Show Notes October 21st, 2013

Andrew Fitzgerald: Adventures in Twitter fiction

http://www.ted.com/talks/andrew_fitzgerald_adventures_in_twitter_fiction.html

(Duration: ~12:00.)

Mena Trott: Meet the founder of the blog revolution

http://www.ted.com/talks/mena_trott_tours_her_blog_world.html

A founding mother of the blog revolution, Movable Type’s Mena Trott talks about the early days of blogging, when she realized that giving regular people the power to share our lives online is the way to build a friendlier, more connected world. (Recorded February 2006 in Monterey, California. Duration: 16:58.)

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DC Comics and Vertigo graphic novels arrive on Google Play, Sandman and all 100+ If you’ve looked up to Google Play and DC Comics and shouted “save us money” without hearing any whispered responses, there’s a reason: they were waiting. Today, DC Entertainment announced that it’s brought a whole slew of its comics and Vertigo graphic novels to Google’s online storefront in the form of collected editions. This “extensive lineup” is available now and includes
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Amazon takes on PayPal, now offering Amazon login and pay service to online business 500+ Amazon, having extended far beyond the realm of book selling into the world of tablets and online marketplaces, is reaching ever further in its latest effort: “Login and Pay with Amazon.” The new service does exactly what it sounds like, allowing online businesses to implement a login/pay system using existing Amazon accounts. For Amazon, that means a (unknown) cut in the sales margin b
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New York City, meet your new official taxi: the Nissan NV200 300+ Back in May, Nissan unveiled its NV200 van as New York City’s “Taxi of Tomorrow” in a joint press conference with Mayor Michael Bloomberg. Today, NYC’s Taxi and Limousine Commission (TLC) made the pact official, signing regulations that will replace the city’s iconic line of Crown Victorias (and myriad other cabs) with the NV200 beginning in October 2013. As Nissan puts it, today’s sign
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Acer details Haswell-based C720 Chromebook, begins pre-orders at $250 400+ Acer was only willing to tease its Haswell-powered Chromebook at last month’s Intel Developer Forum, but it’s ready to spill the beans today. Now called the C720, the 11.6-inch system revolves around a more efficient 1.4GHz Celeron processor that (along with 4GB of low-power RAM) allows a healthy 8.5 hours of claimed battery life. The PC also ditches the hard drive of its ancestor; there’s now a
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BBC releases rediscovered Doctor Who episodes as iTunes exclusives 500+ There are a few things that make Doctor Who fans wince in pain, none more so than mentioning the BBC’s policy of deleting its archives of early ’60s episodes. However, enterprising fans have scoured the globe looking for film canisters, and all but 106 had been found — until now. Nine new episodes, including parts 1, 2, 4, 5 and 6 of The Enemy Of The World as well as episodes 2, 4, 5 and 6 of Th
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If you use Google services, you could become an ad next month 1K Google users, you’re about to become shills. A major update to the company’s Terms of Service agreement today could have some users’ profiles showing up in ads across the web. These “shared endorsements,” as Google is calling them, leverage any reviews, comments, +1s, follows or stars a user may have given to a business or brand by effectively placing that user’s name, photo and any rel
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Snapchat has passed ‘about a dozen’ unopened messages to law enforcement under search warrant 400+ Think those unopened self-destructing Snaps disappear forever unseen, too? Guess again. After detailing the timeline for how and when user messages are deleted in the spring, Snapchat says that it has given law enforcement “about a dozen” unopened Snaps at the request of law enforcement search warrants since May 2013. In a blog post, trust and safety head Micah Schaffer says that the me
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NSA collecting email and messaging contacts worldwide, Yahoo moves to encrypt webmail by default 200+ Don’t think that the NSA’s bulk communication data collection is focused solely on the communications themselves. The Washington Post has published more Edward Snowden documents which reveal that the agency collects large volumes of contact lists from email and instant messaging users around the world. While the NSA gathers the information on foreign soil, its method reportedly prevents it from a
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Fitbug Orb fitness tracker priced at $50, can go up to six months between charges 97 The Fitbug Orb seems like a veritable shot across Fitbit’s bow. This latest fitness wearable is priced at $50 and can go six months between charges, matching the Fitbit Zip’s longevity and undercutting its price by $10. You aren’t tied to wearing it on your wrist either, as you can place the Orb just about anywhere on your person if the white, pink or black color options don’t gel with your wardr
