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Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that's taken over our lives.Enlarge ImageKliff Kingsbury, on the right, appearing on the podcast. The HawkCast/YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET College athletes live an interesting life.They're suddenly placed on a higher plane and asked to perform daily.They're fawned upon when they win and vilified when they lose. In some cases, it's said that colleges are so desperate to persuade these young men to join their athletic programs that schools hire attractive young women to increase the attraction of the school.Once athletes are on the team, though, might they continue to enjoy the attention of women? On social media, for example.Texas Tech football coach Kliff Kingsbury believes in pretending to be an attractive woman. Just to see what his players are tweeting and posting on Twitter and Facebook.As CBS Sports reports, he recently,college football coaching jobs,college football coach salary,college football coaches,college football coaches poll,college football coaching changes,college football coaches on the seat,college football coach game,college football coaching rumors,college football coach rankings,college football coach app ...ادامه مطلب

Close Robots can now be your in-store greeter, what jobs should they take next? (Open_Tab) Drag Pepper the robot paid a visit to the United States this month to bring a new type of customer service to the country: "She" can read your emotions and react accordingly.In this excerpt from Open_Tab, Jeff Bakalar, Mike Sorrentino and special guest Joshua Goldman chat about what it would be like to have a machine like Pepper in a department store, the jobs that robots could take away from helpless human beings in the future and ,robots you can buy now,what robots can do now ...ادامه مطلب

Apple's Tim Cook tells The Washington Post about the "lonely" job of CEO. The Washingont Post/Screenshot by CNET For those of you who hold onto every word Tim Cook says, The Washington Post has about 10,000 to offer.Apple's CEO sat down with the Post for what it termed two "sprawling and highly self-reflective interviews" published Saturday that hit on topics ranging from losing and succeeding the late Steve Jobs, the company's recent fight with the FBI and who he tus to for advice.The Post prefaces the interview with a nice summary of what it covers. But we've also put together a few highlights:Mistakes: After admitting to making mistakes with Apple Maps and initially hiring the wrong person to head up its retail division, Cook said his job is lonely. "The adage that it's lonely -- the CEO job is lonely -- is accurate in a lot of ways. I'm not looking for any sympathy. You have to recognize that you ,tim cook india,tim cook interview,tim cook iphone 7,tim cook india visit,tim cook instagram,tim cook iphone,tim cook in china,tim cook images,tim cook in hyderabad,tim cook invitational ...ادامه مطلب

Check out "Broadway Joe" Namath's latest role: virtual host of the newest exhibit inside the Pro Football Hall of Fame.A hologram of the football great introduces "A Game for Life," a 3D display set in a state-of-the-art theater designed to resemble an NFL locker room.Meet "Broadway," um, "Holographic" Joe Namath, host of the newest exhibit, "A Game for Life," at the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio. Pro Football Hall of Fame "It will give the fans goose bumps," Namath, a hall of fame quarterback himself, promised in a recent phone interview. "They will be blown away." The exhibit, which fans see first on entering the hall, debuted late last month, just in time for Saturday's player enshrinement ceremony and Sunday's Hall of Fame game between the Green Bay Packers and Indianapolis Colts to literally kick off the league's preseason. "A Game for Life" also includes holographic images of actors portraying legendary coaches George Halas and Vince Lombardi. Both deliver motivational speeches that Namath says will make fans want to strap on shoulder pads and hit the field.Holographic appearances are becoming increasingly popular at exhibits, concerts and other events. A hologram of Dr. James Naismith, the inventor of basketball, popped up during this year's NBA All-Star technology summit in Toronto. Fans attending the Coachella music festival in 2012 were stunned to see a hologram of the late rapper-actor 2Pac take the stage with fellow rappers Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg. A hologram of pop superstar Michael Jackson performed during the 2014 Billboard Music Awards. The Pro Football Hall of Fame, in Canton, Ohio, is already one of sports' sacred shrines. It's a whirling tour of displays, bronze busts of the 303 elite players who have been inducted and video highlights of the game's greatest moments. "A Game for Life," which was completed in two years, is part of a $500 million renovati, ...ادامه مطلب

