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Tech News Flash: Monday -- October 19, 2015

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Headline Scan
Boffins Demo Remote Control of Siri, Google Now
Appletizing Microsoft: All You Need Is Love
Could Musk Be Tim Cook's Proxy for Jobs?
Gadgets: Smarter Smartphone Gaming, Modular Watches, and Vampiric Charging Cables

Today's Story Highlights

Boffins Demo Remote Control of Siri, Google Now
Siri and other smartphone digital assistants may do your bidding -- but
they may do a hijacker's as well. That's what two researchers discovered
when they began to tinker with the effects of radio waves on
smartphones. They could use the waves to issue commands to any Android
or iOS phone running Google Now or Siri. The researchers first aired
their findings at a Paris conference this summer.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/82627.html

Appletizing Microsoft: All You Need Is Love
The question that's been bugging me lately is this: Why hasn't Microsoft
managed to break through with mobile consumer devices? While Apple has
been breaking into the enterprise through consumer demand, Microsoft's
enterprise tradition hasn't been helping with consumers. Case in point?
Windows Phones. Meanwhile, why do I care? After all, I'm an Apple
product enthusiast.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/82626.html

Could Musk Be Tim Cook's Proxy for Jobs?
Elon Musk must have been channeling ex-Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer last
week, when he commented to the German Press that Apple wasn't poaching
Tesla's good employees, it was getting folks who couldn't cut it at
Tesla. That undoubtedly is true of some of the employees who have moved
between both firms, but it's very unlikely that it is true of all of
those employees.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/82623.html

Gadgets: Smarter Smartphone Gaming, Modular Watches, and Vampiric Charging Cables
I don't enjoy playing complex games on a smartphone. Using the screen as
both input and output device makes matters complicated, so I tend to
steer clear of any game that requires more than single taps or simple
swipes. There are a number of game controllers around for smartphones,
however, and the Satechi Wireless Gamepad, a Bluetooth device, is
compatible with iOS, Android and Windows phones.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/82624.html

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