Peak TV?
Advertisers spent the last couple weeks hearing from Web video sites that would like their money. Now they’ll spend a week hearing from the TV networks, where they do spend their money: Today…
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Net Neutrality in the US: Now What?
Comprehensive info. Time is of the essence, so forgive my inevitable errors. Much links and fun times below: We’ve stopped things like this before! You have …
IKEA store openings
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Spotify International Pricing Index
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Warning over unintentional file leak
Dropbox has moved to fix the issue People using file storage services, such as Dropbox and Box, are being warned that they are at risk of inadvertently leaking their own files. Intralinks – which is…
Is that photo legit? Izitru offers an answer – CNET
Izitru offers an authenticity rating on photos. Fourandsix Technologies The Internet has a trust problem. It’s just too easy to fake a photo these days. A startup called Fourandsix hopes to profit by…
Jack Kerouac’s On The Road Turned Into Google Driving Directions & Published as a Free eBook
A couple weeks ago, Colin Marshall highlighted for you Jack Kerouac’s Hand-Drawn Map of the Hitchhiking Trip Narrated in On the Road. Now we have another Kerouacian map for you — a…
How The Internet Exploits A Bug In Your Brain To Keep You From Learning
A while back, I had a problem with my car. The hubs wore out and needed to be replaced. I’d never done it before, and I’m not the handiest guy on Earth. But I know my way around a toolbox, and I’ve…
When Hitting ‘Find My iPhone’ Takes You to a Thief’s Doorstep
Sarah Maguire, 26, across the street from the house in West Covina, Calif. — 30 miles from her home in Los Angeles — where the Find My iPhone app led her after she realized her phone…
What is this secret code hidden in so many animation films and shows?
There’s a mysterious code hidden in an increasing number of films, shows, and videogames out there, from The Simpsons to South Park to Toy Story. The list goes forever, including live action features…
Hvordan ser himmelen ut? Hvordan ser det ut her?
AXEL: Men tar det for lang tid før vi går gjennom dem, glemmer jeg hva jeg har tenkt. Da må du beskrive dem for meg. Som det bildet med istapper. Hvordan så det bildet av istapper…
Understanding Light Field Photography
Dynamic light-field image. Click to refocus. Click/drag to shift perspective. Traditional cameras, whether digital or analog, capture a scene from a single point of view. Photoshop (and similar…
Apple Looks to Use New Technology to Prevent Texting While Driving
Mikaela Rakos April 23, 2014 You can use your iPhone for just about anything these days, but now Apple wants to make sure you can’t use it at just any time. Specifically, Apple wants to limit
It’s time for the FCC to stand up for Americans instead of ruining the internet
The internet is fucked, and the US government is making it worse. Political cowardice set the FCC up to lose its first battle for net neutrality regulation: the rules that keep the internet as you…