Android – Page 2 – Insight Sciences

Misfit wearable is superior to Fitbit

November 28, 2012 by timbatchelder, posted in Health Informatics, Knowledge Management, Network Science

Watch Out Fitbit, This Badass New Activity Tracker Is Out to Eat Your Lunch
Peter Ha, gizmodo.com

You might not have ever heard of Misfit Wearables but you’ll want to pay attention starting now that its first gadget has made its debut.

Founded by Agamatrix founders Sonny Vu and Sridhar Iyengar, the Redwood City-based company als…

Watch Out Fitbit, This Badass New Activity Tracker Is Out to Eat Your Lunch http://flpbd.it/gJCIs http://flpbd.it/BxmVw

2013 Digital Health Funding Update (rockhealth.com)
Wearable design, Misfit and the age of the glanceable UI (gigaom.com)
#! Fitbit Wireless Activity/Sleep Tracker, Black/Blue review cheap price buy sale (vtresa.wordpress.com)
Nike+ FuelBand vs Fitbit Tracking: Spring 2013 Update (quantifiedself.com)
Meet Homo Erectus Connectus – or, if you prefer, Wearable Man (infographic) [GigaOM] (gigaom.com)
Get Stepping – Steps to Good Health Challenge – 4/2 (favoriteadventure.wordpress.com)

People Are Literally Allergic To BlackBerry phones

November 26, 2012 by timbatchelder, posted in Digital health, Health Informatics, Knowledge Management, Network Science

People Are Literally Allergic To BlackBerry Phones
By Colin Lecher, popsci.com

Like, an actual itching allergy. But, come on, there are lots of other reasons to dump BlackBerry.

BlackBerry has been having a rough go of it lately, slowly sliding into irrelevance as Android and iPhone corner the market. Now add one…

http://flpbd.it/OS1sT

BlackBerry’s time may be ripe in iPhone battle – Boston Herald (bostonherald.com)
Preview BlackBerry 10 on your iPhone, Android device (howto.cnet.com)
BlackBerry details unique security features in OS 10 (networkworld.com)
Curious About BlackBerry 10? Try It Now On Your Android Or iOS Device (cultofmac.com)

Stitcher is the best podcast app keeps the news flowing

November 5, 2012 by timbatchelder, posted in Digital health, Knowledge Management, Linguistic Search, Regenerative Economy

Stitcher keeps the news flowing for desktop users with new web-based app
Zachary Lutz, engadget.com

Stitcher is already a heavy hitter in the world of mobile apps, but users will now find their favorite radio shows and podcasts are accessible from the desktop. Today, the company announced an HTML5 version of its popular app that’s…

http://flpbd.it/TyIku

Stitcher Radio 3.0 for Android Brings a New UI, Rich Notifications (news.softpedia.com)
Stitcher Radio rolls out redesigned Android app, and adds ‘Topic Search’ to iOS (thenextweb.com)
Stitcher Radio 3.0.4 for Android Packs Playback Improvements (news.softpedia.com)
Update Alert: Stitcher Radio re-adds Widget, fixes Bluetooth (omgdroid.com)
Hands on: Apple’s Podcasts app is finally usable! (digitaltrends.com)
Stitcher Radio Gets New UI (thedroidguy.com)
Stitcher browser plugins for Chrome and Firefox now available (engadget.com)
Daily Kos Radio is LIVE at 9am ET! (dailykos.com)
Stitcher for Android version 3.0 released with Holo interface, rich notifications (mobilesyrup.com)
Stitcher overhauls its Android app to dovetail with Google’s interface world (engadget.com)

Google+ Goes Looking For Love

October 7, 2012 by timbatchelder, posted in Digital health, Knowledge Management, Linguistic Search

Google+ Goes Looking For Love
By Andy Meek, fastcompany.com

Instead of going for the billion-user benchmark recently set by social titan Facebook, Google+ is trying to harness emotion, says Google’s Vic Gundotra.

