Michael Krell of Crowdflow takes the location data from 880 iPhones for the month of April 2011 and creates a time-lapse video that shows how iPhone users flow across Europe. It is pretty hypnotic. There are three videos that are worth watching. Read More »
Archive for July 2011
What should one make of the fact that Californians love to watch L.A. Story and Swimming with Sharks, or that New York is hooked on Smoking Aces? Or that Florida is all about Shrek? All of this and more is crammed into this delicious infographic. Read More »
Death isn’t something most of us want to spend time any thinking about, but it is inevitable for all of us, and we need to think about passing on our digital assets as well as our physical and financial ones. Read More »
This week both Republicans and Democrats proposed drafts of mobile spectrum bills that would incent television broadcasters to give up some of their spectrum to be used for mobile broadband. But one of those bills could hurt the development of more unlicensed airwaves. Read More »
Dynamic windows are being manufactured by innovative companies like Soladigm and Sage. But what if you could get these smarter windows without buying a new one? A startup called US e-Chromic, which is a semi-finalist at the Cleantech Open 2011, has a plan cooking for that. Read More »
Google spent $917 million on infrastructure during the second quarter, continuing an upward trend that helps ensure new services like Google+ keep running. It’s the eight consecutive quarter of increased capital expenditures for Google, which is now spending at near-record levels. Read More »
Los Angeles will close down its 405 freeway this weekend, and the fact that the event is officially called Carmageddon hints at how much traffic the city is expecting. The best plan is likely to just stay home and watch the traffic live online. Read More »
Spotify’s journey to the US has been highly anticipated almost since the on-demand music streaming service first launched in its native Europe in October 2008. But with all the Spotify buzz, let’s not forget about the great music services that were born here in the US.… Read More »
Google+ has gained 10 million users in the few weeks since its launch, but it has a long way to go to catch up with Facebook. So why is Google CEO Larry Page convinced Google+ will be a major competitor in the social space? Read More »
According to multiple reports, Twitter is close to launching in-stream advertising, including a self-serve platform that will allow companies to inject ads into the network in real time. But how will users react to this intrusion? Forrester Research’s CEO says the move is a big mistake. Read More »
According to Lou Modano, head of global infrastructure for NASDAQ OMX, there is “a lot of opportunity for new [hardware] players” to feed a ceaseless demand for ever lower latency in electronic trading systems. When you rely entirely on electronic trading, a faster system is key. Read More »
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