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• Apple is hurting the Apple Watch

  By Shaun on May 31, 2017 • ( 1 )

  

  All this speaks to the kind of Apple Watch user Apple wants to cultivate: fashionably discerning, addicted to fitness, supremely trusting in Apple’s hardware design. In other words, just like the folks who work at Apple Park in Cupertino. No… Read More ›

• The Greatest Albums You’ve Never Heard

  By Shaun on May 31, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  Often dismissed as alt.rock jokers, Ween’s first professionally recorded album proved that they were far more switched on than that. Without losing their off-kilter charm, the group effortlessly cycle through a range of styles, from pop to funk, and nods… Read More ›

• A fairly easy decision

  By Shaun on May 31, 2017 • ( 1 )

  

  I’ve never been owned an iPhone nor a Mac, simply because the upfront cost has been too high. But if I had the money in hand it would actually make more financial sense than it appears to at first sight:… Read More ›

• Years to reach 50 million users

  By Shaun on May 31, 2017 • ( 1 )

  

  The world is getting smaller. tweeted by Vala Afshar. 

• How do self-driving cars see the world?

  By Shaun on May 31, 2017 • ( 0 )

  This Civil Maps video showcases localization in six degrees of freedom (6DoF) at high speeds using low cost sensors. Through sensor fusion, our demo vehicle is able to localize the car while driving at speeds approaching 70 mph on a… Read More ›

• Jupiter from NASA’s Juno spacecraft

  By Shaun on May 31, 2017 • ( 0 )

  https://vimeo.com/219216194 Great music, great visuals. Just great.

• Make Your Weekends Feel Longer

  By Shaun on May 31, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  According to David Eagleman, professor at Stanford University and the author of The Brain: The Story of You, pursuing new settings, new activities, and new experiences is the best way to “stretch time,” so to speak. It all comes down… Read More ›

• The credit card computer

  By Shaun on May 30, 2017 • ( 2 )

  Bruce Patterson, Intel marketing manager for the Intel NUC and Intel Compute Card, describes the benefits of the Intel Compute Card. An entire computer at about the size of a credit card, the Intel Compute Card redefines computing. I guess… Read More ›

• iOS is the reason I use an iPhone and macOS is the reason I use an iMac

  By Shaun on May 30, 2017 • ( 3 )

  

  The 2017 update to the Razer Blade Stealth (to give the ultrabook its full name) offers consumers the seventh generation of Intel system on chip designs, bringing this machine smack up to date with others using Kaby Lake architecture. Razer… Read More ›

• Apple shows off the Newton for the first time

  By Shaun on May 30, 2017 • ( 3 )

  

  Hailed by Apple CEO John Sculley as “nothing less than a revolution,” the Newton is Apple’s first major new product line since the Macintosh eight years earlier. During the demo, the press is shown how users will be able to… Read More ›