Comcast CEO has a ridiculous explanation for why everyone hates his company
Comcast CEO Brian Roberts faced some tough questions at Re/code’s big conference on Wednesday, as one audience member actually asked him why his company and potential merger partner Time Warner Cable are the two most hated companies in America. As Business Insider’s Nicholas Carlson tells it, Roberts started off by saying that Comcast executives “don’t wake up everyday and go to work and say we want to be hated,” which is a fairly sensible thing to say. Then, however, things got weird.
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Samsung beats Apple to the punch, announces its own fitness platform
You won’t be able to accuse Samsung of copying Apple this time! Per Business Insider, Samsung on Wednesday unveiled a new open platform called Samsung Architecture Multimedia Interactions (SAMI) that’s designed to serve as a bridge between vital sensors that track your fitness activity and other devices such as smartphones and computers. Since the platform will be free to use, Samsung is clearly hoping to get it embedded into as many gadgets and sensors as possible, much as Google did with Android years ago. Apple is widely expected to announce its own fitness platform as part of its iOS 8 announcements at the Worldwide Developers Conference next week.
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New Nexus 8 details have leaked!
Google’s next-generation Nexus tablet, which was recently discovered as Volantis/Flounder in Google code and which is believed to be made by HTC, will apparently have a 64-bit processor, Myce says, suggesting that the Nexus 8 will pack a new NVIDIA Tegra system on chip (SoC).
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King Presented 2013 Overall Quality Award From Jasper
King Engine Bearings has received its second consecutive award from Jasper Engines and Transmissions, North America’s largest remanufacturer of gasoline and diesel powertrain and drivetrain components. King was awarded the 2012 Jasper Outstanding Service Award, as well as the Key Supplier and Partner award, followed by the most recent 2013 Jasper Overall Quality Award. Only four suppliers out of over 1,000 were awarded with this honor, based on Jaspers stringent requirements.
Jasper’s Overall Quality award is based on scorecards that track specific manufacturer performance across multiple measures such as issue resolution, overall response time, product quality inspection, and overall perception of quality, to name a few. As part of Jasper’s focused partnership effort, suppliers such as King receive these monthly scorecards allowing for on-the-fly adjustments to ensure the best possible performance of products and supply chain as well as relationship and support system as a whole.
King Engine Bearings has been a leading supplier to Jasper for over 25 years, providing engine bearings for the majority of engines in Jasper’s remanufactured engine program.
For more information visit: www.kingbearings.com
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The FTC wants to put online privacy back in your hands
When it comes to the Internet, your eyeballs are worth more than you know. Online advertising is a massive multi-billion dollar industry and the companies dominating the industry — Google and Facebook, for example — are the companies in possession of the most private data. This data is used to target ads at consumers based on their history and preferences, and the better a company can target ads, the more it can charge advertisers to display those ads.
It looks like the Federal Trade Commission is finally starting to realize that some companies go too far when collecting data and building a profile of Internet users to be sold to marketers, and consumers deserve to have more control over how they are tracked online.
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This is the cheapest 3D printer money can buy
Following the success of the $199 Micro 3D printer on Kickstarter – the project topped its $50,000 funding goal by $3,351,000 – a new, even more affordable 3D printer project has just started raising money on Indiegogo. Called the New Matter MOD-t, the 3D printer costs just $149 for the first 500 buyers, which is $100 less than its future commercial price, and will ship in April 2015, assuming the company can raise the $375,000 it needs to build it.
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New app brings turbocharged ‘Find My iPhone’ features to Android and iPhone
According to the mobile security experts at Lookout, more than 1 in 10 smartphone owners in America have had a handset stolen at some point. Of them, 68% were unable to recover their stolen devices. The issue of smartphone theft is clearly a serious one. In fact, the NYPD recently stated that thefts of Apple’s iPhone and iPad were to blame for the increased crime rate in New York City last year.
Thieves aren’t going to stop stealing smartphones anytime soon, so it’s time to take theft prevention and recovery systems more seriously.
