Watch: Days Pass In Minutes In These Hypnotic Beach Videos By Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan, fastcodesign.com An L.A. artist attempts to capture the passage of time within a single video frame—no drugs needed. Xárene Eskandar wants you to feel awe. The Los Angeles media artist, whose past work ranges from tree pods to a Google marriage proposal,… … Continue reading Hypnotic time lapse videos
Big Tech: The Power of Paying: What Consumer Hotshots Can Learn From Corporate Drudges Ryan Tate, wired.com When choosing a platform API to build upon, paying cash up front can help you avoid paying in time and regret later. Ryan Tate The Power of Paying: What Consumer Hotshots Can Learn From Corporate Drudges http://flip.it/mKa4L http://flip.it/sPIOD … Continue reading Consumer startups and the power of paying
Samuel Arbesman, wired.com Our species can?t seem to escape big data. We have more data inputs, storage, and computing resources than ever, so Homo sapiens naturally does what it has always done when given new tools: it goes even bigger, higher, and bolder. We did it in… Samuel Arbesman http://flip.it/is0gV http://flip.it/57gRu Stop Hyping Big Data … Continue reading Stop Hyping Big Data and Start Paying Attention to ‘Long Data’
The No-Hire Emails That That Incriminate Apple, Google, Adobe and More Jamie Condliffe, gizmodo.com A court filing has just been made public which sheds light on the “no-hire” gentleman’s agreements that have pervaded the tech industry—and reveals how Steve Jobs threatened litigation to prevent companies from stealing his staff.Notably, former P… The No-Hire Emails That … Continue reading The No-Hire Emails That That Incriminate
Farhad Manjoo, slate.com A few years ago, Google’s human resources department noticed a problem: A lot of women were leaving the company. Like the majority of Silicon Valley software firms, Google is staffed mostly by men, and executives have long made it a priority to… The Happiness Machine http://flip.it/mYVIV http://flip.it/sQE6T The Happiness Machine Related articles … Continue reading The Happiness Machine
Startups: Tim O’Reilly’s Key to Creating the Next Big Thing Steven Levy, wired.com Entreprenuer, author and investor Tim O’Reilly has been seeing around corners for decades now. Here’s what he sees coming next. Steven Levy RT @BootsnAll: “Create more value than you capture.” http://flip.it/RvVYw http://flip.it/pgvMk Related articles 16 Things I Might Change If I Was … Continue reading Startups: Tim O’Reilly’s Key to Creating the Next Big Thing
The Best Time to Buy Anything During the Year Whitson Gordon, lifehacker.com A bit of planning can save you a ton of money when it comes to buying throughout the year. Here’s your comprehensive, always up-to-date guide on the best times to buy everything this year.Every year year, we compile a list of the best … Continue reading The Best Time to Buy Anything
Anonymous Forum Users Can Be Identified By Linguistics By CARMEL MELOUNEY, fastcompany.com Researchers discover ways to identify the authors of anonymous online comments through linguistic analysis. If you want to ensure your anonymous comments online really do stay anonymous, it’s probably wise to start using leetspeak. … http://flip.it/IVsls Related articles Linguistics Identifies Anonymous Users (disinfo.com) … Continue reading Anonymous Forum Users Can Be Identified By Linguistics
Codecademy’s New API Lab Lets Wannabe Devs Tinker With NPR, Twilio, SoundCloud, And More By Sarah Kessler, fastcompany.com Learning to code is more fun when you’re building something you can use. Codecademy’s new lesson plans use APIs to help students build more complex projects earlier. After completing the first HTML project at online programming school… … Continue reading New API Lab Lets Wannabe Devs Tinker
Google Analytics For Real Life: Tracking Retail Customers Through Smartphones By Neal Ungerleider, fastcompany.com A new technology debuting at New York’s National Retail Federation expo lets retailers track in-store customer activity through their smartphones’ MAC addresses. A new product released at this year’s National Retail Federation expo in New Y… RT @FastCompany: Google Analytics For … Continue reading Google Analytics For Real Life
JSTOR begins offering free yet limited access to its online academic library By Ben Kersey, theverge.com Online digital library JSTOR will begin offering free access to its catalogue of journals, papers, and books. The Register & Read program will now allow individuals to register for the service, but members will only be able to read… … Continue reading JSTOR begins offering free yet limited access to online literature
