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gizmodo.com The first reviews of the new MacBook Pro with Retina Display are out and to no one’s surprise, the Retina Display is ah-mazing. We’ll have our own review of the new MacBook Pro soon, but in the mean time we culled together the best first… MacBook Pro with Retina Display Meta-Review: Gorgeously Powerful http://flip.it/8p44I…
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Masterclass in Why 48 FPS Fails Vincent Laforet, gizmodo.com Peter Jackson, a terrifically talented film maker and pioneer of new cinema technology, has given the world of cinema a very important, and perhaps unintended, gift with his latest film “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey,” as we wrap the year… The Hobbit:…
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The hackathon about hacking meat Cesar Torres, arstechnica.com A particpating member of Hack//Meat, a hackathon held in New York City December 7-9.Mike Lee of Studiofeast.comDevelopers and engineers who participate in hackathons are familiar with the rules. An organizer brings programmers together to work on… RT @arstechnica: The hackathon about hacking meat http://flip.it/eUjBa by @Urraca http://flip.it/RDblg…
Deceptive robots created thanks to squirrel and bird bluffing By Philippa Warr, wired.co.uk Technology By looking at deceptive behaviours in squirrels and birds a team at the Georgia Institute of Technology have created robots capable of deceiving one another. The military-funded project, led by Ronald Arkin of the… RT @WiredUK: Deceptive robots created thanks to…
YouTube launches Capture, a video recording and enhancing app for iOS By Nathan Ingraham, theverge.com YouTube has just launched Capture, a new app for iOS. It lets users take quick video, make minor adjustments, and upload that video to YouTube, Google+, Facebook, or Twitter. The app is built specifically for iPhone and iPod touch and…
Sony NEX-5R review: can the best mirrorless camera get even better? By Dan Seifert, theverge.com Earlier this year, I made a pretty drastic change in my camera set up. I left behind my trusty Canon DSLR, and the lenses and accessories that had served me well for six years, and I picked up a Sony…
The future of television has arrived: it’s called the iPad By Nilay Patel, theverge.com Why owning the second screen is Apple’s game to lose The future of the television is the iPad. That was the overwhelming message at the TV of Tomorrow conference in New York, which saw executives and decision makers from across the……
Upcoming Alfred 2.0 app adding Workflows, a simple visual tool for creating strings of actions By Adi Robertson, theverge.com Version 2 of popular OS X launcher app Alfred was announced last week, and we’re now seeing one of the bigger new features that’s set to come with it. Called Workflows, it’s a set of triggers,…
With 326K Paid Of 1M Total Members, Adobe Adds Teams To Creative Cloud, Subscriber-Exclusive Updates To Photoshop CS6 Darrell Etherington, techcrunch.com Adobe is hosting an event today to show off some new updates it’s making for its Creative Cloud offerings, but here’s an advance look: The service is getting a number of exclusive updates that…
Checkthis Updates Its Social Posters: Share Visually Compelling Content Without Setting Up A Blog Romain Dillet, techcrunch.com Checkthis received a major update today, making it more than ever a visual complement to the text-only updates on social networks. The service enables users to create compelling posters and share them with their friends. But users now…
UK Startup Loccit Sells 8k Facebook ‘Memory Books’ In 48 Hours, Wants To Turn Your Digital Media Footprint Into Physical Stuff Natasha Lomas, techcrunch.com There’s a cottage industry of startups that want to sell your social networking content back to you in a new form, such as PastBook and Memolane. Loccit, a UK-based ecommerce startup…
Content Curation Startup, Scoop.it, Rolls Out Big New Redesign To Help Businesses & Pros Increase Their Visibility Online Rip Empson, techcrunch.com Scoop.it launched last November to give anyone and everyone the ability to create their own digital magazines — to aggregate and distribute content from across ye olde Internets according to their particular interests —…
Apple’s Best Of App Store 2012 Rewards Creativity, Google; Skype And Rovio Take Top App Spots Darrell Etherington, techcrunch.com Apple has released its annual “Best Of” feature for the iTunes and App Stores, and this year there are some apps at the top of the list that indicate Apple is interested in rewarding apps that…
