For the past few weeks, a sexual discrimination lawsuit between venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and former staffer Ellen Pao has been rocking Silicon Valley. 

Pao stood to win tens of millions if she could prove being a women held her back from promotions at the VC firm. On Friday afternoon, the jury reached its decision. It sided with Kleiner Perkins on all four of Pao's claims— but only after a miscount shook up the court room.

The jury had to have at least nine votes for or against Pao's claim that Kleiner Perkins held back her career for complaining about harassment at the firm. But when the judge counted the jury's votes, it was 8-4.

The jury was sent back to deliberate on the final claim and ultimately voted 9-3 against Pao's claim.

Why was there a miscount in the first place?

Steve Sammut, one of the jurors, says the miscount stunned nearly all of the jurors. They had reached a 9-3 vote just moments before the judge read the verdict.

One of the jurors quietly changed his mind, Sammut explained, while walking into the court room. 

"What happened was, by the time we came up here and we started going through the polling, it turned to 8-4. I can tell you a lot of jurors did not understand why that happened," Sammut said during a press conference Friday afternoon.

"We were thinking maybe someone was confused on the questions from the judge so we went back and said, 'Ok, somebody changed their mind.' We didn’t try to pinpoint who changed their mind. It was just a question of, ok if you did change your mind from downstairs to upstairs, why did that happen?"

Sammut didn't say which juror changed his mind, only that a person admitted to being confused by one question and needed a little more time to think it over. 

"We were actually at the point where we thought we were going to have to meet again on Monday. Then he said, 'Ok, I’ve changed my mind," Sammut says.

The final vote was 9-3 against Pao's claim.

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Brent Schlender and Rick Tetzeli's new book, "Becoming Steve Jobs: The Evolution of a Reckless Upstart into a Visionary Leader," is full of interesting nuggets and facts.

Apple executives have been calling it the most accurate portrayal of Jobs yet. 

The book shows a side of Jobs that's rarely been seen by the media.

Schlender and Tetzeli's account is personal and deep — Jobs trusted Schlender, who worked for Fortune and The Wall Street Journal covering him and Apple for 25 years.

He didn't like firing people — especially after he had kids.

After Steve Jobs had children, he found it much more difficult to fire people. Here's what he said, according to the book:

"When I look at people when this happens, I also think of them as being 5 years old, kind of like I look at my kids. And I think that that could be me coming home to tell my wife and kids that I just got laid off. Or that it could be one of my kids in 20 years. I never took it so personally before."

He almost skipped two grades in middle school.

Steve skipped sixth grade altogether, and his teachers even considered having him bypass seventh grade, too.

After that, his parents decided that it was time for him to attend a better, more challenging school. They moved to an area of Los Altos that had one of the best school districts in California. 

He didn't like doing commencement speeches because it took away from his family time.

Steve Jobs was a family man. He looked forward to coming home every day to have dinner with his wife and children.

There are two main reasons he decided to deliver the commencement speech at Stanford University in 2005 — it wasn't very far from his home, so he didn't have to travel and be away from his family. And he respected Stanford for its rich history of producing tech influencers, according to Schlender and Tetzeli's book. 

The origin of Indo-European languages has long been a topic of debate among scholars and scientists.

In 2012, a team of evolutionary biologists at the University of Auckland led by Dr. Quentin Atkinson released a study that found all modern IE languages could be traced back to a single root: Anatolian — the language of Anatolia, now modern-day Turkey.

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“AFTER God had carried us safe to New England, and we had builded our houses, provided necessaries for our livelihood, reared convenient places for God’s worship and settled Civil Government, one of the next things we longed for and looked for was to advance learning and perpetuate it to posterity.”

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Miami (AFP) - Jo-Wilfried Tsonga celebrated his return to tennis after a lingering arm injury by beating Tim Smyczek on Saturday to reach the third round of the Miami Masters.

Tsonga, who hadn't played since France's Davis Cup tie against Switzerland in November, defeated the American 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 in a match postponed by the rain that washed out Friday's night session at Crandon Park.

"I didn't expect to play my best tennis today ever, but I'm happy the way I managed my match," said the Frenchman, ranked 13th in the world.

"I played pretty solid, I just had a little hole in the second set. 

"But it's normal when you didn't play since couple of months now," he added. "I hope it's going to be better and better, but for first match was already something good for me."

