Tuesday, 29 May 2012

Facebook poaching ex-Apple engineers for social phone tip insiders

http://www.slashgear.com/facebook-poaching-ex-apple-engineers-for-social-phone-tip-insiders-28230406/

/ Buffy smartphone mobile device social network app centre center /

Denver zoo embraces the power of dung (video)

http://www.reuters.com/video/2012/05/13/reuters-tv-denver-zoo-embraces-the-power-of-dung?videoId=234901957&videoChannel=118065

/ gas methane waste energy green /

Age & happiness: The U-bend of life

"Why, beyond middle age, people become happier as they age."

http://www.economist.com/node/17722567

/ old stiffening joints weakening muscles fading eyesight memory happy /

Five best tablet drawing apps

http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2012/05/five-best-tablet-drawing-apps/

/ iPad iOS Apple Android Google Sketchbook Express Paper Procreate Artrage Infinite Design s

AirFloat removed from the App Store

http://www.tuaw.com/2012/05/25/airfloat-removed-from-the-app-store/

/ Apple coming iOS 6 functionality Airfoil Speakers Touch send audio to the iPhone from a desktop machine /

Airline, farm & biofuel groups petition Congress for military biofuels

http://cleantechnica.com/2012/05/26/airlines-farm-groups-petition-senate-military-biofuels/

/ Department of Defense research partner customer alternative energy sector fuel diversity alternative foreign oil national security budget /

Aged Windows XP costs 5x more to manage than Windows 7

http://m.computerworld.com/s/article/9227490/Aged_Windows_XP_costs_5x_more_to_manage_than_Windows_7

/ Microsoft /

Ubi turns any wall into a touchscreen using Microsoft's Kinect (video)

http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2012-05/25/ubi-interactive

/ 3D Ubi Interactive sensor /

Samsung Galaxy S3 gets head start on rival iPhone

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/29/us-samsung-galaxy-idUSBRE84S02J20120529

/ iOS Android Apple Google 4.8 inch screen /

Democrat & Republican students are biologically distinct

http://www.economist.com/blogs/babbage/2012/01/physiology-and-politics

/ god fearing fearful liberals conservatives tougher policing harsher sentences progressive negative feelings positive emotions arousal skin conduct conductivity stimuli /

Cisco all but kills Cius tablet computer

http://m.computerworld.com/s/article/9227494/Cisco_all_but_kills_Cius_tablet_computer

/ collaboration tool 7-inch touchscreen business consumer /

Men & women: Different brains, same aims

Interesting new idea that differences between female & male brains may be to compensate for differences in hormone levels, rather than to achieve different functionality.

Only 5 days remaining to read this article.

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21428661.500-men-and-women-different-brains-same-aims.html?cmpid=NLC%7CNSNS%7C2012-2805-GLOBAL%7Cmg21428661.500&utm_medium=NLC&utm_source=NSNS&utm_content=mg21428661.500

/ hormone testosterone gonads testicles penis reproductive organs language spatial skills /

Australia's cheapest Android tablets

Kogan goes sub-$200 with Ice Cream sandwich Android tablet


... & other inexpensive tablets

http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2012/05/dealhacker-australias-cheapest-android-tablets/

/ Google USB microSD card Tablet PC Millennius Gold Kogan Zenithink Dell Streak 7 /

Top 10 ways to make the most of airport lounges

http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2012/05/top-10-ways-to-make-the-most-of-airport-lounges/

/ recharge charge coffee food meal power board shower boarding times print printer /

Nuance announces Dragon Drive, Siri-like functionality for cars

http://www.tuaw.com/2012/05/25/nuance-announces-dragon-drive-siri-like-functionality-for-cars/

/ vehicle automobile auto Apple intelligent assistant infotainment systems GM Ford BMW Daimler voice recognition /

Solar energy financing on brink of transformation; Obama Iowa wind power speech; Clean coal not a thing; Greenpeace & Apple continue to dance

http://cleantechnica.com/2012/05/25/solar-energy-financing-obama-iowa-wind-power-clean-coal-apple-greenpeace/

Apple makes apps chosen as “App of the Week”, free for download In the App Store

http://www.funkyspacemonkey.com/apple-apps-chosen-app-week-free-download-app-store

Judge orders drug evidence suppressed in warrantless GPS tracking case

http://m.computerworld.com/s/article/9227467/Judge_orders_drug_evidence_suppressed_in_warrantless_GPS_tracking_case

/ warrant suspect's vehicle constitution constitutional rights /

Coding contest shows how big data can improve health care - Computerworld

http://m.computerworld.com/s/article/9227493/Coding_contest_shows_how_big_data_can_improve_health_care

/ IT professionals medical workers IT analytics /

MySpace relaunching by end of 2012

http://www.tomsguide.com/us/MySpace-Relaunch-Brand-Justin-Timberlake-Specific-Media,news-15336.html

/ social networking media Facebook Google+ /

New ad highlights how little Volt owners gas up

http://www.chevroletvoltage.com/index.php/volt-blog/18-volt/2644-new-ad-highlights-how-little-volt-owners-gas-up.html

The redneck view: If you don' go to the gas station, how you gonna clean the windscreen?  These electric cars will never work!

/ Chevrolet Chevy gasoline petrol fuel EV extended range electric vehicle battery lithium ion LiIon charge recharge /

New Scientist TV: What life in augmented reality could look like (video)

http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/nstv/2012/05/what-life-in-augmented-reality-will-be-like.html?cmpid=NLC%7CNSNS%7C2012-2805-GLOBAL%7Caugmentedreality&utm_medium=NLC&utm_source=NSNS&utm_content=augmentedreality

http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/nstv/2011/02/augmented-reality-system-teaches-you-chess.html

http://www.tomsguide.com/us/project-glass-eyewear-Sergey-Brin-Max-Braun-Augmented-Reality,news-15372.html

/ cyborg cybernetics digital Google glasses Project Glass /