Google's Schmidt Predicts an Android for Everyone on the Planet - NYTimes.com
""The smartphone revolution will be universal and a mobile experience to be available to almost everyone at a fraction of the price,” he said. “If Google gets it right, there will be an Android in every pocket, and at the current growth rate, it is certainly possible.”
Mr. Schmidt said 850,000 Android phones are activated every day, and 300 million Android devices have been activated.
That figure doubled in the last six months, and “eventually it’ll be a trillion and we’ll run out of people,” he said.
The company’s scale, he said, could be instrumental in changing how the world works and how technological innovation happens.
“A new intelligent infrastructure will emerge, we would argue, powered by Android,” he said. “This is something Google is working on.”"
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
iPhone 4S Mercedes-Benz
Mercedes-Benz Integrates iPhone 4S and Siri into New Models | News & Opinion | PCMag.com
"Mercedes-Benz has announced plans to integrate the iPhone and Siri's voice control functions into its new A-Class vehicle"
"Mercedes-Benz has announced plans to integrate the iPhone and Siri's voice control functions into its new A-Class vehicle"
41-Megapixel Nokia PureView 808
Hands On With the 41-Megapixel Nokia PureView 808 | News & Opinion | PCMag.com
The default mode records 5-megapixel images by condensing seven pixels into one, but you can turn off that default and get 38-megapixel pictures if you feel you can handle the file size. The 5-megapixel mode offers dramatically reduced noise and improved image quality because it's oversampling, though, and that's the mode Nokia thinks most people will be using most often.
The default mode records 5-megapixel images by condensing seven pixels into one, but you can turn off that default and get 38-megapixel pictures if you feel you can handle the file size. The 5-megapixel mode offers dramatically reduced noise and improved image quality because it's oversampling, though, and that's the mode Nokia thinks most people will be using most often.
Hacking America’s Future
podcast radio
Hacking America’s Future | On Point with Tom Ashbrook
Chinese hackers and American R&D. Is this country’s future being stolen?
...The theft in particular of American trade secrets – American R&D, the fruits of American ingenuity. We’re told it is happening on a vast scale. A scale so great it could change America’s future. Steal it.
Traveling Light in a Time of Digital Thievery
When Kenneth G. Lieberthal, a China expert at the Brookings Institution, travels to that country, he follows a routine that seems straight from a spy film.
He leaves his cellphone and laptop at home and instead brings “loaner” devices, which he erases before he leaves the United States and wipes clean the minute he returns. In China, he disables Bluetooth and Wi-Fi, never lets his phone out of his sight and, in meetings,not only turns off his phone but also removes the battery, for fear his microphone could be turned on remotely...
Hacking America’s Future | On Point with Tom Ashbrook
Chinese hackers and American R&D. Is this country’s future being stolen?
...The theft in particular of American trade secrets – American R&D, the fruits of American ingenuity. We’re told it is happening on a vast scale. A scale so great it could change America’s future. Steal it.
Traveling Light in a Time of Digital Thievery
When Kenneth G. Lieberthal, a China expert at the Brookings Institution, travels to that country, he follows a routine that seems straight from a spy film.
He leaves his cellphone and laptop at home and instead brings “loaner” devices, which he erases before he leaves the United States and wipes clean the minute he returns. In China, he disables Bluetooth and Wi-Fi, never lets his phone out of his sight and, in meetings,not only turns off his phone but also removes the battery, for fear his microphone could be turned on remotely...
JSON Formatter
Since Javascript/ECMAscript is a programming language of the future,
(just ask Google - Chrome Apps and Microsoft - Windows 8 Apps :)
and JSON is a data format for that language,
it is natural that a good JSON viewer is available
as a single-page web javascript app:
Collapsible JSON Formatter - view your json code in colors
Sunday, February 26, 2012
Saturday, February 25, 2012
Upside-down text
Transformation of text - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
There is a lot of interesting characters in 65000+ Unicode signs,
including upside-down letters...
"z ʎ x ʍ ʌ n ʇ s ɹ b d o u ɯ l ʞ ɾ ı ɥ ɓ ɟ ǝ p ɔ q ɐ"
There is a lot of interesting characters in 65000+ Unicode signs,
including upside-down letters...
