Speaking of Glass, Google's chief Internet evangelist predicted, "It may be we will have to experience some damage before we discover what the social conventions are."
Vint Cerf: Social conventions have not kept up with technology | Internet & Media - CNET News
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Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Monday, May 20, 2013
Google Reader, Google Plus and the Future of Social Networks
Though more informed people seem to be treating the notion as speculative or wistful, it seems clear to me that Google GOOG -0.01% intends to deliver the underlying service of Google Reader in Google Plus. Instead of subscribing to the RSS, you simply follow the blog in question.* This makes sense and is the obvious evolution of Google Plus as your “Window to the World.”
This is basically the same idea as the old Portals except now the window is “curated” by your social network. Since, this is how actual human beings interact with the world – through the lense of their ingroups – this should be perfectly natural. As widely mentioned the circles feature maps on to how real networks behave and if you can keep the boundary between the circles firm, it should mimic natural human behavior well enough for ‘Work’ – as in your actual workplace network, not just you work friends – to be essentially no different than “Family” or “Drinking Buddies” or what have you.
Google Reader, Google Plus and the Future of Social Networks
Surprise: Yahoo's mobile push is working better than you think
Don’t look now but it looks like Yahoo’s mobile apps push is bearing fruit, at least according to new data from Onavo.
Case in point: Yahoo Weather, which rolled out recently, already has what Onavo CEO Guy Rosen calls an “unprecedented” 3 percent market share among U.S. iPhone owners. That’s about 1.5 million users total which makes it the 91st most popular iPhone app three weeks after release, according to Onavo Insights data. That’s very good for a new app, Rosen said in an interview.
Other Yahoo mobile apps including Yahoo Messenger and the Yahoo app are also doing well. “In general, what we found is that although Yahoo has been quiet on mobile, when we look at the top apps, we see quite a few up there. They have a decent footprint.”
Surprise: Yahoo's mobile push is working better than you think
Google's Plan To Take Over The World
Google's big keynote at its I/O developers conference this week wore me out.
Not because it lasted a grueling three hours and fifty minutes, but because of what was announced. With every new product update, every new feature, every new virtual service, it became more and more clear that Google isn't just a search company that makes loads of cash by showing you ads. It's creeping into every aspect of our digital, physical, and private lives at an exponential rate.
Google's Plan To Take Over The World
Is computing speed set to make a quantum leap?
Quantum mechanics research could hold the key to a new generation of super-fast computers
Is computing speed set to make a quantum leap?
Is computing speed set to make a quantum leap?
Saturday, May 18, 2013
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Google I/O keeps browser focus despite fancy phones, eyewear | Internet & Media - CNET News
Google I/O keeps browser focus despite fancy phones, eyewear | Internet & Media - CNET News: "With newer technologies such as Android and more recently Glass, the scope of Google I/O has expanded dramatically since the first show in 2008. But Google, born on the Web, is keeping the browser at the heart of the show. Five years ago, Google wanted to advance what Web-based software could do. The company could take steps such as improving interfaces to its own online services so developers could build better sites, and it promoted the Gears browser plug-in designed to beef up browser abilities with features like offline app support and the ability."
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Bloomberg Admits Terminal Snooping - NYTimes.com
Bloomberg Admits Terminal Snooping - NYTimes.com: "Reporters at Bloomberg News were trained to use a function on the company’s financial data terminals that allowed them to view subscribers’ contact information and, in some cases, monitor login activity in order to advance news coverage, more than half a dozen former employees said."
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Sunday, May 12, 2013
KakaoTalk Partners With AdPOPcorn, Brings Ads To Its Messaging Platform As It Prepares A Facebook Home Rival Launcher | TechCrunch
Another move in the oh-so-hot mobile messaging space today: South Korea’s Kakao Inc, which owns the KakaoTalk cross-platform mobile messaging app, has inked an agreement with digital marketing company IGAWorks to bring its mobile ad product, adPOPcorn, to the messaging app.
IGAWorks will also provide adPOPcorn to game developers whose products integrate with KakaoTalk. In a press release, the pair said the adPOPcorn advertising platform provides “in-game/in-app incentivized ad offers, including integrated advertising pop-ups, higher conversion rates and traffic, to social and mobile media channels while offering in-game items and other incentives to players”.
KakaoTalk Partners With AdPOPcorn, Brings Ads To Its Messaging Platform As It Prepares A Facebook Home Rival Launcher | TechCrunch
UK's New Defamation Law May Accelerate The Death Of Anonymous User-Generated Content Internationally
Historically, United Kingdom defamation law has been victim-favorable. In an effort to modernize its defamation law, the UK Parliament recently enacted the Defamation Act 2013 (royal assent was given on April 25). The act generally makes it harder for plaintiffs to win defamation lawsuits, but I’ll focus on the effects of Section 5 of the act, entitled “Operators of websites.”
UK's New Defamation Law May Accelerate The Death Of Anonymous User-Generated Content Internationally
Saturday, May 11, 2013
My month with the Chromebook Pixel: A review - CNN.com
My month with the Chromebook Pixel: A review - CNN.com: "(CNN) -- When Google announced its cloud-based Chromebook Pixel laptop, the tech community was left puzzled. They couldn't put a little category box around the Pixel, so they began berating the only thing they could: the software. But sometimes a new product comes along that represents a major shift in how we have learned to do things. Google loaned me a Pixel for this review, and I liked it so much that after I returned the review model I purchased my own. I've been using it for more than a month, but it only takes turning the computer on once to realize how different it is from anything else out there."
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Friday, May 10, 2013
Apple deluged by police demands to decrypt iPhones
ATF says no law enforcement agency could unlock a defendant's iPhone, but Apple can "bypass the security software" if it chooses. Apple has created a police waiting list because of high demand.
Apple deluged by police demands to decrypt iPhones
Why the Nexus 7 succeeded where others failed
The Nexus 7 is the most popular pure Android tablet available. How do I know? Well, data compiled by Handset Detective and a bit of clever maths by analyst Ben Evans are certainly strong indicators. But also, everyone and their mother seems to have one. Especially in the U.S., but other markets have also been strong supporters.
I'd even say that the Nexus 7 deserves a decidedly corpulent chunk of credit for giving the overall Android tablet market a boost. Yes, Amazon found success with the first version of the Kindle Fire, but the lack of expected tablet features (no camera, no volume button) and an intentionally closed-off OS left those looking to do something more than watch movies, TV shows, or read books, unsatisfied.
Why the Nexus 7 succeeded where others failed
Thursday, May 09, 2013
Senator demands DOJ, FBI seek warrants to read e-mail
Democratic Sen. Mark Udall says the Justice Department should not allow FBI agents to peruse Americans' private communications without obtaining a search warrant from a judge.
Senator demands DOJ, FBI seek warrants to read e-mail
Sony records its first net profit in five years
Sony returned to the black for the first time in five years, thanks largely to one-time gains from the sale of assets rather than its core consumer electronics products.
The Japanese electronics giant on Thursday reported a net profit of $458 million in the 2012 financial year ending March 31 compared with a loss of $5.7 billion the year earlier (PDF). It also recorded an operating profit of $2.45 billion in 2012 compared with a loss of $820 million last year.
Sony records its first net profit in five years
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