Tsonga finished with 30 winners and 36 unforced errors against his 74th-ranked opponent. The former Australian Open finalist converted two of his break point chances and delivered 10 aces.

Tsonga next faces good friend and Davis Cup team-mate Gael Monfils, a 3-6, 6-2, 7-6 (7/4) winner over Serb Filip Krajinovic.

"It's always special to play a good friend," Tsonga said. "But anyway, we know both that on the court there is no friends. But of course, whatever happens on court, we are good friends outside."

Elsewhere on a schedule catch-up day, Japan's fourth seed Kei Nishikori defeated Russian Mikhail Youzhny 6-2, 6-1 then had to wrestle after his media conference with a wiggly bulldog which has somehow been adopted as a tournament mascot and splashed all over social media.

"Just met Manny The Frenchie!  He is very famous! :) I think more fans than me," tweeted Asia's top player and the 2014 US Open runner-up.

France's Gilles Simon, the 12th seed, joined compatriots Tsonga and Monfils in the third round, beating Kazakh Mikhail Kukushkin 6-3, 6-7 (5/7), 6-0.

Adrian Mannarino earned another French win as he defeated Albert Ramos-Vinolas of Spain 6-4, 3-6, 6-2

In women's action, world number one and seven-time champion Serena Williams was belatedly opening her campaign with a second-round match against Monica Niculescu.

There was a second-round shocker for Canadian sixth seed Eugenie Bouchard the 2014 Wimbledon finalist who was beaten 6-0, 7-6 (7/4) by 113th-ranked German qualifier Tatjana Maria.

Seeds Sara Errani, the Italian number 11, and number 13 German Angelique Kerber, both advanced in their delayed matches, with Errani defeating Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-1, 7-6 (7/5) and Kerber dismissing Briton Heather Watson 7-5, 3-6, 6-4.

Order reigned in the third round for favorites.

Former number one and fourth seed Caroline Wozniacki beat Estonian Kaia Kanepi 4-6, 6-1, 6-3, eighth seed Ekaterina Makarova beat Elina Svitolina 6-0, 6-4 and Andrea Petkovic, seeded ninth, beat France's Kristina Mladenovic 6-0, 6-2.

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London (AFP) - Brazil extended their winning streak under new coach Dunga to eight matches as Roberto Firmino came off the bench to secure a 1-0 win over Chile in a feisty friendly at the Emirates Stadium on Sunday.

Hired for a second spell in charge in the aftermath of their humiliating 7-1 World Cup semi-final defeat against Germany last year, Dunga is restoring his country's pride in their national team and he will earn more plaudits for the astute substitution that brought on match-winner Firmino. 

The Hoffenheim attacking midfielder's second-half goal capped an impressive few days for Brazil, who won 3-1 against France in Paris on Thursday and survived a bruising encounter with South American rivals Chile in north London to maintain Dunga's 100 percent record.

Dunga, who captained Brazil to World Cup glory in 1994, is overseeing a period of transition ahead of the Copa America in Chile in June and his team have now scored 18 goals and conceded only two under his no-nonsense leadership.

In contrast, Chile's third defeat in four matches leaves them with plenty to work to do before their Copa challenge.

After Brazil's penalty shoot-out victory against Chile in the last 16 of the World Cup, there was clearly some lingering ill-feeling between the teams.

Chile's Arsenal forward Alexis Sanchez was pictured in a relaxed mood playing with his dogs before a training session earlier in the week, but there were no creature comforts in his adopted home as a crunching challenge from Souza sent him crashing to the turf.

Chile's Miiko Albornoz sought immediate retribution and his crude tackle on Neymar left the Brazil captain crumpled in a heap.

Referee Martin Atkinson kept his cards in his pocket after those two offences, but he was less lenient when Albornoz once again targeted Barcelona star Neymar with a cynical foul.

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Brazil defender Thiago Silva followed Albornoz into the book for a hack at Chile's Pablo Hernandez and an already fractious encounter turned spiteful moments later when Gary Medel bundled Neymar to the floor and then stood on the prone striker's right leg.

Atkinson had sent off Liverpool's Steven Gerrard for stamping on Manchester United's Ander Herrera last weekend, but luckily for Medel he missed the Inter Milan midfielder's ugly foul.

