Topic: Science and Technology
Swiss designer creates dinosaur dung watch
AP News
Expensive piece of dung: Swiss designer creates watch made from fossilized dinosaur droppingsA Swiss watchmaker is hoping to raise a stink with an expensive timepiece that eschews the trade's standard gold, diamond or titanium fittings for a more earthy substance — dinosaur dung. Vesenaz, Switzerland-based company Artya says the watch ...
Google expects Android to 'flourish' in China: CFO
AFP Global Edition
Google expects its Android mobile operating system to "flourish" in China, Google's chief financial officer said Monday amid a two-month standoff with Beijing over Web censorship and cyberattacks. Asked during a Google "educational webcast" about the future of Android in China in light of the conflict over Google's ...
Apple to charge $107 for iPad battery replacement
AP News
Apple says it will replace iPads with dying batteries for about $100Apple says it will replace iPads with dying batteries for about $100. Apple Inc.'s iPhone and iPad both have sealed-in batteries that owners can't replace themselves. As it does with the iPhone, Apple says it will give ...
Google sees mobile ad rates passing PC rates
Reuters US Online Report Technology News
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc said that it expects the rates that companies pay for search ads on mobile phones could surpass the rates of its existing PC-based ad business thanks to the growing popularity of powerful smartphones. Google Engineering Vice President Vic Gundotra did not say when he expected ...
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