March 2011
31 posts
Meet 1: Google’s Answer To The Facebook Like... →
infoneer-pulse:
Nearly a year after Facebook Like buttons spread out across the web, Google has announced its own rival, the +1 button. It launches today as part of Google’s search engine, allowing you to “+1″ the search results and ads that you like. And in a few months, it’ll be arriving at a web site near you.
» via SearchEngineLand
And the mighty trust metric of crowd source marches down...
“@GreatDismal: Insane, astonishing demo of juggling quadrocopters http://t.co/7559xLj Crazy add augreality and you have the holodeck.
“Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.”
– Arthur C. Clarke (via infoneer-pulse)
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OLEDs Could Be as Cheap as Newspaper to Produce →
infoneer-pulse:
Plasma televisions are already on the outs with consumers due to their energy-sucking tendencies, meanwhile LCD screens have closed the gap on picture quality and are more energy efficient. But as many TV buffs know, organic light-emitting diode (OLED) screens are the future—if scientists can figure out how to produce them cheaply enough. Researchers at Japan’s RIKEN center...
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Spoiled by the All-in-One Gadget →
infoneer-pulse:
Consider what a smartphone can do, and the devices it replaces, and its value increases. A refurbished iPhone 3GS is currently on sale by AT&T for $19. With the least-expensive data and voice plans and a two-year contract, a customer would pay around $1,800 over 24 months, including taxes and fees.
But to do all the things a smartphone can do without buying one, that same...
RT @BardoSurfer: Spime Watch: GreenGoose: “real world game platform” that uses paste-on sensors on everyday objects http://bit.ly/fygvqL
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AKA: Whuffie
fastcompany:
“There are many reasons for the emphasis on merit. Creative Class people are ambitious and want to move up based on their abilities and effort. Creative people have always been motivated by the respect of their peers. The companies that employ them are often under tremendous competitive pressure and thus cannot afford much dead wood on staff: Everyone has to contribute. The pressure...
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ISPs defend plans for two-tier net →
infoneer-pulse:
ISPs have defended their right to operate a two-speed internet, at a key debate into the future of the web.
The debate was organised by the government, which is keen to see the principles of a free and equal net maintained.
ISPs are increasingly looking to prioritise
» via BBC News
1. attention nerds: Quick! get a job at an ISP. 2. Here comes the haves and the have nots...
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RT @BoingBoing: HOWTO 3D print working clockwork http://bit.ly/hUoLjc
With hacking, music can take control of your car →
emergentfutures:
By adding extra code to a digital music file, they were able to turn a song burned to CD into a Trojan horse. When played on the car’s stereo, this song could alter the firmware of the car’s stereo system, giving attackers an entry point to change other components on the car.
via @futuramb
Full Story: IT News
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