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What if Michael Brown’s last moments had been recorded? The fatal police shooting of the unarmed black 18-year-old in Ferguson, Missouri, is prompting calls for more officers to wear so-called body cameras, simple, lapel-mounted gadgets that capture video footage of law enforcement’s interactions with the public. Proponents say the devices add a new level of accountability to police work. "This is a technology that has a very real potential to serve as a check and balance on police power," says Jay Stanley, senior policy analyst at the American Civil Liberties Union. The case supporters make is simple: Cops and criminal suspects alike are less likely to misbehave if they know they’re being recorded. And there’s some evidence supporting it. In a recent Cambridge University study, the police department in Rialto,…

TEARS AND TRIUMPH AT THE LATEST EMMY AWARDS PLENTY TO SAVOR AT LATEST CELEBRATION OF TV GREATEST The Primetime Emmy Awards... it’s been going in some form since 1949, and it’s very much to the world of prime time television programming what the Grammys is to music. Across the United States, people of all ages and backgrounds tuned in to NBC to see what television programs and actors on this occasion had claimed the coveted gongs of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. For the 66th running of the Awards, which was held on Monday, August 25, 2014 at the Nokia Theater in Downtown Los Angeles, California, certain things were familiar and other things definitely weren’t. THE MORE FAMILIAR THINGS... So, what hadn’t altered too much? Well, the award…

iOS #01 - Facebook Messenger By Facebook, Inc. Category: Social Networking Requires iOS 7.0 or later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. This app is optimized for iPhone 5. #02 – FaceQ Byerick kuo Category: Entertainment Requires iOS 6.0 or later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. This app is optimized for iPhone 5. #03 - Swing Copters By Dong Nguyen Category: Games Requires iOS 6.0 or later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. This app is optimized for iPhone 5. #04-MakeThem Fall ByKetchapp Category: Games Requires iOS 5.0 or later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. This app is optimized for iPhone 5. #05 - Remind: Safe Classroom Communication By remind101 Category: Education Requires iOS 6.0 or later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.…

Apple’s suppliers are preparing to manufacture the company’s largest-ever iPad, with production scheduled to commence by the first quarter of next year, according to people with knowledge of the matter. The new iPad will have a screen measuring 12.9 inches diagonally, said the people, who asked not to be identified because the details aren’t public. Apple currently produces iPads with 9.7-inch and 7.9-inch displays. The Cupertino, California-based company has been working with suppliers for at least a year to develop a new range of larger touch-screen devices, said the people. Trudy Muller, a spokeswoman for Apple, declined to comment. Apple Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook is working to shake up the iPad line. Sales of the tablets, which are Apple’s second-biggest product by revenue after the iPhone, have declined for…

Here’s a sign more households are going without cable or satellite TV: TiVo Inc. is making a digital video recorder just for so-called cord-cutters. The TiVo Roamio OTA will cost $50, compared with $200 for the regular model. The OTA version records free, over-the-air TV signals and lacks slots for cable service cards. For both models, you need a $15-a-month subscription to TiVo service, which provides programming data and other necessities. The OTA model will be available starting Sept. 14 at select Best Buy stores. A 2013 study from GfK estimated that 19 percent of U.S. TV households had broadcast-only reception, up from 14 percent in 2010. Those figures include people who have dropped cable and those who never had it, something common for younger adults. TiVo isn’t giving up…

European space officials say they’re investigating whether the inaccurate deployment of two satellites will complicate their efforts to develop a new Galileo satellite navigation system that would rival America’s GPS network. The European Space Agency and launch company Arianespace say the satellites ended up in off-target orbits after being launched Friday from Kourou, French Guiana, aboard a Soyuz rocket. Saturday’s agency statement did not explain whether their orbital paths could be corrected. Arianespace said the satellites settled into a lower, elliptical orbit instead of the circular one intended, and initial analyses suggested the mishap occurred during the flight phase and involved the Fregat upper stage of Soyuz. "Our aim is of course to fully understand this anomaly," Stephane Israel, Arianespace chairman and CEO, said in a statement. "While it is…

More than 1,000 U.S. retailers could be infected with malicious software lurking in their cash register computers, allowing hackers to steal customer financial data, the Homeland Security Department said Friday. The government urged businesses of all sizes to scan their point-of-sale systems for software known as "Backoff," discovered last October. It previously explained in detail how the software operates and how retailers could find and remove it. Earlier this month, United Parcel Service said it found infected computers in 51 stores. UPS said it was not aware of any fraud that resulted from the infection but said hackers may have taken customers’ names, addresses, email addresses and payment card information. The company apologized to customers and offered free identity protection and credit monitoring services to those who had shopped in…

