A comedy club routine about,  of all things "security".

Ill advised.

Everything’s better and faster. How could Apple be so boring?

From:   http://www.cultofmac.com



Was Apple’s livestreamed iPad event really such a big yawn? Search Twitter for

“#AppleEvent yawn” or “Apple boring” and you’ll see tweet after tweet bemoaning the boring nature of Thursday’s press conference. It got so tedious for some, there were dozens of photos of napping dogs.

“Most boring Apple event ever,” tweeted one. “Bring back the Chinese translation.”

Part DEUX:

Maybe some of those folks are being facetious, but there’s a grain of truth in the tweets:

Nothing about Thursday’s event, except for maybe Stephen Colbert’s crackup comedy bit with Craig Federighi, was super-compelling on the surface. Many of the specs had been leaked (some even by Apple itself), and the rumor mill proved pretty accurate in the run-up to the presentation.

Still, this was no Phantom Menace. I mean really, what were people expecting?

 
Jetpacks, aliens and electric cars?

 

This is Apple’s big dilemma right now: How do you top yourself when you make the best products in the world?

Link:  http://www.cultofmac.com/299943/everythings-better-faster-apple-boring/

 

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Samsung Galaxy Note 4 Release Date: 7 New Details



Link:   http://www.gottabemobile.com/2014/10/13/samsung-galaxy-note-4-release-date-info/


 
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MC2 Post 1923 The Walking Dead Market Drops 370 points at Opening

Doom and Gloom News Is Finally Affecting 

the Market to the Downside.

Stocks off lows but still down on Europe woes

From:  http://www.cnbc.com

Link:  http://www.cnbc.com/id/102089446

 

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‘The Walking Dead’ Ratings: Season 5 Debut Shatters 

Cable Records As 17.3 Million Watch

With a lot of red meat and explosions galore, the zombie apocalypse returned to AMC last night bigger than ever. The Season 5 debut of The Walking Dead pulled in 17.3 million total viewers on Sunday at 9 PM with 11 million among adults 18-49. With a rise of 7% and 6%, respectively, that viewership and demo series record chews up the previous high of 16.1 million watching and 10.4 million among the 18-49s that the Season 4 premiere of the blockbuster series drew on October 13 last year.

Link:   http://deadline.com/2014/10/walking-dead-ratings-premiere-season-5-amc-

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Apple Event is going Live at TWIT TV and Engadget LiveBlog
at the following Links:





http://twit.tv/#playstream



http://www.engadget.com/2014/10/16/apple-ipad-2014-event-liveblog/

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MC2 Post 1922 It's Beginning to Look Like "Wait Til Next Year" in LA Sports

Dodgers relievers, hitters in wrong zone in 

3-1 loss to Cardinals  

From:  http://www.latimes.com



 By Dylan Hernandez

Matt Kemp spoke calmly and deliberately, but his words were charged with rage.

Kemp wasn't upset with the Dodgers bullpen, which predictably fell apart again and sent his team crashing to a 3-1 defeat to the St. Louis Cardinals in Game 3 of their National League division series.

 

Rather, his anger was directed at home plate umpire Dale Scott."Terrible strike zone," Kemp said. "I've never seen anything like it."


Kemp's diatribe was only starting. But whatever Kemp said wouldn't alter the reality the Dodgers were facing.

 

Baseball's most expensive team now trails the best-of-five series, two games to one.

Clayton Kershaw is scheduled to start Game 4, but will be doing so on only three days' rest, meaning the Dodgers will almost certainly have to turn again to their horror show of a bullpen.

Link:  http://www.latimes.com/sports/dodgers/la-sp-dodgers-cardinals-20141007-story.html

 

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Lakers with Kobe and Nash Try for 

another Chance for Glory

Lakers star Kobe Bryant smiles during the team's 98-95 exhibition win 

over the Denver Nuggets on Oct. 6. (Lenny Ignelzi / Associated Press)

Lakers make strong first impression in preseason opener

The 2014-15 Lakers made their first on-court impression on Monday, opening the preseason with a 98-95 win over the Denver Nuggets.