An interview with Google’s senior vice president for engineering, Vic Gundotra, about…

http://flpbd.it/oOkme

Nexus phones to feature ‘insanely great cameras’ says Google’s Vic Gundotra (recombu.com)
Google’s Vic Gundotra promises insanely great cameras on upcoming Nexus phones (9to5google.com)
The Cassandra Memorandum: Google in 2013 (seomoz.org)
Google’s Vic Gundotra: Future Nexus phones will have ‘insanely great cameras’ (venturebeat.com)
Google’s Vic Gundotra teases Nexus phones with ‘insanely great cameras’ (pocket-lint.com)
Google Toils to Bring Awesome Cameras to Nexus Devices (devicemag.com)

Netatmo Urban Weather Station

August 31, 2012 by timbatchelder, posted in Knowledge Management, Linguistic Search, Sustainable Design, Systems Science

Netatmo Urban Weather Station tells iOS users when it’s safe to brave the great outdoors (video)

Jon Fingas, engadget.com

We haven’t seen weather stations garner the same level of clever mobile integration as other pieces of household gear — like, say, thermostats. Netatmo wants its newly available Urban Weather Station to inject a similar dose of life…

http://flpbd.it/E3mPn

Netatmo Urban Weather Station hands-on (phonearena.com)
Netatmo Personal Weather Station Monitors Indoor/Outdoor Conditions, Reports to Smartphone (mashable.com)
Netatmo’s Urban Weather Station Debuts Android Compatibility at CES 2013 (paramuspost.com)
Netatmo Personal Weather Station (geeknewscentral.com)
Get Your Own Personal Weather Station That Interfaces With The iPhone With Netatmo (macgasm.net)
Personal weather station offers users health advice (springwise.com)
Complete CES coverage from Reviewed.com (reviewed.com)
In Depth: What’s next in home Wi-Fi: new kit, apps and more (techradar.com)
A digital fork, and other new and strange gadgets at CES (theglobeandmail.com)

Apple vs Samsung case in photos

August 20, 2012 by timbatchelder, posted in Data Governance, Knowledge Management

iPhone and iPhone 3G camera comparison (Photo credit: Neven Mrgan)

Apple’s case that Samsung copied the iPhone and iPad—in pictures

Jon Brodkin, arstechnica.com

With the Apple v. Samsung patent trial underway, Apple is making its case that Samsung’s phones and tablets are ripoffs of the iPhone and iPad. We’ve had extensive coverage of the testimony from our reporter in the courthouse, a…

http://flpbd.it/tLwVj

Tim Cook said ‘No’ to suing Samsung but Steve Jobs said ‘Yes’ (phonearena.com)
Insight: Apple and Samsung, frenemies for life (dawn.com)
Tim Cook disagreed with Steve Jobs over suing Samsung (thedroidguy.com)
Apple’s CEO, Tim Cook Never Wanted To Haul Samsung To Court (goandroid.co.in)
Apple and Samsung: A completely new form of tech rivalry (mercurynews.com)
No easy fix for Apple’s squeezed profit margins (business.financialpost.com)
Here is how Apple, Samsung love story took an ugly turn (ibnlive.in.com)
Apple and Samsung: is an amicable split possible? (guardian.co.uk)
iGear Gives Away Custom iPhone and Samsung S3 Cases for Valentine’s Day (prweb.com)

If you’re going to do good science, release the code

May 9, 2011 by timbatchelder, posted in Linguistic Search

If you’re going to do good science, release the computer code too | Technology | guardian.co.uk.

Berners-Lee calls for computer science education at a younger age (vg247.com)
Entertainment Industries Council Inc. Celebrates the Importance of Science, Engineering and Technology during High-Tech Month with Special Interviews and Feature Reports (prweb.com)
High Schoolers Compete at Science Olympiad (wbng.com)
Computing to become UK’s “fourth science” (pcpro.co.uk)
BenchmarkXPRT Development Community Releases Source Code for HDXPRT 2012 (prweb.com)
Should Open Access Include Open Software? (telescoper.wordpress.com)
Middleman & Haml with Github-style fenced code blocks (stackoverflow.com)
Statisticians and computer scientists – if there is no code, there is no paper (simplystatistics.org)
Fixing bugs in minds and bugs in societies (dw2blog.com)

Skyscape: Mobile medical resources for iOS, Android & Blackberry

May 29, 2010 by timbatchelder, posted in Design UX, Health Informatics, Knowledge Management, Network Science

iOS logo (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Mobile medical resources for iOS, Android & Blackberry | Skyscape.

