Month: May 2014

Business Culture Internet

Comcast Wants To Put Data Caps On All Customers Within 5 Years

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As reported on TechCrunch. by Greg Kumparak About.com CEO Darline Jean Joins Ad Tech Company PulsePoint If you’re a Comcast customer living in one of the many states where they’ve imposed no real limits on bandwidth usage for the last few years… enjoy it while it lasts. During an investor call today (link via Ars), Comcast executive VP David Cohen said that he predicts bandwidth caps (or, as ISPs prefer to put it, “usage-based billing”) to be rolled out…

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Google

Google Glass Aims To Entice Travelers With New TripIt, Foursquare, And OpenTable Integrations

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As reported on TechCrumch. by Anthony Ha NS Raises $35M From Cisco For Its Cloud-Based Enterprise Network Security As A Service A day after Google announced that it will sell Google Glass to anyone in the United States, the company is unveiling some new “Glassware” (basically, Google Glass apps) that’s supposed to be particularly useful for travelers. This isn’t the first travel-related Glassware. The company announced Word Lens for Glass last fall, so if you saw a sign written a…

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Art Culture Design Engineering

Students build a robot arm you control with the wink of an eye

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As reported on Engadget. BY JON FINGAS Want proof that you don’t need big, specialized equipment to produce a mind-controlled robot arm? Just look at a recent University of Toronto student project. Ryan Mintz and crew have created an arm that you control using little more than a brainwave-sensing headset (which is no longer that rare) and a laptop. The team’s software is smart enough to steer the arm using subtle head movements, such as clenching your jaw or…

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Business History Tech

AI algorithm takes seat on investment company’s board

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As reported on Engadget. BY STEVE DENT The coming robot apocalypse will need robot executives to rule over it, but it looks like they’re going to have to start with more mundane business first. A Hong Kong venture capital firm has just “appointed” an artificial intelligence tool called VITAL to its board of directors to help find promising investments. It’ll scan things like financing, IP and clinical trials from prospective companies, share that info with the board and even cast…

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Google Hardware Dev

The Next Big Thing You Missed: One Day, You’ll Google the Physical World With a Scanner Like This

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As reported on Wired. BY ISSIE LAPOWSKY   There are few technologies as comprehensive as Google. A simple search can tell you more than you ever wanted to know about the world around you. But the world’s largest search engine, robust as it may be, has its shortcomings. Most notably, there’s no way to Google physical objects. Sure you can type in the word “apples,” but you can’t Google the apple sitting on your kitchen counter. You…

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Entertainment Film

This is Ben Affleck as Batman, and this is his Batmobile

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As reported on The Verge. By Bryan Bishop Zack Snyder’s sequel to Man of Steel is shaping up to be a who’s who of DC characters. Jesse Eisenberg stars as Lex Luthor, Gal Gadot will play Wonder Woman — and of course Ben Affleck will be Batman. Other than casting announcements and a rescheduled release date, however, official news on the movie has been relatively quiet, but Snyder unveiled the first image of Ben Affleck as Batman today, right alongside his new Batmobile. It…

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Culture Hacking

All The Important Stuff From TechCrunch Disrupt NY

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As reported on TechCrunch. by Josh Constine  So what happened at Disrupt NY? With 25 panels, 27 startup demos, and a hackathon, TechCrunch’s annual gathering in New York produced plenty of news, insight, and controversy. Even if you were there in person it was a lot to process, so we’ve compiled a Cliff’s Notes for the conference.For starters, here’s a supercut of the best soundbites: Facebook LinkedIn Say What? The Quotable Disrupt NY Keynotes, Panels, And Fireside Chats Fred…

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Politics

Russia threatens to disrupt GPS navigation in tantrum over sanctions

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As reported on Engadget. BY DANIEL COOPER Russia threatens to disrupt GPS navigation in tantrum over sanctions   Hold onto your sat nav. The Russian government has just threatened to end cooperation with America on major space projects, including maintenance of the GPS system. The policy will also prevent NASA from accessing the International Space Station from 2020, as well as blocking the supply of components for America’s Atlas V rockets, which are currently vital for sending military…

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Google

Google starts selling Glass to anyone (in the US) with $1,500 to burn

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As reported on Engadget. BY RICHARD LAWLER There’s no longer a need to attend a golf tournament or carefully log on for a one-day sale, as Google has just announced it’s opening sales of the Glass headset to all (in the US). As long as they’re in stock and you have $1,500, you too can join the beta Explorer programand be part of a nearby #glassnightout. Now that Glass is more widely available, Google is saying thank you to its first Explorers…

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Science Space

A bitter war between chimps in the 1970s might be explained with social networking software

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As reported on The Verge. By Josh Lowensohn 43 years ago, a group of chimpanzees that were once living peacefully in Tanzania’s Gombe Stream National Park suddenly split in two — one in the north area of the park, and the other in the south. The members, who once cohabited the same area, eventually became so territorial that those unlucky enough to wander into the rival group’s area without protection were killed, often brutally. WHAT HAPPENS WITH CHIMPS…

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