Link:   http://www.latimes.com/sports/lakers/

 

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MC2 Post 1921 Two Great New Updates for Blender 3D and XBMC media player

The Blender Foundation has just released Blender 2.72!

  

 The Blender Foundation and online developer community is proud to present Blender 2.72. Cycles GPU rendering supports Volume and Subsurface Scattering now. The User Interface comes with optional Pie Menus now and the Tooltips have been improved. For Modeling, a new intersection tool has been added in Edit Mode. Texture painting workflow has been streamlined with easy access to painted images and UV layers. The Compositor now comes with a Sun Beam node. Freestyle NPR rendering is now available with Cycles as well. Additionally, Blender 2.72 features three new addons.

From:  http://www.blender.org/download/

    Blender 2.72 Release Notes

Link:   http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Dev:Ref/Release_Notes/2.72

From:  http://www.blendernation.com

Link:   http://www.blendernation.com/2014/10/04/blender-2-72-is-now-available/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feedutm_campaign=Feed%3A+Blendernation+%28BlenderNation%29

 

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XBMC Media Player  release named: Gotham 

(A media player Just Like the one on the XBOX)...

Link:   http://xbmc.org/xbmc-13-1-gotham-returns/

 

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MC2 Post 1920 The Mighty Dodger Pitcher Kershaw Strikes Out

Cardinals' Winning Rally Escalates Quickly and Clayton Kershaw can't stop it

From:  http://www.latimes.com

Yes, this was really happening. Yes, in about 20 sweltering minutes early Friday evening, the two-time Cy Young Award winner blew a five-run lead, the richest payroll in baseball blew a seemingly certain win, and raucous Dodger Stadium flat melted.

"There are no words you can use right now," said a somber A.J. Ellis.

This was a speechless defeat indeed, a 10-9 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals in the opener of the National League division series that ranks as the worst Dodgers postseason loss since Tom Lasorda failed to walk Jack Clark in the ninth inning of Game 6 of the 1985 National League Championship Series against the Cardinals.

Link:  http://www.latimes.com/sports/dodgers/la-sp-dodgers-plaschke-20141004-column.html

 

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Five takeaways from heartbreaking Game 2 loss 

for the Angels

Eric Hosmer was looking to swing away on the first pitch, and after he connected, he leaned back and watched the ball soar. For the second night in a row, the Angles were doomed by an extra-inning home run by the Royals.

They now trail 0-2 in the series. Since 1995, only four of 22 AL division series teams have come back from that hole. Here are the takeaways from Game 2, starting with the surprising fact that …

Link:    http://www.latimes.com/sports/sportsnow/la-sp-sn-angesl-royals-five-takeaways-20141004-story.html

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MC2 Post 1919 Let's Get Back to some Tech Hardware Stuff

Arduino Leaks a Peek of Their Upcoming 3D Printer

From:  http://makezine.com

Link:  http://makezine.com/2014/09/27/arduino-leaks-a-peek-of-their-upcoming-3d-printer/

 

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Related:  The Dremel 3D Idea Builder:
Dremel Releases a Mass-Market $999 3D Printer

Link:  http://makezine.com/2014/09/17/dremel-3d-printer-idea-builder/

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GoPro to Launch a Cheaper, Low-End 

Action Camera Simply Called the HERO.

Link:   http://petapixel.com/2014/09/27/gopro-launch-cheaper-low-end-action-camera-simply-called-hero/

 

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Expect to see this camera announced on October 8th, 2014 alongside the HERO4 cameras. No word yet on pricing or availability.

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MC2 Post 1918 Bill Gross Leaves PIMCO for Janus

From:  http://www.businessinsider.com

Bill Gross has left PIMCO for Janus Capital, Bloomberg reports. He'll be taking over the firm's global macro bond trading from Newport Beach, California. This is effective Monday, Sept. 29.