Check out "Broadway Joe" Namath's latest role: virtual host of the newest exhibit inside the Pro Football Hall of Fame.A hologram of the football great introduces "A Game for Life," a 3D display set in a state-of-the-art theater designed to resemble an NFL locker room.Meet "Broadway," um, "Holographic" Joe Namath, host of the newest exhibit, "A Game for Life," at the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio. Pro Football Hall of Fame "It will give the fans goose bumps," Namath, a hall of fame quarterback himself, promised in a recent phone interview. "They will be blown away." The exhibit, which fans see first on entering the hall, debuted late last month, just in time for Saturday's player enshrinement ceremony and Sunday's Hall of Fame game between the Green Bay Packers and Indianapolis Colts to literally kick off the league's preseason. "A Game for Life" also includes holographic images of actors portraying legendary coaches George Halas and Vince Lombardi. Both deliver motivational speeches that Namath says will make fans want to strap on shoulder pads and hit the field.Holographic appearances are becoming increasingly popular at exhibits, concerts and other events. A hologram of Dr. James Naismith, the inventor of basketball, popped up during this year's NBA All-Star technology summit in Toronto. Fans attending the Coachella music festival in 2012 were stunned to see a hologram of the late rapper-actor 2Pac take the stage with fellow rappers Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg. A hologram of pop superstar Michael Jackson performed during the 2014 Billboard Music Awards. The Pro Football Hall of Fame, in Canton, Ohio, is already one of sports' sacred shrines. It's a whirling tour of displays, bronze busts of the 303 elite players who have been inducted and video highlights of the game's greatest moments. "A Game for Life," which was completed in two years, is part of a $500 million renovati, ...ادامه مطلب

Enlarge Image Kickstarter Established in 2009, Kickstarter has changed many lives. A new study from the University of Pennsylvania shows just how big a difference crowd funding, and Kickstarter in particular, has made. The main findings were that Kickstarted has created 283,000 part-time jobs for creatives, 29,600 full-time jobs and 8,800 new companies, including nonprofits. All up, over $5.3 billion has been generated for "creators and their communities." It found that for every 1,000 projects started on Kickstarter, 82 full-time employees were hired. The study points out that a huge benefit of crowdfunding sites like Kickstarter is that it allows creators and ideas-types to pay creatives for work they do, helping to curb the "work for exposure" model that many artists have to endure. Pebble and the now-Facebook-owned Oculus are two examples of big tech companies who used Kickstarter to find their footing. On the gaming front, the highly anticipated Shemue III raised over $6 million through the crowdfunding platform. You can read more of UPenn's findings here. Let's block ads! بخوانید, ...ادامه مطلب

Close Microsoft layoffs: 2,850 jobs Drag Microsoft quietly announced the company will cut another 2,850 jobs in a govement filing. However, the company did not specify which positions would be affected. Microsoft previously announced an number of job cuts related to its less-than-successful phone division. Subscribe: CNET Update delivers the biggest tech news of the day, breaking down trends, hot devices, new apps and what's ahead. Subscribe to the podcast via the links below.iTunes (HD) | iTunes (SD) | iTunes (HQ) | iTunes (MP3)RSS (HD) | RSS (SD) | RSS (HQ)| RSS (MP3)Download the audio version of today's Update. Microsoft cuts 2,850 more jobs Your browser does not support the audio element. Let's block ads! بخوانید, ...ادامه مطلب

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that's taken over our lives.Enlarge ImageHe'd have been nothing without the govement. CNET That Steve Jobs.He was a pretty good designer. He was also good at putting things together.But let's not forget who was really behind fine tech inventions such as the iPhone. It was the US govement.I know this because House minority leader Nancy Pelosi told me. Or rather, told attendees of the Democratic National Convention Platform Hearing on Thursday.She held up an iPhone. "In this smartphone, almost everything came from federal investments and research," she said. Voice recognition, GPS, flat screens -- these were all govement ideas. She explained that "the Association for the Advancement of Science in America" (likely she was referring to the American Association for the Advancement of Science) says that "Steve Jobs did a good idea [sic] of designing it [the iPhone] and putting it together. Federal research invented it."A spokeswoman for the AAAS, however, pointed toward another organization."Congresswoman Pelosi's remarks seem to have been based on an infographic prepared by the Association of American Universities (AAU)," she said. "The purpose of the infographic was to illustrate the importance of federally funded basic research, and how it contributed to some of the technology that was ultimately integrated into the iPhone." "Rep. Pelosi was mistaken in her reference to AAAS," the spokeswoman added.Neither Apple nor Pelosi responded to a request for comment.Sympathetic minds might see what Pelosi was getting at. It's well known that many tech breakthroughs enjoy their debut in the service of the military. Well, that and in the service of poography, of course.Some, though, might struggle with House Democratic leader's word choice. A sense emerges that Jobs wasn't really all that -- just a good designer and ass, ...ادامه مطلب

