I subscribe to a crap ton (that’s a scientific measurement, right?) of RSS feeds. Admittedly, I struggle to keep up with all of them. It takes…
OPLIN 4cast #502: Future shock… just sharing the joy
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Posted in 4cast, Facebook, and predictions
I subscribe to a crap ton (that’s a scientific measurement, right?) of RSS feeds. Admittedly, I struggle to keep up with all of them. It takes…
At the Code/Mobile conference this month, Amit Singhal, Google’s search chief, announced that for the first time more Google searches were done this summer on…
The Pew Internet folks released another of their surveys at the beginning of this month. This one is about U.S. Smartphone Use in 2015, and…
A couple of months ago, we published a 4cast post about “Jamming hotspots” and the big fine the Marriott hotel chain had to pay the…
About two weeks ago, the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies released a report entitled Broadband and Jobs: African Americans Rely Heavily on Mobile…
Owners of the Moto X smartphone from Motorola Mobility got an unexpected treat last week. A red hat appeared on their screen, and if they…
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A couple of weeks ago, the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS) released the BARD mobile app for iOS devices, with…
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Modern smartphones contain quite a few sensors that apps can use to gather data about you. The tri-axial accelerometer, for example, can be used by…
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Shooting video with your smartphone is about to take on a whole new dimension with the advent of 360-degree lenses you can attach to your…
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The next big technology excitement looks like it may be the advent of smart watches – or maybe not. Smart watches in themselves are probably…