Princess Leia-Like Hologram Coming Soon : Discovery News
Feb 29, 2012 Software
Microsoft’s Holoflector uses a translucent mirror, LCD screen and Kinect to generate augmented reality graphics.
Russian Mogul’s Plan: Plant Our Brains in Robots, Keep Them Alive Forever
Feb 29, 2012 Software
According to a 31-year-old Russian media mogul, the U.S. military’s Avatar initiative doesn’t go nearly far enough. He’s got a massive, sci-fi-esque venture of his own that he hopes will put the Pentagon’s project to shame. Itskov’s plan: Construct robots that’ll (within 10 years, he hopes) actually store a human’s mind and keep that consciousness working. Forever.
TechCrunch | ASO (App Store Optimization) Is The New SEO, And Here’s A Tool To Do It
Feb 29, 2012 Software
What’s the hardest thing about building a successful mobile app? If you answered “building a mobile app,” you’re wrong. It’s getting your app found. With over 600,000+ iOS applications, and now some 450,000 on Android, the real challenge for developers is having their app surfaced higher than hundreds of other competitors in the app store search results. Doing this correctly involves ASO, or app store optimization. It’s basically SEO repurposed for mobile, and because we’re still in the early days of the mobile ecosystem, it’s simpler to optimize apps than webpages.
Apple’s New iPad May Be Mind Blowing; Co-Founder Woz
Feb 29, 2012 Software
Less than a week after Apple CEO Tim Cook told shareholders the company was working on “some products that will blow your mind,” Apple sent out an invite to a March 7 event that suggests it is readying the third-generation of the iPad tablet. Former Apple CEO Steve Jobs with the [...]
Time to Kill Off Captchas: Scientific American
Feb 29, 2012 Software
How the bot-proofing of the Internet is bringing humans down
HTTPS Everywhere Keeps Your Personal Information Safe on Over 1,400 Sites, Available for Firefox and Chrome
Feb 29, 2012 Software
Chrome/Firefox: HTTPS Everywhere is a simple extension that, with just a one-click installation, can seriously increase your security on over 1,400 web sites by encrypting your connection.
Microsoft’s Hadoop play is shaping up, and it includes Excel
Feb 29, 2012 Software
Microsoft, which it looked as if it might be the odd man out on Hadoop, might actually play a big role in taking the platform into the mainstream. On Tuesday, it exposed its plans to make Hadoop data analyzable via both a JavaScript and Microsoft Excel.
The End of Online Privacy?
Feb 29, 2012 Software
Phone apps help themselves to our contacts, Google tracks our web history, and supermarkets monitor our buying habits. Can anything stop the great data grab?
Can the iPad Really Replace Your Laptop?
Feb 29, 2012 Software
Sure, there are tons of apps and ample reason for Mac lovers to ditch their laptops for the iPad. But, is it really the right choice?
DDR vs. DDR2 vs. DDR3: What’s The Difference?
Feb 29, 2012 Software
How do memory types differ? Here’s a quick rundown on where DDR3 came from and what it means for your computer.