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Mountain View?
Street View: The World’s Highest Peaks was released by Google today (demonstrating, yet again, just how prevalent GPS / mapping technology has become today). (Source) PC Magazine: http://goo.gl/oNRa4 Tweet
What Would Bono Do?
Recall the introduction to U2′s Elevation tour (whereas Bono’s wearing a pair of glasses allowing for a bird’s eye view of the crowd)… that said, is life imitating art and/or vice versa? (Source) PC Magazine: http://goo.gl/awkDU Tweet
Talking Shoe.
Move over Google Glass (although we hardly got to know it) as Google’s Talking Shoe debuts at SXSW. (Source) Techcrunch: http://goo.gl/D8kx3 Tweet
You’re Being Watched.
According to the Google Transparency Report, the FBI is (regularly) surveilling your ‘net activity. However, the firm can’t determine how extensive their level of monitoring is. (Source) Times of India: http://goo.gl/tL4Ra Tweet
Real Men Wear…
No Marketing-spin here, right?! (Source) eWeek: http://goo.gl/PpLlq Tweet
Ok, Glass.
See for yourself… (Source) Google: http://goo.gl/ZmA0g Tweet
Bespectacled.
For the vision-impaired, this technology could be immensely beneficial. For a Minority Report purview of the world at-large, this could easily be called into question… So, what will the end-result be: more people walking in semi-zombie state from staring at … Continue reading
Docs Blocked!
High-expertise in one area obviously doesn’t denote such in another as evidenced by Oxford’s blocking of Google Docs. (Source) Information Week: http://goo.gl/hnA9Q Tweet
A Troubling Trend.
With more than 2/3 of all governmental requests for individual / end-user data originating from within America (aside from continuing to increase globally) two points are worth noting: one) how unaware the vast majority of people are the world-over regarding … Continue reading
‘Good Will’ Goes Far?
Perhaps it isn’t deja vu all over again (as the saying goes) regarding the FTC’s (Anti-Trust) investigation of Google… Unlike, Redmond’s experience times have obviously changed… So what gives?; the Internet Boom has long since gone bust; decentralization; a continued … Continue reading
