October 2011
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If you were to weigh the Internet, how much would...
With the Internet being as big as it is, one would imagine the weight would be astronomical and could not possibly be calculated. Is it even possible to weigh a virtual network that isn’t tangible?
Apparently so, by weighing the mass of electrons in binary which is what all virtual information is made out of - Internet DNA if you will. With every email, video and image, it has weight. ...
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The best Halloween costume this year
I really like this Halloween costume, it’s really creative and interactive. Just takes two iPads and some fake blood!
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Geometric Superheroes by Liam Brazier
When I think of geometry I think of math, calculation and angles. I used to dislike math, however over the years I like it more now even though I am still not very good at it. Illustrator Liam Brazier views geometric angles in a different way - more so in the form of super heroes. His illustrations are awesome. Here are just a few.
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Anonymous goes toe-to-toe with Los Zetas Mexican...
Los Zetas is one of the top three drug cartels in Mexico where drugs, violence and corruption are taking over downtown Mexico and it’s border cities. The other top drug cartels are the Juarez Cartel and Tijuana Cartel.
Just last month Los Zetas sent a strong warning to social media users who are using the Internet to speak out against them. Now it seems the tables have turned in a...
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At last, caffeine you can inhale
Coffee aficionados might not be happy about this, but I can dig it. Caffeine will soon be available to be delivered via an inhaler. The caffeine inhaler dubbed AeroShot is made by Harvard biomedical engineering professor David Edwards. Professor Edwards is also known for developing other inhaled drugs and vaccines, so this idea sort of came naturally to him. The AeroShot inhaler will hold 6-8...
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Facebook explains security and adds Trusted...
Facebook is introducing a new feature in a few weeks to try to make gaining access to your account easier when you are locked out by adding “Trusted Friends”. With the new feature, you can provide codes to trusted friends, so if your locked out, they can help you get back in.
This seems like a good idea, but you are basically giving your friends access to your accounts. Albeit you...
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How to defend against tear gas #ows
If you are participating in any of the occupy protests across the nation, here is a handy infographic for tips on how to combat the effects of tear gas. Hopefully you won’t need it, but it’s good to have and know. Make sure to do your part after reading this and help Occupy the Internet! via, source
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Hello Google Plus image filters, goodbye...
Google Plus is really starting to step up their game. I am really impressed with their new image filters they just released. Just like Instagram, you can now apply image filters to your photos on Google Plus. But it’s more than what Instagram can do, with additional filters, settings, adjustments to really change your photos. It’s basically a light version of Photoshop which just...
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Google Music Store coming soon
Reports are indicating that Google will be launching their online music store in the next couple of weeks give or take. Google, who launched Beta Music back in early Summer of this year lets you upload your music collections to the Google cloud to give users the ability to listen to their music anywhere, sync to your devices/computers and even play your music offline. According to the Wall...
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The iPhone camera has grown up, check out this...
The iPhone has always been known as the smart phone that is lacking in the camera quality dept. Apps, speed, design, intelligence have all been great qualities of the iPhone and has made it what it is today. The camera though with the previous versions was nothing to write home about. Thankfully, Apple finally addressed this in the iPhone 4 and even more with the iPhone 4S version. Now, the 8...
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Time Lapse: Iceland's Midnight Sun
Every year in the summer months in Iceland the sun never fully sets and you get daylight 24 hours a day. Joe Capra, who is a time lapse cinematographer was able to capture 38,000 images images during this time and create a beautiful time lapse of Iceland’s “Midnight Sun”.
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Twitter is testing out a vertical timeline...
When Twitter made the switch from old Twitter to new Twitter, I was a fan. I really like the new Twitter and think it’s usability stands out. I like being able to click a tweet and see it on the right, it’s actually less work (I know sounds stupid), but I don’t have to scroll. Just move my eyes over. Well, Twitter is testing out yet another version - and this time - I am not...
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Forget a smart phone, how about a smart arm!
Trevor Prideaux who lives in Britain was born without his left arm [pictured inset] and used to have lots of problems trying to use a smart phone with one hand, with his other being a prosthetic arm with a hook. Until one day he thought that it would be a great idea to have his phone embedded into his prosthetic arm.
He used to have to balance his mobile phone on his prosthetic which made it...
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Google contradicts itself with Blogger and Google...
