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Geonaute 360 degree sports camera catches all the action
Geonaute’s 360 degree sports camera catches all the action, even our hands on James Trew, engadget.com Sport and action cameras are big business, and even though there are a couple of main players, it doesn’t stop other’s trying to get a bite of the apple. Geonaute, however, have come at the situation from a different … Continue reading Geonaute 360 degree sports camera catches all the action
Zoom iQ5 professional stereo microphone
Zoom iQ5 professional stereo microphone hands-on Kevin Wong, engadget.com Earlier at CES, we got our hands on the Rode iXY 30-pin stereo microphone iPhone add-on that left our Lightning users a bit sad. Cheer up! The folks over at Zoom got us over to their booth to take a peek at the company’s new iQ5 … Continue reading Zoom iQ5 professional stereo microphone
Facebook tests VoIP, adds voice mail-like service
Facebook tests VoIP, adds voice mail-like service by Donna Tam, cnet.com The social network updates its Messenger app with the ability to send recorded voice messages globally, but tests actual voice calls in Canada. iPhone users in Canada can now use Facebook to make voice calls, the social network revealed… http://flip.it/SKLUK Related articles Facebook launched … Continue reading Facebook tests VoIP, adds voice mail-like service
Beyond Marketing Clouds — The Age of Machine Learning
Beyond Marketing Clouds — The Age of Machine Learning Raj De Datta, CEO, BloomReach, allthingsd.com The advent of Salesforce Marketing Cloud and Adobe Marketing Cloud demonstrates the need for enterprises to develop new ways of harnessing the vast potential of big data. Yet these marketing clouds beg the question of who will help… http://flip.it/sfvZe Related … Continue reading Beyond Marketing Clouds — The Age of Machine Learning
Lumoback Posture-Monitoring
Start-Up Behind Lumoback Posture-Monitoring Gadget Raises $5M Liz Gannes, allthingsd.com Lumo BodyTech, which makes a wearable waistband that tracks posture and movement and vibrates when the wearer slouches, has raised $5 million in Series A funding led by Madrona Venture Group. The Palo Alto, Calif.-based start-up double… http://flip.it/mi6cM Related articles Posture Police (wired.com) LUMOback Posture … Continue reading Lumoback Posture-Monitoring
Minority Report tech: coming to your living room
Dan Lyons, readwrite.com The company is called Leap Motion, and if you want to get an idea of how much everyone in San Francisco is buzzing about them, consider this: A few weeks ago I was visiting a different hot new startup in San Francisco, and in the middle of their d… RT @rishad: Huge … Continue reading Minority Report tech: coming to your living room
Apple watch on the horizon
THE END OF SMARTPHONES: The Latest Rumor Is That Apple Is Working On A Computer Watch Nicholas Carlson, businessinsider.com Tech/Media Long before Apple ever revealed its latest iPhones and iPads to the public, we knew almost exactly what they would look like and what kind of features they would have thanks to rumors emanating from … Continue reading Apple watch on the horizon
What can Best Buy learn from B&H and Apple stores?
How Best Buy can learn from B&H Photo by Greg Sandoval, cnet.com New York’s top photography store provides a clinic on how to sell tech gear. This is how you sell tech gear: Yesterday I walked into B&H Photo in New York, which claims to be the country’s largest non-chain camera store, … Continue reading What can Best Buy learn from B&H and Apple stores?
Why big data is about mining real world behavior
By STEVE LOHR, nytimes.com Business experts and recent research predict that machine-generated sensor data will become a larger and larger portion of all data produced. That is opening up a huge opportunity for Big Data technology beyond the consumer Internet. RT @nytimesbits: Big Data: Rise of the Machines http://flip.it/X0O7J http://flip.it/82cR0 Bits Blog: Big Data: Rise … Continue reading Why big data is about mining real world behavior
Should I learn app development or HTML5?
HTML5 vs. Apps: Here’s Why The Debate Matters, And Who Will Win Business Insider, businessinsider.com Tech/Media HTML5 is a new technology that allows developers to build rich web-based apps that run on any device via a standard web browser. Many think it will save the web, rendering native platform-dependent apps obsolete. So, whi… RT @SAI: … Continue reading Should I learn app development or HTML5?