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FlyKly’s Smart Wheel snaps onto your bike for 20MPH pedal assist 500+ In retrospect, lower Manhattan probably wasn’t the safest place to try the Smart Wheel for the first time. Thankfully, the prototype wasn’t operating at top speed when I hopped on, for that very reason. The sensation’s a bit weird for those unaccustomed to riding with a pedal assist, kicking in only when you actually start pedaling and gradually reaching the speed you’ve entered in the app. In it
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Akamai: DDoS attacks increased since Q1 2013, Indonesia marked as biggest cyberbully 200+ The latest Akamai report on the state of the internet is out, and it looks like DDoS attacks have spiked since the last one. What’s more, China’s reign as the number one perpetrator was cut short by Indonesia, which almost doubled its first-quarter malicious traffic from 21 percent to 38 percent. China’s traffic dropped from 34 percent to 33 percent, but combined, the two countries still comprise
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Google Glass firmware teardown hints at a slew of intriguing new features 200+ Google Glass wearers were treated to some new features with this month’s XE10 update, but what’s hiding under the hood might be even more promising. Android Police posted their APK teardown earlier today, and their findings are nothing if not intriguing. Among the features that may be on the horizon are a handful of new commands hidden in the GlassVoice APK, like the ability to succinctly ask Gla
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Netflix will experiment with DVD-style extras for originals, Android app gets UI tweaks 200+ Netflix made a couple of interesting announcements today, the first of which should be most pertinent to the Android users amongst you. The streaming video company has updated its app for the Google mobile operating system with a revamped interface that promises snappier covers, smoother scrolling and new action and navigation bars. Chromecast users should especially take note, as apparently the
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A stable version of Ubuntu’s mobile OS is available now… if you own a Nexus 4 1K After a long period of developer (and enthusiast) previews, Ubuntu 13.10 for smartphones, as well as desktops, is finally available as a stable release. The gesture-heavy, Linux-based mobile OS still doesn’t have an official hardware home — if you’ll remember, Canonical’s Indiegogo bid for the Ubuntu Edge failed to meet its lofty goals — but there are a couple of devices that can run the OS. Go
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Hulu officially announces its new CEO, former Fox exec Mike Hopkins 42 Hulu has had a tumultuous 2013, as it lost founding CEO Jason Kilar in January, then went through the sale process, again, before sticking with its original owners, again. Confirming last week’s rumors from Bloomberg and Reuters, the new CEO is Mike Hopkins, most recently head of distribution for Fox. He replaces acting CEO Andy Forssell, who took the wheel in March after Kilar’s departure. In hi
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Lenovo reportedly considering a bid to buy BlackBerry 300+ According to the Wall Street Journal, Lenovo has supposedly signed a non-disclosure agreement with BlackBerry to take a look at the Canadian company’s books. Rumor has it that the Chinese manufacturer is considering a bid to buy the ailing BlackBerry, a move that isn’t entirely shocking considering the latter’s persistent financial troubles. While the WSJ’s sources are anonymous and spokespeople
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Google rakes in over $14 billion in revenue during Q2, increased ad revenue balances growing Moto losses 100+For the last several months Google’s stock price has been surging, getting increasingly close to the $1,000 mark. And when monstrous revenues like this keep rolling in, it’s easy to see why. In Q2 of 2013, the internet giant pulled in $14.11 billion in revenue, an increase of 19 percent year-over-year. Of that massive haul, almost all of it (93 percent) was generated directly by Google properties
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New York Takes Another Step to Curb Phone Theft New York State Senator Jeffrey D. Klein plans to introduce a bill today that would require businesses to obtain proof of ownership before buying used cell phones. According to the New York Times, flea markets, laundromats, and neighborhood stores often resell mobile devices that have been stolen. The law would make it illegal for any businesses in the state to sell devices unless they can prove th
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Lenovo introduces the A10, its first Android-powered convertible laptop 400+ Android has made its share of appearances on laptops before, but today Lenovo announced that it’s taking a crack at the idea with the A10, a 10.1-inch notebook with a fold-back touchscreen display. The 2.2-pound convertible, which you can use in laptop or tablet mode, comes with a 1.6GHz quad-core Rockchip RK3188 Cortex-A9 processor, a 1,366 x 768 display, Android 4.2, 2GB of RAM, 32GB internal s
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Google cracks open Project Loon’s antennas, explains balloon delivered internet 200+ Google has done an admirable job of demystifying Project Loon (that ambitious broadband-via-atmospheric-balloon initiative), but its latest video takes it a step further: tearing apart one of its blimp-tracking antennas and explaining how it works. Every unit houses a radio, what Google is calling “radiating elements” and a disc-shaped reflector. This reflector has to be circular to boo