"z ʎ x ʍ ʌ n ʇ s ɹ b d o u ɯ l ʞ ɾ ı ɥ ɓ ɟ ǝ p ɔ q ɐ"
Thursday, February 23, 2012
Windows on iPad, 1000x faster internet
OnLive Desktop Plus Puts Windows 7 on the iPad in Blazing Speed - State of the Art - NYTimes.com
Remote desktop-like app for iPad, accessing Windows VM with Microsoft Office,
running on data center with 1 gigabit Internet connection...
If ever there were a poster child for the potential of cloud computing, OnLive is it. This is jaw-dropping, extremely polished technology. It opens up a universe of software and horsepower that live far beyond the iPad’s wildest dreams — with no more effort on your part than a few taps on glass.
And it is free, including Office, and 2GB storage.
Fast internet connection and web browser (that supports Flash) on VM, is $5/month.
Remote desktop-like app for iPad, accessing Windows VM with Microsoft Office,
running on data center with 1 gigabit Internet connection...
If ever there were a poster child for the potential of cloud computing, OnLive is it. This is jaw-dropping, extremely polished technology. It opens up a universe of software and horsepower that live far beyond the iPad’s wildest dreams — with no more effort on your part than a few taps on glass.
And it is free, including Office, and 2GB storage.
Fast internet connection and web browser (that supports Flash) on VM, is $5/month.
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Udacity - Educating the 21st Century
Udacity - Educating the 21st Century
New udacity classes have started!
And the logo has changed:)
The technology is improved since AI-class,
by using color pens, and interactive python programming inside of web browser!
New udacity classes have started!
And the logo has changed:)
The technology is improved since AI-class,
by using color pens, and interactive python programming inside of web browser!
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
ASP.NET MVC 4 Beta
ASP.NET MVC 4 Beta - ScottGu's Blog
Bundling and Minification
Entity Framework 4.3
Web API
Mobile Web
Razor Enhancements
Async Support and WebSockets
Sunday, February 19, 2012
Internet of Things
wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_of_Things
Podcast: Andy Piper | MQ Telemetry Transport (MQTT) @ ITconversations
Podcast: How Twine Can Tie The World Together @ ITconversations
Twine is a wireless module tightly integrated with a cloud-based service. The module has WiFi, on-board temperature and vibration sensors, and an expansion connector for other sensors. Power is supplied by the on-board micro USB or two AAA batteries (and Twine will email you when you need to change the batteries).
The Spool web app makes it simple to set up and monitor your Twines from a browser anywhere. You set rules to trigger messages — no programming needed. The rules are put together with a palette of available conditions and actions, and read like English: WHEN moisture sensor gets wet THEN tweet "The basement is flooding!" We'll get you started with a bunch of rule sets, and you can share rules you create with other Twine owners.
Funding by: Kickstarter, the world's largest funding platform for creative projects. Every week, tens of thousands of amazing people pledge millions of dollars to projects from the worlds of music, film, art, technology, design, food, publishing and other creative fields.
Podcast: Andy Piper | MQ Telemetry Transport (MQTT) @ ITconversations
Podcast: How Twine Can Tie The World Together @ ITconversations
Twine is a wireless module tightly integrated with a cloud-based service. The module has WiFi, on-board temperature and vibration sensors, and an expansion connector for other sensors. Power is supplied by the on-board micro USB or two AAA batteries (and Twine will email you when you need to change the batteries).
The Spool web app makes it simple to set up and monitor your Twines from a browser anywhere. You set rules to trigger messages — no programming needed. The rules are put together with a palette of available conditions and actions, and read like English: WHEN moisture sensor gets wet THEN tweet "The basement is flooding!" We'll get you started with a bunch of rule sets, and you can share rules you create with other Twine owners.
Funding by: Kickstarter, the world's largest funding platform for creative projects. Every week, tens of thousands of amazing people pledge millions of dollars to projects from the worlds of music, film, art, technology, design, food, publishing and other creative fields.
iPod -> Thermostat
Nest | The Learning Thermostat | Living With Nest
Tony Fadell, person who was instrumental in creating iPod and iPhone,
is now making "smart" devices for saving energy...
