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Activist investor Carl Icahn is backing off his proposal that Apple spend $50 billion buying back its own stock during the current fiscal year that ends in September. Icahn told fellow Apple shareholders Monday in a letter that he sees no reason to persist in light of the Cupertino, Calif, company’s recent buybacks and a recommendation from an influential firm that gives advice to big shareholders. Institutional Shareholder Services Inc., or ISS, said in a report that Apple shareholders should vote against Icahn’s non-binding proposal. The company said that while Apple Inc.’s board “has failed to articulate a strategy for addressing its long-term capital needs,” the Icahn proposal would micromanage the technology company’s capital allocation process. Apple representatives did not immediately return a call from The Associated Press seeking comment.…

It appears the creator of mobile hit Flappy Bird is keeping his word in pulling the popular game from iOS and Android app stores. The game no longer appears in searches on Google Play or Apple’s App Store. When an iPhone user views the Top Charts, Flappy Bird is absent from the Free Games chart it topped for the past week. If one views the developer page for Dong Nguyen within iTunes, Flappy Bird is no longer featured. A direct link to the game’s Google Play page from the Web has been pulled, but the iTunes page remains. The removal of the game followed a tweet by Nguyen on Saturday, saying he planned to yank it from app stores. “I cannot take this anymore,” he wrote. The brief ascent of…

Ender’s Game The looming threat of an alien invasion prompts Earth’s International Fleet to send an extraordinarily gifted child to an outer space advanced military academy in preparation for him to command its forces and defend the human race. This science fiction action thriller stars Asa Butterfield as Andrew“Ender”Wigan and is directed and written by Gavin Hood, based on the novel of the same name by Orson Scott Card. FIVE FACTS: 1. The film’s score was composed by Steve Jablonsky. 2. Accompanying the movie’s release alongside the soundtrack was a reference book, Ender’s Game: Inside the World of an Epic Adventure, as well as a board game, Ender’s Game Battle School. 3. Gavin Hood has said of comparisons between the film and the book:“I think that one of the things…

After designing driverless cars, experimenting with robots and secretly building a fleet of barges, Google is taking on a new challenge: running an airfield in the heart of Silicon Valley and restoring one of the area’s most iconic buildings, once used to house Navy blimps. On Monday, federal officials announced they have chosen a Google subsidiary to restore the landmark Hangar One at Moffett Field and assume control of the airfield’s two runways, located just a few miles from Google’s main offices. The move comes amid a Google expansion binge: In recent months, it’s leased several office buildings in nearby Mountain View and Palo Alto, while planning to construct another new campus from the ground up on a different portion of the Moffett property. And Google’s three senior executives also…

Google signed a major advertising deal with comScore to help the world’s largest Internet search provider win more business from big brands like Kellogg. Google is integrating comScore’s Validated Campaign Essentials, or vCE, measurement technology into its Doubleclick ad business. The combination will let advertisers and publishers track online ads in near real time, allowing them to change things on the fly if campaigns are not performing as expected. The deal, which has been in the works for almost a year, may affect billions of ads a day, changing the way agencies and big companies run and monitor campaigns. This is part of a broader push by Google to attract more big brands, which have traditionally spent most of their money on TV. “To really crack the nut and bring…

THE CULINARY DELIGHTS OF THE APP STORE As all of us who have ever used the iOS App Store know, it’s long had a major role in our lives and an influence on our lifestyles - but did you know that there are even plenty of food-related apps to get your (metaphorical and literal) teeth into? Yes, whether you’re visiting a city for the first time and are curious about the best sources of pizza, or you’d like some more inspirational dining choices than those presently populating your food cupboard, or even if you’d like to cook a meal for yourself but are unsure of the exact recipe, you can definitely find an app for it in the ever-trusty App Store. You could spend all day perusing the App Store’s…

iOS Mac OS X #01 - Flappy Bird 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. #02 - Super Ball Juggling 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. #03 - Unroll Me - unblock the slots By Turbo Chilli Pty Ltd Category: Games Requires iOS 4.3 or later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. This app is optimized for iPhone 5. #04 - Beats Music By Beats Music, LLC. Category: Music Requires iOS 6.0 or later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. This app is optimized for iPhone 5. #05-Guess The 90s! ByConversion, LLC Category:…

