Google Calendar Update Adds Much Needed Notification Dismissal Sync Across Devices

Google has updated one of our favorite and most-used apps, Google Calendar, with an incredibly useful and important feature ? notification dismissal synchronization across all your devices. Now, when you clear a notification on your smartphone, it won?t show up on your tablet or from the web. This is a simple update, but it addresses a common annoyance with the Calendar app, saving you time and frustration.

Google announced this update at Google I/O 2013 back in May. Google has already added the updated notification sync functionality to Google+ and Hangouts, with more apps and services getting added all the time.

Google introduced Cloud Messaging at I/O 2013, and this Calendar update is based on that syncing service. Cloud Messaging is a new API that synchronizes your notifications across all your Google services and devices. That includes not just smartphones and tablets, but desktop and laptop notifications. Basically anything with an internet connection that makes use of the Google Cloud Messaging API. This will also sync notifications on Google Glass and the rumored Google Watch. Our hope is that more developers will begin taking advantage of the functionality that the API offers.

Google also recently added an ?Add to Calendar? option in Gmail. Dates and times in an email are now underlined and you can click them to add an event to Calendar, without leaving the Gmail service. You just click on an underlined date or time and you will see a preview of your schedule for the day. Then you can edit the title, time and date of the event and add it to Calendar on the spot. The new Calendar event will even have a link back to the original email.

The Google Calendar update also includes bug fixes for Exchange accounts. Google has been staying busy since I/O, adding new functionality to its apps and converging services in ways that are incredibly useful for users. These updates will only continue as 2013 progresses, and are a constant reminder of why we love Google and continue to use the great services they provide for us.

The Google Calendar update is live in the Play Store right now. Check the app updates from your device, or hit the link below to get the update.

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Source: http://www.androidheadlines.com/2013/08/google-calendar-update-adds-much-needed-notification-dismissal-sync-across-devices.html

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Heated rollers and fertile pandas: surprising details of Thatcher's 1982 trip to China revealed in secret memos

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Appeal of Texas teen beating case may have hearing

HOUSTON (AP) ? A former Houston police officer alleging juror misconduct in his conviction in the videotaped beating of a 15-year-old burglary suspect during an arrest could get a court hearing on his motion for a new trial.

Attorneys for Drew Ryser said Wednesday a judge will either hold an Aug. 22 hearing with witness testimony on the motion or decide to review the motion on his own.

Ryser's attorneys say the jury foreman researched the case online outside the courtroom and shared his findings with fellow jurors.

Jurors convicted Ryser in June of misdemeanor official oppression in the March 2010 beating of Chad Holley. Ryser was sentenced to two years of probation.

Holley was convicted of burglary and sentenced to probation. He was later sent to jail on another burglary charge.

Source: http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/texas/article/Appeal-of-Texas-teen-beating-case-may-have-hearing-4697253.php

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This Electric Plane Could Be the First to Top 250 MPH

While Boeing's Dreamliner can't seem to stop blowing batteries, there's a new breed of light aircraft emerging that hope to use them rather than jet fuel. This e-plane, dubbed the Long-EZ, aims to be the fastest of them all.

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Source: http://gizmodo.com/this-electric-plane-could-be-the-first-to-top-250-mph-964849997

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Investors look to Fed for further clues on rates

WASHINGTON (AP) ? When the Federal Reserve offers its latest word on interest rates this week, few think it will telegraph the one thing investors have been most eager to know: When it will slow its bond purchases, which have kept long-term borrowing rates low.

The Fed might choose to clarify a separate issue: When it may raise its key short-term rate. The Fed has kept that rate near zero since 2008. It's said it plans to keep it there at least as long as unemployment remains above 6.5 percent and the inflation outlook below 2.5 percent.

Unemployment is now 7.6 percent; the inflation rate is roughly 1 percent.

Chairman Ben Bernanke has stressed that the Fed could decide to keep its short-term rate ultra-low even after unemployment reaches 6.5 percent. Testifying to Congress this month, Bernanke noted that a key reason unemployment has declined is that many Americans have stopped looking for jobs. When people stop looking for work, they're no longer counted as unemployed.

If that trend continues, Bernanke said that lower unemployment could mask a still-weak job market and that the Fed might feel short-term rates should stay at record lows.

In the statement the Fed will issue when its two-day meeting ends Wednesday, it could specify an unemployment rate below 6.5 percent that would be needed before it might raise its benchmark short-term rate. It might also say that it won't raise that rate if inflation remains below a specific level.

Investors would react to any such shift in the Fed's guidance. Financial markets have been pivoting for months on speculation that the Fed will or won't soon slow its $85-billion-a-month in Treasury and mortgage bond purchases. Those purchases have led more consumers and businesses to borrow, fueled a stock rally and supported an economy slowed by tax increases and federal spending cuts.

The Fed has signaled that it might slow its bond buying as soon as September ? if the economy has strengthened as much as the Fed has forecast. If not, the Fed would likely maintain its stimulus.

On Wednesday, the government will report how fast the economy grew in the April-June quarter. Most economists predict an annual rate of barely 1 percent ? far too weak to quickly reduce unemployment. Most think the growth is picking up in the second half of the year on the strength of a resurgent housing market, stronger auto sales, steady job gains and higher pay.

Many economists think the key goal of the Fed's policy discussions Tuesday and Wednesday will be to stress that the Fed's actions in coming months will hinge on how the economy fares, not on any timetable.

Some economists think the Fed will be mindful that the Dow Jones industrial average sank more than 500 points in two days after it met in June and Bernanke said the Fed would likely slow its bond-buying this year and end it next year because the economy was improving.

"The Fed is going to try to calm things down," said Brian Bethune, an economics professor at Gordon College, in Wenham, Mass.