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Netflix tops 40 million customers total, more paid US subscribers than HBO 500+ Netflix’s results for the third quarter have arrived and one of its most important numbers, the total amount of US subscribers (not including trial accounts), has reached 29.93 million, more than HBO’s last count of 28.7 million. Last year at this time it had notched 25.1 million US customers, and …
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When to Use Quickoffice vs Google Drive 27 Recently, Google released a revamped version of Quickoffice for free to the Play Store. Now the company has two office suites with nearly identical interfaces. Which one should you use? Productivity blog Make Tech Easier attempted to answer that question. The site compared the two services and found them to be comparable for the casual user, but if you’re going to do any real work, Quickoffice is
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Full Screen Mario: Making the Case For Shorter Copyrights 100+ barlevg writes “A college student at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute spent nine months meticulously remaking Super Mario Bros. based on the latest web standards. His project is open source and the code freely available through Github. The site recently gained widespread media attention, which unfortunately brought it to the attention of Nintendo, which has requested that the site be taken do
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Top 9 Apps for Getting Through School 9 It’s the digital age we’re living in, and the amount of information the average person deals with daily is impressive. But it does not have to be difficult. Technology is here to help us climb these mountains of data! Computers and tablets, as well as other gadgets and devices, have become increasingly popular in education, researching and essay writing. It is not just students who try to make use
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Subway Car Sells Groceries For Commuters On The Move 100+ South Korean train carriage comes complete with refrigerated meat section.
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Grab Over 500 Free Programming Books from GitHub 1K Whether you’re learning to code or are already an experienced programmer, this GitHub repository is an incredible resource of free programming books. Victor Felder updated this Stack Overflow list with new and corrected links and shared it over on GitHub for collaborative updating. You’ll find books on professional development, specific platforms like Android and Oracle Server, and about 80 progra
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What’s New In Ubuntu 13.10 “Saucy Salamander,” for Desktop and Phones 200+ Ubuntu 13.10 is available now, and it brings a few small improvements to the desktop Linux OS—most notably a more comprehensive web search in the Dash called “Smart Scopes.” It’s also as Ubuntu Touch as the first stable release for phones. The desktop version doesn’t have a ton of new features this time around because Ubuntu is focusing on phone development, said Ubuntu Community Manager
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LightZone Is a Free, Awesome Photo Editor and Alternative to Lightroom 500+ Windows/Mac/Linux: Adobe Lightroom might be the professional photographer’s photo management tool of choice, but you can save $149 and download free and open source LightZone instead. The program lets you quickly manipulate a batch of photos, with great effects and styles and finely adjustable tools. Instead of layers (a la Adobe), color masks, and masks, LightZone divides an image into 16 “z
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How to Opt Out of Google Using Your Name and Face in Ads 1K Last week we mentioned that Google is updating its terms of service so it can use your name, face, reviews, and social networking activity (like +1s) in ads displayed to your friends or anyone else Google thinks would be influenced by your opinion. Good or bad, one thing is true: It’s easy to opt out. Here’s how. Just click here to go directly to the “Shared Endorsements” Google+ setting
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castAR Augmented Reality Opens Crowdfunding Campaign 13 castAR is a new crowdfunded augmented reality system built by Jeri Ellsworth and Rick Johnson.Read more on MAKE
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NY Comic Con Takes Over Attendees’ Twitter Accounts To Praise Itself 37 Okian Warrior writes “Attendees to this year’s New York Comic Con convention were allowed to pre-register their RFID-enabled badges online and connect their social media profiles to their badges — something, the NYCC registration site explained, that would make the ‘NYCC experience 100x cooler! For realz.’ Most attendees didn’t expect “100x cooler” to translate into ‘we’ll post spam
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More Free Wi-Fi Coming To All Five Boroughs 100+ The city today announced the launch of several more Wi-Fi hotspots scattered throughout the boroughs (by which we mean Manhattan and Brooklyn, mostly.) [ more › ]