Neymar shook off the challenge and almost provided the perfect response to Medel's brutality when his free-kick was inches away from being finished off by Miranda.

Douglas Costa had an even better chance just before the interval when he controlled Marcelo's lofted pass on his chest, but the Shakhtar Donetsk midfielder blazed way over.

A scrappy half ended on a suitably aggressive note when Neymar was booked for needlessly chopping down Gonzalo Jara and there was no sign of a drop in intensity after the break.

Chile's Pablo Hernandez appealed in vain for a penalty after stumbling under pressure from Fernandinho and his team-mate Mauricio Isla also saw a spot-kick claim rejected following Marcelo's challenge.

While shots on target were proving hard to come by, the booking count continued to mount after Miranda bundled over Sanchez, who had tenaciously harried the defender out of possession.

When Sanchez sent the resulting free-kick well over, it summed up a game in which even the flair players were more notable for moments of perspiration rather than inspiration.

Dunga made four changes on the hour, with former Manchester City forward Robinho among those sent on in a bid to break free of the Chilean defensive shackles.

The changes worked a treat as Firmino made a perfectly timed run through the heart of Chile's defence to meet Danilo's pass with a composed touch that took him around goalkeeper Claudio Bravo to slot into the empty net in the 72nd minute.

Chile nearly snatched a late equaliser, but Matias Fernandez's free-kick was pushed away by Jefferson.

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This six year old bull market has been marked by both low volatility and declining trading volumes.

The trading volumes story is a somewhat complex. Some argued that it was a sign of "low confirmation," meaning investors didn't have a lot of conviction in their purchases as reflected by small bets.

Some argued that because prices were actually higher, the dollar volume was actually going sideways.

Perhaps the most interesting observations regarding volume was that stock prices did substantially better on below-average volume days than above-average volume days.

This could be a bad sign as trading volumes have been picking up.

Deutsche Bank's Torsten Slok believes this could have something to do with the prospect of tighter monetary policy via interest rate hikes from the Federal Reserve.

"The increased uncertainty is showing up in the form of higher volatility and higher volumes," Slok said. "In the coming months, we should expect higher volatility and higher volumes across all asset classes, as more and more investors realize that the Fed is actually going to hike rates this summer."

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Back at the Google I/O developer conference in June 2014, Google officially unveiled the Android One project, a program in which Google would work hand-in-hand with low-cost smartphone manufacturers in emerging markets. 

The goal of the program is to provide manufacturers with hardware specifications that these companies can use to easily build the most cost-effective smartphone devices, which run the stock Android operating system, similar to the OS found on Google Nexus devices. 

Android One's initial launch was in India, and it is also now available in Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Nepal, the Philippines, and Bangladesh. Beyond South Asia, Google may look to Latin America and Africa as potential regions for Android One expansion, although no announcements have been made.

In a new report from BI Intelligence, we look at how Android One has been performing in India thus far in relation to the performance of the rest of India's smartphone market. We also discuss the potential opportunity for Android One in other emerging markets like South America and Africa and break down the platform and vendor wars happening in those markets.

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Here are a few key points about Android One:

• Android One is Google's answer to the proliferation of devices that run a more bare-bones version of the Android mobile operating system, the Android Open Source Project (AOSP). Widespread use of AOSP devices posed a significant threat to Google and its mobile services in 2014, but that threat may soon be alleviated. 
• Shipments of AOSP devices grew a swift 93% year-over-year (YoY) in 2014 but that growth is set to slow to just 18% year-over-year in 2015.
• There is a reason Google piloted this program in India. The Indian smartphone market has reached the same point that the Chinese smartphone market was at by the end of 2013: growth is explosive. Growth during the third quarter hit 84% year-over-year.
• But early sales for Android One smartphones have been somewhat subdued. Initial estimates for Android One sales for all of 2014 (the program launched in September) were about 2 million, according to chip-maker MediaTek, with whom Google partnered to supply chips for Android One devices.  
• Unlike its AOSP problem in the East, Google actually has a stronger hold on the Android platform in Latin America, lessening the need to bring the Android One program to the region. 
• Android held a commanding 80% share of the smartphone market in Latin America in the fourth quarter of 2014.
• Google's mobile services are present on a majority of the active Android phones in the region. Samsung, Motorola, and LG are the three largest Android vendors in the region, combining for a 66% of the total smartphone market. 
• Each of these three vendors are part of the OHA and therefore equip their handsets with an official version of Android that utilizes Google Play and Google mobile services. 
• More importantly, vendors that have attempted to release devices running unofficial Android and other alternative smartphone operating systems in South America have not fared well. Nokia, which launched its Nokia X Android in Latin America roughly a year ago, has seen its share decline from 16% down to about 6% over that same period. 

