Cable Firms Aim for 50,000 Hotspots
Being a Bright House, Optimum, Xfinity, Cox Communications, and Time Warner Cable subscriber is about to get a bit better. Or at least it will if you’re the type that’s always searching for a public WiFi hotspot. Five of the nation’s largest cable companies have...
  Amazon Appstore now allows Android users to Test Drive apps
 The Amazon Appstore was updated on Monday to include the company’s popular Test Drive feature on Android devices. The retail giant previously allowed users to test apps using desktop browsers prior to purchasing them, but now trials can be tested on devices. “Today we begin the beta rollout of Test Drive on Android phones,” Amazon said. “Now customers can instantly try apps on their phone — where a majority of app purchases take place — without downloading or installing anything.” The Test Drive feature is currently available on more than 5,000 apps and is compatible with select Android handsets, however Amazon promises the feature will be rolled out to “many more” devices in the coming months. Read
Google Graph Makes Search Smarter
Google's new Knowledge Graph is a new search tool that will begin rolling out starting today, and it it's meant to help you find search results faster. When you search now for popular or well-known people, places and things you'll get a box to the left of the results explaining more about that term.
SAP wants to add Ariba CEO to management board
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - SAP said on Tuesday it wanted to add Ariba's Chief Executive Bob Calderoni to the German business software maker's global managing board after closing the $4.3 billion deal. The company expects to close the acquisition in the third quarter and the transaction is expected to be accretive to SAP's earnings per share in 2013. (Reporting by Harro ten Wolde) Can Windows 8's Apps Beat the iPad's?
USA Today, American Airlines, Slacker and others have made beautiful Windows 8 apps.
Auto-Correct Is Not Ruining Spelling
 Today in studies that claim the Internet is ruining our lives, the BBC informs us that auto-correct and spellcheckers have turned us into a bunch of illiterate idiots. But our spelling has been degrading for much longer than iPhone auto-correct has been around. In a survey of more than 2,000 British people, one third of the participants could not spell definitely and two-thirds could not spell separate. While that does sound scary, the survey doesn't indicate whether spelling is rising or falling in Britannia. ...
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