November 2011
5 posts
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Swiped this from Daring Fireball
Among the items that could be connected: a garden planter (so it could be watered from afar); a coffee pot (so it could be set to brew remotely); or a light bulb (so it could be turned off remotely). Google said in May that by the end of this year another team planned to introduce a Web-connected light bulb that could communicate wirelessly with Android...
How iPads, phones & sensors will redefine our... →
“New devices have become purely ‘personal assistants’ that fit into our lives rather than the other way around. Future of technology is to become far more immersed and subtle, even hidden. Something that is so intuitive that when used it is so natural we don’t even register the use,” says Wilkinson.
I find this analagous to print media. When the average reader reads a book, they don’t...
The Rise Of Pinterest And The Shift From Search To... →
If Pinterest can (1) get its users to take pictures of things in the real world with its mobile app and post them online with data and (2) leverage image-tagging tools such as Stipple and help bypass intent-based search on just a small fraction of online transactions, it could be a huge cultural and financial success. This is the promise of Pinterest. Of course, there’s a long way to go and...
Forgot about the Kinect?
All this recent talk about Apple TV is bothering me. As far as I’m concerned, it’s not even vaporware, considering Apple hasn’t even acknowledged its existence.
But the rumors have started to link Siri into the picture. How voice rec. and AI will influence the way we watch TV. This is where I have to stop and say:
… what.the.fuck.
SiriSeriously?
Forget about the...