Necuno hopes its forthcoming Linux smartphone will offer users an escape from the walled gardens created by Google and Apple. …read more Source:: Linux
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IDG Contributor Network: Why a MacOS user switched to Ubuntu Linux
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By Jim Lynch Why a MacOS user switched to Ubuntu Linux Apple’s MacOS has long been the de facto alternative to Windows. But what happens when a MacOS user tires of doing things Apple’s …read more Source:: OpenSource
Pentagon teams up with Apple, Boeing to develop wearable tech
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NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. (Reuters) – The Pentagon is teaming up with Apple, Boeing, Harvard and others to develop high-tech sensory gear flexible enough to be worn by people or molded …read more Source:: UKScienceNews
Open source and Apple: The nagging nausea
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By Galen Gruman Open source software fans hate walled gardens. After all, they believe in communities supporting each other for the greater good. Sure, they fight over the details and who gets the …read more Source:: OpenSource
Apple’s purchase of PrimeSense
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Apple sets example for supplier responsibility of conflict minerals
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We don’t notice much of what we see: 85 college students tried to draw the Apple logo from memory; 84 failed
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'I can't figure out why someone would buy a Tizen phone': Ubuntu boss talks Android alternatives
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The smartphone market has been a two-horse race almost from day one. But Apple and Google may have had their own way for too long, and many of the industry’s biggest players are looking for an alternative to Android. Source: Tech
SAP Asks Microsoft, Apple to Share Hacker-Fighting Intelligence
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SAP SE is trying to marshal business technology’s biggest suppliers to gather hacker-fighting intelligence following a spate of security problems with open-source software. The biggest maker of business applications has contacted companies includingMicrosoft Corp. and Apple Inc. about sharing information on analyses of the weaknesses in open-source code, which is generally free to run and…
Free Software Foundation statement on the new iPhone, Apple Pay, and Apple Watch
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Today, Apple announced new iPhone models, a watch, and a payment service. In response, FSF executive director John Sullivan made the following statement: It is astonishing to see so much of the technology press acting as Apple’s marketing arm. What’s on display today is widespread complicity in hiding the most newsworthy aspect of the announcement…