 

Bill Gross was the founder and chief investment officer of the trillion-dollar bond fund. He's such a legend on Wall Street that he is known simply as "The Bond King." At PIMCO he made a $200 million salary.

 

“Bill Gross has an exemplary track record with decades of success and he will offer an exceptional approach to navigating today’s increasingly risky markets with a focus on macro, unconstrained strategies. His involvement provides Janus a unique opportunity to offer strategies and products that are highly complementary to those already managed by our credit-based fixed income team,” said Richard M. Weil, Chief Executive Officer of Janus Capital Group.

Link:  http://www.businessinsider.com/bill-gross-leaves-pimco-2014-9

 

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Nike Hits a New High

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Nike Inc. NKE, -1.35% shares jumped 5% to $84 to their all-time high in right after-hours trading on Thursday just after the company's fiscal initial-quarter profit, sales and futures orders blew past Wall Street expectations. Profit in the quarter ended Aug. 31 rose 23% to $962 million, or $1.09 a share, from $779 million, or 86 cents a share, a year earlier. Sales rose 15% to $7.98 billion. The business was expected to earn 88 cents a share on sales of $7.78 billion, according to FactSet. Orders of footwear and clothes for delivery between September and January rose 11% and had been up 14% excluding the impact of currency translations. Analysts were seeking for orders minus currency impact to rise amongst 9% and 11%. Gross margin widened 1.7 percentage points to 46.6%.

Link:   http://www.dailynewsen.com/business/nike-jumps-to-all-time-high-after-results-top-expectations-h2690142.html

 

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Blackberry's  New Phone  ??? 

BlackBerry’s Last Gasp:

The Weird, Wonderful Passport

The Square ONE.    (It doesn't Bend...)

Link:   https://www.yahoo.com/tech/the-touchscreen-smartphone-has-become-one-of-the-98286819979.html

 

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MC2 Post 1917 3 Apple, Inc. Suppliers That Could Benefit From the iPhone 6 Launch

From:  http://www.fool.com



No. 1: NXP Semiconductor  NXP Semiconductors (NASDAQ: NXPI  )

 
No. 2: Broadcom  Broadcom (NASDAQ)


No. 3: Taiwan Semiconductor  Taiwan Semiconductor (NYSE: TSM )

Link:  http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2014/09/07/3-apple-inc-suppliers-that-could-benefit-from-th-2.aspx

 

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How Much Does Each Part of the iPhone 6 Cost

From:  http://www.slate.com

Link:  http://www.slate.com/articles/video/video/2014/09/iphone_6_parts_cost_deconstructing_apple_s_new_phone_price_video.html

 

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From:  http://www.techinsights.com

Preliminary analysis of the iPhone 6 Plus estimates it costs $242.50 USD to build - an increase of about 15% more than the iPhone 5S. The estimated combined cost of Apple's new A8 processor and Qualcomm's MDM9625M modem account for $59.50 of the preliminary CoG, while the 5.5" display / touchscreen assembly costs another estimated $51.00. For the iPhone 6 the preliminary display / touchscreen cost about $41.50 with the iPhone 6 total CoG to be approximately $227.00.

Link:  http://www.techinsights.com/teardown.com/apple-iphone-6/

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Would  You Like a Smart Twinkie?

Chinese Smugglers Are Hiding iPhone 6 Units 

Inside Coffee Tins And  Twinkie Boxes

As the iPhone 6 awaits regulatory approval in China, citizens in that country are coming up with creative ways to get Apple’s latest iPhone into the country.While there are plenty of Chinese nationals standing in US lines to flip their phones for several thousand dollars — they're even fighting over it — CNBC reporter Eunice Yoon says smugglers have packaged and stacked iPhone 6 units inside the boxes of Twinkies — or rather, the Chinese equivalent of those yellow sponge cakes.

Link:   http://www.businessinsider.com/chinese-smugglers-are-hiding-iphone-6-units-inside-coffee-tins-and-twinkie-boxes-2014-9

 

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