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The gamble of a lifetime: Netflix Roulette is your best friend and worst enemy
It seems like the more channels pay TV companies add to their lineups, the harder it is to find something good to watch on TV. The same might be said for Netflix’s digital library of movies and TV shows. Netflix is constantly expanding thanks to new content deals the streaming video giant is always working to secure. But when it comes time to sit down and pick a movie or a new show to watch, however, we often draw a blank.
That’s where Netflix Roulette comes in.
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Top 10 worst roads are mostly in Toronto according to annual CAA survey
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The annual CAA list of the worst roads in Ontario is back for 2014 and so are some very familiar streets that topped the list last year, as Dufferin Street in Toronto has been voted the worst road in Ontario for the third year in a row!
With Toronto already making headlines as the worst city for speed traps and being named to the top 5 list of worst rush hour traffic in North America, it should come as no surprise that seven of Ontario’s top 10 worst roads were found to be within the Greater Toronto Area.
CAA’s study asked Ontario drivers to cast votes online to help determine the roads most in need of repair so that recommendations can be made to local and provincial politicians in an effort to get those poorly paved roads fixed.
The Worst Roads campaign is not just about potholes either, as this CAA-led campaign aims to gather your feedback (by voting at worstroads.ca) on traffic congestion, poor timing of traffic signals, confusing road signs, as well as, pedestrian and cycling safety in Ontario. According to CAA, 90 per cent of voters cited crumbling pavement and pothole covered streets as the biggest reasons for selecting these specific roads.
With Ontario’s provincial election taking place in a couple of weeks and a municipal election this fall, CAA hopes its annual survey encourages residents across the province to ask their local candidates about what their position is on issues surrounding transportation and infrastructure.
“The province of Ontario has been collecting a gas tax for decades (14.7 cents on every litre of gas and diesel sold in Ontario) and CAA has long called for a permanent dedicated fund to help pay for much needed repairs on our deteriorating roads and crumbling bridges,” said Faye Lyons, Government Relations, CAA SCO.
Click here to find out Ontario’s top 10 worst roads, followed by the worst roads in British Columbia and the top 10 worst roads in the world.
Top 10 worst roads are mostly in Toronto according to annual CAA survey
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Top 10 worst roads are mostly in Toronto according to annual CAA survey
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The annual CAA list of the worst roads in Ontario is back for 2014 and so are some very familiar streets that topped the list last year, as Dufferin Street in Toronto has been voted the worst road in Ontario for the third year in a row!
With Toronto already making headlines as the worst city for speed traps and being named to the top 5 list of worst rush hour traffic in North America, it should come as no surprise that seven of Ontario’s top 10 worst roads were found to be within the Greater Toronto Area.
CAA’s study asked Ontario drivers to cast votes online to help determine the roads most in need of repair so that recommendations can be made to local and provincial politicians in an effort to get those poorly paved roads fixed.
The Worst Roads campaign is not just about potholes either, as this CAA-led campaign aims to gather your feedback (by voting at worstroads.ca) on traffic congestion, poor timing of traffic signals, confusing road signs, as well as, pedestrian and cycling safety in Ontario. According to CAA, 90 per cent of voters cited crumbling pavement and pothole covered streets as the biggest reasons for selecting these specific roads.
With Ontario’s provincial election taking place in a couple of weeks and a municipal election this fall, CAA hopes its annual survey encourages residents across the province to ask their local candidates about what their position is on issues surrounding transportation and infrastructure.
“The province of Ontario has been collecting a gas tax for decades (14.7 cents on every litre of gas and diesel sold in Ontario) and CAA has long called for a permanent dedicated fund to help pay for much needed repairs on our deteriorating roads and crumbling bridges,” said Faye Lyons, Government Relations, CAA SCO.
Click here to find out Ontario’s top 10 worst roads, followed by the worst roads in British Columbia and the top 10 worst roads in the world.
Top 10 worst roads are mostly in Toronto according to annual CAA survey
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