May 2013
1 post
Exclamation: Your World, in Full Resolution →
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By Marissa Mayer, CEO of Yahoo!
Photos tell the stories — stories we’re inspired to relive, share with our friends, or capture simply to express ourselves. Collecting these moments is a part of our everyday. Since 2005, Flickr has become synonymous with inspiring imagery. Today, we’re thrilled…
April 2013
30 posts
Ubiquitous Computing, Better Batteries, and... →
A Very Short History of Information Technology...
ramialkarmi:
If you were asked to name the top three events in the history of computer technology (or the history of what came to be known as the IT industry), which ones would you choose? Here’s my very short list: http://twt.lu/145qk0z
Lifehacker: Clean Master Frees Up Space on Your... →
Rami Alkarmi.Entrepreneur. Invest. Business... →
ramialkarmi:
The Department of the Navy Chief Information Officer (DON) recently sent out the memo, “Department of the Navy Approach to Cloud Computing .” The memo states that to increase efficiency and achieve necessary cost savings, the department is moving forward to employ capable cloud computing solutions…
Extracting Audio From Pictures →
Watchtechedblog:
7 Little-Known Tech Tools Teachers Should Try Out
There are hundreds of thousands of apps, tools, and websites that teachers could learn from. But, well, teachers don’t have that kinda time. In fact, the lack of time is a big issue when it comes to education technology integration. Handing off an iPad to a teacher and saying ‘there now you have an iPad, go revolutionize learning!’...
Engadget: HTC pays price for One delays, reports... →
engadget-news:
Instead of reaping the rewards of putting out a lovely new flagship, HTC has just reported its lowest ever profit — a mere $2.8 million in unaudited net income — for the last quarter. That compares to $173 million in the same quarter of last year, representing a pretty catastrophic fall of…
Engadget: Samsung building mid-range phone with... →
engadget-news:
Korea’s _ETNews_ doesn’t have a flawless track record with Samsung leaks, but it’s hoping to revive its reputation with this latest sliver of gossip. It’s suggesting that the company is going after those people who think the Galaxy Note is a bit on the weeny side by releasing the…
Downtime Cost - [INFOgraphic]
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Google To Launch Android-Powered Notebook In Q3...
ramialkarmi:
In an attempt to gain greater control of the notebook market, Google may release an Android-powered laptop in the third quarter. http://twt.lu/XbHhAV
PRINTING WITH A CUBIFY ZPRINTER
wiredinsider:
The geckos were printed using a 3D Systems ZPrinter 650, which is a powder-based 3D print process where gypsum powder - what drywall is made of - is bonded with glue layer by layer following a 3D geometry. The geometry is loaded into the printer as a WRML file. As the material binds ink is jetted out and essentially paints the model layer by layer as it prints. ZPrinters are the...
March 2013
25 posts
Engadget: GAME prices OUYA at £99, opens up... →
engadget-news:
American gamers already know where they’ll be able to pick up an OUYA. Our friends across the Atlantic, however, only knew that they’d be able order it online direct from the company. Well, brick-and-mortar stalwart GAME appears to be in line to stock the console in the UK (or at least…
Engadget: Apple patent filing describes phone... →
engadget-news:
Behold, the iPhone 6. Nah, we’re only joking — what you see above is a diagram lifted from an Apple patent application that popped up at the USPTO today, which describes a “consumer electronic product” that’s nothing but screen. The patent involves building a device from an open-ended…
Engadget: Samsung Galaxy S 4 heads to AT&T for... →
engadget-news:
Just two days ago, T-Mobile’s potty-mouthed CEO John Legere gave us a tentative May 1st launch date for Samsung’s Galaxy S 4 on that network. And now, AT&T’s making its S 4 plans public, opening up pre-orders for the device on April 16th. Subscribers that sign-up for a two-year plan…
Engadget: Slickdeals' best in tech for March 27th:... →
engadget-news:
_Looking to save some coin on your tech purchases? Of course you are! In this round-up, we’ll run down a list of the freshest frugal buys, hand-picked with the help of the folks at Slickdeals. You’ll want to act fast, though, as many of these offerings won’t stick around long._
3D…
Engadget: Google Glass will reportedly be built in... →
engadget-news:
That $1,500 price tag for Google Glass Explorer Edition? Perhaps it makes a bit more sense considering that US labor will be used to manufacturer it. According to unnamed sources cited by _Financial Times_, the first run of production-quality Glass headsets will be built in Santa Clara,…
Engadget: Mercedes-Benz introduces B-Class... →
engadget-news:
Electric Vehicle choices keep getting more compelling, and Mercedes-Benz is doing its part by unveiling the upcoming B-Class Electric Drive. The B-Class is among the smaller of MB’s cars (one step up from the A-Class), fitting squarely in the MPV category. It’s basically a mini-minivan….
“By the end of 2013, approximately 25% of all granted patents in the US will be...”
– http://www.chetansharma.com/MobilePatentsLandscape_2013.htm (via futuretechreport)
Engadget: Researchers create hollow fiber optic... →
engadget-news:
Fiber optic cables are usually made of glass or plastic but those materials actually slow down the transmission of light ever so slightly. Researchers at the University of Southampton in the UK have created a hollow fiber optic cable filled with air that’s 1000 times faster than current…
Engadget: T-Mobile's 4G LTE goes live in Phoenix,... →
engadget-news:
T-Mobile has started to roll out 4G services in the Phoenix and San Jose ahead of a press gathering today, according to our tipsters. Screen grabs show the service alive and kicking out speeds in the 20-30Mbps range, though we’ve yet to verify it for ourselves. The company already outed its…
Engadget: NVIDIA's GTX 650 Ti Boost lives up to... →
engadget-news:
By NVIDIA’s own admission, the lower registers of its Kepler-based GeForce graphics cards “couldn’t always tackle [their] originally stated goal” of powering 1080p games with the settings amped up to high. So, after the GeForce GTX 650 and 650 Ti, maybe the third time’s a charm. The…
Engadget: Havok announces Project Anarchy, a new... →
engadget-news:
Havok’s involved itself with mobile gaming for a few years and it’s now taken to this year’s GDC to announce Project Anarchy. This new cross-platform mobile dev engine will include access to its own physics, animation and AI tools — the same as those apparently used in notable series like…
Engadget: InFocus' BigTouch is a 55-inch... →
engadget-news:
Having not seen every single all-in-one PC that’s ever been released, we’ll stop short of saying the InFocus BigTouch is the largest AiO ever to grace the Earth. That said, it’s pretty damn enormous. What we have here is a 55-inch Windows 8 machine — far larger than you probably have room…