...Tony led the team (in Apple) that created the first 18 generations of the iPod
and the first three generations of the iPhone...
Tony has authored more than 100 patents...
Tony Fadell, person who was instrumental in creating iPod and iPhone,
is now making "smart" devices for saving energy...
...Tony led the team (in Apple) that created the first 18 generations of the iPod
and the first three generations of the iPhone...
Tony has authored more than 100 patents...
Saturday, February 18, 2012
Introduction to Computing - Book Online Free
Introduction to Computing
Explorations in Language, Logic, and Machines
by David Evans
University of Virginia Course
The Best Android Phones
The Best Android Phones - Slideshow from PCMag.com
Side-by-side
A Closer Look: Comparing Apple's iPhone 4S and Samsung's Galaxy Nexus
By Michael J. Miller (PC Mag)
Galaxy Nexus, with its 4.65-inch display, is a lot larger than the iPhone 4S, which has a 3.5-inch display. The Nexus measures 5.3-by-2.7-by-0.4 inches, while the iPhone measures 4.5-by-2.31-by-.37 inches...
The Nexus display is not only physically bigger, but it also offers higher 1280-by-720-pixel resolution, compared with the iPhone's 960-by-480...
Nexus display uses Samsung's "Super AMOLED" organic LED display, but uses Samsung's PenTile technology (which has two subpixels per dot, not three)...
In practice, though, the iPhone looks quite good and is typically brighter.
Screen technology is getting complicated... comparing apples and oranges...
PenTile
matrix family refers to a family of patented subpixel matrix schemes used in electronic device displays. PenTile is a trademark of Samsung.
Side-by-side
A Closer Look: Comparing Apple's iPhone 4S and Samsung's Galaxy Nexus
By Michael J. Miller (PC Mag)
Galaxy Nexus, with its 4.65-inch display, is a lot larger than the iPhone 4S, which has a 3.5-inch display. The Nexus measures 5.3-by-2.7-by-0.4 inches, while the iPhone measures 4.5-by-2.31-by-.37 inches...
The Nexus display is not only physically bigger, but it also offers higher 1280-by-720-pixel resolution, compared with the iPhone's 960-by-480...
Nexus display uses Samsung's "Super AMOLED" organic LED display, but uses Samsung's PenTile technology (which has two subpixels per dot, not three)...
In practice, though, the iPhone looks quite good and is typically brighter.
Screen technology is getting complicated... comparing apples and oranges...
PenTile
matrix family refers to a family of patented subpixel matrix schemes used in electronic device displays. PenTile is a trademark of Samsung.
Friday, February 17, 2012
Windows 8 Logo
Microsoft Unveils Bland, Blue Windows 8 Logo | News & Opinion | PCMag.com
Intended to look like a real window...
Windows 8 Consumer Preview Event Feb. 29
Intended to look like a real window...
Windows 8 Consumer Preview Event Feb. 29
Nevada Approves Rules for Self-Driving Cars
Nevada Approves Rules for Self-Driving Cars | News & Opinion | PCMag.com
Google ... said that its cars had traveled more than 160,000 miles without incident...
Sergey Brin, a Google co-founder... wants the self-driving car to drive a million miles without an accident. The company has also patented a "landing strip" for the cars, able to orient it or transfer information to it via short-range wireless technologies.
Audi and Volkswagen are also developing autonomous cars
Google ... said that its cars had traveled more than 160,000 miles without incident...
Sergey Brin, a Google co-founder... wants the self-driving car to drive a million miles without an accident. The company has also patented a "landing strip" for the cars, able to orient it or transfer information to it via short-range wireless technologies.
Audi and Volkswagen are also developing autonomous cars
Thursday, February 16, 2012
Apple iOS in 2011 > Macs in 28 years
Apple sold more iOS devices in 2011 than it sold Macs in 28 years | ZDNet
Apple have sold 140 million Macs running some form of OS X to date in the 28 years they have been available on the market. It sold 55 million iPads to date, and sold 22 million iPods in the first five years since the first device were out on the market. The company sold around 175 million iPhones to date, with 37 million of them in the last quarter alone.
In a nutshell: the iOS device collective reached 316 million cumulative units at the end of last year, while the Mac collective sold only 122 million cumulatively to date.
