Yahoo under Levinsohn seen shifting to content, advertising
 SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - With two of its most distracting conflicts resolved in the past week and a half, Yahoo Inc hopes its new interim chief executive can focus on the biggest challenge of all: turning the company into an entertainment and information destination that wins back the advertising dollars flowing elsewhere. While ousted predecessors Scott Thompson and Carol Bartz were seen as technologists, Ross Levinsohn has managed Internet efforts at such mainstream media companies as CBS and Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. ...
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Google introduces their new "knowledge graph" search function.
  Safety Experiment: Cars That 'Talk' to Each Other
Will traffic be safer and smoother if vehicles can “talk” to each other? That’s the question the Department of Transportation hopes to answer, starting this summer, with an ambitious year-long experiment in Ann Arbor, Michigan. In August the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration plans to...
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 First Meteor Shower of 2012 Dazzles
The Quadrantid meteor shower, the first major show of shooting stars in 2012, peaks in the hours before dawn on Wednesday. The best seeing should be after the moon sets around 3 a.m. Astronomers say you may see 60-200 shooting stars per hour if the weather is clear.
Facebook and others simplify Android game distribution
It seems everyone wants to make Android app installs easier than ever, and that especially goes for games. After Amazon revealed their Test Drive feature for trying Android games before you make a purchase, Facebook is offering more details on their plans for making Android game installs as convenient as possible. Already redirecting a user to the Google Play marketplace link when accessing a game through their mobile App Center, Facebook will also add a “Send to Mobile” button on the browser version. ...
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