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NASAs new astronaut-replacing robots, powered by Google Tango smartphones, launch into space this week
2014-07-09 12:45:56| Extremetech
First robots stole our jobs here on Earth -- and now Google and NASA want to do the same to our astronauts. Later this week, Google and NASA will launch some Tango smartphone-powered SPHERES robots to the International Space Station. As their name suggests, SPHERES are spherical robots that will float through the halls of the ISS, powered by small CO2 thrusters, performing chores that would normally be carried out by astronauts. Tango, Google's sensor-laden prototype depth-sensing smartphone, will be the brain of each robot. In the future, the SPHERES robots could even perform risky tasks outside the ISS in the deep, dark, never-ending expanse.
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Report: Apple Drops Google Maps From 'Find My iPhone'
2014-07-09 03:38:44| PC Magazine Software Product Guide
Apple is swapping out Google Maps in favor of Apple Maps in the Find My iPhone Web app on iCloud.com.
Google Fiber Gets Greenlight in Overland Park, Kansas
2014-07-09 03:38:44| PC Magazine Software Product Guide
The City Council has approved two agreements allowing Google to install its fiber infrastructure in the city, ending a stalemate over the super-fast Internet service.
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Korea's FTC tells Google, Apple to revise app store policy
2014-07-08 23:49:00| Telecompaper Headlines
(Telecompaper) South Korea's antitrust watchdog, the Fair Trade Commission, has ordered Google and Apple to revise unfair provisions, including the no-refund policy, in operating their mobile application stores, The Korea Times reports. ''We expect the measure, aimed at protecting consumers, will have a ripple effect on similar cases throughout the world," the Korea Fair Trade Commission (FTC) said. The Google Play webstore now has to develop a customer refund system based on web developers' refund polices. Apple's iTunes app store will have to send a notice to users when it modifies the terms in its contract.
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LG G Watch on AT&T; PC Market Not Dead Yet; Google Co-Founders Talk AI
2014-07-08 18:37:08| PC Magazine Cell Phones Product Guide
From LG G Watch availability to new life for the PC market, here's what you missed in tech on Tuesday.
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