December 2012
1 post
July 2012
2 posts
Untitled: Business Meets Politics →
talisikid:
Just heard on Fox Business News that Dodd-Frank & new consumer protection agency was supposed to limit big banks but after the laws were written, they harm small banks instead, while protecting big banks. No duh. That’s been the pattern for several decades now. Who writes the laws? Who are the…
Business Meets Politics
Just heard on Fox Business News that Dodd-Frank & new consumer protection agency was supposed to limit big banks but after the laws were written, they harm small banks instead, while protecting big banks. No duh. That’s been the pattern for several decades now. Who writes the laws? Who are the staffers? Who runs the agencies? That’s right, corporate/big business types. They...
April 2012
79 posts
Do People Really Want Self-Driving Cars? →
Mashable Video, mashable.com
Who wants a self driving car? Researchers at J.D. Power and Associates conducted a study to find out who would be willing to buy a car with such futuristic features, and the reaction was certainly not unanimous. In this video, Adam F…
McCann Invests $4M in Israeli Incubator ‘thetime’ →
Roi Carthy, techcrunch.com
With a $4M investment, McCann Worldgroup has bought a 15% stake in Israeli incubator ‘thetime‘. This move isn’t a particularly surprising considering ‘thetime’ was founded by Ilan Shiloah, who for the past 10 years has been chairm…
The Future of TV Apps, A Sensitive and Popular... →
mashable.com
Researchers Create Glare-Free Self-Cleaning Glass →
Emily Price, mashable.com
Researchers have discovered a way to make glass that is not only glare-free, but is also anti-fogging and can clean itself. The glass is created by depositing thin layers of material on the surface of the glass and then selectively…
Glass Tech
Tim Berners-Lee tells UK that its latest snooping... →
Drew Olanoff, thenextweb.com
As we noted last week, the UK government is toying around with the idea of introducing laws that would open up email and social networks to more surveillance, in an effort that is claimed to be counter-terroristic. The proposed bills will…
Wearable Devices: How Geeky Glasses and Wristbands... →
Sarah Rotman Epps, Senior Analyst, Forrester Research, allthingsd.com
We’ve all seen the movies: Gadget-laden heroes from James Bond to Terminator to Iron Man have long relied on voice-controlled watches and heads-up display glasses to extend their powers. Now, those gadgets are a reality, albeit a niche o…
Antitrust Vs. Antitrust →
parislemon:
Good rundown by Nilay Patel of the Department of Justice’s antitrust complaint against Apple and seven of the major book publishers.
The high-level idea, that the publishers wanted to move to the agency model (where they could set prices that retailers charge for their books) and that Apple was willing to give them this model shouldn’t be surprising. The question is if they colluded...
Bright Idea: Filling Potholes with Non-Newtonian... →
discovermagazine.com
What’s something that everyone hates? That’s the question that undergrads at Case Western University asked recently while brainstorming their entry for a materials science competition. Their answer: potholes. And their answer to …
Sergey Brin, Google Co-Founder, Says Internet... →
Adam Goldberg, huffingtonpost.com
LONDON, April 16 (Reuters) - The principles of openness and universal access that underpinned the Internet’s creation are facing their greatest-ever threat, the co-founder of Google Sergey Brin said in an interview published by Britain…