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15 Things The Internet and Technology Killed Off 500+ Ah, the Internet. Over the years, the Internet and technology has brought many great benefits into our lives. Today, we no longer need to step out of our houses every morning to fetch the daily paper. We no longer need to visit the bank to find out how much money we have. We don’t even need to remember trivial information like phone numbers or how to spell properly. Technology does it all for us.
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Google & Yahoo Reveal the Most Searched For Halloween Costumes of 2013 100+ Thinking of dressing up as a Minion for Halloween this year? Judging by recent searches, you aren’t the only one. Both Google and Yahoo agree that Minion costumes – from the “Despicable Me” movies – are the top trending costumes of 2013.
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10 Great Spooky Vintage Cartoons to Watch This Halloween 200+ They really don’t make spooky cartoons like they used to. And when I say “spooky,” I don’t mean the sort of thing that will make you hide under the covers; old cartoons just have this way of looking and sounding ominous, even if you’re watching one that features an iconic character singing and dancing with goblins and ghouls, or remakes of old literary classics. Click through for ten classics that
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Cost of Healthcare.gov: $634 Million — So Far 500+ First time accepted submitter Saethan writes “Healthcare.gov, the site to be used by people in 36 states to get insurance as part of the Affordable Care Act, has apparently cost the U.S. Government $634 million. Not only is this more than Facebook spent during its first 6 years in operation, it is also over $500 million above what the original estimate was: $93.7 million. Why, in a country wi
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Xanadu theme from another dimension where ELO made chiptunes 100+ I understand that that mine is a sensationalist headline, both on the ELO front and the chiptune front. But I love Sexy Synthesizer’s arcadey, bleepy cover of Olivia Newton-John’s theme song from Xanadu all the same, and so will you.
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Fitbit Force fitness and sleep tracking watch officially announced, launching soon for $130 500+ Well, Fitbit had a little trouble keeping the wraps on its Force activity tracking watch. But the company is ready to officially unveil its latest wearable and plans to launch it in the coming weeks for $129.95. The Force borrows heavily from the aesthetic successes of the Flex, with its clean rubberized design and small dark display. That display, though, is where it sets itself apart from its m
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Russia’s other army Olga Khazan writes about her experiences with the army of commenters who turn up whenever she covers Russia: “It’s of course impossible to tell whose vitriol is genuine and whose is being bankrolled, but at least some anti-Western comments appear to come from staffers the Russian government pays to sit in a room, surf the Internet, and leave sometimes hundreds of postings a day that criticize
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Amazon’s music download site is cheaper than iTunes 78% of the time 61 The Apple iPod, introduced in 2001, may be the device most responsible for sparking the digital music era. And now, over a decade later, consumers have access to a wide variety of digital music made available by download through a variety of sources. However, three vendors in particular — Apple’s…
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Hack Your Nook Simple Touch Into a Super E-Reader in Three Easy Steps 20 Modifying the Nook Simple Touch allows it to play games, browse, read RSS and more. However, even rooted, E Ink technology causes jarring page turns and pretty awful performance. Fortunately, a hack can turn a rooted Nook into a full-fledged, game-playing tablet. The modification enables multi-touch, full-motion display, Android 2.1 Éclair and more. You may have read about other methods for modify
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Microsoft finally confirms Office for iPad is in the works 14 Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has finally confirmed that a version of Office is in the works for the iPad. During a speaking engagement at a Gartner event in Florida, Ballmer said support for the iPad would be picked up once there is a touch first user interface which likely means,…
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TabletRocket Compares Tablet Specs and Benchmarks Side by Side 24 If you’re in the market for a new tablet, you have a lot of information to sift through. Benchmarks, specs, software versions, supported apps, there’s a ton of data. TabletRocket makes it a little easier by putting any two tablets side-by-side so you can compare them directly. Just start typing in the name of the tablet you’re interested in, and a drop-down menu will pre-populate with suggestions
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FiLIP is an electronic leash for your kids’ wrists and it’s coming to AT&T 500+ Electronic leashes for the 21st century kid? You knew this sort of thing was inevitable. FiLIP, a smartwatch and ‘locator’ for kids that takes helicopter parenting to an excessive level, is heading to AT&T’s lineup as an exclusive. As you’d expect from a device targeted to tagging kids, the FiLIP doesn’t come close to the functionality of something more grown-up like the Galaxy Gear. It’s mai
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Supplemental Show Notes October 14th, 2013