Transcript: Apple CEO Tim Cook at Goldman Sachs
55 million iPads sold to date
it took about 3 years to sell that many iPhones.
It took about 5 years to sell 22 million iPods,
it took 22 years to sell 55 million Macs.
Apple have sold 140 million Macs running some form of OS X to date in the 28 years they have been available on the market. It sold 55 million iPads to date, and sold 22 million iPods in the first five years since the first device were out on the market. The company sold around 175 million iPhones to date, with 37 million of them in the last quarter alone.
In a nutshell: the iOS device collective reached 316 million cumulative units at the end of last year, while the Mac collective sold only 122 million cumulatively to date.
Transcript: Apple CEO Tim Cook at Goldman Sachs
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
jqMobi
jqMobi
Another JavaScript framework, in this case strictly leveraging HTML5,
and this makes it possible to optimize more and get better performance,
claiming 2.5x faster than "classic" jQuery (Mobile)
And there is more...
www.appmobi.com
mobiUs
the new browser that changes mobile apps forever
Quite simply, mobiUs lets your smartphone run HTML5-based web apps
that look and feel exactly the same as "native" apps from the app store.
directCanvas: 10x faster than HTML5 canvas
How does directCanvas accelerate game graphics rendering?
Modern WebKit browsers perform an amazing amount of processing
in order to convert HTML5 canvas commands into a fully rendered page.
Reflowing text, mapping hot spots, creating indexes for reference links,
on and on. A typical game requires none of this functionality,
but the processing overhead is still there.
OK, so this is (almost) the same as Windows 8 :)
Just for Android and iOS...
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Grammy Awards Live, 1988, 2012
Whitney Houston - One Moment In Time (Grammy Awards Live 1988) - YouTube
@Wikipedia |
lyrics
Adele - Rolling in the deep - Grammy 2012
lyrics
Many contrasts:
bright vs. dark mood
white vs. black dress
dark vs. blonde hair
big voice vs big mess
... find more...
@Wikipedia |
lyrics
Adele - Rolling in the deep - Grammy 2012
lyrics
Many contrasts:
Monday, February 13, 2012
Stanford Engineering Everywhere
Stanford School of Engineering - Stanford Engineering Everywhere
"Stanford Engineering Everywhere is an online portal offering ten courses from Stanford’s School of Engineering— including the three-course introductory sequence in Computer Science— free of charge.
SEE offers course content available to Stanford students including instructional videos, reading lists and materials and class assignments. And SEE allows you to communicate with fellow SEE students online.
SEE encourages fellow educators to use Stanford course materials in their own classrooms.
Note: SEE courses cannot be taken for credit and do not include access to Stanford-restricted computers, libraries, or services. Content may not include all the material used in the campus offering and cannot be used for commercial purposes."
Example:
introduction to computer science | programming paradigms
Instructor: Cain, Jerry
COURSE CONTENT:
Course Home
Lectures (Videos with Transcripts)
Syllabus
Handouts
Assignments
Exams
Resources
The lectures and materials are very good.
Compared with recent AI-class, also originated from classic Stanford classes
but was implemented for online learning, watching long lectures without quizzes,
is much less inspiring...
"Stanford Engineering Everywhere is an online portal offering ten courses from Stanford’s School of Engineering— including the three-course introductory sequence in Computer Science— free of charge.
SEE offers course content available to Stanford students including instructional videos, reading lists and materials and class assignments. And SEE allows you to communicate with fellow SEE students online.
SEE encourages fellow educators to use Stanford course materials in their own classrooms.
Note: SEE courses cannot be taken for credit and do not include access to Stanford-restricted computers, libraries, or services. Content may not include all the material used in the campus offering and cannot be used for commercial purposes."
Example:
introduction to computer science | programming paradigms
Instructor: Cain, Jerry
COURSE CONTENT:
The lectures and materials are very good.
Compared with recent AI-class, also originated from classic Stanford classes
but was implemented for online learning, watching long lectures without quizzes,
is much less inspiring...
$Apple = $Microsoft + $Google ++
Microsoft + Google = Apple - SlashGear
Microsoft’s market cap was about $256.7 billion.
Google’s market cap was about $198.9 billion.