How and why to get an iPhone without the contract
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Why Straight Talk is the best iPhone plan for information and knowledge workers
Since most information and knowledge workers don't spend nearly as much time chatting on a phone these days as managing data in other forms (email, messages, sites, social media), it increasingly makes little sense to spend the thousands of dollars a year charged by major carriers for a their phone services. Fortunately, some smaller companies … Continue reading Why Straight Talk is the best iPhone plan for information and knowledge workers
TMobile offers real 4G on iPhone for half the price
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How the iPhone can streamline cumbersome medical care
Top Ten Medical Uses of the iPhone internetmedicine.com (SOURCE: John Bennett MD: http://www.internetmedicine.com) December 15, 2012 The creation and widespread use of the iPhone has impacted many industries, and now has affected Medicine in many ways. In manycases the iPhone applifies the po… http://flip.it/0JXBc
Rustic eco chic in the Facebook cafeteria
Facebook’s Cafeteria, By The Masters Of Rustic Chic By Mark Wilson, fastcodesign.com Roman & Williams has created nostalgic interiors that most others can only emulate. Here’s the lunchroom they created with Facebook. Google ruined everything. Microsoft gave out free soft drinks, but Google let employees eat gourmet food for… RT @FastCoDesign: Facebook’s Cafeteria, By The … Continue reading Rustic eco chic in the Facebook cafeteria
LittleBits: learn to make things this Christmas
LittleBits, A Starter Kit For Aspiring Engineers And Makers By Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan, fastcodesign.com It’s like your momma always said: Life is like a box of adorable electronic components. It’s a question that comes up fairly often in interviews with talented engineers: How did you get interested in electronics? The answer usually… RT @FastCoDesign: … Continue reading LittleBits: learn to make things this Christmas
Why the iPad is becoming the best mobile phone and how to do it
howtowired: With the recent addition of iMessage to non-cellular devices in the Apple family, many have been happily adapting their iPad as their new go-to communicative device. Unfortunately, because the iPad isn’t tied to a mobile number, the user’s email address associated with their Apple account is the… http://flip.it/eu6IY Wired.com How-To: Micro Edition: How … Continue reading Why the iPad is becoming the best mobile phone and how to do it
Black box apps record driving accidents
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Driving apps reviewed: do black box apps really work?
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Wirecutter picks best iPad case
Not-Horrible iPad Cases Alexander George, thewirecutter.com Some people think the iPad is so gorgeous it doesn’t need a case. I disagree, and my favorite overall case is Joy Factory’s SmartSuit 3. (Updated 17 July 2012: I recently looked at a number of new cases, then spoke to Florence Ion,… Not-Horrible iPad Cases | The Wirecutter … Continue reading Wirecutter picks best iPad case
Wirecutter picks best laptop
The Best Laptop Brian Lam, thewirecutter.com It’s pretty clear that the 13-inch Macbook Air is the best overall laptop for most people, in the minds of many reviewers. (Last Updated October 31st, 2012: Apple released a 13-inch MacBook Pro with retina display earlier this… The Best Laptop | The Wirecutter http://flip.it/1ChEQ http://flip.it/sM7ua Related articles Monoprice's … Continue reading Wirecutter picks best laptop
Wirecutter picks best camera under a grand
The Olympus E-PL5 is our favorite camera under $950 (So Far!) Tim Barribeau, thewirecutter.com If you’re looking for a camera that’s pocketable but still powerful, one that can change lenses but won’t destroy your savings account, one that’s not the bottom of the barrel, nor top of the line, then there are a couple of … Continue reading Wirecutter picks best camera under a grand
Biomimetic design kick starts
Kickstart a Voronoi Design App for Biomimetic Bookshelves and More core77.com Last weekend, New York saw the opening of its first ever Museum of Math (MoMATH)—the first one in the States—which, for all its kid-friendly attractions, probably doesn’t delve into higher-order phenomena such as, say, Voronoi diagrams, in which a… RT @core77: Kickstart a Voronoi … Continue reading Biomimetic design kick starts
Americans have too much stuff
UCLA Researchers Find American Families Have Too Much Stuff and Too Little Time inhabitots.com Families drowning in too much stuff is the focus of a new book, Life at Home in the Twenty-First Century: 32 Families Open Their Doors, by researchers at UCLA’s Center on Everyday Lives of Families (CELF). To get information fo… RT … Continue reading Americans have too much stuff
Finding good Usernames
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Can Instagram bounce back after row?
bbc.co.uk Will the row over usage rights have long-term damage? RT @BBCWorld: #Instagram RIP? Can Facebook’s photo-sharing site bounce back? http://flip.it/rwqmi http://flip.it/F7r79 Can Instagram bounce back after row? Related articles Free follower on instagram (slideshare.net) Was Instagram a waste of Facebook's money? (smartbrief.com) Ten FAQ's About Instagram (3060writingfordigitalmedia.wordpress.com) On Instagram, Chechnya's president criticizes America's handling … Continue reading Can Instagram bounce back after row?
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