The report is full of charts and data that can be downloaded and put to use.

In full, the report:

• Discusses the purpose of Android One and its importance to Google's mobile services. 
• Breaks down Google's market share within its own Android platform.
• Forecasts growth for Google Android and AOSP devices in 2015.
• Looks at the early performance of Android One phones in India.
• Quantifies the opportunity for Android One in Latin America and Africa.

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Asia's richest man just made yet another massive splash after the company he chairs, Hutchison Whampoa, bought the UK's second largest mobile operator, O2. It already owns Three, and the merger of the two will forge the sector's largest UK mobile firm.

Li Ka-Shing's life story is an amazing rags-to-riches tale. He's gone from poverty in southern China to become one of the world's top plutocrats, with an estimated net worth of $31.7 billion, according to Bloomberg.

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Glasgow (AFP) - Steven Fletcher became the first Scotland player to score a hat-trick since 1969 as the Scots coasted to a 6-1 victory against Group D minnows Gibraltar at Hampden on Sunday.

Shaun Maloney opened the scoring in the 18th minute after scoring from the spot following a soft penalty award.

That was expected to open the floodgates, but Gibraltar grabbed an equaliser just over a minute later as policeman Lee Casciaro pounced to score his nation's first competitive goal and spark wild celebrations amongst the 1,000 strong travelling support.

However, Fletcher restored Scotland's advantage with a 29th-minute header, Maloney added a third with another penalty five minutes later before Steven Naismith made it 4-1 in the 39th minute.

Fletcher headed home his second in the 77th minute before his 90th-minute strike completed his hat-trick -- the first by a Scotland player since Colin Stein put four past Cyprus in 1969.

The win moves Scotland to second in Group D, level on points with Germany who won 2-0 away to Georgia.

Scotland manager Gordon Strachan raised a few eyebrows prior to the match with his team selection with Russell Martin the only recognised centre-half in a three-man defence.

Gibraltar named just one senior professional in their starting line-up as Preston North End defender Scott Wiseman took his place amongst a team made up of a fireman, customs officers and policemen.

However, the side that had conceded 21 goals without return in their previous four games nearly caused an upset in the eighth minute when David Marshall had to scramble to keep Joseph Chipolina's cross from sneaking in.

Scotland rallied and took the lead when Maloney buried a penalty past Jamie Robba after he went down under a challenge from the 'keeper.

The home fans had barely begun celebrating when they were stunned into silence when Casciaro equalised a minute later. 

A quick breakaway saw him collect a defence-splitting pass before sending a fine finish through the legs of Marshall in goal.

Scotland restored their lead when a weak Fletcher header crept in as the much-maligned Sunderland striker ended a six-year international goal-drought.

The hosts were then awarded another penalty when Naismith was hacked down and Maloney expertly dispatched the spot-kick.

The home side added a fourth before the break when Ikechi Anya broke into the box and cut the ball back for Naismith, who drilled it into the net.

Substitute Jordan Rhodes fired a fierce strike into the side netting before Scotland eventually made it 5-1 in the 77th minute. Rhodes was the provider as he swung in a sensational delivery from the right for Fletcher to send a downward header bouncing past Robba.

Fletcher then completed the scoring as he arrowed a shot beyond Robba in the 90th minute.

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It's been settled: wage growth is here. 

In his latest monthly chart book, Deutsche Bank's Torsten Sløk includes these six slides, which capture the coming growth in wages, which is the most important trend in the economy. 

Since the financial crisis, wage growth and inflation have been subdued. But recent announcements from likes of Wal-Mart, Target, and TJ Maxx make clear that employers are starting to feel pressure from the workforce to raise wages or face tons of turnover. 

Quits in the service industry have been on the rise, indicating strength in that segment of the labor market, and employers have responded in course. 

These charts from Sløk make the case clear: America's workers are about to get a raise. 

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Tom Brady is known for taking a risk or two and sacrificing his body on the football field. Fans love that.

