[CNBC] Online shoppers have spent 18 percent more this morning than on last Black Friday

Black Friday play more role than Cyber Monday for online retailers?

Link:
https://www.cnbc.com/2017/11/24/online-spending-up-18-percent-from-last-black-friday-morning-adobe.html

[businessinsider] Google's Street View cars track air pollution

This is very impressive..... Now starting from CA and it would be amazing if doing this globally.....

Link:
Google Street View cars are mapping the air quality of California

Remarkable....WannaCry ransomware attack

From Wiki:
The ransomware campaign was unprecedented in scale according to Europol,^[10] which estimates that around 200,000 computers were infected across 150 countries. According to Kaspersky Lab, the four most affected countries were Russia, Ukraine, India and Taiwan

Wiki page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WannaCry_ransomware_attack

South Korea trumpets $860-million AI fund after AlphaGo 'shock'

 South Korean people did take this seriously....

From the news:
Scrambling to respond to the success of Google DeepMind’s world-beating Go program AlphaGo, South Korea announced on 17 March that it would invest $863 million (1 trillion won) in artificial-intelligence (AI) research over the next five years. It is not immediately clear whether the cash represents new funding, or had been previously allocated to AI efforts. But it does include the founding of a high-profile, public–private research centre with participation from several Korean conglomerates, including Samsung, LG Electronics and Hyundai Motor, as well as the technology firm Naver, based near Seoul.

http://www.nature.com/news/south-korea-trumpets-860-million-ai-fund-after-alphago-shock-1.19595

Linked In user still growing...

Summary

• Solid and unique business model with an absence of serious competition.
• Diversified streams of revenue allows LinkedIn to stay strong in adverse times.
• Revenue increase by approximately 35% year-over-year.
• Numerous opportunities for expanding their international market.
• I Know First algorithm is bullish on LinkedIn.

http://seekingalpha.com/article/3297745-linkedin-over-300-million-users-and-still-growing

Slingbox iPhone App finally show up...but disappointing!

Accroding today's news, SlingMedia finally got approved by Apple iPhone app release. However the $30 price tag and WiFi-only limititation is quite disappointing to users - including me!!

iPhone SlingBox App Will Be Wi-Fi Only

Hi everyone,

I wanted to share this site with anyone who still glances at this blog. My older brother put it together and I'm helping him get it out on the web. Drop me a line if you have any suggestions or encounter anything that looks like a bug. If you know of any good free stuff out there (including open source software and free ware please add it.

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http://www.freenormous.com/

Thanks,

E