Striking workers of Verizon telecommunications giant, picket in front of a Verizon office in Washington, DC, on April 14, 2016. Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty Images A massive strike conducted by 36,000 unionised Verizon workers that has been ongoing since April should come to an end this week, with workers due to retu June 1, the Associated Press has revealed. The company announced on May 27 that it had reached a deal, but the details were not revealed until today.To end the strike, Verizon promised workers represented by the Communications Workers of America and Inteational Brotherhood of Electrical Workers unions 1,300 new call centre jobs, 11 percent raises over four years, and health care plan changes to save Verizon money. Union members will vote on this deal after retuing to work.The strike, which took place over Verizon's efforts to shrink its flagging wireline business, saw service disruptions across the company's landline, inteet and television divisions, and slower responses to customer issues. Previously, Verizon, which employs 177,000 workers, had argued that it was shifting its resources to wireless services.Let's block ads! بخوانید, ...ادامه مطلب

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that's taken over our lives.Enlarge Image"Why not apple tea?", you might muse. Magadalena/Twitter screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET You're wandering around your local supermarket.Suddenly, there's a familiar face on the front of a packet of tea. Wait, it's Steve Jobs.Magda Swirepo told me -- in Polish, naturally -- that's what happened to her in the Auchan supermarket in Katowice, Poland.There she was just moseying around and there was Jobs in his classic beard-stroking pose wanting her to buy some cherry-rum tea.So, she posted a picture on Twitter. Because, well, that's what you do when you wonder what on earth is going on.Swirepo hadn't seen this brand before. It's called Tea Rebels. Where might this company have got its inspiration? Polish tech blogger Mackozer wisely suggested to me that it might be from Apple's famous "Here's To The Crazy Ones" ad. Richard Dreyfus' voice-over begins: "Here's to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels." Aha.You see, you'll never ever guess who's on the front of Tea Rebels' green tea. Why, John Lennon. He was also in that Apple ad.And look at the black tea. Another star of the ad: Mahatma Gandhi.I contacted Tea Rebels to wonder, among other things, whether the company had secured the rights to these images. I also contacted Apple to wonder whether it knew something of this. Neither immediately responded to a request for comment.The truly wise, however, will have already spotted the vast marketing error in this curious tea party. It was one that astonished Swirepo herself."They really couldn't have made an apple tea to put his face on?" she told me.Let's block ads! بخوانید, ...ادامه مطلب

Amazon@Penn probably doesn't look like any store you've ever visited. The brightly lit space includes no shelves, no standing inventory and no checkout. It's likely debatable the location is even a "store" at all. Yet this 3,500-square-foot space, which hosted a grand opening Friday at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, serves as another example of Amazon's evolution, as the world's biggest e-commerce company starts building physical locations to draw itself even closer to its millions of customers. "We see lots of opportunities with this model," Ripley MacDonald, director of Amazon's student programs, said in the store's media center, which includes couches, conference tables and TVs set up with game controllers so students can play "Tetris" on Amazon Prime Video. "We're very excited with the engagement, and we're continuing to invest in it."Eddie Perez, site manager for Amazon@Penn, explains how his "store" works. Ben Fox Rubin/CNET Call it a feeder system for future Amazon customers. Colleges provide a densely populated group of educated, wealthier individuals, just the kinds of folks who are most likely to join Prime. Amazon already tries to pull them in by offering six-month free trials of Prime Student memberships, which are just $49 annually after that. Campus stores could fully convert them before they even graduate. "They just want to hook you when you're 20," Michael Pachter, a Wedbush analyst, said. Penn benefits because its mail processing operations have struggled to keep up with the growing piles of e-commerce boxes being delivered to the 25,000-student school. Amazon accounts for 40 percent of those boxes, said Marie Witt, vice president of Penn's business services. "It's definitely been a strain on the system," she said Friday. Amazon@Penn serves as a pickup and drop-off hub for students, faculty and workers. They can order anything from textbooks t, ...ادامه مطلب

Bill Campbell -- mentor to Apple CEO Steve Jobs, Google co-founder Larry Page and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey -- died Monday. "Bill Campbell passed peacefully in his sleep after a long battle with cancer," his family said in a statement. "The family appreciates all the love and support but asks for privacy at this time."Word of his passing has already started to draw tributes from notable tech executives on Facebook and Twitter."Will greatly miss friend and mentor Bill Campbell. Coach," AOL's Tim Armstrong wrote on Twitter.Dick Costolo, former CEO of Twitter, also commented about the "horrible" news of Campbell's passing. "Called me on my last day at Twitter & had both the funniest & most insightful comments," he wrote in a tweet.This story will be updated. Let's block ads! بخوانید, ...ادامه مطلب