Apple’s market cap, was at $456 billion.
...Apple was worth more than Google and Microsoft combined.
Apple stock passes $500 a share
APPL @ google.com/finance
Microsoft’s market cap was about $256.7 billion.
Google’s market cap was about $198.9 billion.
Apple’s market cap, was at $456 billion.
...Apple was worth more than Google and Microsoft combined.
Apple stock passes $500 a share
APPL @ google.com/finance
Sunday, February 12, 2012
Double Speed mp3 playback: iPhone, iPod Touch
Podcast Speed and Rewind on an iPhone « Palmtopman's Blog
iPhone and iPod Touch have a useful (some would call it 'insanely great')
feature to be able to playback audio files on 2x and 1/2 speed,
with same 'pitch' of the voice, just faster of slower.
Some other mp3 players can speed up, but sound gets distorted,
sounds like chipmunk or Donald Duck.
As usual with Apple products, this feature works as 'auto-magic'
based on metadata ('info') of the file,
so mp3 files need to have a flag that is a podcast or audio book.
This is not always the case for mp3 files, and iTunes can help.
forum @SuperUser
...to get my mp3 lectures to play at double speed on iPhone (and iPod Touch)
iTunes uses to tell whether the file is a podcast or audiobook is a setting in:
"File-> Get Info-> Options tab-> Media Kind"
Set that to podcast or audiobook and voila,
iPhone will give you the option of 2x speed.
This is great, because you can select a bunch of tracks
and change the whole lot with a few clicks.
Microsoft has also added similar feature to Silverlight 5,
that is for now only available on 'standard' Windows,
not not yet on Windows Phone 7.x.
Too bad that Internet Explorer 10 on Windows 8 'Metro' interface
will not support plugins, including Silverlight...
iPhone and iPod Touch have a useful (some would call it 'insanely great')
feature to be able to playback audio files on 2x and 1/2 speed,
with same 'pitch' of the voice, just faster of slower.
Some other mp3 players can speed up, but sound gets distorted,
sounds like chipmunk or Donald Duck.
As usual with Apple products, this feature works as 'auto-magic'
based on metadata ('info') of the file,
so mp3 files need to have a flag that is a podcast or audio book.
This is not always the case for mp3 files, and iTunes can help.
forum @SuperUser
...to get my mp3 lectures to play at double speed on iPhone (and iPod Touch)
iTunes uses to tell whether the file is a podcast or audiobook is a setting in:
"File-> Get Info-> Options tab-> Media Kind"
Set that to podcast or audiobook and voila,
iPhone will give you the option of 2x speed.
This is great, because you can select a bunch of tracks
and change the whole lot with a few clicks.
Microsoft has also added similar feature to Silverlight 5,
that is for now only available on 'standard' Windows,
not not yet on Windows Phone 7.x.
Too bad that Internet Explorer 10 on Windows 8 'Metro' interface
will not support plugins, including Silverlight...
Think different
Think different, Apple Computers 1997
The voiceover was by Richard Dreyfuss.
"Here's to the crazy ones.
The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers.
The round pegs in the square holes.
The ones who see things differently.
They're not fond of rules,
and they have no respect for the status quo.
You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify and vilify them.
About the only thing you can't do is ignore them
because they change things.
They push the human race forward.
And while some may see them as crazy, we see genius.
Because the people who are crazy enough
to think they can change the world,
are the ones who do."
@Wikipedia
Never aired version with Steve Jobs narration.
The voiceover was by Richard Dreyfuss.
"Here's to the crazy ones.
The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers.
The round pegs in the square holes.
The ones who see things differently.
They're not fond of rules,
and they have no respect for the status quo.
You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify and vilify them.
About the only thing you can't do is ignore them
because they change things.
They push the human race forward.
And while some may see them as crazy, we see genius.
Because the people who are crazy enough
to think they can change the world,
are the ones who do."
@Wikipedia
Never aired version with Steve Jobs narration.