How Google’s Ray Kurzweil will teach computers to understand human language By Nathan Ingraham, theverge.com Futurist and artificial intelligence guru Ray Kurzweil has just started at Google and gave an interview to Singularity Hub days after starting his new work. For starters, Kurzweil plans to dive into natural language… RT @verge: How Google’s Ray Kurzweil … Continue reading How Google’s Ray Kurzweil will teach computers to understand human language
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Google And Berg Team Up To Create An Internet Of Things By Mark Wilson, fastcodesign.com In 2011, Berg worked with Google to imagine the service’s manifestation in real life. Here’s the remarkable, working prototype they came up with. Google is ridiculously powerful. The service isn’t just search. It isn’t just maps. It isn’t j… RT … Continue reading Google And Berg Team Up To Create An Internet Of Things
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Teenager Gets New iPhone For Christmas… Along With 18-Point Contract From Mom Killian Bell, cultofmac.com Imagine your delight as a teenage boy who’s just unwrapped a shiny new iPhone for Christmas. It’s probably your first smartphone — maybe even your first cellphone period — and you can’t wait to turn it on and start playing … Continue reading Xmas rules for proper iPhone conduct
Hounded By Recruiters, Coders Put Themselves Up For Auction J.J. Colao, forbes.com When Pete London posted a resume on LinkedIn in December 2009, the JavaScript specialist stumbled into a trap of sorts. Shortly after creating a profile he received a message from a recruiter at Google. Just days later, another from… RT @ForbesTech: Hounded by … Continue reading Avoid recruiters and put your skills up for auction
Contrary to media frenzies, Apple is not giving up on innovation (it is actually becoming a more efficient, responsible, transparent and happier place to work). The Year of Doom For Microsoft, Google and Apple Haydn Shaughnessy, forbes.com 2012 was the year of the doom merchant in business. In the fantasy world of dying planets earth … Continue reading Why Apple, Google and Microsoft are not doomed
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
How to Get the Gmail Address You Want Chelsea Stark, mashable.com 1. Display Density 2. Button Labels 3. No Markers 4. Stars 5. Move Icons 6. Labels 7. Circles 8. High Contrast 9. Google Docs Gadget 10. Right-Side Chat 11. Undo Send http://flip.it/MSOYV Related articles Infographic: The Evolution of Google's Gmail (moneymakingblog101.wordpress.com) Latest Google service … Continue reading Get a good Gmail Username
How Google’s Designers Are Quietly Overhauling Search By Sarah Kessler, fastcodesign.com Google Search’s designers are treating what was once just an ugly list of links like a software application. On the same day that Larry Page became Google’s CEO for the second time, he ordered a redesign of all its products. Which came as a… … Continue reading Google designers tasked to revamp search experience
Brian Lam, thewirecutter.com It’s the most boring thing a tech writer can write, but the best smartphone is still the iPhone. It’s the truth. (Last Updated October 29, 2012: The Google Nexus 4 was unveiled today. Windows Phone 8 also launched today. The iPhone is st… The iPhone 5 Is the Best Smartphone | The … Continue reading The iPhone 5 Is the Best Smartphone
Five Best Computer Monitors Alan Henry, lifehacker.com Upgrading your computer’s hardware isn’t the only way to feel like you have a new machine. A new monitor can go a long way towards making your computer more fun to use and more functional. At the same time, there are hundreds of displays out there… Five Best … Continue reading Lifehacker: best computer monitors
lifehack.org So, you were looking for a great alternative to Apple’s Mail.app on OS X and iOS and stumbled upon Sparrow. It was fast, handled mail in a comfortable and familiar Gmail fashion, and was full featured. It was all good until you heard th… http://flip.it/WU03e Goodbye Sparrow: 8 Alternatives to Sparrow for Email Related … Continue reading Goodbye Sparrow: 8 Alternatives to Sparrow for Email
Your Online Bio, Supercharged Jennifer Alsever, inc.com Inc. magazine The skinny on three services that help you create personal webpages to encompass your entire online life. Chances are good that your bio on the company website includes little more than a headshot, title, and career… RT @ashleycalloway: 3 sites to help you build your personal … Continue reading Why the resume is dead and profile pages are the new standard
Google’s cloud-based music-matching service has arrived… and it’s free Cyrus Farivar, arstechnica.com This is what Ars editor Cyrus Farivar sent to Google Play this morning.Cyrus FarivarGoogle has announced its own music-matching locker service, but unlike Amazon’s Cloud Player and Apple’s iTunes Match, this new service is free. Google Play, in th… RT @arstechnica: Google’s cloud … Continue reading Google cloud music match is free
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