Are Robots The Next Big App Platform?

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• Are Robots The Next Big App Platform?
• Blast near parliament in Kabul
• Libya to try Gaddafi son in August
• Fukushima 2.25 -- The Humanitarian Crisis
• Explosion in Kabul near Afghan national parliament: police
• Why Getting The Band Back Together Is So Hard: How Iggy Pop Got It Right And The Pixies Got It Wrong
• 'The Last Of Us' Isn't A Game About Choices
• VIDEO: Greek court orders TV back on air
• Uncertainty over US stimulus drags shares lower
• VIDEO: Self-obsessed Millennials having fun
• Toxic Workplace Friends
• Coping In A Toxic Work Environment
• Nigeria rout Tahiti in Confederations Cup
• U.S. right to arm Syrian rebels, says Israeli president
• Obama sees Iran's election of moderate as hopeful sign
• Obama: Iranian people want a 'different direction'
• Adobe's Subscription-Only CC Release Carries Obvious Upside But Big Risk
• U.S. right to arm Syrian rebels, says Israeli president
• Obama sees Iran's election of moderate as hopeful sign
• Airborne laser reveals city under Cambodian earth

Are Robots The Next Big App Platform? Posted: 17 Jun 2013 10:52 PM PDT One of the biggest drivers of success in the smartphone realm has been opening up the various mobile operating systems to developers via software development kits (SDKs). Thanks to these kits - as well as software that takes those kits and makes it still easier to program apps - the market for smartphone apps have exploded.

Blast near parliament in Kabul Posted: 17 Jun 2013 10:44 PM PDT Explosion in Afghanistan's capital as NATO prepares to hand over security to national forces.

Libya to try Gaddafi son in August Posted: 17 Jun 2013 10:28 PM PDT Saif al-Islam to be tried with other Gaddafi-era officials despite ICC saying he is unlikely to get fair trial.

Fukushima 2.25 -- The Humanitarian Crisis Posted: 17 Jun 2013 09:55 PM PDT Twenty-seven months after the reactors withstood one of the largest earthquakes in history, only to fall to the largest tsunami in history, over 50,000 people are still being held captive by fear, and their lives are slowly being destroyed by the bogeyman of radiation.

Explosion in Kabul near Afghan national parliament: police Posted: 17 Jun 2013 10:05 PM PDT KABUL (Reuters) - An explosion on Tuesday morning rocked an area in the west of the Afghan capital, Kabul, close to the country's national parliament, police said.

Why Getting The Band Back Together Is So Hard: How Iggy Pop Got It Right And The Pixies Got It Wrong Posted: 17 Jun 2013 09:39 PM PDT "The only thing that I really have left to say," said Iggy Pop, reclining on a couch wearing a black leather jacket over his bare torso, "is that the Stooges are a real group."

'The Last Of Us' Isn't A Game About Choices Posted: 17 Jun 2013 09:20 PM PDT The Last of Us isn't a video game about player agency or compelling choices---it's about emotional involvement.

VIDEO: Greek court orders TV back on air Posted: 17 Jun 2013 06:58 PM PDT A Greek court has ordered that state broadcaster ERT, which was shut down by the government last week, can resume transmissions soon.

Uncertainty over US stimulus drags shares lower Posted: 17 Jun 2013 08:16 PM PDT TOKYO (AP) — Jitters over a possible change in U.S. stimulus efforts by the Federal Reserve helped pull share prices mostly lower in early Asian trading Tuesday.

VIDEO: Self-obsessed Millennials having fun Posted: 17 Jun 2013 04:09 PM PDT Digital artists Adam Gray and Sam Fuchs spend hours searching the internet for iconic images, which they then use to create huge collages of the online world.

Toxic Workplace Friends Posted: 17 Jun 2013 08:48 PM PDT

Coping In A Toxic Work Environment Posted: 17 Jun 2013 08:48 PM PDT Recently, I had the occasion to observe a group of employees who were working in a toxic work environment.  I witnessed the decline of self-esteem in each one of them as they endured month after month of poor leadership and dysfunction in their workplace.   I was truly amazed at the change to the countenance of each of these employees as their situation continually grew worse.   If one could have taken a before photo of these employees prior to their being in a toxic environment and then an after photo when they were months into it, the physical manifestations of the negativity they endured would be staggering.  Slowly, I observed each of these employees reach their breaking point and one by one resign from the company.  Each of them had good paying jobs with fabulous benefits, but the toxicity they dealt with each day was so unbearable that no amount of money would have made it worth the cost to their own self-worth.   They left their jobs without having new jobs lined up because they recognized that the toll the toxic environment was taking had become far too great to stay another day.

Nigeria rout Tahiti in Confederations Cup Posted: 17 Jun 2013 02:26 PM PDT African champions dominate with 6-1 win but minnows Tahiti claim moral victory with debut goal in a major tournament.

U.S. right to arm Syrian rebels, says Israeli president Posted: 17 Jun 2013 08:10 PM PDT By Crispian Balmer JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli President Shimon Peres has thrown his weight behind U.S. plans to arm Syrian rebels, shrugging off fears the weapons could be turned on Israel and exacerbate the conflict. In a wide-ranging interview with Reuters before his 90th birthday, Peres dismissed the idea that Israel could launch a unilateral military strike against Iran's nuclear facilities and urged Palestinians and Israelis to forge immediate peace. ...

Obama sees Iran's election of moderate as hopeful sign Posted: 17 Jun 2013 08:05 PM PDT By Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Monday that Iran's election of a moderate as its next president is a sign that Iranians want to move in a different direction, but he was uncertain whether it would lead to a breakthrough over Tehran's nuclear ambitions. In an interview with public television anchor Charlie Rose, Obama said the United States and its allies would be willing to hold talks with Iran over its nuclear program, as long as Tehran recognized that international sanctions would not be lifted unless Iran proved it is not building a nuclear weapon. ...

Obama: Iranian people want a 'different direction' Posted: 17 Jun 2013 08:02 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama said Monday that Iran's election of a relative moderate shows that the country's people want to change course. But he stressed that Tehran still needs to show the international community that it's not pursuing a nuclear weapon.

Adobe's Subscription-Only CC Release Carries Obvious Upside But Big Risk Posted: 17 Jun 2013 08:08 PM PDT Adobe Systems Inc. has just released the latest versions of its Creative Cloud (CC) applications. This is a good time to step back and take a look at what's been an eventful six weeks for the software maker.

U.S. right to arm Syrian rebels, says Israeli president Posted: 17 Jun 2013 08:10 PM PDT JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli President Shimon Peres has thrown his weight behind U.S. plans to arm Syrian rebels, shrugging off fears the weapons could be turned on Israel and exacerbate the conflict.

Obama sees Iran's election of moderate as hopeful sign Posted: 17 Jun 2013 08:05 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Monday that Iran's election of a moderate as its next president is a sign that Iranians want to move in a different direction, but he was uncertain whether it would lead to a breakthrough over Tehran's nuclear ambitions.

Airborne laser reveals city under Cambodian earth Posted: 17 Jun 2013 08:11 PM PDT SYDNEY (AP) — Airborne laser technology has uncovered a network of roadways and canals, illustrating a bustling ancient city linking Cambodia's famed Angkor Wat temples complex.

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