Last month, in what was likely his last economic report to Congress, Bernanke said that even after the Fed has begun slowing its bond purchases, its policymaking will keep lending costs down. Besides keeping its short-term rate low, Bernanke stressed that the Fed will maintain its vast investment portfolio ? which exceeds $3.4 trillion ?to help keep long-term borrowing costs down.

Some economists still think the Fed will start trimming its bond purchases at its Sept. 17-18 meeting. Unlike this week's meeting, the September meeting will be followed by a news conference in which Bernanke could explain the actions.

Diane Swonk, chief economist at Mesirow Financial, said she believes September is a likely time for the Fed to scale back its bond buying. Yet she doubted it will do anything this week to signal that possibility.

"The less said right now, the better" for financial markets, Swonk said.

David Jones, chief economist at DMJ Advisors, said he still thinks the Fed will start trimming its bond purchases gradually starting in September. But he thinks that date could slip if the economy doesn't strengthen over the next two months. Other economists think the Fed may prefer to wait until after September to trim its purchases to make sure the economy is sustaining its gains.

The Fed's moves to reduce its bond purchases will likely occur just as it will be managing a transition to a new leader. Bernanke is widely expected to step down when his second four-year term as chairman ends Jan. 31.

Vice Chair Janet Yellen is viewed as a leading candidate to replace Bernanke, though former Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers and others have also been mentioned.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/investors-look-fed-further-clues-rates-113423473.html

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Arkadium reports strong growth for its Windows 8 mobile and PC games

VentureBeat writes, Arkadium Arkadium's Taptiles Casual game publisher Arkadium said today it has seen strong growth for its titles on Microsoft?s Windows 8 platfrom. Arkadium is also launching a beta test of a Windows 8 games analytics program that it will create for measuring the success of its own games as well as those of other developers. Arkadium is inviting other developers to join it in kicking the tires on the new analytics system. New York-based Arkadium launched four new games, including Taptiles, on Windows 8 PC and mobile game platforms in October. It has seen increased downloads and game plays?

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The Biggest Conflicts Created By The Most Massive Ad Company ...

When a major marketer chooses to spend hundreds of millions of dollars with a certain ad agency, it usually doesn't expect its arch rival to be housed under the same roof.

But after holding companies Omnicom and Publicis announced its surprise merger Sunday, making it the biggest ad entity in the world, the world couldn't help but notice that huge nemeses had overnight become part of the same family. Pepsi and Coke. AT&T and Verizon. Apple and Google.

Omnicom CEO John Wren adamantly stated that he was not concerned about conflicts of interest.

"We're going to work extremely hard with our clients over problems and try to come up with creative solutions," he said."But at this point, if the deal is completed, there is ? I don't believe, a significant client ... no single client would be significant enough to disturb the deal."

As holding companies have gotten bigger, and conflicts more common, they have come up with creative ways to retain conflicted business. Accounts can be split by geography or by agency, with "firewalls" between them. It's up to the client to trust that the splits are done in good faith, however.

According to the Wall Street Journal, "One analyst said he has heard several times from executives, generally, that if two top ad agencies combined they should expect to lose about 8% to 10% of combined revenues because of conflict clients." Wren thinks the biggest loss would be 1% of revenues.

Since some huge companies with boatloads of different products, like Procter & Gamble, already had different goods living in both Publicis and Omnicom, the merger won't be dramatic for some major clients. But for companies that don't like competition ? S.C. Johnson historically hates conflict ? the partnership could be problematic.

Here are some of the biggest conflicts:

SODA

• Coca-Cola (Publicis' Leo Burnett) vs. PepsiCo. (Omnicom's TBWA)

Pepsi's entire ad campaign in the 1970's and 80's revolved around the Pepsi Challenge, which had a sole purpose of proving that consumers liked drinking Pepsi more than Coke. The fact that the two rivals will now be living under the same roof is by far the biggest conflict created by the merger.?

Ad Age wonders if WPP and Interpublic, two separate holding companies that have both worked with Coca-Cola, might have the ability to steal away the soda.

WIRELESS PROVIDERS

• AT&T (Omnicom) vs. Verizon (Publicis)

In fact, almost every telecom company (AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, Verizon) will now be under Publicis Omnicom Goupe's creative control if no one moves.

TECHNOLOGY

• Apple and Microsoft (Omnicom) vs. Samsung and Google (Publicis)

BEER

• MillerCoors's Miller Light (Publicis' Saatchi & Saatchi) vs. Anheuser-Busch's Bud Light (Omnicom's BBDO)

A-B InBev, however, isn't concerned and has different labels with each holding company.?"It doesn't change anything related to agency conflict," VP of marketing Paul Chibe told Ad Age in an email. "The holding-company approach is to have different network shops to manage potential conflicts. That doesn't change in the event of a merger. We work with Publicis and Omnicom agencies in many countries."

AUTOMOBILES

• There's a lot of car overlap between the company, although the divergences could still result in conflict. Nissan, General Motors, Toyota, and Volkswagen all have business in both holding companies, Ad Age reports.

A Nissan spokesperson told Reuters,?"Renault and Nissan are both major global clients of both Publicis and Omnicom. We welcome the direction taken by Publicis and Omnicom to create a best-in-class communications, advertising, marketing and digital services company and will continue to work with them."

BMW sales chief Ian Robertson, on the other hand, was less optimistic. "Ideally, clearly we (would) have that independence from other manufacturers," he said. "But in a world which is now connected and there are so many mergers of this type, maybe that's something that is not an ideal position."

Source: http://www.businessinsider.com/the-biggest-conflicts-created-by-the-most-massive-ad-company-merger-ever-2013-7

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