Just click play
Outstanding video from NASA…
(via +michael interbartolo)
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Mar 12
3, 2, 1, Launch!
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Mar 12
The Singing Paper
Sounds like magic but new advances in printing using special inks can create electrical circuits, converting a piece of paper to something interactive. Uniform has some ideas… http://bit.ly/zrO13R
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Mar 12
It's an upside down world
I know you like maps on signs so I put a QR code on your sign to open up a map…
Someone please explain the rationale for placing a huge QR code on a sign on the space where you would normally put a map, and then having the QR code be a link to the map (if you happen to have a proper device to handle it). And of course placing driving directions aligned centered 
This distorted view that everything is better done digitally doesn't end there. Yesterday, finally the big the news came: there is now an app so that you can knock on people's door with an SMS http://bit.ly/AmVWe8
At some point we need to see that some things can also be done physically 
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7
Mar 12
Apple: the ultimate troll, the first error
One hour and a half of presentation and they still haven't announced the name! 
In the initial version of this post, i thought #Apple was trolling the internet. Minutes before the end of the iPad event and after the endless rumours on the name – #iPad3 , iPad HD, iPad RD? – and there was no mention of the name of the new iPad, except the descriptive "the new iPad".
And then, the event was over. And the name of the new #iPad is "the new iPad". Or "new iPad". Or something like that. Or maybe not.
In the first major product launch of the post-Jobs era it seems like Apple is doing it's first big #marketing error. It doesn't take much thought to see that calling a product "new" is problematic. For starters, you can't call it "new" forever, especially when we are talking about an electronic device where everything changes every six months. And of course, there is the issue of how are you going to call the next version. "Super new" sounds… strange.
Someone can argue that the "new" part will eventually be dropped and Apple will refer to as just "iPad". This doesn't make sense either as it would mean that for Apple there is not much difference between the original iPad (1) and the (new) iPad. Which would be disappointing for people getting a second-hand iPad1 and realizing that it can't do what the latest "iPad" ad shows…
Count me in the "confused" column….
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Feb 12
This is why people pirate
Awesome Oatmeal comic about trying something as simple as watching your favorite show online http://bit.ly/Aeok0T
To quote Valve's Gabe Newell:
"We think there is a fundamental misconception about piracy. Piracy is almost always a service problem and not a pricing problem. If a pirate offers a product anywhere in the world, 24 x 7, purchasable from the convenience of your personal computer, and the legal provider says the product is region-locked, will come to your country 3 months after the US release, and can only be purchased at a brick and mortar store, then the pirate's service is more valuable."
That said, Game of Thrones rocks! 
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Feb 12
Microsoft: Google.com is malware site
Mark this as #fail of the week: Google.com was marked as a #malware distributing site by Microsoft Security Essentials program due to a buggy update. #Google was labeled as a “severe” threat due to being infected with the Blackhole Exploit Kit – a nasty sounding exploit developed in Russia that allows hackers to target Windows users. The error has since been caught and corrected… More at http://bit.ly/wmkGWF
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9
Feb 12
Piracy??
What's the point of the music industry continuing their arguments on piracy and losing revenues (or worse, regular people "stealing" revenues) when you can legally have pretty much any music video stream to your computer? The ease of listening to any music anywhere has gotten to the ridiculous point where you can have a continuous stream of music (and video) on a window of your browser at excellent quality with zero cost (and no ads usually) just by doing a search on the Google+ YouTube widget.
And how long before this happens for movies? 
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9
Feb 12
This is completely wrong, but it doesn't really matter
Finally, a computer for your mom's living room? Which magically turns to an iPad?
Price not set yet. If you really want to know more, click here http://bit.ly/xxa2h3
And yes, there is also an iPhone version….
On a more serious note: this started as a #Kickstarter project, where 37 people funded the product with an average of $159 each. Which goes to show, there IS a market for you out there, you just have to find the the right way to reach the proper people, no matter how #crazy or "crazy" your idea is 
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Jan 12
Amazing: killing MegaUpload didn't stop sharing
Sharing sites like rapidshare, uploaded.to and hotfile.com should be sending chocolate gifts to the FBI. Since the closing of #MegaUpload they have seen as much as 3 times the traffic they usually have. Job well done feds
More at TorrentFreak http://bit.ly/wyCOtK
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Jan 12
JPEGmini: Less bytes, same quality on your photos
Here is a way for making your website faster: #JPEGmini http://bit.ly/zb7QdM is a new service that compresses a JPEG file without any change in the quality. I tried some random tests with pretty good results.
a) Flower photo by +Thomas Hawk : 2048x2048px at 964KB turned to 721KB (1.3x compression)
b) "Bird" photo by +Elena Kalis : 754x700px at 369KB turned to 100KB (3.7x compression)
c) Stadium photo : 1024x768px at 602KB turned to 260KB (2.3x compression)
I didn't have #Photoshop handy to compare this with the "Save for web" feature but the beauty of JPEGmini is that doesn't seem to alter the quality of the photo at all, where as on "Save for web" you have to experiment between different compression ratios.
Currently a free web service is offered (also allowing you to upload entire folders) as well as a Photo Server for big clients. A cloud service and a desktop app (that would be more convenient in a web development workflow) are on the way.
Hat tip to +Robert Scoble
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