en_il-hotdailynews: 2015-04-16 Israel Sci/Tech

Apple buys LinX, hinting at thinner cameras in future iPhones
Christian Science Monitor
Apple purchased LinX Imaging, an Israeli company known for making thin cameras that can take excellent pictures even in low lighting. LinX's cameras also capture depth information, meaning that images can be refocused after they're taken.
Apple Acquires LinX Camera Technology Vendor for $20M   eWeek
Apple buys Israeli camera technology company   PCWorld
Apple acquires LinX Imaging to boost iPhone 7 camera credentials   Inquirer
Forbes
PC Magazine
Daily News & Analysis
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After charging Google, European Union antitrust chief declares independence
Daily News & Analysis
Google boss Eric Schmidt might have missed it in the uproar over the EU's antitrust charges against the US tech giant, but European Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager wants to congratulate him. It was a throwaway line in an hour-long press ...

Microsoft the big winner in Google antitrust lawsuit   New York Post
Decades of scrutiny, but US tech giants play on   The Australian Financial Review
Google criticises EU charges as 'wide of the mark'   The Nation
San Jose Mercury News
Irish Independent
Reuters
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New light-vehicle registrations in Baltics rose over 9% in Q1
The Baltic Course
Analysis of processed registrations' data performed by AV Automotive Research / AutoTyrimai, based on source data obtained from Regitra (Lithuania), CSDD (Latvia) and Maanteeamet (Estonia), shows that new light-vehicle (M1&N1) registrations in the ...

Unabashed anti-Semitism in the Baltics   Israel Hayom

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Net neutrality: Is the regulator favouring telcos?
Daily News & Analysis
The telecom majors continue to defend their services saying these platform do not violate the concept, but Flipkart said it realised that net neutrality "can get compromised in the future". Representational image File Photo dna Research & Archives. As a debate ...

Cleartrip, NDTV show support for Net Neutrality; pull out of Facebook's Internet.org   Firstpost
TRA action please   Gulf Daily News
IT standing panel head bats for net neutrality   ET Telecom
Tech2
exchange4media.com
The Hindu
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CNET

Netflix says it 'should have avoided' unmetered deals with Australian ISPs
CNET
After partnering with Australian service providers to offer unlimited streaming, Netflix has reaffirmed its support for net neutrality and admitted the deals were a mistake that won't be repeated. by Claire Reilly · @reillystyley; 16 April 2015 3:39 am BST.
Netflix regrets Optus, iiNet deals   The Australian
Netflix has just one big regret   NEWS.com.au
Netflix regrets signing unmetered deals with iiNet, Optus   Sydney Morning Herald
Brisbane Times
ZDNet
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Quartz

Twitter redesigned its confusing, unattractive homepage
Quartz
It is a small but significant step in the company's goal of capturing (paywall) the largest daily audience of any site on the internet, which it outlined at an investor day last year. Twitter has struggled with user growth, but argues that it is much bigger than its ...

Twitter's New Homepage Doesn't Fix Its Big Problem   Wired
Twitter's new homepage caters to logged out users   TechnoBuffalo
Twitter is testing a 'You may also like' related tweet discovery feature   Engadget
Real Lawyers Have Blogs (blog)
TechRadar
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Galaxy S6 Edge Cost More to Make Than Top iPhone
The Chosun Ilbo
Samsung's Galaxy S6 Edge smartphone costs more to produce than Apple's top-range iPhone 6 Plus. According to analysis by research firm HIS on Wedneday, the 64 GB version of the Galaxy S6 Edge for use on Verizon networks costs US$290.45 to build, ...

Samsung Struggles To Keep Up With Apple's Juicy Profit Margins   Forbes
Samsung Rises On Strong Galaxy S6 Demand, Heading For 50 Million Shipments   Barron's (blog)
Galaxy S6 Edge Production Cost Higher than iPhone 6+, but Price is Lower   BusinessKorea
Boston Globe (subscription)
Seeking Alpha
Financial Express
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Wired

Watch This Gross MRI of a Knuckle Cracking
Wired
Human beings—well, the rude ones—crack their joints. It's a thing. But scientists have never really understood the physics behind that chilling noise. (And yes, they care.) In the 1970s, most experts thought it had to do with the collapse of air bubbles in the ...

What really happens when you crack your knuckles   Sydney Morning Herald
researchers crack the knuckle mystery   Toronto Sun
Knuckle Cracking Secret Revealed - It's A Gas!   Tech Times
ABC Science Online
The Malaysian Insider
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IBNLive

Google rolls out new handwriting input tool for text, emoji on Android
IBNLive
New Delhi: Google has extended its handwriting input tool to Android apps and users with the 4.0.3 version of the Android software will now be able to put text into any app by writing onto the device screens. The new tool recognizes 82 languages and 20 ...

Google Launches Handwriting Input For Text And Emoji On Android   TechCrunch
Apple's App Store Widens Revenue Lead Over Google Play – Report   Wall Street Journal (blog)

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Closing in on Pluto
San Antonio Express-News
Portrait of Alan Stern - Southwest Research Institute scientist going to NASA. Date photographed: 04-19-00 Courtesy Photograph by: Whitehead, Bruce. Portrait of Alan Stern - Southwest Research Institute scientist... Since its discovery nearly a century ago, ...

NASA's New Horizons probe sends back first ever color photo of Pluto   TheCelebrityCafe.com
Pluto's secrets to be revealed this summer   Houston Chronicle
New Horizon's Sends Back First Color Image of Pluto and Charon   Science Times
abc7news.com
NDTV
National Post
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