In other words, what are Google and Amazon’s ambitions as companies and what are their business models? If you look at the Google Home privacy policy – it has its own specific page – Google tells us in specific, and… Read More ›
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Build your own mobile network for $400
The 90s were a wonderful time for portable communications devices. Cell phones had mass, real buttons, and thick batteries – everything you want in next year’s flagship phone. Unfortunately, Zach Morris’ phone hasn’t been able to find a tower for… Read More ›
Obama Commutes Bulk of Chelsea Manning’s Sentence
President Obama on Tuesday largely commuted the remaining prison sentence of Chelsea Manning, the army intelligence analyst convicted of an enormous 2010 leak that revealed American military and diplomatic activities across the world, disrupted the administration, and made WikiLeaks, the… Read More ›
An Iphone Stand You Can Wear
As you might’ve guessed from the name, RYST is a clever design that combines the best of fashion and functionality to hold your iPhone! The one-size-fits-all wristband is the most convenient way to ensure you always have a prop or… Read More ›
Portable printer round up
Growing up, when we broke the camera out and took pictures, the photos were printed and in an album within a week. Some of my fondest memories are of my family sitting on the couch, sifting through old albums and giggling about… Read More ›
App.net is shutting down
In May of 2014, App.net entered maintenance mode. At that time we made the difficult decision to put App.net into autopilot mode in an effort to preserve funds and to give it ample time to bake. Since then every dollar… Read More ›
Apple grabs 41% of the wireless headphone market, but…
Between Apple’s AirPods wireless headphones, and its subsidiary Beats Audio, the company has accumulated 41% of the wireless-headphones market, based on revenue, according to a report released today by market analysis firm Slice Intelligence… More at Quartz. The numbers above… Read More ›
Smart Phones Are Driving Everyone Insane
The researchers conducted a nationwide survey of 554 full-time working professionals earning above $30K and working in companies with at least 50 employees. They asked a variety of questions about smartphone use during meetings and found: – 86% think it’s… Read More ›
Screen time guidelines and hype
As a group of scientists from different countries and academic fields with research expertise and experience in screen time, child development and evidence-based policy, we are deeply concerned by the underlying message of this letter. In our opinion, we need… Read More ›
Alexa in cars, Siri nowhere
Yesterday, we wrote about Ford bringing Amazon Alexa to cars in 2017. Today, a second car maker is jumping on the Alexa hype train. Amazon has announced that Volkswagen will be including Alexa in vehicles. Like Ford’s implementation, Alexa will… Read More ›
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