So maybe I am just having a long day or something, but doesn’t it seem that Google is contradicting itself with the Blogger and Google Plus integration? TechCrunch reported yesterday that Google’s blogging platform Blogger will be doing some integration with Google Plus. Then the official Blogger blog posted the planned integration as well confirming what TC was saying.
In the...
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President Obama: Everyday I'm Tumblin'
Well, maybe it won’t be every day, but President Obama just joined Tumblr, the popular social blogging platform. Hooray for change - right? At least he is connecting with the young voters.
Here is an excerpt of the first Obama Tumblr post: “There are lots of reasons we’re excited to be launching the Obama 2012 campaign’s new Tumblr today. But mostly it’s because we’re looking at...
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Apple releases the private Steve Jobs memorial...
Last week Apple held an event to honor the late Steve Jobs who passed away earlier this month. The event was only for Apple employees and retail staff who watched via a private live stream. Some of the speakers were CEO of Apple Tim Cook and former Vice President Al Gore who is on the Apple board. Also guest musical appearances were Nora Jones and Cold Play. The video is 1hr 20 mins, but well...
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OmniTouch turns a wall into a touchscreen
It’s close to 10 years ago now that the sci-fi movie Minority Report with Tom Cruise came out. The movie is based in the year 2054. In the movie, Cruise is able to summon and use apps and keyboards on a clear wall like surface. Back in the year 2002 when the movie came out this seemed somewhat of a very futuristic idea. Well, it actually looks like were are now in the early stages of this...
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New augmented reality campaign for the 2012 VW...
The new Volkswagen Beetle is so much more slick than it’s predecessors. I must admit, it’s sporty and stylish and a big step forward. In the new 2012 marketing campaign from German owned Volkswagen, they are using mobile technology with the use of tablets and smartphones to augment reality. As they say, the advertising should be as impressive as the car. All you have to do is...
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This is the best use of Siri yet
The new voice activated intelligent assistant called Siri on the Apple iPhone 4S has been pretty popular so far and many have been coming up with some funny responses from Siri. But so far, this has been the best utilization I have seen yet. This is really putting Siri to good use!
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The 20 most annoying tech-related words
In a new survey in the UK by Yougov for Computeractive 2,054 people were polled and found the most annoying tech-related word to be “sexting” with 24% of the votes. Sexting is sending explicit photos and text messages via mobile phones. Coming in a close second for most annoying was “intexicated” at 13%. Intexicated means to drive and text at the same time. ...
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Google recants, will soon allow pseudo-names on...
Pseudonyms which are fake names or what I like to call pseudo-names up until now have not been allowed on Google Plus. Its been a major battle in the social community to allow fake names or not on Google Plus and of course on other platforms like Facebook.
Google has taken the stance to not allow them at all and have gone through a lot of measures to enforce it in the community. I have always...
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Wednesday's at 9:30AM EST is the peak sharing time
AddThis, the popular social sharing button on websites all over the Internet (including BitShare) just turned 5 yrs old. To celebrate they created an infographic that shows some interesting social sharing behaviors. Everyone always wonders when the best time to post blogs are, how about Wednesdays at 9am? Another factoid is Tumblr continues to grow with 532% growth, but Twitter has the best all...
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11 of Fortune's Top 40 under 40 are in the...
Fortune just published their annual Top 40 under 40 list of entrepreneurs and business people. 11 of the 40 are in technology such as Mark Zuckerberg CEO of Facebook who tops the list. Some other not surprising names are Larry Page CEO of Google and Jack Dorsey Executive Chairman of Twitter. Facebook and Twitter are also two of the Top 10 Paying tech companies whose average employee salary is...
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Google built a never ending bookcase
In a Chrome Experiment from Google, they built their very own online WebGL infinite bookcase. The bookcase just like a real one lets you browse books by subject, over 10,000 of them. The bookcase is three dimensional and by clicking on any book it will open up to Google Books using their API. If this bookcase looks familar to you, it’s because back in July Google built a live and working...
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4Chan founder Chris Poole understands the social...
“Google and Facebook would have you believe that you are a mirror. There is one reflection that you have, one idea of self. What you see in that mirror is what everybody else sees. But in fact, we are more like diamonds. You can look at people from any angle and you can see something totally different and yet there still the same.” - Chris Poole at the Web 2.0 Summit. Poole...
