Day: March 18, 2014

Space

That Signal From the Beginning of Time Could Redefine Our Universe

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As reported on Wired. BY ADAM MANN The detector inside the BICEP2 telescope that found primordial B-mode polarization in the cosmic microwave background. Image: Anthony Turner (JPL)   The physics world was on fire yesterday after an announcement that astronomers had detected a signal from the beginning of time. This is exactly as cool as it sounds. Maybe even cooler. And it might lead to us learning further crazy things about our universe. Besides coming as a shock…

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Application Google

Google Street View hack turns your city into a post-apocalyptic jungle

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As reported on The Verge. By Valentina Palladino Big cities often suffer from a lack of greenery, but now the website Urban Jungle Street View lets you see how your street would look covered in forest flora. The site’s creator Einar Öberg says on Twitter that he’s “breaking terms of use like it’s no tomorrow” — presumably because it uses the undocumented depth data of the Google Maps API to realistically position 3D trees, leaves, and vines that grow inside…

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Business Culture

iHear Wants To Make Personalized Hearing Aids Available For Everyone

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As reported on TechCrunch. by Catherine Shu Though nearly 20% of adults in the U.S. has some form of hearing loss, there are very few options available for them in terms of hearing aids. They can either spend thousands of dollars on a prescription hearing aid or buy a cheap device with pre-settings for a couple hundred dollars. In fact, about 75% to 80% of adults with hearing loss don’t have devices, due in large part to lack…

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Cloud Culture Microsoft

Microsoft is announcing an ‘intersection of cloud and mobile computing’ later this month

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As reported on Engadget. BY SEAN BUCKLEY How does Satya Nadella run a Microsoft press event? We’re about to find out: the company’s new CEO will is coming to San Francisco later this month to talk about “news focused on the intersection of cloud and mobile computing.” The topic certainly plays to his strengths. Before taking the helm as the company’s new chief executive, Nadella played a major role in launching Office 365, Microsoft’s subscription and cloud-based Office platform. While that application…

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Apple Tablet

Apple kills iPad 2 in favor of 4th-gen Retina display model

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As reported on Engadget. BY DANIEL COOPER When Apple launched the iPad Air, it swiftly kicked the fourth-generation iPad to the curb, but kept the iPad 2 around as an “entry level” option. At the same time as the company has tweaked the iPhone lineup, it’s also pulling a switcheroo in the tablet space — dumping the iPad 2 and replacing it with the Retina-and-Lightning model. The unit is back on the Apple store for the same price as the Retina iPad Mini,…

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