By the end of the month, Google Wallet will be available on twice as many phones as before — the portfolio is growing from two to four. Baby steps, right?
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*Not just “magnetism,” but digitally controlled electromagnetism.
*So, who’s gonna scale this up so that people can put on mesh suits and swoop around in mid-air, comic-book style?
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High school and female athletes take longer than men to recover from concussions, suggesting age and gender must be considered when diagnosing and treating sports-related head trauma.
Apple will reportedly ditch Google’s backend for the built-in Maps app in iOS 6, according to sources with 9to5Mac. So what will the changes mean for you?
Like many others, I love last.fm. I love scrobbling the music I listen to my last.fm page. It’s pretty easy (easier with jailbreak) to scrobble the things you listen to on your iphone.
There’s that guy again, cruising down the block, scanning the airwaves for an open Wi-Fi network named “LINKSYS” or “NETGEAR” that the owner didn’t bother to password-protect. Maybe he’s just a freeloader. But what if he’s an identity thief out to view your browsing history and ? gasp ? maybe even your bank statements! Wouldn’t it be nice if you could both beautify your home and make your Wi-Fi network just disappear?
California’s Assembly passed legislation Thursday that would forbid employers or prospective employers from demanding access to employees’ personal, private online life, such as social-networking sites. The development comes a day after Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Connecticut) and Reps. Martin Heinrich (D-New Mexico) and Ed Perlmutter (D-Colorado) proposed similar legislation on the federal level. The idea is to counter sporadic reports of employers demanding such access.
With meme-production an increasingly commercial venture, and Washington looking to pass copyright-protection legislation, is the unchecked, often insular and happily antagonistic spirit that fuels so much web comedy in danger of being snuffed out?
The Aurora Borealis is beautiful from the ground, but what does it look like from the air? A team of atmospheric physicists sent 30 balloons with HD cameras attached up to find out.
Composer and network engineer Domenico Vicinanza brings together his two loves by making music from the particle tracks of positrons passing through cloud chambers.