 Bill of Rights Defense Committee
We have teamed up with our partners at Fight for the Future, Demand Progress and Restore the Fourth-NYC to create an educational (crowd-funded) short film about NSA surveillance, and you’re invited to its debut on Tuesday, October 15, at9:00 PM.

This will be an outside viewing, near Washington Square Park, where the film will be projected onto the side of a building. This is a great opportunity to meet more people who share concerns about NSA abuses, and continue building a movement to preserve the rights and civil liberties guaranteed by our Constitution.
Here are the details:
RSVP on Facebook
Tues., October 15 from 9:00 – 9:45 PM
Washington Square Park, NYC and gather near the arch.
Refreshments will be served.
Share details about tomorrow’s event with your friends.

Also, later this month, on October 26, there will be a mass rally against NSA surveillance in Washington, DC. Buses are being provided at a reduced rate for those leaving from New York City. This is another opportunity to have your voice heard and meet like-minded people who want to stop the US from becoming an authoritarian state! RSVP here.

See you there,

Shahid Buttar
Executive Director

Bill of Rights Defense Committee
8 Bridge Street, Suite A, Northampton, MA 01060
www.bordc.org
info@bordc.org
Telephone: 413-582-0110
Fax: 413-582-0116
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Show Notes October 14th, 2013

http://theoatmeal.com/comics/columbus_day#bartolome

 

definition: visual image such as a chart or diagram used to represent information or data. (from google)

tag cloud (from wikipedia):  visual representation for text data, typically used to depict keyword metadata (tags) on websites, or to visualize free form text….This format is useful for quickly perceiving the most prominent terms and for locating a term alphabetically to determine its relative prominence. When used as website navigation aids, the terms are hyperlinked to items associated with the tag.
early example: microsurfs by douglas coupland, “subconscious files” circa 1995. 
 
I looked at the google images result for the term “definition of infographics” and found an image of an “infographic on infographics” from this site: http://designerlibrarian.wordpress.com/2013/04/07/infographics-the-intersection-between-information-literacy-and-visual-literacy/
but is has no sources! sad face. 
 
also related to infographics is “data visualization” 
 
 
RA ((Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce): http://www.youtube.com/user/theRSAorg
“RSA animates” 
favorites to highlight: 
barbara ehrnrich’s “smile or die”: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5um8QWWRvo
her piece on the daily show on the same topic is really good. 
roman Krznaric’s: the power of outrospection: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BG46IwVfSu8
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Show Notes October 7th, 2013

The government shutdown

You Can’t Copyright The Budget Shutdown In Washington

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FiLIP is an electronic leash for your kids’ wrists and it’s coming to AT&T Electronic leashes for the 21st century kid? You knew this sort of thing was inevitable. FiLIP, a smartwatch and ‘locator’ for kids that takes helicopter parenting to an excessive level, is heading to AT&T’s lineup as an exclusive. As you’d expect from a device targeted to tagging kids, the FiLIP doesn’t come close to the functionality of something more grown-up like the Galaxy Gear. It’s mai
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Hackers Access Adobe Source Code, Personal Information of 2.9 Million Customers The company doesn’t think hackers got decrypted credit/debit card numbers
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Instagram ads are coming in the next couple months Things have been relatively quietly for Instagram since Facebook scooped up the company in April of 2012. The social network has been content with growing Instagram’s user base over the past year and a half and now with more than 150 million people on board, it’s time to cash in…
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*Twitter’s IPO filing reveals data on ad revenue, user base and more Twitter’s initial public offering filing with the Securities and Exchange commission went public last night, offering a glimpse at a number of key figures for the seven-year-old microblogging service. From ad revenue to active users to the company’s valuation and future outlook. Here are the most interesting tidbits from the…
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NSA has had little success in cracking Tor network, documents reveal NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden has released classified documents that reveal the government agency, along with its British counterpart GCHQ, have had little success in trying to crack the Tor anonymizing protocol. It’s all a bit ironic when you consider Tor software is partially funded and promoted by the US government…
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Gmail flags Adobe password reset email as spam After being hacked, Adobe’s legitimate email warning to customers is now being flag as spam.
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New $100 Bill Set to Circulate Starting Tomorrow I has two new safety features aimed to reduce counterfeit versions
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Next version of Chrome essentially runs Chrome OS inside Windows 8 Google has pushed out a new version of its browser onto the developer channel, and with it we’re getting an interesting glimpse at the company’s next move to bring its Chrome-based operating system to a wider audience. Essentially, launching the browser within Windows 8’s Metro-style mode will bring up a…
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Twitter’s Nielsen TV rating system goes live today Twitter’s Nielsen TV Twitter Rating system is going live in the US today. The partnership was first announced in late 2012 and will see the ratings company create a metric that will measure a television program’s reach within Twitter.
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LG confirms production of ‘bendable and unbreakable’ smartphone displays It’s been a long time coming, but LG’s foray into elastic smartphone displays is finally going mainstream. The company has confirmed that it will begin mass-producing a new lightweight 6-inch panel that, it claims, is the world’s first flexible OLED panel for smartphones. The display is built from plastic substrates that give it bendable properties, allowing it to be fixed inside devices with cur
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What Type Of Social Media Sickness Do You Have? I wouldn’t say social media necessarily creates a social sickness, however if you’re the mayor of three or more of your local McDonald’s then we need to talk. How long can you go without checking your phone? How often do you send out tweets that may suggest you are slightly illiterate? Does your blog really have all the answers? If you have a friend or family member that perhaps needs to realise
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Why BitTorrent Represents The Future Of Book Publishing Artist and designer Marc Ecko teamed up with BitTorrent to promote his book Unlabel.
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Wireless Networking Simplified: The Terms You Should Know Do you know the difference between an “access point” and an “ad hoc network? What is a “wireless repeater” and how can it improve your home network? Is a “wireless router” as simple as it sounds, or is there more to it? There are a lot more wireless networking terms around that encompass more than “WiFi” ever could, and it might turn out to be beneficial for you if you knew what these terms meant.
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FCC aims to fine five wireless carriers $14 million for Lifeline program violations Government shutdown or not, the Federal Communications Commission announced a proposal to fine five cellular service providers a total of $14.4 million for violating the rules of its Lifeline phone subsidy program. In case your memory needs to be jogged, Lifeline allows economically disadvantaged people to get subsidized cellphone service through carriers. Assist Wireless, Easy Wireless, Icon Tel
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Symantec grapples with one of the largest botnets in history Symantec is going toe to toe with ZeroAccess, one of

