Amazon-not-as-unstoppable-as-it-may-appear. Photo Thanks to its ugly spat with book publishers, has lately been cast as the abominable boogeyman of American commerce. As hundreds of authors took up arms against the giant, The New Republic declared in a cover article this fall that “Amazon Must Be Stopped,” insisting that the company’s unbounded retail ambitions would end up “cannibalizing the economy.” But there’s another theory about Amazon’s future, one for which evidence began to mount this year: Despite fears of Amazon’s growing invincibility, the company’s eventual hegemony over American shopping is not assured. It might not even be likely. That’s not just because investors began to question the company’s aggressive spending this year, or because its big new thing, the Fire Phone, turned out to be about as unwelcome as the flu.
Amazon may face a deeper problem. The key to its vulnerability is the smartphone, a device whose scope and significance Jeff Bezos, the chief executive, has not yet managed to corral. Am I an outlier? Dubai Police to use Google Glass. Dubai: Dubai Police will soon use Google Glass to issue fines to errant motorists as well as identify wanted cars, said a senior police official. The smart eyewear is currently under trial by Dubai Police Smart Services Department, for use by traffic police.
Google Glass is a small computer mounted onto glasses. It can take photos, record video, access the internet and give directions among other uses. It is compatible with both Android and iOS. According to Google, It has a high-resolution display that is the equivalent of a 63.5cm high-definition screen from 2.4 metres away. The glasses feature a 5 megapixel camera. Colonel Khalid Nasser Al Razooqi, General Director of Smart Services at Dubai Police, gave Gulf News a demonstration of how Google Glass would be used by the force.
Dubai Police’s Smart Services teams have created two applications to be used by their officers. Taking photos using Dubai Police’s Google Glass’ program is simple. 50 Google Now Voice Commands. Live skydiving with Google's glasses - CNET News. Bloomberg confirms Google announcing $199 Nexus-branded Asus tablet at I/O. Iran threatens legal action against Google for not labeling Persian Gulf. Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast, shown in a file photo, says Google has been "treated as a plaything. " Google tells CNN this body of water was never labeledSpats over naming have cropped up from "Malvinas" to "Derry" to "Kampuchea"Iran's Foreign Ministry says Google is being used by the nation's enemies (CNN) -- Iran is taking on one of the world's biggest Internet giants, threatening to sue over something that is not on its maps.
On state-run Press TV, the Iranian regime warns it may take legal action against Google for not labeling the Persian Gulf. It's the latest volley in what one expert calls a "war of words" that has raged for decades over the waterway that borders Iran and several Arab countries. Iran previously lashed out against the U.S. military for calling the waterway the Arabian Gulf. Death threats over Iranian rapper's work Iran accused of arming Syria New concerns over Iran nuke program But a Google spokesperson told CNN the body of water was never labeled. Jury finds Google infringed Oracle copyrights in partial verdict; Google moves for mistrial. The jury in the Oracle vs. Google trial found Google liable of infringing Oracle's Java-related copyrights today, although it remained deadlocked on the critical issue of whether Google made fair use of the Java APIs.
The fair use question has been unresolved since Friday, when the jury told Judge William Alsup that it couldn't reach a unanimous decision on the matter. The judge had instructed the jurors at that point to think things through over the weekend in the hopes that they could avoid turning in just a partial verdict, but to no avail. Here's a full breakdown of the questions presented to the jury and the answers they returned: A major "undecided" for 1B. The jury found that Google had infringed upon Oracle's copyrights by its use of the structure, sequence, and organization (SSO) of the 37 Java APIs utilized in Android. The issue of SSO is just one part of the story, however. Google's internal emails likely hurt its credibility Google: Oracle: