“For as long as I can remember, the release of a new version of Windows represents an opportunity for the media to opine on the future of Microsoft. The company will either thrive or vanish into irrelevance based on this latest iteration of Windows. Such reasoning tends to look silly in hindsight. After all, Microsoft minted plenty of money during the dismal Vista days and minted plenty of money during the well-received Windows 7 era.” Von Ashlee Vance > Weiter bei Bloomberg Businessweek
Link: How far mobile phones have come in the past 31 years [...]
Von Robin Wauters > Weiter bei The Next Web
Neue Gegenwart Contemporary
Bis zum 27. Januar 2013 zeigt Neue Gegenwart Contemporary Werke des belgischen Fotografen Bert Danckaert.
BERT DANCKAERT: Simple Present
http://contemporary.neuegegenwart.de/
Link: “Scanning Your Home With Kinect Could Improve 3-D Robot Vision”
“Seeking a way to crowdsource better computer vision, roboticists have launched a website that allows users to record pieces of their environments in 3-D with a Kinect camera.” Von Dave Mosher > Weiter bei Wired Science
Link: “With Creativity, the Computing Industry Can Survive Windows 8″
“For as long as I can remember, the release of a new version of Windows represents an opportunity for the media to opine on the future of Microsoft. The company will either thrive or vanish into irrelevance based on this latest iteration of Windows. Such reasoning tends to look silly in hindsight. After all, Microsoft minted plenty of money during the dismal Vista days and minted plenty of money during the well-received Windows 7 era.” Von Ashlee Vance > Weiter bei Bloomberg Businessweek
Link: Photo Essay: Curiosity’s Mission to Mars
“Key moments in the rover’s journey from NASA’s JPL to the surface of the red planet” (Conor Myhrvold, Bilder: NASA/JPL-Caltech) > Weiter bei Technology Review
Link: “Why Apple Will Turn to Holograms”
“Look around your office hallway or college campus and you’ll see people holding interactive panes of glass. Smartphones and tablets, so revolutionary a few years ago, are quickly becoming commodities.” Von Ben Kunz > Weiter bei Bloomberg Businessweek
Link: “Google’s New Brain Could Have a Big Impact”
“Late last month, Google’s search engine got significantly smarter. A store of information dubbed the “Knowledge Graph” now adds useful context and detail to the list of links that Google serves up. Searching for certain people, places, or things produces a box of facts alongside the regular results. The Knowledge Graph is already starting to appear in a few other Google products, and could be used to add intelligence to all of the company’s software.” Von Tom Simonite > Weiter bei Technology Review