Open-source Funf platform taps into Android’s huge knowledge about you By Daniel Cossins, wired.co.uk Magazine This article was taken from the November 2012 issue of Wired magazine. Be the first to read Wired’s articles in print before they’re posted online, and get your hands on loads of additional content by subscribing… http://flip.it/FiWXt Related articles Why … Continue reading Funf: computational social science in your pocket
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YouTube app lets you edit and record video easily on iOS
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 … Continue reading YouTube app lets you edit and record video easily on iOS
Benchmarking cloud sync and storage
Google Drive vs. Dropbox, SkyDrive, SugarSync, and others: a cloud sync storage face-off By Ellis Hamburger, theverge.com Does Drive stand a chance against sync and backup veterans? Google’s very own “Loch Ness monster,” also known as Google Drive, has finally launched. It’s the new face of Google Documents, and it’s also Google’s oft-rumored Dropbox-killer. It… … Continue reading Benchmarking cloud sync and storage
The Evernote clipping obsession
The Verge at work: backing up your brain By Thomas Houston, theverge.com How I use Evernote as a memory tool for deep reading, writing, and research The Verge at Work is a series about process. We’re not scientists, and we’re not gurus, we’re just trying to get some work done. The solutions presented here ar… … Continue reading The Evernote clipping obsession
Netflix is a good place to see how fast your Internet service is
Netflix launches monthly ISP speed rankings, praises Google Fiber, and calls out AT&T By Adi Robertson, theverge.com Netflix is widely acknowledged to make up a large chunk of downstream internet traffic, and the company is now using that position to start charting how fast ISPs can stream movies to customers. Every month, it’s announced, it … Continue reading Netflix is a good place to see how fast your Internet service is
ZenPayroll Launches Cloud-Based Payroll Service With $6.1M In Seed Funding From CEOs At Yammer, Box, Yelp And Dropbox
Alex Williams, techcrunch.com Y Combinator company ZenPayroll launched its cloud-based payroll service today with $6.1 million in seed funding from Google Ventures and investments from the CEOs at Yammer, Box, Yelp and Dropbox. It is the largest seed round ever … RT @TechCrunch: ZenPayroll Launches Cloud-Based Payroll Service With $6.1M In Seed Funding From CEOs … Continue reading ZenPayroll Launches Cloud-Based Payroll Service With $6.1M In Seed Funding From CEOs At Yammer, Box, Yelp And Dropbox
Copyright law on the digital frontier
Google search now gets 2.5 million copyright removal requests a week, up from 250,000 in May By Adi Robertson, theverge.com Use of Google’s takedown tool for search results has grown tenfold in the past six months, the company reports. When it started publicly posting takedown notices in late May, around 250,000 requests a week went … Continue reading Copyright law on the digital frontier
Loccit converts your Facebook media into physical stuff
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 … Continue reading Loccit converts your Facebook media into physical stuff
Transcriptic biotech startup funded by Google Ventures
Biotech Startup Transcriptic Receives $1.2M In Seed Funding Led By Google Ventures And FF Angel Catherine Shu, techcrunch.com Startup biotech company Transcriptic has raised $1.2 million in a seed funding round from a wide group of investors led by Google Ventures and FF Angel (Founders Fund‘s seed stage arm), and private investors Mark Cuban and … Continue reading Transcriptic biotech startup funded by Google Ventures
Better mail apps for the Mac
From The Makers Of Orchestra Comes Mailbox, The Best Email Management App You’ll Ever Use Ryan Lawler, techcrunch.com Every now and then, I get my hands on an application or a piece of technology that I can’t wait to tell the rest of the world about. Something that is a joy to use, tackles a … Continue reading Better mail apps for the Mac
Best of Apple App Store 2012
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 … Continue reading Best of Apple App Store 2012
Jeff Dawkins: Big data applied via cognitive science
Bits Blog: Jeff Hawkins Develops a Brainy Big Data Company By QUENTIN HARDY, nytimes.com Jeff Hawkins got rich and famous as the brains behind Palm, an early power in mobile data. He has also developed a new model of how we think, which will now be used, he says, to revolutionize the data analysis … Continue reading Jeff Dawkins: Big data applied via cognitive science
Personal genomic price drop: 23andMe
What Is 23andMe Really Selling: The Moral Quandary At The Center Of The Personalized Genomics Revolution Steven Kotler, forbes.com This week, 23andme, the personalized genomics company founded by Anne Wojcicki, wife of Google co-founder Sergey Brin, got an influx of investment cash ($50 million). According to their press release, they are using the money to … Continue reading Personal genomic price drop: 23andMe
Why Apple maps debacle was actually a success
Is Google’s New Maps App Actually a Big Triumph for Apple? Frederick E. Allen, forbes.com Last September when Apple ditched its Google Maps iPhone app and replaced it with its amazingly inept home-built Maps app, the move was so roundly denounced as a step backward and a weakening of the iPhone environment that chief execut… … Continue reading Why Apple maps debacle was actually a success
Language and cognitive systems guru Kurzweil asked to head Google engineering
