“Remember the scene in the movie “Minority Report” where Tom Cruise uses hand gestures instead of a mouse to interact with a computer screen displayed on the wall? The idea isn’t really that far-fetched, and software developer Pranav Mistry has been working on making … Read More »
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I can’t play poker, but I do enjoy watching it on TV. We’re in the middle of the 2009 World Series of Poker, an event that draws thousands of professional and amateur players to Las Vegas every year. The grand finale is the Main Event, a … Read More »
Microsoft once again is touting its speech-recognition technology, predicting on its site this week that “talking to a computer may soon be as natural as using a mouse.” But while voice is a natural fit for mobile phones and some other platforms, when it … Read More »
Augmented reality has been around for years (remember that annoying blue flash that accompanied the puck on NHL broadcasts?), but the space has become white-hot in the last few months as developers begin to harness today’s technology to marry the real world with the virtual … Read More »
The developer race for Google’s $250,000 grand prize is on again. Judging began today in the second Android Developer Challenge, which will see the first-place developer pocket the quarter million-dollar award. Users can download submitted apps through the Android Market and score offerings based on … Read More »
The Business Insider recently ran a well-argued, provocative piece entitled “Economy Will Be Back In Recession By Early Next Year” that takes into account the continuing job losses in the U.S. economy and the prolonged struggles within a number of industries, including finance, media, manufacturing … Read More »
Overnight successes make for great stories, but that’s largely because they’re so rare. Success, the kind that leads to great products and businesses, is built on the foundation of a huge amount of hard work over many years and is achieved by continuous improvement. Read More »
What do Apple, Nike and Nintendo all have in common? In addition to leading their respective markets, they’re all turning to the fitness industry to grow revenues, some more than others. Talk about a “new vertical.” Nintendo, the most ambitious of the bunch, actually got its start … Read More »
About a year ago, a friend posed to me the following question: ”Why do students plunk down $150,000 for a 4-year education at MIT when virtually all of the courseware is available free of charge online?” Not only was it a great question, but … Read More »
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