By NICK BILTON, nytimes.com Apple charges $100 more for storage when you buy the the 32- gigabyte iPad Mini over the 16-gigabyte model. But if you take the time to move your files and other material online, using a number of free or low-cost services, you will be able to buy… RT @nytimesbits: Move to…
By STEVE LOHR, nytimes.com Growing numbers of office workers are joining the ergonomic diversity movement. They are standing up, sometimes even walking at treadmill desks, while working. The health risks of sitting for hours are prompting workers to consider alternatives to… RT @nytimesbits: Field Notes in Ergonomic Diversity: Standup Workers Speak http://flip.it/GgQIC http://flip.it/ygsCd Field Notes…
BigPic: Two And A Half Years Of Computer Use In One Incredible Image By Colin Lecher, popsci.com A map of when artist Marcin Ignac used his computer, when he didn’t, and what he was seeing For a project titled Every Day of My Life, artist/programmer/designer Marcin Ignac used software to track, measure, and visualize his…
Watch this: ‘Firefly,’ a stylish skateboarding video shot with a drone By Adi Robertson, theverge.com Skateboarders have been taping their tricks with jury-rigged video setups since the advent of camcorders, but the producers of short and beautiful video Firefly took the next logical step: using a camera mounted to a hexacopte… Watch this: ‘Firefly,’ a…
Zensorium launches Tinké cardiorespiratory health and stress monitor for iOS devices (video) Jamie Rigg, engadget.com Planning a gluttonous holiday season and then a health kick in the New Year to balance it out? Well, when you start on the latter, you might want one of Zensorium’s Tinké cardiorespiratory monitors to track your progress. The… RT…
Adobe announces Creative Cloud updates to Muse and Photoshop, team subscriptions and more Billy Steele, engadget.com If you jumped on the Creative Cloud bandwagon, you’re about to cash in one of the major perks of taking said leap. Keeping its promise to roll out new features to the aforementioned members first, Adobe has announced updates…
Remembering Ravi Shankar, the ‘Godfather of World Music’ Arun Rath, theworld.org Remembering Ravi Shankar, the ‘Godfather of World Music’The World You’ve been hearing universal praise Wednesday for Ravi Shankar, and it is deeply deserved: His music was so good, he managed to open a door and raise the bar at the same… RT @pritheworld: For…
This App Turns Your Video Clips Into Instant Music Videos Emily Price, mashable.com Videos you shoot on your iPhone are about to get a lot cooler, with Strum, a new video app that instantly turns 15-second video clips into rock masterpieces.Similar to how you might put a filter on a photo with Instagram, Strum offers…
Nielsen Norman Group: UX Research, Training, and Consulting nngroup.com Windows 8 — Disappointing Usability for Both Novice and Power Users Summary: Hidden features, reduced discoverability, cognitive overhead from dual environments, and reduced power from a single-window UI and low informatio… http://flip.it/XhVs9 Related articles Are you a Designer? – Windows 8 UX Design Camp in Finland…
UX Makeover ISITE Design, isitedesign.com Submitted by Jessica Cheng S… on November 12th, 2012 in UX Makeover: Laying the Foundation to Support Your Website Content Of the many benefits we enjoy being part of the ISITE Design team is a true commitment to professional… http://flip.it/5zdH7 Related articles ISITE Design’s Kam Figy Recognized as Sitecore Most…
Digital Health Infographic wirelesshealthstrategies.com 6 Characters (0,1,A,C,G,T) Rebooting Medicine & Health I created this conceptual infographic with the great team at Misfit Wearables. It’s based on the work of Dr. Eric Topol, author of “The Creative Destruction of… http://flip.it/ZfjsN Related articles What Digital Health Is (and Isn’t) (rockhealth.com) The Creative Destruction of Medicine (canadacloud.net)
Smartphone app that assesses behavioral health raises $6.5M Stephanie Baum, medcitynews.com A health IT startup that got its start evaluating college students behavior based on their smartphone use has raised $6.5 million, according to a company statement.The San Francisco behavior analytics firm Ginger.io co-founder and CEO Anmol Madan… http://flip.it/vRhhX Related articles Guest Post: The Ginger.io…
Make it So: Interaction Design Lessons from Science Fiction – “Sex with Technology” Mark Frauenfelder, boingboing.net Here’s an exclusive excerpt from Make it So: Interaction Design Lessons from Science Fiction, by Nathan Shedroff and Christopher Noessel. Many designers enjoy the interfaces seen in science fiction films and television shows. Freed from … Make it So:…
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