500+ Android And iOS Apps Now Available on Appy Pie Inc (prweb.com)
Home Depot abandoning BlackBerry platform in favor of Apple’s iPhone and iOS (technologynewsworldwide.com)
Opinion: An Apple iOS UI redesign? Nice, but not essential (electronista.com)

Pixel Qi’s Transflective LCD: Best of both worlds?

May 19, 2010 by timbatchelder, posted in Design UX, Knowledge Management, Systems Science

logo of the US-American display manufacturer Pixel Qi Corporation (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

I’ve been a big fan of e-Ink because it allows a very low energy cost, low EMF design for reading. However this comes with drawback for people who need monitors with higher resolutions or brightness. Now there appears to be a type of display that does both…

E-Ink Is Dead, Pixel Qi’s Amazing Transflective LCD Just Killed It.

Mirasol e-readers still several months away (reviews.cnet.com)
Troubleshooting Your Computer Monitor: Fixing Stuck Pixels on Your LCD Monitor (pc.answers.com)
Top Online Monitor Tests for Your LCD Screen (pc.answers.com)
What Are the Differences Between an LCD and a Plasma Monitor? (pc.answers.com)

How the Tablet Will Change the World | Magazine

April 16, 2010 by timbatchelder, posted in Cognitive Science, Design UX, Knowledge Management, Regenerative Economy

Image representing iPad as depicted in CrunchBase — Image via CrunchBase

www.wired.com

Great article on the new iPad which argues it represents a major shift in communication away from the conventional computer towards an always on, always connected, keyboard-less, mouse-less, cloud based, multi-sensory, gesture based social networking device.

Kindle Fire HD: 10 Critical Specs and Review of Amazon Kindle Fire 2 Revealed by Tablet XRay (prweb.com)
Tablets buying guide (reviews.cnet.com)
Protect Your Bubble Announces its Valentine’s Day Gadget Gift Guide (prweb.com)
7 Uses for Your Outdated iPad (gizmodo.com)
Making the Switch from Laptop to Tablet (technologytell.com)

Sales 2.0 Presentation Tool by Glance

November 9, 2009 by timbatchelder, posted in Knowledge Management, Regenerative Economy

Sales 2.0 Presentation Tool by Glance.

Sales 2.0 and Gamification: A Q&A with Anneke Seley (customerthink.com)
Screensharing a browser tab in HTML5? (html5rocks.com)
5 Recommended iPad Screensharing Apps (edudemic.com)
Smart Business Applications of Google+ Hangouts You’re Missing Out On (hubspot.com)
Spring Design Launches Beta of ScreenShare™, an Android App that Extends Mobile Phone Apps to the Larger Screen of Tablets (sys-con.com)
Spring Design Launches Beta of ScreenShare™, an Android App that Extends Mobile Phone Apps to the Larger Screen of Tablets (geardiary.com)
“Pinning” the video feed in Google Hangouts (mollerus.net)

Jiffle | Scheduling Made Simple

August 28, 2008 by timbatchelder, posted in Data Governance, Information Visualization, Knowledge Management, Linguistic Search

Liquid schedule (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Image representing jiffle as depicted in Crunc... — Image via CrunchBase

Welcome to Jiffle | Scheduling Made Simple | Home.

This interesting site adds availability from your Google calendar to your site or email so that people can see when you are available to schedule meetings etc.

GTD Times: Changing priorities is easier when . . . (gtdtimes.com)
Add Your Foursquare Check-ins to Google Calendar (webpronews.com)
Want an easy way to keep track of where you’ve been? Add your check-in history to your calendar! (foursquare.com)
6 Great Apps for Back to School (dollarhack.wordpress.com)
Project Managements Software for Contractors (adavidcreation.com)
ASA Calendar with locations! (scatter.wordpress.com)
Expert Interview with Rand Fishkin from SEOmoz (simplybusiness.co.uk)
Synchornize Our New Google Calendars with Yours (smesiliconvalley.wordpress.com)
If It’s Not In Google Calendar, It’s Not Official (hesayszeesays.com)
Zendesk on the Google Apps Marketplace (zendesk.com)

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