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Link: Google Wants You to Control Your Gadgets with Finger Gestures, Conductive Clothing

Björn Brückerhoff — Tue, 09 Jun 2015 10:10:03 +0000

“New Google technology addresses the tiny screen problem by letting you control wearables with tiny gestures, or by touching your clothes.” Von Tom Simonite, MIT Technology Review > Weiter bei MIT Technology Review

Link: Rebooting the Human Genome

Björn Brückerhoff — Sat, 06 Jun 2015 10:00:51 +0000

“The official map of the human genome can’t tell you everything about your genes. Does graph theory offer a better way?” Von Antonio Regalado, MIT Technology Review > Weiter bei MIT Technology Review

Link: Pew study: When it comes to political news, Facebook has become local TV for millennials

Björn Brückerhoff — Thu, 04 Jun 2015 10:00:47 +0000

“For baby boomers, local TV is the top source for politics news. Millenials are getting it from their News Feed.” Von Joseph Lichterman, Nieman Lab > Weiter bei Nieman Lab

Link: Your First Look at Oculus’ Adorable New Filmy-Gamey Thing

Björn Brückerhoff — Wed, 03 Jun 2015 07:08:23 +0000

“Nearly six months ago, Oculus came to the Sundance Film Festival to announce its new “storytelling” division, Oculus Story Studio. They screened a compelling, Pixaresque short called Lost, and claimed that they were hard at work on five titles.” Von Peter Rubin, Wired > Weiter bei Wired

Link: “Nine Designers Imagine the British Flag Without Scotland”

Björn Brückerhoff — Thu, 18 Sep 2014 08:42:25 +0000

“If Scotland takes itself out of the United Kingdom, it would probably make sense for the United Kingdom to remove Scotland from its flag. Yes, the Union Jack as we know it might be at stake in Thursday’s referendum on Scottish independence. The British flag’s blue-and-white cross represents Scotland.” Von Belinda Lanks > Weiter bei Bloomberg Businessweek

Link: “Spacefight: Jeff Bezos Declares War on Elon Musk”

Björn Brückerhoff — Thu, 18 Sep 2014 08:35:10 +0000

“Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk are officially at war. And how.

On Wednesday, Bezos presided over a press conference in which his rocket company Blue Origin formed a partnership with United Launch Alliance, or ULA. The deal between the companies will see Blue Origin develop an engine for use with ULA’s rockets, which currently carry U.S. government and military satellites to space.” Von Ashlee Vance > Weiter bei Bloomberg Businessweek

Link: “Startup Wants You to Capture the World in 3-D”

Björn Brückerhoff — Tue, 29 Jul 2014 18:41:27 +0000

“Mantis Vision is developing 3-D scanning technology that could end up in lots of tablets.” Von Rachel Metz > Weiter bei MIT Technology Report

Link: “The year of the tablet: Gartner predicts global shipments will finally overtake PCs in 2015″

Björn Brückerhoff — Mon, 14 Jul 2014 08:00:54 +0000

“Research firm Gartner is predicting that 2015 will be the year in which the number of tablet devices finally overtakes the number of PCs shipped worldwide. The company’s latest report foresees that the number of traditional PCs (that includes both desktops and notebooks) and ultramobile devices will reach 317 million in 2015, up slightly from its estimate of 308 million for this year. In contrast, Gartner estimates that the number of tablet devices will increase from 256 million in 2014 to 321 million in 2015.” Von Jon Russell > Weiter bei The Next Web

Link: “With Revenue Roaring, Twitter’s Advertising Team Is Untouched by Turmoil”

Björn Brückerhoff — Sat, 12 Jul 2014 14:00:22 +0000

“Twitter‘s top executive ranks have been transformed in the last year, from its general counsel to, most recently, its chief financial officer. Many of the executives have left or been pushed out as Twitter’s chief executive, Dick Costolo, has brought in a new team to try to increase sluggish user growth at the social network. But in one very important area of the company — Twitter’s ad business — the leadership has remained relatively untouched.” Von Mike Isaac und Vindu Goel > Weiter bei The New York Times

Link: “The Great American Road Trip Has Gone Electric”

Björn Brückerhoff — Thu, 10 Jul 2014 12:00:17 +0000

“The road trip may be the perfect expression of American’s obsession with freedom. The ability to hop in a car and go wherever we want whenever we want has inspired a canon’s worth of books and films. It is the stuff of dreams, and very often of vacations.” Von Alex Davies > Weiter bei Wired