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Captain America: The Winter Soldier The sequel to 2011’s Captain America: The First Avenger is finally here, and sees Steve Rogers - aka Captain America (Chris Evans) - living quietly in Washington, D.C., trying to adjust to the modern world. But he then becomes embroiled in a newly world-threatening web of intrigue when a S.H.I.E.L.D. colleague comes under attack. FIVE FACTS: 1. The film is the ninth installment in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). 2. It is directed by Anthony and Joe Russo. 3. Chris Evans leads an ensemble cast including Scarlett Johansson, Sebastian Stan, Anthony Mackie, Cobie Smulders and Frank Grillo. 4. The film has grossed $714,083,572 worldwide. 5. It won the Golden Trailer Award for Best Action TV Spot. Are You Here This Matthew Weiner directed comedy centers…

Amazon is buying video game streaming platform Twitch Interactive for $970 million in cash as it seeks to expand its presence in gaming. As video gaming grows into an online spectator sport, gameplay video feeds are becoming increasingly lucrative. Twitch had 55 million unique visitors in July most of whom went to the Twitch.tv website to watch other people play games -competitions interspersed with advertising. "Broadcasting and watching gameplay is a global phenomenon and Twitch has built a platform that brings together tens of millions of people who watch billions of minutes of games each month/’ said Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos in a statement. The deal is the latest example of Amazon expanding into new commercial arenas. It introduced its own smartphone, the Fire, this month. Earlier this summer, it…

In revamping its prices and plans this week, Sprint is joining Verizon and AT&T in letting families share pools of data. The new Sprint plans are available starting Friday and reward families that need a lot of data. But the company is also keeping an unlimited-data plan that’s beneficial for individuals - and competes with a similar T-Mobile offering. Now that most Americans have cellphones, wireless companies have been trying to lure consumers with lower prices. And to increase revenue from existing customers, the carriers have been pushing services with higher data allotments. To help guide you through the maze of options from the four national wireless carriers -Verizon, AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile - here’s a look at the best plans for individuals, couples and families of four. First, a…

LG Electronics Inc. announced two new giant OLED TVs with ultra-high definition screens Monday, sticking with its strategy of using the exceptionally expensive OLED display technology. The South Korean company said it will ship 65-inch OLED TVs starting September in South Korea, Europe and North America. A 77-inch model will hit shelves later this year. While major TV makers are pushing to make ultra HD TVs mainstream, they use LCD screens. The super-high resolution picture, also known as 4K, packs four times more pixels than regular HD televisions. Making ultra HD quality TVs with OLED screens remain costly. LG’s 65-inch model will cost 12 million won ($11,765). Other types of ultra HD televisions sell for less than $3,000. OLED features deeper color saturation and a sharper image quality than LCD.…

Hackers attacked Sony’s PlayStation Network and disrupted the travel plans of a top company executive by going on Twitter to suggest that there was a bomb on his American Airlines plane. Sony Corp. says American cut short the executive’s flight on Sunday and made an unplanned landing in Phoenix. The plane with 179 passengers and a crew of six was scheduled to fly from Dallas to San Diego but stopped for what the FBI termed a security threat. American Airlines declined to comment on the threat. A Twitter account called Lizard Squad tweeted to American Airlines that there might be explosives on the plane carrying John Smedley, the president of Sony Online Entertainment, which makes video games. Sony spokesman Satoshi Nakajima said Monday that Smedley was on the plane. San…

Blacc Hollywood (Deluxe Version) Wiz Khalifa The rapper Wiz Khalifa’s fifth studio album sees him welcome such guests as Juicy J, Ty Dolla Sign, Ghost Loft, Snoop Dogg, Nas, ScHoolboy Q, Rick Ross and Nicki Minaj. The Minot, North Dakota native claims it’s his best yet, and we’d be hard pressed to disagree. FIVE FACTS: 1. Khalifa was born Cameron Jibril Thomaz on September 8, 1987 to a mother and father serving in the military. 2. A self-confessed cannabis user, Khalifa has claimed he spends $10,000 a month on it. 3. The new album follows his 12th mixtape 28 Grams, which was released one day after he got out of jail for marijuana possession. 4. He has said of Blacc Hollywood: "I was able to work more hands-on with this…

People who use Facebook and Twitter are less likely than others to share their opinions on hot-button issues, even when they are offline, according to a surprising new survey by the Pew Research Center. The study, done in conjunction with Rutgers University in New Jersey, challenges the view of social media as a vehicle for debate by suggesting that sites like Facebook and Twitter might actually encourage self-censorship. Researchers said they detect what they call the "spiral of silence" phenomenon: Unless people know their audience agrees, they are likely to shy away from discussing anything controversial. In other words, most of us are more comfortable with ice-bucket challenges than political banter. "People do not tend to be using social media for this type of important political discussion. And if anything,…