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Can Google Predict the Next Financial Crisis? By Elizabeth Palermo, Staff Writer Data from Google searches could be used to predict falls in stock prices, as well as other real-world events, a new study finds.

Amazon sued over unauthorized in-app purchases: Know Why? ET NEW YORK: The Federal Trade Commission is suing Amazon over charges that the company has not done enough to prevent children from making unauthorized in-app purchases, according to a complaint filed in federal court.

Apple iPhone a danger to national security: Chinese media ET CIO SECURITY Chinese state media has branded Apple Inc's iPhone a threat to national security because of the smartphone's ability to track and time-stamp user locations. A report by broadcaster CCTV criticized the iPhone's "Frequent Locations" function for allowing users to be tracked and information about them revealed.

Read How LinkedIn Found My 'Future' MASHABLE SOCIAL MEDIA The offer came a few weeks after LinkedIn opened its publishing platform, meaning anyone on the service could write a blog post tied to their profile. I was looking for something personal to write about — and that's when company reps suggested they could identify a user who fit my projected career path, predicting where I might be professionally in five yearsA few months ago, LinkedIn came to me with an unusual proposition. How would I like to meet my future self?

Silicon Valley team to invest $ 300 million in Odisha ET BHUBANESWAR: A team of investors from US-based Silicon Valley today assured Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik of an investment of $ 300 million in Odisha. A team of investors led by Ajit Monancha expressed interest to invest in Information Technology and Electronics System Design and Manufacturing sector in Odisha's Info Valley here.

FDI In Insurance Likely To Fetch $20 Billion HIRING- BUSINESS INSIDER-INDIA Liberalising foreign direct investment (FDI) in insurance is likely to fetch about $20 billion over the next three to five years. Insurers also expect to gain from the increase in tax exemption under section 80C of the Income Tax Act to Rs 1.5 lakh and service tax relief for micro-insurance schemes.

How to Manage Employees and Freelancers by Email BUSINESS KNOW-HOW When you have remote employees and freelancers, it can be hard to keep tabs on what they're doing. This advice on managing them via email and social media will help you keep communication open and productivity high.

Yahoo Acquires RayV to Improve Online Video Technology MASHABLE BUSINESS RayV, which launched in 2005, develops software to stream HD quality video online and through mobile devices. The startup is based in Los Angeles, but with R&D operations in Tel Aviv. Most of its employees will be joining Yahoo's R&D center in Israel.Yahoo has acquired RayV, a video streaming startup, the two companies announced Friday. Terms of the deal were not immediately disclosed

Apple Starts a Blog for Swift Developers MASHABLE TECH Announced at WWDC 2014, Swift is Apple's new programming language for iOS and OS XEarly response from developers has been positive, with many seeing Swift making it easier for new programmers to come to the iOS and OS X ecosystems.Good news for Apple developers: the Cupertino giant launched a bunch of new resources for its Swift programming language on Friday.

Budget 2014: Govt allocates Rs 7,060cr for smart cities TIMES OF INDIA NEW DELHI: The government has proposed an allocation of Rs 7,060 crore in this financial year for developing 100 smart cities in the country. "The prime minister has a vision of developing 100 smart cities as satellite towns of larger cities and by modernising the existing mid-sized cities. With development reaching an increasingly large number of people, the pace of migration from the rural areas to the cities is increasing," finance minister Arun Jaitley today said while presenting the Budget for 2014-15.

The Best Career Advice You Never Hear HIRING-BUSINESS INSIDER- WORLD There's plenty of stale career advice out there: Go the extra mile. Do what you love. Always be the first one there and the last to leave. But a recent Quora thread, "What are a few pieces of unique career advice that nobody ever mentions?", provides something different: valuable career advice that we haven't heard a million times before.

Google Drive offers unlimited storage to enterprise users ET CIO STORAGE BANGALORE: Global search engine Google is offering unlimited storage, advanced audit reporting and new security controls for businesses through its new Drive service at $10 per month, the company said.

Asus unveils three new smartphones starting Rs 5,999 ET NEW DELHI: Taiwanese tech major Asus today unveiled three new handsets under its 'ZenFone' range in the fiercely competitive affordable smartphone category in India to take head-on the likes of Moto G, Lumia 630, HTC Desire and Samsung's Duos.

Updated: Samsung Gear Live review TECHRADAR Face it, your smartphone is getting bigger whether you like it or not, and Samsung's popular, but ridiculously sized, phablets are chief among the super-sized phones. For this very reason, the Samsung Gear Live feels increasingly relevant. Its Google-powered Android Wear software safely relocates our notification-checking addiction to the wrist.