Promising tale of Portugal's Salt man Open ... and Shut Open source has long had a strong corporate element to it, perhaps starting in earnest when IBM pledged to spend $1bn on Linux back in 2000. Despite the benefits of corporate funding of open-source software - more money, more source code...
One of today's many , many Spotify announcements was that legendary thrashers Metallica would be coming to the streaming service. As part of the announcement CEO Daniel Ek brought out the bands notoriously outspoken drummer Lars Ulrich and Spotify board member Sean Parker who, as you might...
It's no secret that print media is on its way out , as many regional and niche publications have had to either find a path through the digital wilderness or fold completely. We're still not used to national publications facing that ultimatum, though, which makes Newsweek 's fresh decision to drop...
Only weirdos enjoy hugs in real life. These people, likely hopped up on some sort of drug or whatnot, actually enjoy the physical embrace of another human being. But that’s gross. The touching, the emotion, the germs. Traditional hugging is just ridiculous in the age of the internet. It’s obsolete....
If Mark Zuckerberg is ready to move beyond the hoodie, this may be the thing: A “wearable social media vest” that hugs you when your pals give you Facebook props. Creepy? Sure! But people thought Google Glass eyewear was nuts too. Now Sergey Brin is showing them off at fashion shows , and getting...
Now here is a piece of technological fashion that is certainly very different from others that we have seen before – the Like-A-Hug vest which is connected to your Facebook account. Basically, whenever a friend in your Facebook account “likes” a photo, video or status update, the vest will inflate...
The data scientist in me has a new crush: Google Surveys. Last night, Google’s consumer marketing division released a deliciously rich dataset of citizen reaction to the Democratic National Convention speeches with a rapid response survey. Unlike the notoriously young, liberal bias of social media...
Oh. My Twitter account appears to have been un-suspended. Did I miss much while I was away? Internet Olympics cause celebrity Guy Adams , who will presumably have much more to say , right away.
Microsoft is more than happy to take Google and its Motorola subsidiary to the mat over their alleged patent infringement, but it would much prefer to settle its differencies with the companies more amicably. That’s the message today from Microsoft General Counsel Brad Smith and Horacio Gutierrez,...
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