But when he goes on vacation and decides to jump off a crazy high cliff just for the thrill of it? That's a little different.

Such was the case this weekend as Brady posted a video on his Facebook page. It shows Brady at first contemplating the plunge. Someone (Gisele?) asks at the top of the video, "Are you going to jump, Tom?"

He doesn't seem so sure.

But then Boston's favorite quarterback, and defending Super Bowl champion, gets up and takes a long look down.

And then — boom.

Needless to say, this all turned out well. At least, the dive did.

The Facebook feedback from his fans was definitely not as positive.

A sampling:

And this is just a small sample.

Here's the whole dive in its full glory:

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On April 24, the Apple Watch will go on sale for the first time. Apple's debut smartwatch will have a stable of apps available to download upon launch — and this has created a bizarre challenge for developers.

They are being expected to build products from scratch for a platform they've never used or seen before, without even fully knowing how it works. Many people still aren't certain what consumers will actually use the Apple Watch for.

This situation is almost unique. When companies began building apps for the iPhone, for example, it had already been on the market for a year. Desktop developers have decades of decades of experience and design philosophy to fall back on. Console game developers may build for new platforms, but the basic principles always remain the same.

I spoke to Tick CEO Alban Brooke and his team about the challenges of developing for the Apple Watch for the first time. Tick is a time-tracking software that helps teams track time and hit budgets. The Tick Apple Watch app is "designed to quickly start and stop timers that will then be logged into your Tick account," Alban explains. "It is part of a suite of apps that we've built for Tick to make time tracking quick, easy and delightful."

After months of development, the team is going to visit Apple's labs in Sunnyvale for their first ever hands-on time with the Apple Watch this week. Due to the NDAs they've signed, they're not allowed to discuss what goes on inside. (We know that Apple is intensively secretive however. The company even taped over developers' iPhone cameras to prevent leaks.)

But they're hoping that the much-needed hands-on time with the Apple Watch will help solve some of the unusual problems they've encountered while developing for the new device.

The digital crown doesn't do much and may be totally overblown

When Tim Cook announced the Apple Watch, he placed great emphasis on the digital crown — the dial on the side — as a way of controlling the device. "As it turns out with every revolutionary product that Apple has created, a breakthrough in user interface was required," he proclaimed. The digital crown is to the Apple Watch what the scroll wheel was to the iPod or multi-touch was to the iPhone: "It's a very simple and amazing and elegant input and navigation device."

Designer Kevin says the crown has been oversold. "Apple spent a considerable amount of time featuring the digital crown as a revolutionary UI element, but again the SDK provides no methods for interacting with this element beyond a standard scroll."

The lack of hands-on experience makes it difficult to work out how to implement the crown. "We didn't have any idea of how the digital crown felt when turned," Alban explains. "For example, we might develop the app differently if it spinned freely or clicked in small increments."

The Tick team also took cues from media reports as to how "force touch" might work — Apple's new touchscreen technology that can measure how hard a user is pressing. "It's been hard to get any good information regarding" it, says Kevin.

Developers are reliant on media reports and second-hand code

Beyond the digital crown, teams are reliant on the scarce amounts of information available in the media and in code online to figure out how the device works as a whole.

For example, developer John says that in order to learn how to code for the smartwatch, he simply went to code-uploading site Github "and researched other developers' example Apple Watch projects." He would run their code to see how the parts of the apps fitted together, "and to find out what was even possible in a watch app."

And in terms of user experience, they "relied heavily on the reports coming from people who had access to the hands-on area after the initial announcement," says Kevin.

Troubleshooting bugs takes on a whole new dimension

No app is perfect. That's why developers extensively beta test before rolling out their product to the general public, to try and iron out bugs. But this applies to the software Apple makes too. Developers are currently stuck using an Apple Watch "simulator" provided by the Cupertino company to test their apps, and Alban says that "sometimes we encounter bugs and have to figure out whether its a bug with our app or the simulator itself."

They have to use digital mockups

Without a physical device to beta test on, developers have come up with an ingenious way to figure out how their apps will look "on wrist." There's a third-party application available called Bezel that overlays the Apple Watch simulator, adding customisable Apple Watch bezels and straps. It means a developer can see how their app might look on the $349 white Sport, or the $17,000 yellow gold Edition, without ever laying their hands on either device.

