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Category: Cognitive Science

Minority Report tech: coming to your living room

Dan Lyons, readwrite.com The company is called Leap Motion, and if you want to get an idea of how much everyone in San Francisco is buzzing about them, consider this: A few weeks ago I was visiting a different hot new startup in San Francisco, and in the middle of their d… RT @rishad: Huge…
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Apple watch on the horizon

THE END OF SMARTPHONES: The Latest Rumor Is That Apple Is Working On A Computer Watch Nicholas Carlson, businessinsider.com Tech/Media Long before Apple ever revealed its latest iPhones and iPads to the public, we knew almost exactly what they would look like and what kind of features they would have thanks to rumors emanating from…
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What can Best Buy learn from B&H and Apple stores?

How Best Buy can learn from B&H Photo by Greg Sandoval, cnet.com New York’s top photography store provides a clinic on how to sell tech gear. This is how you sell tech gear: Yesterday I walked into B&H Photo in New York, which claims to be the country’s largest non-chain camera store,…
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Why big data is about mining real world behavior

By STEVE LOHR, nytimes.com Business experts and recent research predict that machine-generated sensor data will become a larger and larger portion of all data produced. That is opening up a huge opportunity for Big Data technology beyond the consumer Internet. RT @nytimesbits: Big Data: Rise of the Machines http://flip.it/X0O7J http://flip.it/82cR0 Bits Blog: Big Data: Rise…
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Should I learn app development or HTML5?

HTML5 vs. Apps: Here’s Why The Debate Matters, And Who Will Win Business Insider, businessinsider.com Tech/Media HTML5 is a new technology that allows developers to build rich web-based apps that run on any device via a standard web browser. Many think it will save the web, rendering native platform-dependent apps obsolete. So, whi… RT @SAI:…
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How and why to get an iPhone without the contract

(via What can you do with an unlocked iPhone 5? Here are 3 options — Apple News, Tips and Reviews) Related articles Deal Alert! iPhone 5 on Sale at Walmart for $127 (dailysavings.allyou.com) Apple Takes The Wraps Off iPhone 5 (misco.co.uk) Apple May Already Be Testing the New iPhone and iOS 7 (mashable.com)
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Why Straight Talk is the best iPhone plan for information and knowledge workers

Since most information and knowledge workers don’t spend nearly as much time chatting on a phone these days as managing data in other forms (email, messages, sites, social media), it increasingly makes little sense to spend the thousands of dollars a year charged by major carriers for a their phone services. Fortunately, some smaller companies…
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TMobile offers real 4G on iPhone for half the price

(via T-Mobile expands 4G network, sort of offers 4G iPhone | Dialed In – CNET Blogs) Related articles ScrewMat for iPhone 4 Repair, iPhone 4S Repair, and iPhone 5 Repair Now Available in Canada with Wi West Wireless (prweb.com) Seattle iPhone carrier recommendation (ask.metafilter.com) Apple working on iPhone 6 running on iOS7: Report (ibnlive.in.com)
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How the iPhone can streamline cumbersome medical care

Top Ten Medical Uses of the iPhone internetmedicine.com (SOURCE: John Bennett MD: www.internetmedicine.com) December 15, 2012 The creation and widespread use of the iPhone has impacted many industries, and now has affected Medicine in many ways. In manycases the iPhone applifies the po… http://flip.it/0JXBc
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Rustic eco chic in the Facebook cafeteria

Facebook’s Cafeteria, By The Masters Of Rustic Chic By Mark Wilson, fastcodesign.com Roman & Williams has created nostalgic interiors that most others can only emulate. Here’s the lunchroom they created with Facebook. Google ruined everything. Microsoft gave out free soft drinks, but Google let employees eat gourmet food for… RT @FastCoDesign: Facebook’s Cafeteria, By The…
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LittleBits: learn to make things this Christmas

LittleBits, A Starter Kit For Aspiring Engineers And Makers By Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan, fastcodesign.com It’s like your momma always said: Life is like a box of adorable electronic components. It’s a question that comes up fairly often in interviews with talented engineers: How did you get interested in electronics? The answer usually… RT @FastCoDesign:…
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Why the iPad is becoming the best mobile phone and how to do it

howtowired: With the recent addition of iMessage to non-cellular devices in the Apple family, many have been happily adapting their iPad as their new go-to communicative device. Unfortunately, because the iPad isn’t tied to a mobile number, the user’s email address associated with their Apple account is the… http://flip.it/eu6IY Wired.com How-To: Micro Edition: How…
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