The Outsiders Eric Church Country music singer-songwriter Eric Church returns with his fourth studio album, joined by long-time producer Jay Joyce. There’s been no shortage of critical acclaim for The Outsiders, which has been described as “terrifyingly creative”,“his best yet”and “far outside country music’s safety zone”, with its distinctive blend of country, rock, heavy metal and R & B. FIVE FACTS: 1. For all of the raving from critics, the album’s lead single“The Outsiders” has also been no slouch commercially, hitting number six on the US Hot Country Songs chart. 2. Church is a native of Granite Falls, North Carolina, and was given his first guitar when he was 13. 3. Church has previously blasted reality TV singing competitions, commenting:“It’s become American Idol gone mad. Honestly, if [The Voice coaches]…

Imagine a mobile phone app that understands what you mean even if it’s not what you said, or a search engine that anticipates a question and answers it before you ask. On Wednesday, Yahoo and Carnegie Mellon University will announce a partnership aimed at advancing such technology, said Randal Bryant, dean of Carnegie Mellon’s School of Computer Science. “Imagine Siri,” Bryant said, referring to Apple’s voice assistant feature. “The idea with this is, go a step further and imagine a Siri that is much more intuit.” It’s called the Holy Grail of computing -developing a machine to think on its own, to learn and to use common sense. The partnership could position Yahoo to take the lead in developing the next generation of intuitive technology, said Jim Gunderson, president of…

Windows XP is so old, it predates 9/11. The software first landed on personal computers sold to consumers and businesses way back in August 2001. Yet more than 12 years later, a substantial number of PCs with Windows XP as their operating system are still in use. According to consultant Net Applications, XP machines represented a 29.23% market share last month, ahead of all the PC operating systems that came after it except for Windows 7, which has a 47.49% share. Microsoft’s more recent operating systems, Windows 8 and Windows 8.1, come in with modest 6.63% and 3.95% market shares, respectively, suggesting an area of concern for new CEO Satya Nadella. The many folks who still rely on Windows XP will have their own major concern to deal with in…

Today The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) announced that it will select ten startup companies for a three-month mentorship and seed-stage investment program. Disney Accelerator, which will be based in Los Angeles and powered by Techstars, is now accepting applications from early-stage companies with innovative consumer media and entertainment product ideas. Participants will receive $120,000 in investment ^f capital to develop their ideas, along with mentor support from top Disney executives, including Chairman and CEO Robert A. Iger, and leaders from Pixar, Marvel, Lucasfilm, ESPN and Walt Disney Imagineering, among others. Mentors will also include other entertainment industry leaders, venture capitalists, and Techstars’ extensive network of entrepreneurs, ( investors and executives. Participants will have access to stories, characters, technology and other resources from across The Walt Disney Company. The program…

iOS Mac OS X #01-Slayin By FDG Entertainment Category: Games / Price: $0.99 Requires iOS 4.3 or later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. This app is optimized for iPhone 5. #02 - Minecraft - Pocket Edition ByMojang Category: Games / Price: $6.99 Requires iOS 5.0 or later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. This app is optimized for iPhone 5. #03 - Heads Up! By Warner Bros. Category: Games / Price: $0.99 Requires iOS 5.0 or later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. This app is optimized for iPhone 5. #04-AfterLight By Simon Filip Category: Photo & Video/ Price: $0.99 Requires iOS 5.0 or later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. This app is optimized for iPhone 5. IDE’N’SEE #05 - Hide N Seek: MC…

Iridium Communications Inc. (Nasdaq: I RDM) has expanded the reach of its cost-effective Iridium OpenPort service to offer broadband communications to terrestrial users with the launch of Iridium Pilot Land Station. For the first time, many remote individuals and businesses in off-the-grid locations can obtain reliable Internet connections and voice calling no matter where they are located. Iridium Pilot Land Station is an easy-to-install communications platform that makes connections where no other choice exists. Iridium Pilot Land Station provides pole-to-pole coverage and broadband data speeds, with independent voice lines for simultaneous voice and data communications. The ruggedized hardware utilizes the proven Iridium OpenPort broadband service, allowing operation in extreme weather conditions, making it the obvious choice for users with critical communications requirements. “Iridium OpenPort has proven to be a great…

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Google has passed Exxon to become the second most valuable U.S. company by market capitalization. According to FactSet data, the Internet company’s market capitalization surpassed that of oil company Exxon Mobil Corp. last week. As of Friday’s market close, it sat at $395.42 billion compared with the oil company’s $392.66 billion. Shares of Google Inc. have been on a steady climb since the beginning of 2013, gaining 66 percent. Market capitalization is the number of outstanding shares multiplied by their value. Meanwhile, Exxon’s have risen just 5 percent. Since the beginning of this year, they’ve lost about 10 percent of their value. Both companies trail Apple Inc.’s market capitalization of $463.55 billion.…