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When I was six years old, my mother caved to the hype and consented to buy her children a PlayStation. But she didn’t buy that console for some boy in the house, she bought it for three little girls, and nobody loved it more than me. My parents regretted the purchase…
Authorities in Portugal have transformed a fleet of buses and taxis into a portable WiFi network, providing riders with free Internet access for their portable devices. Routers attached to the vehicles, which create the network, also relay information about road conditions and whether public garbage cans are full and need emptying. The project was pioneered […]
Read more "Buses and Taxis Fitted With Routers Create WiFi Network"Originally posted on TechCrunch:
Back in November, I had a chance to visit Google’s Mountain View headquarters to chat with Astro Teller, the head of Google X’s so-called “moonshot” projects, about the past, present, and future of wearables. I opened the interview with a blunt question: “Which do you want to talk about first, the…
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Google Search’s learning curve is an odd one. You use it every day, but still all you know is how to search. But the search engine has plenty of tricks up its sleeve. Here’s an overview of some of the most useful Google search tricks, from basic tips to new features…
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Razer, which is best known for making premium gaming accessories and laptops, garnered attention back in January when it announced the Nabu Smartband, a smart bracelet for the wrist. Starting Tuesday, the $99 device will finally go on sale. There are two primary aspects that set the Nabu apart from other similar bands like…
See on Scoop.it – Technology & Science Social media is pretty fun, your friends are there and it’s like hanging out online. See on http://www.business2community.com
Read more "7 Simple Ways To Generate Leads Using Social Media"See on Scoop.it – Technology & Science Let go of your transistors. A physicist from SLAC who spoke at SXSW interactive has proposed using the state changes in the orbits of electrons as a way to build faster computers. See on gigaom.com
Read more "Physicist proposes a new type of computing at SXSW. Check out orbital computing"See on Scoop.it – Technology & Science Our universe is about 13 billion years old, and for roughly 3.5 billion of those years, life has been wriggling all over our planet. But what was going on in the universe before that time? It’s possible that there was a period shortly after the Big Bang when […]
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