A note published by Macquarie Equitis Research says that Google is working on an iPhone and iPad version of its Chrome browser. The app is slated for launch sometime this year. They also suggest that Google will launch Chrome as soon as the second quarter the year and the mobile version will be limited as other browsers on the iPhone.
Ford and Chrysler are not going to follow in General Motor's lead in pulling its ads from Facebook. Ford defends the social media platform, saying:
“We’ve found Facebook ads to be very effective when strategically combined with engagement, great content and innovative ways of storytelling, rather than treating them as a straight media buy,” says Scott Monty, head of social media for Ford. “We continue to have a strong, collaborative relationship with Facebook, which includes first-of-a-kind vehicle reveals, advertising and innovative ways of sharing content. Our engineers have also been working with Facebook engineers to develop unique and safer ways of integrating the car experience with Facebook.”
Facebook was supposed to close the $1 billion Instagram acquisition within the second quarter, which ends in June. However they've updated their SEC filings to make the date less specific. They now expect the deal to close sometime 2012.
In the 2010 Social Network movie, Justin Timberlake persuaded Mark Zuckerberg to screw over his college friend and Facebook cofounder Eduardo Saverin out of the company. Now, there's a cutthroat email fact behind the movie fiction.
Women always seem to find the bad boy sexy. The rebellious rogues. Oh how they so darn attractive. But its never been clear why women tend to turn that attraction into long term relationships. That is until now, since there's some science to find out why this is so.
Here's a breakthrough for people suffering from paralysis. A 71 year old paralyzed in 2008 from a car accident has regained motor function in his hands. Washington University doctors have rewired his nerves to bypass the damaged ones. The patient had previously been able to move his arms, but he had lost the ability to pinch and grab with his fingers. Until now.
Current piezoelectric systems are made from toxic materials, but the folks at the Berkeley Lab have devised an ingeniously green alternative by creating bacterophages.
The M13 bacteriophage virus normally spends its time infecting and replicating within E. coli bacteria. But it does have a couple of perks including the ability to generate electric current when compressed.
Meat Geek has teamed up with Oklahoma State University to devise a new style of steak. What do you mean, a new steak? The above pic isn't the new style of steak if you're wondering.
"The Vegas Strip Steak is the latest and perhaps last steak to be found from the beef carcass," said Jacob Nelson, a value-added meat processing specialist. The Vegas Strip was created by Tony Mata, the industry group Mata & Associates, who approached Nelson and the FAPC for help in developing the cut.
People have been trying for a long time to find the right formula to lose weight. It happens with everyone. And around the world. Let's face it. We're all getting fatter. But what if the secret to losing weight isn't just proper dieting or consistent exercise but was in math?
