Google Graveyard: Here's what Google has killed so far in 2014

The history of Twitter in under 3 minutes Should you get a hybrid laptop? A user report card ITworld Tonight March 21, 2014 Share this email Google Graveyard: Here's what Google has killed so far in 2014 Google beats spring cleaning rush, nixes apps and services. READ MORE   Issue highlights 1. The history of Twitter in under 3 minutes 2. Should you get a hybrid laptop? A user report card 3. VIDEO: Nothing fishy here! MIT builds soft, robotic swimmer 4. Google mapping the brain, plotting face recognition, analyst asserts 5. Huawei won't dual-boot Windows Phone and Android after all 6. Microsoft tweaks privacy policies after email spying backlash 7. How federal IT managers are handling the private-sector jobs boom 8. Ambitious IT pros seek COO role 9. BOOK GIVEAWAY: Java SE8 for the Really Impatient The history of Twitter in under 3 minutes Happy 8th birthday, Twitter! Watch this video to catch highlights of the social media giant. READ MORE Should you get a hybrid laptop? A user report card Hybrids -- laptops whose displays detach to become tablets -- were designed to allow users to have one device with many uses. But do they work as advertised? We talked to some users to find out. READ MORE VIDEO: Nothing fishy here! MIT builds soft, robotic swimmer MIT researchers have created a soft, autonomous robotic fish that can change direction in a fraction of a second -- nearly as fast as a real fish can. READ MORE Google mapping the brain, plotting face recognition, analyst asserts Google's single, long-standing public objective is to "organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful," a credo scarcely less well-known than "Don't be evil." READ MORE Huawei won't dual-boot Windows Phone and Android after all Phone maker says its plans have changed, doesn't explain why. READ MORE Microsoft tweaks privacy policies after email spying backlash Outlook.com email should be private, Microsoft said in a recent blog post that then went on to explain why it violated that belief in privacy for at least one user. READ MORE How federal IT managers are handling the private-sector jobs boom The key to coping with staff cuts, low budgets and a skills gap. READ MORE Ambitious IT pros seek COO role Cynthia Hamburger spent years climbing the corporate IT ladder, including a stint as a CIO at Dun & Bradstreet, yet when she was offered the CIO post at Learning Ally, she politely declined. READ MORE BOOK GIVEAWAY: Java SE8 for the Really Impatient Five will win. Enter the drawing today! READ MORE Remembering Patrick J. McGovern, 1937-2014 Over a span of 50 years, Pat McGovern oversaw IDG's launch of more than 300 magazines and newspapers and championed the expansion of IDG's network to include more than 460 websites, including ITworld, 200 mobile apps and 700 events worldwide. In addition to a career dedicated to information technology, he created the McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT. Our thoughts are with his family. Follow ITworld Share this email You are currently subscribed to itworld_today as security.world@gmail.com. Unsubscribe from this newsletter | Manage your subscriptions | Subscribe | Privacy Policy Learn about INSIDER If you are interested in advertising in this newsletter, please contact: sean_weglage@itworld.com Copyright (C) 2014 ITworld, 492 Old Connecticut Path, Framingham, MA 01701 ** Please do not reply to this message. To contact someone directly, send an e-mail to online@itworld.com. **