Using Bluetooth is very smart, and it means that it can be done in a way that preserves privacy unlike following people around through their cell connections. It should also be more precise.
Article explaining how it works
This is very cool. We are only getting started here: we can't yet imagine all the applications in which deep-learning is going to be applied to.
What a mess. This is another reason to stick with the iPhone.
It's a little sad to me that a comoany with some of the greatest software developers in the world had to clone Oracle/Sun's Java and the iPhone's UI paradigm in order to create Android.
A famous technology entrepreneur said a long time ago that Microsoft has no taste. He was right back then, and he's still right today.
Show where they are going to install fiber. No, it doesn't cover my neighborhood :(
The graphics are really cool.
$35 with three months of free Netflix ($24) means you can justify this toy for $11. I'm addicted to gadgets and I'm fighting myself hard to keep me from buying this. I simply do not own a TV where I can plug it in. My only TV is attached to a Mac mini. And still I want to buy one.
If you have more than one iPad / iPhone or Android equivalent, give this is a try. Impressive demo done with nothing but web technologies.
The comments are interesting too. Here's my take: If you care about your privacy, I recommend against installing software that runs at all times, on a computer you carry with you at all times, that has all sorts of personal information about you, and many sensors to get data on where you are and what you do; when said software is provided for free by a company that profits from gathering your personal data. How much did you pay Google for Android? How much did you pay Facebook for Facebook Home? How do these two companies make money?
It's really cool, but I don't know why anyone would spend this much money on a machine that can run nothing but a browser.
Google removed a useful feature from their best service (according to me) Google Reader: sharing links. They did this in order to shove Google+ down our throats. That's not going well.
So Google Reader users found all sorts of replacements for the feature. Too bad Delicious didn't take advantage of this opportunity to promote their service to Google Reader refugees and maybe create an easy migration tool. Delicious is, as far as I know, the best replacement for it and the best way to share links.
Very interesting article.
Great, now I can have Google misunderstand my Hebrew accent just like Siri does with my English accent!
Asking computer nerds to design social software is a little bit like hiring a Mormon bartender.
Ouch.
As if their gigantic size and jerky interface is not enough, here's another reason you may want to rethink buying an Android phone.
The bottom line is: It costs Android phone makers money and R&D; time to prepare, test, and deploy a software upgrade. But they get nothing in return. Not a cent. Worse even, it would make customers less likely to upgrade their phone.
Israel and Google put a digitized version of the Dead Sea Scrolls online. This is pretty cool.
Search for flights on Google.
The good: Clean interface, super fast.
The bad: No JetBlue.
I like HipMunk, but this is FAAAAST.
I read about one or two Android security problems per day.
Sort of like Gordon, but made by Google. I wonder if there is any relationship. Works well on the examples provided.
Uh oh - Angry Birds for the Chrome Web Store. It's not as "smooth" as the iPhone on the PC I tried it on, even though the hardware is many times faster, but it works and it does not appear to use Flash.
If people get to choose their phones, they. choose 92% iPhones, 6% Android, 2% Windows Phone 7.
Very impressive: Google took their street view technology to several famous museums, so you can work around them. They also scanned several paintings in very very high resolution so that you can zoom in to the smallest detail.
Google doing no evil: they will help digitize Yad Vashem's holocaust archive. Via Moi.
I only expect a specific subset of my readers to understand this.
You've gotta see this YouTube video. Very funny and clever.
Richard Stallman says that cloud computing is evil because all your data is held on to by a third party. Also that it will work because a sucker is born every minute. I don't think people will use it (only) because they are suckers. They will use it because it's so convenient, and people are willing to give up control and/or money in exchange for convenience.
Maybe I'll start using some of these fonts on The MKX®
ArsTechnica examines the tricks used by the screen on Google's Nexus One phone, its pros, cons, and whether their resolution claims are legit.
Google has started their own DNS service. This is the service that converts a domain name such as kirsch.com.mx into the actual Internet Protocol (IP) address such as 208.113.237.11. As you can imagine, this service is accessed almost every time you enter a URL. When you configure your computer to access the internet, you enter the DNS servers provided by your ISP. You can replace them with Google's (8.8.8.8 or 8.8.4.4). In theory, their service will be faster and more secure than what you are probably using now.
Pretty cool Google page with all your account info related to all of Google's services.
Need your help: Click on "Port a number to Google Voice" and "iPhone application". Thanks - Marcos.
Awesome Javascript demos. They seem to work fine with Safari 4.0 beta. Do not try them with IE.
There have been prior archeological discoveries done through Google Earth. Now reports of Atlantis being found came up after the recent release of Google Earth with ocean views. Turns out not to be the case. Interesting nonetheless.
No iPhone killer here.
A much improved beta of Google Reader, optimized for iPhone. Looks a lot better than the old mobile Google Reader joke.
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