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Archive for May 2010
Verizon, Google Developing iPad Rival
May 18, 2010 by alikat.
“(online.wsj.com)— Verizon Wireless is working with Google Inc. on a tablet computer, the carrier’s chief executive, Lowell McAdam, said [last] Tuesday, as the company endeavors to catch up with iPad host AT&TInc. in devices that connect to wireless networks.” Read more
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Five Years In, YouTube Is Now Streaming Two Billion Views Per Day
May 16, 2010 by alikat.
“(techcrunch.com)-It’s hard to believe, but it’s been five years since YouTube launched and changed the way people share video online (it was acquired by Google a year and a half later). To celebrate its birthday, YouTube has just announced a major new milestone: it’s streaming a whopping two billion views per day (the company notes that this is “nearly double the prime-time audience of all three major US television networks combined”.Read more
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Thousands welcome teen sailor home after 7-month journey
May 15, 2010 by alikat.
“(CNN) — Sixteen-year-old Jessica Watson has spent the past seven months in a self-imposed solitary confinement of sorts. For 210 days, the avid sailor skippered her 34-foot yacht, the Pink Lady, around the world, a feat few others, let alone teenagers, have accomplished” read more
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IBM Plans ‘Serious’ Sim City
May 7, 2010 by alikat.
“(informationweek.com)– IBM said Monday that it plans to offer a SimCity-style online game that urban planners, students, academics, and others can use to learn more about urban sprawl and how to combat its negative effects on the environment.
IBM called its CityOne simulation a "serious game" that can help users "discover how to make their cities and their industries smarter by solving real-world business, environmental, and logistical problems." read more
CityOne’s official site
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Nikola Tesla’s Cell Phone Prediction
May 5, 2010 by alikat.
[Gizmodo via Popular Mechanics via Telegraph via Recombu]
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Google invests in firm that tries to predict the future
May 4, 2010 by alikat.
“(businessweek.com)– Google has invested in a startup company that claims to be able to predict the future.The company’s investment arm, Google Ventures, has sunk an undisclosed sum into Recorded Future, a Cambridge, Massachusetts-based startup that "offers customers new ways to analyze the past, present and the predicted future," according to a new Google Ventures Web site that went live on Monday.” read more
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