Saturday, February 11, 2012
Technology-Driven Trends for 2012
Daniel Burrus: Technology-Driven Trends for 2012 - Strategic Insights Blog
1) Big Data
2) Cloud Computing
3) On Demand Services (SW & HW)
4) Virtualization
5) Consumerization of IT
6) Gamification of Training and Education
7) Social Business
8) Smart Phones & Tablets as PC
9) Tablet Computers with Enterprise Level Web Apps
10) Intelligent Electronic Agents
11) Digital Identity Management
12) Visual Communications
13) Enhanced Location Awareness
14) Geo-Spatial Visualization
15) Smart TV Using Apps
16) Multiple App Stores
17) 3D Displays for Smart Phones and Tablets
18) eBooks, eNewspapers, and eMagazines
19) Interactive Multimedia eTextbooks
20) Wireless Machine-to-Machine applications
1) Big Data
2) Cloud Computing
3) On Demand Services (SW & HW)
4) Virtualization
5) Consumerization of IT
6) Gamification of Training and Education
7) Social Business
8) Smart Phones & Tablets as PC
9) Tablet Computers with Enterprise Level Web Apps
10) Intelligent Electronic Agents
11) Digital Identity Management
12) Visual Communications
13) Enhanced Location Awareness
14) Geo-Spatial Visualization
15) Smart TV Using Apps
16) Multiple App Stores
17) 3D Displays for Smart Phones and Tablets
18) eBooks, eNewspapers, and eMagazines
19) Interactive Multimedia eTextbooks
20) Wireless Machine-to-Machine applications
Version Control by Example
Free online book Version Control by Example
by Eric Sink, founder of SourceGear (maker of Vault),
software craftsman,
and creator of new version control tool "Veracity".
He also created first version of Internet Explorer.
The book describes:
by Eric Sink, founder of SourceGear (maker of Vault),
software craftsman,
and creator of new version control tool "Veracity".
He also created first version of Internet Explorer.
The book describes:
- Subversion
- Mercurial
- Git
- Veracity
A kind of advertising, apparently printed book could be cheaper than AdWords!
Friday, February 10, 2012
Wednesday, February 08, 2012
OLPC XO 3.0: $100 Tablet
One "Laptop" Per Child (OLPC) is now "Tablet", and price is half or the original.
OLPC XO 3.0 Hands On: The $100 Wonder Tablet
(8", Android or SugarOS)
India's $50 tablet
The original OLPC preceded "Netbooks", cheap laptops.
Netbooks are now out of favor, due to even cheaper large laptops,
and more expensive, but more portable, tablets, $500 iPad in particular.
Could the new $100 "OTPC" achieve the original goal to be in hands of every child?
The scale of US budget deficit is about $ 200 billion / month
The estimate of number of children in US: by wolframalpha.com: 62 million (0-15 years), 20% of US population in 2010.
So, the increase of US deficit PER CHILD is more than $100 every DAY.
That is one OTPC for every child in the US every DAY!
OLPC XO 3.0 Hands On: The $100 Wonder Tablet
(8", Android or SugarOS)
India's $50 tablet
The original OLPC preceded "Netbooks", cheap laptops.
Netbooks are now out of favor, due to even cheaper large laptops,
and more expensive, but more portable, tablets, $500 iPad in particular.
Could the new $100 "OTPC" achieve the original goal to be in hands of every child?
The scale of US budget deficit is about $ 200 billion / month
The estimate of number of children in US: by wolframalpha.com: 62 million (0-15 years), 20% of US population in 2010.
So, the increase of US deficit PER CHILD is more than $100 every DAY.
That is one OTPC for every child in the US every DAY!
Tuesday, February 07, 2012
Monday, February 06, 2012
How Apple cuts costs?
How Apple cuts costs in building its gadgets - CNN.com
"The costs of parts and manufacturing for Apple's iPhone 4S is estimated to be $196, according to industry research firm IHS iSuppli. That's $453 less than Apple charges for a contract-free phone.
...
Apple has more than 60,000 employees, most of whom work in its retail stores.
...
During the last three months of 2011, Apple sold
* 37 million iPhones,
* 15.4 million iPads,
* 15.4 million iPods and
* 5.2 million Mac computers, according to the company's financial report.
That netted Apple $46.3 billion in revenue and $13.1 billion in profit,
which is double what Apple made during the same period a year before.
"
"The costs of parts and manufacturing for Apple's iPhone 4S is estimated to be $196, according to industry research firm IHS iSuppli. That's $453 less than Apple charges for a contract-free phone.
