en_il-hotdailynews: 2015-05-30 Israel Sci/Tech

With Google's Jacquard, wearable technology may have just grown up
VentureBeat
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James Law looks at the comparison between ride-sharing service UberX and ...   NEWS.com.au
Smart jeans, tiny radar, and other crazy inventions from Google's ATAP lab   The Verge
Google's Project Abacus aims to replace password-based authentication systems   Phone Arena
ReadWrite
EE Times
androidandme.com
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Greg Hunt, Steven Miles delighted by UNESCO Great Barrier Reef status
Brisbane Times
The World Heritage Committee's draft decision not to list the Great Barrier Reef as 'in danger' is the "strongest possible endorsement of what Queensland and Australia are doing", the Federal Environment Minister said. Speaking in Brisbane on Saturday, ...

TThe battle over the Great Barrier Reef looks won, but the bigger war goes on   Sydney Morning Herald
Ministers say Great Barrier Reef on the mend   Sky News Australia
Great Barrier Reef may be off danger list   Economic Times
ABC Online
Reuters
Firstpost
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Here's How That One Weird Text Message Crashes Your iPhone (Probably)
Huffington Post
All it takes to crash an iPhone is one text message, because of a small set of Arabic characters that grow longer when you delete them. Probably. So says Tom Scott, a British engineer and TV personality known for his explanatory YouTube clips. He tackled ...

A fix is on the way for the iPhone messaging bug   The Star Online
Bug in iOS can kill your iPhone's Messages app   Dallas Morning News
Siri, please, please save my iPhone from the messages of death   The Register
NDTV
USA TODAY
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Scientists create robotic cheetah
PerfScience
A mechanical cheetah has been created by scientists; it is a robot that can both see and jump over hurdles. This is a new step towards development of robots. According to researchers from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), their creation is first ...

Watch MIT's robo-cheetah leap walls in a hunt for Sarah Connor   The Register
Robo-Cheetah Jumps Over Hurdles In A Single Bound - Maybe This Robotic ...   Tech Times
MIT's Robot Cheetah Can See and Jump Over Obstacles   Geek Snack
Boston.com
Ubergizmo (blog)
Yibada (English Edition)
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Gizmodo

Facebook Finally Adds Animated GIF Support
PC Magazine
Get ready for Facebook to be a whole lot more animated. The social network has caved and joined the GIF party. That's right, you can finally post an animated GIF in your Facebook status update. "We're rolling out support for animated GIFs in News Feed," a ...

Facebook finally adds support for animated GIFs   Macworld
You Can Finally Post GIFs on Facebook   TIME
Rejoice: Facebook gets GIF support. Here's everything you need to know.   Mashable
TechCrunch
Ubergizmo (blog)
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Volcano erupts in Japan, residents flee by boat
DAWN.com
TOKYO: A volcano erupted on a remote Japanese island on Friday, blasting black smoke thousands of metres into the sky and forcing residents to flee by boat and an airline to re-route flights. A pyroclastic flow of super-heated gas and rock rolled down the ...

Japan issues evacuation order after Mount Shindake erupts   The Star Online
Scary Beautiful Video Captures Japan Volcano's Violent Explosion   National Geographic
Residents flee as volcano erupts on Japanese island   CNN
Times of Oman
NEWS.com.au
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At Google I/O, no huge surprises but a honing of critical products
PCWorld
Gone are the days of skydivers landing on the tops of buildings wearing Google Glass, or new Chromebooks, tablets and smartwatches. This year, the focus of much of Google's big I/O conference was to propel the Android operating system into new areas ...

Google's answer to Apple Pay   NEWS.com.au
Google unveils Android Pay in fresh challenge to Apple   Economic Times
Google Photos unveiled alongside a host of updates   Irish Examiner
The Register
Fox News
Gizmodo
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IBNLive

Wolverton: Apple's iCloud Photo Library tops Google Photos for me, despite ...
San Jose Mercury News
Apple's new online photo service isn't for everyone, including many owners of Apple devices. But I like it enough to keep using it, despite its premium price, notable shortcomings and Google's new competitor. The iCloud Photo Library, as the service is called, ...

Google spins up FREE 'unlimited' photo storage in the cloud 4 years before it ...   The Register
Google Plus May Be Going the Way of Google Glass   Slate Magazine (blog)
The new 'Google Photos' is a convincing reason to give Google your entire photo ...   9 to 5 Google
InformationWeek
Re/code
Beaumont Enterprise
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Fortune

Apple acquires German augmented-reality software maker Metaio
IBNLive
Frankfurt: Apple Inc has acquired Metaio, a German company whose technology melds real-world imagery and computer-generated elements into moving video presentations, according to a corporate filing. The terms were not disclosed. Metaio's ...

Apple is about to make your iPhone a lot cooler   CNNMoney
Apple buys a maker of futuristic augmented-reality software   Chron.com

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Daum Kakao to Buy Path's Social Media Services
Wall Street Journal
SEOUL—In a sign that the battle for control of mobile messaging is heating up, the operator of South Korea's dominant messaging app said Friday that it would acquire two of San Francisco-based Path Inc.'s services for an undisclosed amount. The move by ...

Daum Kakao buys Path assets for Indonesia growth, stock soars   Thrasher Backer
What Is Daum Kakao And Why Did It Buy Path?   TechCrunch
Daum Kakao to Buy Social Network Path as Part of Expansion Plan   Jakarta Globe
Tech Cocktail
Fortune
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