Day: May 29, 2014

Hardware Dev Internet

6 Stunning Photos of the Internet’s Hidden Infrastructure

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As reported on Wired. BY LIZ STINSON Arnall gained access to Telefónica, a 65,700-square-meter data center in Alcalá, Spain that handles much of Europe’s cloud computing services. TIMO ARNALL We know the internet as a 2-D screen, but in reality, the web is an immensely physical thing. The cloud isn’t an ephemeral, immaterial place where our pictures just happen to hang out, but rather a series of massive servers, wires and equipment tucked away in high-security buildings.…

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Google

Google is building a hardware empire, and this is what it looks like

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As reported on The Verge. By Rich McCormick From self-driving cars to contact lenses, Google makes a surprising amount of stuff Google began the 21st century as a small but growing search engine. 14 years later, the California-based company has built smartphones, mapped the globe, purchased a firm that makes advanced smoke detectors, and obtained a veritable army of robots. It’s sometimes tempting to still think of Google as a search engine, but the strides the…

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Business Culture Tablet Trends

2014 Tablet Growth Revised Down To 12% On Longer Ownership Cycle, Phablet Popularity

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As reported on TechCrunch. by Ingrid Lunden The growth of tablets has been held up as one of the big, disruptive forces in personal computing, with the more portable, touchscreen devices eating into sales of laptops and other, larger PCs. But a report out today from IDC puts a little dampener on that line of thinking: the analysts there say that they are revising down their forecasts for 2014 tablet shipments (and subsequent sales), as people hold on…

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Culture Design Entertainment

Beats’ new Solo2 headphones sound way better than they feel

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As reported on Engadget. BY BILLY STEELE After the news broke yesterday of Apple officially acquiring Dr. Dre’s headphone and music streaming business, Beats isn’t putting the new product announcements on hold. The success of the brand is without question, and its most popular set of cans just got a refresh. This is the Beats Solo²: a redesigned on-ear model with re-tuned audio that does quite a bit to combat the “too much bass” argument. Beats Solo2 hands-on See all photos 19 Photos  …

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Environmental

What you need to know about solar energy

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As reported on Engadget. BY STEVE DENT Right now, you can install relatively cheap technology on your own roof and power your house, gadgets and even your car. For free! Sorcery? Not so much. The Earth receives more energy from our sun in about one hour than humans consume in an entire year. That’s why solar power was the second leading source of new energy last year, and why companies like Google and IKEA are now in the solar panel business. However, many…

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