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The future of technology is all about mobile
At the Web 2.0 Summit, analyst Mary Meeker presented a fantastic slide show presentation of Internet and technology trends we have been seeing as of late including projections of the future of technology and where it is going. In summary, technology is growing tremendously. I think we all know that already though. Meeker expounds that mobile tech is growing but the room for growth is through...
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Watch two iPhone 4S' get launched into space
Maybe the “S” in iPhone 4S stands for Space? Maybe not, but in this video by Final Cut King, they launch two iPhone 4S’ into space with a weather balloon. Similar to when an Android phone was launched into space, you get a great visual from up above the clouds of Earth with the iPhone 4S’ new 8 megapixel camera lens.
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Quantum Levitation is bad ass
I am not even going to pretend like I really understand the physics behind this, but in this video courtesy of the Association of Science-Technology Centers (ASTC), it displays how a quantum superconductor can be “locked” in a magnetic field. The superconductivity phenomena is also known as “quantum trapping” and “quantum levitation.”
If I had to equate...
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The Web 2.0 Summit Interactive Map
Each year at the Web 2.0 Summit, they have a map of online properties, companies and networks where it’s displayed how they share the space on an interactive map. This year’s interactive map includes a new layer of data that adds even more information to the map.
The map seems to be a take on the original XKCD Map of Online Communities but with a broader purpose. The XKCD map took...
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Graphicly is helping bring comic books to iTunes
With the launch of iOS5 and iPhone 4S comes a new featured app called Newsstand. With Newsstand, you can purchase newspapers and magazines through iTunes, just like with iBooks and have it stored in the new app.
There are a few apps available already in Newsstand such as the New York Times. In addition to newspapers and magazines, several big publishers are bringing comic books to Newsstand...
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TV is no longer a first priority
42% of Americans are no longer sitting back and watching TV only; they are perusing their tablets while 40% are on mobile phones. I do this too. It’s almost second nature to have the TV on, but it’s not a priority anymore. It’s something that may be on in the background but the computer is becoming first priority. Now even more so with tablets and smart phones TV is falling to...
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10 funny responses from Siri, the new iPhone 4S...
Since the release of the new iPhone 4S, people have been getting some lighthearted answers from the new Apple Intelligent Assistant called Siri. Siri is a voice activated feature that you can ask questions to get easy and quick answers. For example you can ask “what is the weather?”, “how do I get home?” or “what time is it?” There are actually a lot more...
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LinkedIn for the thin-resume
Every titan of industry who didn’t inherit their position started out with a resume just as thin as that of the next budding business person. Nothing about this changed with the advent of such online networking sites as LinkedIn. Still, many ambitious individuals just starting on their business administration degree may believe that they don’t have enough experience to start a profile...
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New trend has Internet passwords being left in...
According to a new survey by Goldsmiths at the University of London in the United Kingdom there is a new trend that is surfacing for people who are leaving their successors their Internet passwords in their wills. People of the UK probably suffer from the same issues that we all do; lots of passwords for multiple websites/services that contain important and sensitive data. Think about all the...
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Deja Vu: Google Plus passes over 40 million users
Wait, what? Google Plus just reached over 40 million users? Just over two weeks ago it was estimated that Google Plus was already at 43 million users. This 43 million user milestone was a best case scenario guess and not officially from Google.
Larry Page, CEO of Google just wrapped up the Quarter Three Earnings call and states “Revenue was up 33% year on year and our quarterly revenue...
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By the year 2020 there will be 24 billion...
In less than 10 years, there will be over double the amount of connected devices worldwide. When I say connected devices I mean technology that is connected over the Internet using Cloud Computing. When someone says “Cloud” and is talking about technology, they probably aren’t talking about if it’s going to rain or not. Cloud Computing is basically technology like...
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YouTube is having a Space Lab Experiment contest...
YouTube has put up a challenge to anyone interested for a new contest called YouTube Space Lab. The contest challenge is simple: Create an experiment that can be conducted in outer space aboard the International Space Station (ISS). Contestants just need to think of the idea for the experiment, not actually conduct it. Then explain and try to demonstrate the idea on a YouTube video submission....