Ray Kurzweil becomes a Googler, named Director of Engineering Alexis Santos, engadget.com Come December 18th, futurist extraordinaire Ray Kurzweil will be joining Google’s ranks as Director of Engineering to work on projects that involve machine learning and language processing. Specifics regarding those projects, howev… http://flip.it/K9Okf Related articles Ray Kurzweil's Goal at Google is to enable … Continue reading Language and cognitive systems guru Kurzweil asked to head Google engineering
I’m Tim Ferriss, and This Is How I Work
lifehacker.com Tessa Miller View Profile • Google Plus • RSS When we kicked off the How I Work series in August, we encouraged readers to tell us whose productivity tips and tricks they were dying to know. No one has been more… http://flip.it/zcWep I'm Tim Ferriss, and This Is How I Work Related articles Tim Ferriss … Continue reading I’m Tim Ferriss, and This Is How I Work
Google knowledge graph on drugs
Google: This is your Knowledge Graph on drugs by Casey Newton, cnet.com Google’s evolving database of the relationships between people, places and things gets a new dose of medicine. Searching for information about medicine on Google? You’ll soon find drugs injected into your search… http://flip.it/tRy2u Related articles Google Adds Non-Profit Details To Knowledge Graph (searchengineland.com) … Continue reading Google knowledge graph on drugs
How information science empowered Obama’s reelection
When the Nerds Go Marching In James Fallows, theatlantic.com How a dream team of engineers from Facebook, Twitter, and Google built the software that drove Barack Obama’s reelection The Obama campaign’s technologists were tense and tired. It was game day and everything was going wrong. Josh Thayer… When the Nerds Go Marching In - Alexis … Continue reading How information science empowered Obama’s reelection
Twitrcovers makes your Tweets a bit more tasty
Beautify your Twitter Cover in One Click lifehack.org A few weeks ago, Twitter released new header image options for each user’s profile. As a result. users may now change their Twitter “cover” if they want. TwitrCovers has the best collection of Twitter covers available that I’ve seen. … RT @lifehackorg: Beautify your Twitter Cover in … Continue reading Twitrcovers makes your Tweets a bit more tasty
Google gDrive and Gmail take on Dropbox
Gmail Facelift: New Features of Gmail Steve Dotto, lifehack.org Google is taking dead aim at Web 2.0 services like Dropbox as they expand the capabilities of Google Drive and integrate it more tightly with their other services like Gmail. There is a new refined Gmail compose screen, which opens the door to… RT @lifehackorg: Gmail … Continue reading Google gDrive and Gmail take on Dropbox
Soda stream disrupts beverage industry waste
SodaStream’s Banned Ad Helps Home Carbonation Company Hit It Big Rachel Tepper, huffingtonpost.com An ad for SodaStream, a home carbonation product, has been making the rounds worldwide. In it, bottles of soda seem to combust spontaneously every time someone uses the SodaStream elsewhere in the world. The takeaway: why pay for… http://flip.it/BgTFD Related articles 3 … Continue reading Soda stream disrupts beverage industry waste
Big ass fans: A cool breeze without the noise
Big Ass Fans Haiku | Popular Science popsci.com A cool breeze without the noise. With its residential Haiku model, Big Ass Fans changed every convention established by a century of ceiling-fan design. That hot, loud, electromagnet-driven AC motor is now a cool, quiet, permanently… http://flpbd.it/QWXuw Related articles How to Add Humor to Your Website (zemanta.com) … Continue reading Big ass fans: A cool breeze without the noise
Technology Is Useless If It Doesn’t Address a Human Need
Technology Is Useless If It Doesn’t Address A Human Need BY MEAGAN FALLONE, fastcoexist.com Facebook is great for checking out photos of your exes and all, but for social innovators working in the developing world, there’s no point to new technologies unless they make life better for the people they’re trying to help. Editor’s Note … Continue reading Technology Is Useless If It Doesn’t Address a Human Need
Why we need better voting systems
Shame on the Republicans Who Curtailed Early Voting James Fallows, theatlantic.com Hours-long election lines stretching many city blocks are a national embarrassment. And those responsible should be condemned across ideological lines. In 32 states and Washington, D.C., voters are eligible to cast their ballot early with … http://flpbd.it/6byNS Related articles From the Director of the … Continue reading Why we need better voting systems
Infographics Are Hot, Your Boring Data Is Not
Janine Popick, inc.com BASEMENT TO BOARDROOM Turn your boring piles of stats, data and other information into an eye-catching infographic using these three steps. Last week my online marketing company, VerticalResponse, published a big social media… http://flpbd.it/ZcoB9 Infographics Are Hot, Your Boring Data Is Not Related articles Infographics Are Hot, Your Boring Data Is Not … Continue reading Infographics Are Hot, Your Boring Data Is Not
Visualizing how you will die
(via What do people die of? Mortality rates and data for every cause of death in 2011 visualised | News | guardian.co.uk) Related articles Information is Beautiful on how we die (guardian.co.uk) How We All Die, Visualized (gizmodo.com) The visual system as economist: Neural resource allocation in visual adaptation (medicalxpress.com) Data visualization startup Visual.ly grabs … Continue reading Visualizing how you will die
Why you should not build expensive cities near salt water
FYI: Why Does Salt Water Make Hurricane Damage So Much Worse? By Colin Lecher, popsci.com The white stuff can stick around and ruin, well, pretty much everything. That puts the officials trying to fix it on a ticking clock. Sandy crippled the NYC subway system this week, knocking out power, damaging switches, and dumping… http://flpbd.it/udDia … Continue reading Why you should not build expensive cities near salt water
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