There's limited functionality

Developers have previously spoken out about how Apple has significantly limited functionality on the Apple Watch in order to save battery life. Access has been restricted to a lot of the devices most exciting features, like the heartbeat sensor and gyrometer.

It's an issue the Tick team has also come across. In particular animations have been restricted. "The software and apps that Apple highlighted [in demos] were beautifully designed and tastefully animated," Kevin says. "So we were very surprised ot learn that animation was severely limited in the SDK."

Alban says that "most of the app that Apple has demoed have a lot of features that are not available to us."

"Animations use a lot of the limited battery so while they add a nice 'wow' factor to an app they have to be used sparingly or Apple might reject the app for using too much battery," John adds.

Some of the demos Apple have provided are also unrealistic. App interfaces can only be one of two ways "hierarchical" or or page-based view"— but "plenty of mock-ups and videos showed watch apps doing impossible transitions and combining both interface styles."

The purpose of the Apple Watch still isn't finalised

Ahead of its launch, there's not yet a "killer app" that decisively makes the case for what the Apple Watch should be used for by ordinary people. This existential question over the device's purpose is being mulled over by developers too. Tick's team ultimately took a statement from Apple design chief Jony Ive to heart — that "apps are designed for lightweight interaction."

"Starting for this premise," Kevin says, "we scrapped everything we had and began working towards an app that is now designed to be launched, used and quit within in 10 seconds."

Developing for the Apple Watch is "like working on a puzzle"

Of course, these problems won't exist forever. As the device goes on sale across the world, it'll become far easier for teams to effectively develop for the device.

Kevin says that the process is "quite limiting right now. At first working in a tight box like that can be frustrating, but the challenge is to understand the constraints and why they exist. It's like working on a puzzle and struggling through all the border pieces. You don't feel like you're making much progress, but you have to define the framework before you can make any real process."

But once these are understand, "then you get the opportunity to be creative and flush out concepts that are more than just pretty pictures."

"It's been a fun challenge."

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Miami (AFP) - Britain's Andy Murray won his 499th career match on Sunday, downing Colombian Santiago Giraldo 6-3, 6-4 to reach the fourth round of the ATP and WTA Miami Open.

The 27-year-old Scotsman, who won the Miami title in 2009 and 2013, would become the ninth active player to reach 500 victories if he wins his next match against South African 15th seed Kevin Anderson, who eliminated Argentina's Leonardo Mayer 6-4, 6-4.

"Hopefully I can win some more throughout my career," Murray said. "Maybe it doesn't happen in a couple of days. I hope it does. But if not, then, you know, I'm sure at some stage I will get there.

"I obviously want to try and win more, and hopefully still have quite a few years ahead of me left to add to that number. It's a lot of wins. It's not easy these days to win that many matches, so that's a good sign."

Third seed Murray, the 2012 US Open and 2013 Wimbledon winner, needed five match points over two games to claim the victory, his third in four meetings with Giraldo. The Scot advanced on a let cord bounce after a run of unforced errors on his previous winning chances.

"I played well, I thought it was a good performance," said Murray. "I hit the ball pretty clean.

"He came out and started swinging a bit towards the end of the match and made it a little bit tricky, but I thought for the most part I played very well."

Murray won in 84 minutes, breaking three times and hitting 19 winners took advance. Against Anderson, Murray has three wins from four matches, the last in Valencia last year.

"He's obviously used to these conditions here. He lives 45 minutes away, so he plays and practices in this weather a lot," Murray said of his next foe. "I won't have as much of an advantage against him as maybe some of the guys, because he's used to the conditions here. It will be a tough match."

Murray trains in Miami during the off-season.

In the women's draw, third seed Simona Halep defeated Italy's Camila Giorgi 6-4, 7-5 to continue the momentum she took from last week's title at Indian Wells.

The Romanian overcame five double-faults in a victory requiring nearly 90 minutes.

Halep is bidding for a fourth WTA title this season after winning at Shenzhen, Dubai and Indian Wells.

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If you've been paying any attention to Twitter lately, you'll know that there are two new livestreaming apps that everyone's talking about and using (sometimes with exceedingly boring results). Twitter-owned Periscope has entered the scene a few weeks later than Meerkat, but it's already gaining a lot of steam. 