LinkedIn's new app is focused on getting college kids employed. LinkedIn Graduation is coming. You're worried you wasted a lot of money on a fancy piece of paper because you'll never find a job. LinkedIn wants to calm your nerves.The professional social network on Monday will release an app dedicated to helping college kids find their first job out of school. The app, called Linkedin Students, has students enter their school, major and expected graduation date. It then connects you with alumni and resources to help your job search. The app takes you through a 5-step process, where you swipe from screen to screen. (Yes, kind of like the dating app Tinder.) It does things like show you the median salary in your field, tells you what kind of work people who had your major at your school are doing now, and gives you a few actual jobs to apply to. The first time you use the app, it will show you only one job posting. That's by design. "Students find the job search daunting," said Ada Hu, the app's product manager. "We never saw them wanting to be in an app that long." The goal is for students to use it in little chunks, like while you are going from class to class. Apparently, college kids need all the help they can get. For young college graduates in 2015, the unemployment rate is 7.2 percent, compared with 5.5 percent in 2007, according to the Economic Policy Institute, a Washington, D.C.-based think tank.With the launch of the new app, LinkedIn will shut down some other resources it had for students, including its university rankings and school finder. The company will kill those services on May 16. Let's block ads! بخوانید, ...ادامه مطلب

Enlarge ImageNew York Giants wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. reaches out for a tough catch over Atlanta Falcons coerback Robert Alford. Duncan Williams/Zuma Press/Corbis This is the sports programming equivalent of a spectacular catch by Odell Beckham Jr. Twitter has signed a deal with the National Football League to show 10 Thursday night games online during the upcoming season, making a splashy play for the attention of millions of NFL fans. The games will be screened for free to a global audience on any device with Inteet access. It's not exclusive, though. The games will also be available on NBC, CBS and the NFL Network, meaning viewers will have the option of watching games via traditional, cable or digital broadcast. Still, the deal, announced Tuesday, marks a big first down for Twitter, the debut foray of the social media service into live sports streaming. Twitter has long hosted conversations around sporting events and has more recently introduced replays and curated "moments" following those contests. Consider it a kind of online sports bar. "Twitter is where live events unfold and is the right partner for the NFL as we take the latest step in serving fans around the world live NFL football," said league commissioner Roger Goodell, who was amped up enough about the deal that he tweeted for the first time since September 2014. In August, the NFL and the social network signed a two-year deal to show in-game highlights, custom game recaps, breaking news, analysis and archival videos to fans. The relationship between the NFL and Twitter actually goes back to 2013. And it just so happens that Twitter CFO Anthony Noto was previously the chief financial officer for the NFL. Terms of the deal were not announced. A Twitter spokesman said the company has nothing to say yet on how exactly the games will work within the service. Twitter will also be the home of in-game highlights an, ...ادامه مطلب

Enlarge ImageNFL games are Twitter's latest trick. Zach Bolinger/Icon Sportswire/Corbis Twitter is getting into online programming, starting with a deal that will allow it to show Thursday night National Football League games online.NFL games will be screened for free to a global audience using any device for the duration of the 2016 season. The games will also be available on NBC, CBS and the NFL Network, meaning that viewers will have the option of watching matches through digital, cable or traditional broadcast means.It's the latest step in the NFL and Twitter's partnership, forged in 2013, and marks a leap for the social network as it gets into live sports streaming for the first time. Twitter has long hosted conversation around matches and has more recently introduced replays and curated "moments" following matches, but is now making itself a go-to place for watching a game -- a kind of online sports bar."Twitter is where live events unfold and is the right partner for the NFL as we take the latest step in serving fans around the world live NFL football," said NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell.Twitter will also be the home of in-game highlights and pre-game Periscopes, ensuring it stays with viewers from the build-up to a game through to post-match commentary. All Thursday Night game content will be available to registered and nonregistered Twitter users, of which the social network says it has 800 million.For Twitter, which has been struggling over the past six months to prove its potential for continued growth, streaming Thursday Night Football may well help it attract new users and engage new audiences all around the world -- including those outside of the US who do not already have easy access to games. Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey says he also hopes it will continue to cement the loyalty of NFL viewers by "transforming fan experience."Let's block ads! بخوانید, ...ادامه مطلب