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Angry Birds speaker docks for iPhone and iPad
The obsession over Angry Birds may finally be getting out of hand. From apps to videos to stuffed toys, Angry Birds continues to be an exploding brand. Gear4 is even coming out with Angry Birds speaker docks. There are three docks: Red Bird, Black Bird and Helmet Pig and they will play back audio and charge your devices at the same time. They don’t have sound effects unfortunately. The...
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Adobe introduces Photoshop Touch for tablets
Photoshop which is the most powerful desktop illustration program known and also the most expensive, has made a mobile app that will be available for tablets. The Adobe Photoshop Touch initially will be available on Android and in early 2012 will be available on the iPad.
The new Photoshop Touch app will bring most of the desktop features to tablets like layering, selection tools and filters and...
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Adidas unveils it's new high tech intelligent...
Adidas is introducing a new “intelligent” soccer shoe called the Adizero F50 Boot that will be able to track and monitor player’s performance using a “SPEED CELL” chip that is placed in bottom of the shoe.
The new intelligent soccer shoe will be able to track and record every few seconds a players speed, maximum speed, number of sprints, distance, distance at high...
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Tired of online ad-targeting, here is a solution
I don’t mind online ads too much, they don’t bother me. For some though, they don’t like to see “lose weight with these pills” or “find your soul mate here!”. I guess they get offended. If you are one of those people, here is a simple illustration of how to solve your problems without taking any medication. Good luck! via, source
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The European Extremely Large Telescope
The alien hunter telescope or otherwise creatively named The European Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT) is a new optical telescope which will be the biggest telescope in the world. The telescopic mirror alone will be 137 feet wide (half the size of a football field) and the entire telescope structure will weigh 2700 tons. The E-ELT will be able to gather 13 times more light than any other...
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Facebook's iPad app officially gets released
Facebook finally got around to releasing their official Facebook iPad App. There are a few Facebook iPad apps in the App Store but until now none were officially created and managed by Facebook. The iPad app does all the things you would expect from an iPad app similar to the iPhone app. It has big photos, tap and slide gestures, easy navigation, geo-location for friend discovery, messaging,...
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Please save us, Zynga's FarmVille is going to be...
Word on the Internet is that Zynga is in talks with the makers of Toy Story to create an animated movie based off of the popular Facebook game FarmVille. The premise of the game is to build a farm by planting trees, harvesting crops and tending to livestock.
If a movie comes out based solely on FarmVille, let me be clear, it’s going to suck horribly and what the fuck are the makers of Toy...
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The iPhone: An animated journey through time
The iPhone wasn’t just a project that happened over night. It took a lot of ingenuity and creativity partly based off other products and innovators in the technology industry. Steve Jobs was able to put it all together and come up with the iPhone. CNET UK created this video animation that gives the history of the iPhone. I hope they create a video for the iPad too because this is really...
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The Social Neighbors
What if social media sites were your neighbors? Would Facebook be all that fun to hang out with or would it be Google Plus? Maybe YouTube is too loud and would be annoying? And who is that in the basement looking all lonely; is that Myspace? Source
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A nice goodbye Pixar illustration for Steve Jobs
For a period of time back in the 1980’s, Steve Jobs left Apple (was forced out) and went to Pixar. Pixar you should know from famous animation movies like Toy Story, Cars, Finding Nemo and Incredibles. Jobs later went on to buy Pixar for around $10 million.
Pixar and Jobs worked with Disney on a partnership to create and distribute all the famous Pixar movies that we know and love today....
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Day and Night I'm Tumbling (Tumblr Song)
Kaleb Nation, a YouTube vlogger likes Tumblr, a lot. So much so he made his very own Tumblr song. I dig it because well, day and night I’m tumblin’ too! You can check out his Tumblr here.
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Google Earth reaches 1 billion downloads
Google Earth is an application that you download to your desktop or mobile app where you can go anywhere on the planet and view places that maybe you only dreamed of going to one day, including going beyond Earth to places like the Moon or Mars.
Google Earth has many features, too many to list, but the main idea is you can view any place from afar or up close using street view, similar to Google...
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Time Lapse video: Landscapes
Here’s another awesome time lapse video. Created by Dustin Farrell, the video is taken in Arizona and Utah using a Canon 5D2 DSLR and motion control to create amazing imagery of some beautiful landscapes.
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