One thing that's much better about Periscope than Meerkat is that the app curates a list of active livestreams so you can always find something to watch, even when no one you follow is broadcasting.

Turns out, you can find a list of on-going streams on Meerkat too — it's just hidden from view. 

Sunday afternoon, Meerkat founder Ben Rubin tweeted out this helpful hint (he has since deleted the tweet): 

So, it is possible to check out all the live Meerkat streams. 

Sure enough, the trick worked for us — though it took a few attempts (you have to press the meerkat for 5 seconds and then release it, and it's actually pretty tricky to hold it down for the right amount of time).

Here's what Meerkat's app usually looks like:

Here's what happens when you activate "God mode"— note that the meerkat changed directions:

 Meerkat should probably just build this feature in (or at least make it easier to activate). 

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Lausanne (AFP) - A nuclear deal between Iran and world powers is "doable" with "two or three" issues left to resolve, Tehran's lead negotiator said in crunch talks in Switzerland.

"Getting to an accord is doable. Solutions have been found for numerous questions. We are still working on two or three issues... The talks are in their final phase and are very difficult," Abbas Araqchi told reporters in Lausanne.

Araqchi said Sunday that sending abroad its stocks of nuclear material, a key demand of world powers in talks in Switzerland, was unacceptable.

"The export of stocks of enriched uranium is not in our programme and we do not intend sending them abroad... There is no question of sending the stocks abroad," Araqchi told reporters.

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While watching "House of Cards," which brands do you notice the most?

Claire Underwood (Robin Wright) can usually be spotted on her Apple iPhone. Remy Denton (Mahershala Ali) is usually around a Buick. Frank Underwood (Kevin Spacey) is always wearing his IWC watch.

In total, 105 real-world brands appear in season three of "House of Cards." 

That may sound like a lot, but it is actually a decline from the 129 brands and the 134 brands that appear in seasons one and two, respectively, of the Netflix political series.

Concave, a market research company that tracks and analyzes brand presence in entertainment content including TV and film, tracked the branded companies in all three seasons of the show.

Concave provided Business Insider with a list of all the brands it found in "House of Cards."

Here are the top 10 featured in season three:

Apple
IWC
Chevrolet
Washington Nationals
Avaya
Cartier
Nokia
Samsung
Blackberry
Dell

Below you can see the top 20 brands across all three seasons:

The list of most visible brands across seasons differs slightly. Samsung moves up the list, while CNN and NBC also appear in the top 10.

Here are the top five brands used by the different characters in the show. 

As noted in the slide above, Apple is among the top five brands of four actors, while Samsung is associated in the top five brands for seven actors. 

Nokia, Dell, and Samsung are brands used by secondary characters including Heather Dunbar (Elizabeth Marvel) and Seth Grayson (Derek Cecil).

How long are you seeing all of these brands on screen?

According to Concave, brands are visible for nearly four hours in season three. That's more screen time than in season one but less than in season two. 

But you probably wouldn't notice most of the brands.

Under 10% of the brands seen on screen across each season are close-ups.

Here's the difference in how Concave discerns the different categories of visibility.

The brands you'll most likely recognize are the ones with close-up or obvious appearances. In season three, those are Apple, Louboutin, Samsung, and Dell.

While Apple may be the brand with the overall most visibility across seasons, as Concave notes, 24% of Samsung's screen time is in the form of close-ups.

Below is the full list of 105 brands seen in season three. 

How many did you spot?

You can view the full study from Concave here.

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But the hot tech one year is not the next.

Job site Dice.com recently published its 2015 Salary Survey, which named the highest-paying tech skills right now.

And many skills pay more than $110,000, as we recently reported. But there are plenty more skills that can net you a six-figure salary.

Of course, skills alone won't always lead to a high salary. Work experience counts, too.

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Scrum is worth $105,189

Scrum is a method for managing complex projects.

It was created for software development projects, but the folks at Scrum Alliance say that people are now using the method to manage any big project.

Pay for Scrum-related jobs has climbed 2% over last year, Dice says. It has nearly 4,500 job listings for it.

Ruby is worth $105,714

Ruby is a modern and very popular web programming language.

It's claim to fame is simplicity, making it easier to learn than other languages, yet it is still powerful.

Pay for Ruby-related jobs has climbed 13% over last year, Dice says. It has over 2,900 job listings for it.