[TechNewsDaily – via NBC] As much as consumers depend on the cloud, however, they can never depend on it 100 percent — as a long line of cloud disappointments, both past and very recent, has proved. [Read the rest of Boxee Lesson: You Can Neither Give Up Nor Count On the Cloud]… Read the rest
[TechNewsDaily – via NBC] Is time an illusion? Does time “pass”? And do people have free will, or just predetermined destiny?
At the World Science Fair, four experts used gadget metaphors (and factoids) to explain the workings of time. [Read the rest of Experts Use Tech Gadgets to Explain the Nature of Time]… Read the rest
[TechNewsDaily – via NBC] Delivery by drone could relieve road congestion in cities such as Los Angeles or New York, she said. But the impact would be bigger where roads are few and unreliable— places like Haiti and the Dominican Republic, where Matternet has been testing drone deliveries.… Read the rest
[TechNewsDaily Guide – via NBC] “We’re making it so your friends can look over your shoulder virtually and interact with you as you play,” said David Perry, co-founder of Gaikai, a company that Sony bought to build its cloud-gaming network.But not only friends will be watching.… Read the rest
[NBC] As frigid weather continues to pound the East Coast and the Plains, fingers go numb, noses go red and cellphones go out. “We remind customers that their electronics operate best in the same temperatures that people like, too,” said Jazmin Hupp, director of marketing at Tekserve, a popular Manhattan Apple reseller.… Read the rest
[TechNewsDaily – via NBC] LAS VEGAS—Outside the Mandarin Hotel, Annie Lien pushed a button on an iPhone app. A few seconds later, an Audi A7 drove out of the parking garage to pick her up. With another button press, the car drove back into the garage and found its own parking place.… Read the rest
[TechNewsDaily – via NBC] ] Residents of the city that never sleeps also loathe letting their gadgets sleep. But for the lower third of Manhattan, and a great deal of the Tri-State area, getting power requires an expedition. And with electrical service expected to be out for several more days in many blackout neighborhoods, it’s an ongoing struggle.… Read the rest
[TechNewsDaily – via NBC] How could Apple nail it so well with the iPhone 5 (some Wi-Fi and possible battery problems notwithstanding), but blow it so badly with Maps? A lot of it came from failed negotiations with Google, but Apple also has a long history of messing up online services.… Read the rest
[TechNewsDaily – via NBC] But one Twitter handle has also been prominent — that of Jessica Redfield (@JessicaRedfield), one of the deceased. Redfield, whose legal last name was Ghawi, was a Denver sports reporter and Texas transplant with a special passion for hockey.… Read the rest
[TechNewsDaily – via NBC] The protest largely became a defense of the First Amendment. “I am opposed to any law – especially very badly written laws – that infringe on our country’s basic rights to freedom of speech and freedom of the press,” said Naomi Reyes, a fashion design student.… Read the rest