...
Apple has more than 60,000 employees, most of whom work in its retail stores.
...
During the last three months of 2011, Apple sold
* 37 million iPhones,
* 15.4 million iPads,
* 15.4 million iPods and
* 5.2 million Mac computers, according to the company's financial report.
That netted Apple $46.3 billion in revenue and $13.1 billion in profit,
which is double what Apple made during the same period a year before.
"
Google's "Solve for X" moonshot thinking
www.wesolveforx.com
a conference for big thinkers to discuss “radical technology ideas for solving global problems."
February 1-3, 2012 in CordeValle Resort in San Martin, CA.
For three days, fifty scientists, entrepreneurs and innovators from around the world came together to discuss and debate radical solutions to some really big problems.
...
Solve for X is a forum to encourage and amplify technology-based moonshot thinking and teamwork.
...
If you have seen (or given) a talk that you think meets the Solve for X criteria, please enter the following, formatted this way, in your Google+ post: Huge Problem, Radical Solution, Breakthrough technology, Video (link to a YouTube video).
Google's Solve for X Website Goes Online
...visions will have to presented in a laser-focused 12-minute monologue to a "highly accomplished group of people" in a conference environment. Google lifted the importance of the presentations to the likes of Martin Luther King and John F. Kennedy. It is inspiration, passion and intelligence the company is looking for...
@ google+
Bottom line: a TED-like event, organized by Google.
a conference for big thinkers to discuss “radical technology ideas for solving global problems."
February 1-3, 2012 in CordeValle Resort in San Martin, CA.
For three days, fifty scientists, entrepreneurs and innovators from around the world came together to discuss and debate radical solutions to some really big problems.
...
Solve for X is a forum to encourage and amplify technology-based moonshot thinking and teamwork.
...
If you have seen (or given) a talk that you think meets the Solve for X criteria, please enter the following, formatted this way, in your Google+ post: Huge Problem, Radical Solution, Breakthrough technology, Video (link to a YouTube video).
Google's Solve for X Website Goes Online
...visions will have to presented in a laser-focused 12-minute monologue to a "highly accomplished group of people" in a conference environment. Google lifted the importance of the presentations to the likes of Martin Luther King and John F. Kennedy. It is inspiration, passion and intelligence the company is looking for...
@ google+
Bottom line: a TED-like event, organized by Google.
Sunday, February 05, 2012
Microsoft Photosynth 3D panoramas
Photosynth - Capture your world in 3D.
Panoramic photos, composed of thousands of individual photos, with a nice move/zoom viewer.
More details @Wikipedia
A "photo" size: 30+ GigaPixels :)
Photosynth allows you to take a bunch of photos of the same scene or object and automagically stitch them all together into one big interactive 3D viewing experience that you can share with anyone on the web.
Panoramic photos, composed of thousands of individual photos, with a nice move/zoom viewer.
More details @Wikipedia
A "photo" size: 30+ GigaPixels :)
Photosynth allows you to take a bunch of photos of the same scene or object and automagically stitch them all together into one big interactive 3D viewing experience that you can share with anyone on the web.
Apple Siri + earSmart noise reduction chip
Why Apple's A5 is so big--and iPhone 4 won't get Siri | Deep Tech - CNET News
Besides Artificial Intelligence,
there is even more magic to make iPhone 4S Siri
work as it is (and sell as it does :)
Thanks to IPO filing of a company that makes specialized chips for noise reduction,
now we know that Apple has embedded some of that advanced technology
directly to A5 CPU that powers iPhone 4S...
Audience: Products Featuring earSmart™
Besides Artificial Intelligence,
there is even more magic to make iPhone 4S Siri
work as it is (and sell as it does :)
Thanks to IPO filing of a company that makes specialized chips for noise reduction,
now we know that Apple has embedded some of that advanced technology
directly to A5 CPU that powers iPhone 4S...
Audience: Products Featuring earSmart™
Saturday, February 04, 2012
Smartphone vs PC sales; Smartphone wins
Smartphone Sales Boom -- Who Needs A Laptop? | PCWorld
Microsoft's smart solution: use same core OS in phone and PC (Windows 8)
Apple is in fact doing the same with iPhone from 2007, since iOS is based on MacOS..
