News Limerick: February 15, 2019

Since Amazon found its new site
Some locals declared "it's not right!
With tax breaks galore
We'll have to pay more!
So tell them to go fly a kite"

Amazon’s Retreat on New York City Headquarters Followed Unexpected Backlash

News Limerick: February 11, 2019

Releasing the year’s new emojis
Adds food (but not berries like gojis)
With wheelchairs and canes
And shapes bright and plain
There’s yo-yos and even banjojies!

Emoji Recently Added, v12.0

News Limerick: February 9, 2019

In FaceTime he found quite a bug
At first Apple only would shrug
But now that it’s patched
Rewards are dispatched
(Just please don’t look under the rug)

Apple releases FaceTime fix, rewards 14-year-old who discovered eavesdropping bug

News Limerick 7/5/2013

For Android, the key is a master
Which seems to invite some disaster
Your data is theirs
While you're unawares
That hole you can't patch with some plaster

'Master key' to Android phones uncovered

News Limerick 6/28/2013

The Trekker invented by Google
Will help those who act rather frugal
They'll see all the sights
With none of the flights
To try to avoid it is futile

Google loans out Street View Trekker for global exploration

News Limerick 6/13/2013

"Since Facebook will now allow tags
Discussion is better," he brags
And why the delay?
It's Zuckerberg's say
And that's why a change sometimes lags

Facebook copies social rival Twitter, adopts hashtags

News Limerick 6/5/2013

Now Windows goes back to the "Start"
Restoring that once missing part
They hope it's enough
For sales are so rough
Will this be the horse for the cart?

Microsoft unveils operating system update

News Limerick 6/3/2013

It's three new computers in one
And that makes it all the more fun
But Windows and Droid?!
It must be destroyed!
That Frankenstein can't see the sun

Asus Transformer Book Trio runs Windows 8 and Android simultaneously

News Limerick 5/29/2013

The pressure on Facebook is great
Review the promotions of hate
They're planning to change
Because of the range
Of sponsors who spelled out their fate

Facebook bows to campaign groups over 'hate speech'

News Limerick 5/22/2013

The tax that they pay is so small
It seems like it's not there at all
Reforming the law
In all of its flaws
Would drive their accountants up walls

How Apple scores its lower tax bill

News Limerick 5/15/2013

The music is ready to play
And Google may want you to pay
Your money or ads
Support all these fads
Will Apple be next in the fray?

Google close to launching streaming music service

News Limerick 5/8/2013

In Syria, access is down
They think it's decree by the crown
As silence now falls
We'll hear some new calls
To help all the rebels rebound

Syria's Internet goes offline

News Limerick 5/7/2013

A car that can fly like a plane
Since all of this traffic's a pain
Although it sounds neat
Please stay in your seat
The price of it might be its bane

Can your Chevy Volt fly? Terrafugia announces TF-X plug-in hybrid flying car

News Limerick 5/2/2013

The bug eye reduces distortion
And helps to keep all in proportion
The depth of the field
Is part of the yield
To build one, the back does contortions

Scientists make 'bug-eye' camera

News Limerick 5/1/2013

This movie is made up of atoms
With copper that serves as their stratum
When asking Big Blue
"So, what's new with you?"
"We're trying to store just one datum."

Atoms star in world's smallest movie from IBM

News Limerick 4/24/2013

This airplane is powered by sun
Its energy helps it to run
It stores up the light
To fly through the night
As yet it can carry just one

Solar Powered Plane Soars Over the Golden Gate Bridge

News Limerick 4/23/2013

When Google collected your data
The code they shipped out was in beta
The fine is so small
They still have the gall
To ask us, "Please don't be a hater!"

Google Fined €145,000 for WiFi Data Collection

News Limerick 4/17/2013

Their phone had received bad reviews
To HTC Samsung won't lose
But since they've been caught
Their effort is naught
The penalty's certain to bruise

Samsung probed in Taiwan over 'fake web reviews'

News Limerick 4/15/2013

You're thinking of flying a drone?
But Schmidt says the risks are unknown
Sure, Google took pics
But yours they would nix
It seems like they cast the first stone

Ban drones taking snaps of homes, rages Google boss... That's HIS job, right?

News Limerick 4/12/2013

What happens online when you're gone?
Does data get stored or withdrawn?
New settings can state
Your data's last fate
"Delete it" or "Share it with John."

Google lets users plan their digital afterlife