Bikeshare bikes of the future, according to Dediu, will be outfitted with cameras and sensors, collecting valuable data for cities. When a cyclist rides over a pothole, it can be automatically reported to a city. Cameras on the bicycle will… Read More ›
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Apple hasn’t locked me in. I have locked myself in.
When I looked at the Galaxy S8 recently I was somewhat impressed by what I saw. Ignoring the fact that it is Android and that I am heavily invested in the iPhone, there is no way on earth that I… Read More ›
Music is about the visuals as well in 2017
I have been using the 3 month free trial to Apple Music that came with my BeatsX headphones over the past week despite using Amazon Music for the past 6 months. Surprisingly, I am finding the Apple Music much more… Read More ›
Forgotten Media Formats
We remember the format wars in the vein of “Two men enter; one man leaves.” Think VHS vs. Betamax, or HD-DVD vs. Blu-ray. But in the cracks in between, some media formats came and went with hardly any notice, or… Read More ›
Amazon, Google, Apple and Facebook are running our lives (here we go again…)
It’s possible that this entire day is delineated by a handful of technology companies. Google Home wakes you up in the morning and later, Google recommends a lunch spot – it even gives you live information on how busy it… Read More ›
I credit Google with the biggest game changer…
Could you be more specific about what Amazon and Google and Samsung and others have done though, since say 2010? Amazon changed the face of retail in the same way Sears Roebuck did a century ago, but they’re still stuck… Read More ›
The Internet Isn’t Tearing Us Apart?
Stormfront members are not whom I would have guessed. They tend to be young, at least according to self-reported birth dates. The most common age at which people join the site is nineteen. And four times more nineteen-year-olds sign up… Read More ›
An enormous entitlement in the tax code props up home prices
Two years ago, the couple bought a new home. Set on a half-acre lot that backs up to conservation land in Milton, Mass., the 2,350-square-foot split-level has four bedrooms, three bathrooms, an open-concept kitchen and dining area, a finished basement,… Read More ›
Bees contribute more than $153 billion to the world’s economy every year
These secrets sit on the roofs of downtown Durham’s old tobacco warehouses — now restaurants, lofts, and tech startups. The secrets buzz through fields behind the largest research park in the country, through community gardens and schoolyards. These secrets are… Read More ›
That Galaxy S8 screen
I got a few minutes over the weekend with the Galaxy S8 and I was impressed. It wasn’t an amazing experience because many of the classic ’Samsung’ annoyances remain such as childish icons and an interface that needs some serious… Read More ›