Microsoft's smart solution: use same core OS in phone and PC (Windows 8)
Apple is in fact doing the same with iPhone from 2007, since iOS is based on MacOS..
Mozilla's 'Seabird' Concept Phone
Mozilla's 'Seabird' Concept Phone Could Be a Boon for Business | PCWorld Business Center
A VERY interesting concept design
with 2 projectors, remote control, virtual keyboard,
from open source maker of Firefox web browser...
2D Video @ YouTube
3D Video @ YouTube
Want to buy a phone with projector NOW?
Here it is, for $800
Samsung i8520 Beam Android Unlocked QuadBand GPS WiFi HSDPA SmartPhone built in pico projector
A VERY interesting concept design
with 2 projectors, remote control, virtual keyboard,
from open source maker of Firefox web browser...
2D Video @ YouTube
3D Video @ YouTube
Want to buy a phone with projector NOW?
Here it is, for $800
Samsung i8520 Beam Android Unlocked QuadBand GPS WiFi HSDPA SmartPhone built in pico projector
Facebook IPO: "The Hacker Way"
Mark Zuckerberg's Letter to Investors: 'The Hacker Way' | Epicenter | Wired.com
Mark Zuckerberg, the Hacker Way and the Art of the Founder’s Letter
“Hackers believe that something can always be better, and that nothing is ever complete. They just have to go fix it — often in the face of people who say it’s impossible or are content with the status quo.”
Mark Zuckerberg, the Hacker Way and the Art of the Founder’s Letter
“Hackers believe that something can always be better, and that nothing is ever complete. They just have to go fix it — often in the face of people who say it’s impossible or are content with the status quo.”
Friday, February 03, 2012
Patent "frand": Apple vs Android
Explained: Apple's not-so-secret favorite patent argument | Mobile - CNET News
Frand--also known as "rand" in the U.S.--is an obscure legal acronym that stands for "fair, reasonable, and nondiscriminatory," and is based on the principle that fair licensing of intellectual property is often needed because sometimes certain ideas and patents just need to be shared for everything to work together properly...
frand relates to the agreed-on technology used to form the 3G cellular standard called UMTS. Several companies hold what are known as essential patents, and are obligated to license them to all the other participants in a fair, reasonable, and nondiscriminatory manner...
One issue with the principle is determining what exactly is reasonable...
Frand--also known as "rand" in the U.S.--is an obscure legal acronym that stands for "fair, reasonable, and nondiscriminatory," and is based on the principle that fair licensing of intellectual property is often needed because sometimes certain ideas and patents just need to be shared for everything to work together properly...
frand relates to the agreed-on technology used to form the 3G cellular standard called UMTS. Several companies hold what are known as essential patents, and are obligated to license them to all the other participants in a fair, reasonable, and nondiscriminatory manner...
One issue with the principle is determining what exactly is reasonable...
Thursday, February 02, 2012
Windows Phone 8: Huge changes ahead
Windows Phone 8 details leak: Huge changes ahead (Updated)
Windows Phone 8 Preview
Windows Phone 8, codenamed Apollo, will be based on the Windows 8 kernel and not on Windows CE as are current versions. This will not impact app compatibility: Microsoft expects to have over 100,000 Windows Phone 7.5-compatible apps available by the time WP8 launches, and they will all work fine on this new OS.
Windows Phone 8 Preview
Windows Phone 8, codenamed Apollo, will be based on the Windows 8 kernel and not on Windows CE as are current versions. This will not impact app compatibility: Microsoft expects to have over 100,000 Windows Phone 7.5-compatible apps available by the time WP8 launches, and they will all work fine on this new OS.
Wednesday, February 01, 2012
jCanvas = jQuery + HTML5 canvas
jCanvas | jQuery meets the HTML5 canvas
Canvas's simple syntax makes drawing shapes as easy as it should be.
Free and open-source
Gallery | jCanvas
Canvas's simple syntax makes drawing shapes as easy as it should be.
$("canvas").drawArc({
fillStyle: "#333",
x: 50, y: 50,
radius: 25
});
Free and open-source
Gallery | jCanvas
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