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Monthly Archives: August 2013
Maxwell Smart Fashion.
Google’s purchase of WIMM Labs looks like another move by the firm to press-on with the often-rumored, Smart-watch debut that could come as early as this fall… (Source) The Verge: http://goo.gl/gvCNLk
The Silicon Dragon?
With the high-profile, hiring of a (now former) Google Executive, Xiaomi looks to be focused on branching out past their current market (Hong Kong, PRC and Taiwan). Moreover, with the firm beginning to make an earnest challenge of Samsung in … Continue reading
Expect More…
It’s clear with the recent news that more hacking attacks via organizations such as SEA will continue to be / become commonplace as cyber-espionage shows no shows of abating anytime soon. (Source) ZD Net: http://goo.gl/Wcwc5e
Skynet?
For those keeping score, it is not any consolation that Facebook reportedly fends off more international government requests for one’s personal details than the firm does from the American government… (Source) NY Times: http://goo.gl/NKUi2F
A Caelo Usque Ad Centrum.
Images from the Planet Mars with Latin captions equals an interesting Social Networking feed. (Source) BBC: http://goo.gl/tXXU5g
Crossing Generations.
For all their recent challenges / failings, etc. (e.g, Smartphones / Tablets) there is one thing that can be said about Microsoft: rare is it for a firm to not only topple so many rivals (recall Netscape as but one … Continue reading
Ticker-tape Tweets.
Old is new as an updated, retro ticker-tape machine (built on a 19th Century design) has begun printing out tweets (via Twitter). (Source) BBC: http://goo.gl/RzAi48
Obviously…
Remember when Ma Bell was deregulated in order to ‘spur the free-hand of the market / innovation, etc?’ Welcome (again) to what supposedly the Telecommunication Industry was deregulated for: Monopolies. As America continues to fall further behind in high-speed (home) … Continue reading
3D Scanning.
The ‘next big thing’ is set to be released in October as 3D desktop scanning becomes commercially available… (Source) BBC: http://goo.gl/v6MIMd
An ‘Endless’ Tap.
As America’s (and, the world’s) integration with technology marches on and the Orwellian-reality of Big Brother watching continues to be revealed – is it worth asking: If life is imitating art we have the capacity to envision otherwise – why … Continue reading