cold fjord writes “Is 40% anything to worry about? Sky News reports, ‘Worldwide internet traffic plunged by around 40% as Google services suffered a complete black-out, according to web analytics experts. The tech company said all of its services from Google Search to Gmail to YouTube to Google Drive went down for between one and five minutes last night. The reason for the outage is not yet known, and Google refused to provide any further information when contacted by Sky News Online. According to web analytics firm GoSquared, global internet traffic fell by around 40% during the black-out, reflecting Google’s massive grip on the web. “That’s huge, ” said GoSquared developer Simon Tabor. “As internet users, our reliance on Google.com being up is huge.”‘ Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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Google to pay $600,000 for free Wi-Fi in San Francisco’s parks
Thirty-one of the city’s parks, plazas, and rec centers will be getting free Wi-Fi within the next year; and the Web giant is paying for equipment costs, installation, and maintenance. [Read more]
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Facebook test puts mobile game ads into your Notifications menu
The social network has embarked on a new test program that would see ads for mobile games appears as notifications, says AllThingsD. [Read more]
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Google Now Serves 25% of North American Internet Traffic
sturgeon writes “Wired Magazine claims today that Google is now 25% of the North American traffic with a mostly unreported (and rapidly expanding), massive deployment of edge caching servers in almost every Internet provider around the world. Whether users are directly using a Google service (i.e. search, YouTube) or the devices are automatically sending data (e.g. Google Analytics, updates), the majority of end devices around the world will now send traffic to Google server during the course of an average day. It looks like Wired based their story on a report from cloud analytics and network management company DeepField.” Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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Bosch self-driving car spotted in California
CNET catches a car equipped with a sensor array and sporting a Bosch sign on its door roving the streets of Palo Alto, near a Bosch research office. [Read more]
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Stretchable gold conductors bring bling to elastic electronics
Researchers work with gold nanoparticles to build a stretchy, conductive material that could go into medical devices and wearable technology. [Read more]
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WrestliLeaks: Reddit poster reveals WWE results in advance
A Reddit contributor decides to use the forum to progressively reveal the alleged future results of WWE fights. Oddly, his predictions are eerily accurate. [Read more]
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iPad 5 rumor roundup
The iPad 5 and iPad Mini 2 rumor mills have been buzzing since late 2012 with reports of delayed devices and thinner hardware, and we’re rounding up all of the rumors here. [Read more]
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Woman in Apple store with device strapped to chest a mystery
Police remain baffled about a woman who walked into staff areas of a Boca Raton, Fla., Apple store, a mystery object strapped to her, and claimed she needed help. [Read more]
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SkyDrive trademark ruling goes against Microsoft
The software giant’s cloud storage service infringes the trademark name of BSkyB, one of the largest broadcasters in Europe, the U.K.’s High Court in London rules. [Read more]
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