LinkedIn retools Web navigation to match mobile
Starting Wednesday, LinkedIn will be sporting a much sexier and simplified navigation bar inspired by the design of its just-improved mobile applications.
“Over the last year and half we’ve had the chance to learn quite a bit from you about the types of changes that add the most value to your daily professional life, and we’ve brought some of these learnings to the new navigation,” LinkedIn Principal Designer Amy Parnell wrote in blog post.
The idea is to make LinkedIn’s navigation menu on the Web not only [...]
French court questions IMF chief
23 May 2013
Last updated at 03:23 ET
Christine Lagarde smiled for the media as she entered the court
IMF chief Christine Lagarde has arrived at a court in Paris for questioning over a payout to a controversial tycoon during her time as finance minister.
She is being asked to explain her handling of a row in 2007 which resulted in some 400m euros (£342m; $516m) being paid to Bernard Tapie.
She is appearing before the Court of Justice of the Republic (CJR), which investigates ministerial misconduct.
“It’s a plea [...]
Cards take series in San Diego; Lyons wins debut
San Diego, CA – St. Louis left-hander Tyler Lyons had a lead before he even threw a single pitch in his MLB debut.
Behind an early outburst and solid work from the rookie hurler, the Cardinals
topped the San Diego Padres, 5-3, in the rubber match of a three-game set at
Petco Park.
Lyons (1-0) held the Padres to just one run and four hits over seven innings,
with the lone blemish being a Jedd Gyorko solo shot. The 25-year-old Lyons
made the start in place of Jaime Garcia, who is reportedly set to undergo
season [...]
Suit filed over Connecticut gun law
A group of Connecticut organizations that support gun rights, pistol permit holders and gun sellers has filed a lawsuit in federal court against Gov. Dannel P. Malloy and other state officials, arguing the state’s new gun control law violates their constitutional rights.
The plaintiffs are seeking a federal court injunction to stop the law from being enforced.
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Wednesday’s suit comes more than a month after Malloy signed into law a gun control package considered one of the toughest in the countr [...]
Microsoft Surface Pro: a device of many talents
Microsoft created a stir when it unveiled its first two tablets – Surface RT and Surface Pro – at a mystery press conference in Los Angeles on 19 June last year. Indeed, it was something of a shock, because for the first time, Microsoft was competing against its biggest customers: Windows PC suppliers such as Acer, Asus, Dell, HP, Lenovo, Samsung and Toshiba.
The good news is that the Surface Pro is finally being released in the UK – it went on sale at midnight on Thursday. The bad news is that 11 months on, it’s the same Surface [...]
US report warns on China IP theft
23 May 2013
Last updated at 02:25 ET
As well as hacking, much of the IP theft took place the ‘old-fashioned way’, the report said
The theft of intellectual property from the US is “unprecedented” and costing the nation an estimated $300bn (£200bn) each year, a report says.
The study, led by former top-ranking officials, said China was thought to be behind 50-80% of the theft.
Stronger deterrent measures that made IP theft unprofitable were needed, the report said.
These included banking sanction [...]
Froch v Kessler: who will win?
Nottingham’s Carl Froch
defends his IBF super-middleweight title against old foe Mikkel Kessler
at London’s O2 Arena on Saturday – and the Englishman is out for revenge.
Froch, 35, was outpointed by the 33-year-old Dane
when they fought in Copenhagen in 2010
but is convinced that this time it will be different.
It’s a fight that everyone seems to have an opinion on. Below is a round-up of how some of boxing’s biggest names think the fight will pan out.
Andre Ward, WBC WBA super-m [...]
A can-do plan for Congress
Olympia Snowe’s newest book might be the most depressing book you ought to feel optimistic about.
“Fighting for Common Ground: How We Can Fix the Stalemate in Congress” portrays a Capitol Hill paralyzed by partisanship and polarization. That reality is, in part, why Snowe stepped down from the U.S. Senate in 2012. And, yet, the former senator from Maine insists that she’s not dour on Washington.
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“I’m a can-do person,” Snowe told POLITICO. “I like to solve problems.” From filibuster reform, to b [...]
Boot up: Metro apps usage, Pirate Bay hacking case, iOS 7 + Flickr?, and more
A burst of 7 links for you to chew over, as picked by the Technology team
Metro Apps Usage Report Soluto
How often are Metro apps used?
We found that, on average, a Windows 8 user will launch a Metro app 1.52 times a day. Tablet users launch the most Metro apps at 2.71 times per day. People who have touch-screen enabled laptops launch 47% more Metro apps than people with a standard laptop…
We found that among desktop and laptop users, 60% of users launch a Metro app less than once a day. This number significantly improves with tablets, b [...]
Tornado birth: Mom endures labor as twister destroys hospital
Shayla Taylor tells the story of being in active labor as her hospital room crumbles around her during the deadly Moore, Okla.,tornado.
When a devastating tornado touched down in Moore, Okla., on Monday afternoon, Shayla Taylor was on the upper floor of the local hospital, in active labor with her second child.
As the floor shook “like an earthquake” beneath her and ceiling tiles and insulation fell overhead, the 25-year-old huddled with four nurses, braving both the peak contractions of childbirth and the wrath of the worst twister the [...]
Universal flu jab ‘edges closer’
22 May 2013
Last updated at 23:13 ET
By James Gallagher
Health and science reporter, BBC News
A way of creating more effective vaccines which could protect against a broad range of flu viruses has been reported by US researchers.
A different seasonal flu jab is produced every year as the virus is a constantly shifting target.
This animal study, published in the journal Nature, showed a single jab could protect against multiple strains.
Flu scientists said it was an impo [...]
Magic Weekend is a winner for rugby league
By George Riley
BBC Sport
I’ve spent time this week talking to players, fans, Rugby Football League and club officials and struggled to find many negative words about Super League’s ‘Magic Weekend’.
Not that I was hoping to of course. As a fan, it is an event I love – and it is exactly the kind of unique occasion that is crucial to selling our sport to a wider audience.
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