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Show Notes September 30th, 2013

Iran seemingly lifts restrictions on Facebook and Twitter access It hasn’t been outrightly confirmed by the government of Iran, but at least some within the nation’s borders are now able to access to both Twitter and Facebook. For those keeping score, public access to the networks has been banned since 2009, shortly after the reelection of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Iran’s new president, Hassan Rouhani, seems fairly convinced that Iran itself should not be restricti
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Kanex launches $70 Multi-Sync Keyboard for easy device switching Kanex make cables, right? It does, but the company is now branching out into the world of accessories, typified by the meDrive we played with earlier in the year. Now here comes the Multi-Sync, a keyboard that’s designed to control one USB and three Bluetooth devices — switching between them at the touch of a button. If you’re like us and always have a desktop, laptop, tablet and smartphone in n
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Google launches Constitute, a tool for creating and comparing governments Countries frequently amend or draft constitutions, but they can’t always find example constitutions to work from — not every country publishes its founding documents in accessible formats. So, Google’s simplifying nation building by launching Constitute, a website that puts all the world’s constitutions in one place. The tool indexes both basic details as well as policies. It’s easy to filter ch
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China said to be unblocking sites like Facebook, Twitter and the NYT, but only in a small part of Shanghai Given how large a mobile market China has become, and its role in gadget manufacturing globally, we sometimes forget the government of this increasingly tech-aware country still dictates what corners of the web its peoples can see. Today, the South China Morning Post reports the state has decided to unblock several foreign internet sites “considered politically sensitive,” but only in
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Spotify bops to Taiwan, Turkey, Greece and Argentina today The fine people of Canada may still not have access to Spotify, but Greece, Turkey, Taiwan and Argentina are all getting the ad-supported music-on-demand service starting today. Yes, that’s at least one new country for three separate continents — Spotify’s really spreading the love around with today’s expansion, apparently. According to the company, that puts Spotify in 32 total “markets&qu
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Dropbox backs petitions to disclose exact national security request numbers The call for greater US government transparency just got louder: Dropbox has filed a Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court brief that endorses petitions to disclose exact national security request numbers. Much like LinkedIn, Dropbox believes that limiting disclosures to broad ranges hurts transparency by implying that smaller firms get as many requests as larger rivals. The ban on exact figure
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Xbox Fitness official, brings famous trainers, personalized feedback to living room workouts Microsoft’s initial Kinect sensor might not have been awesome for first-person shooters, but it rocked for fitness games. Redmond is taking this one step further for its next-gen console with Xbox Fitness, a subscription-based service for the Xbox One. Xbox Fitness promises “instant, personalized feedback” on heart rate and form (thanks to the new Kinect’s innards), and celebrity traine
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Google fuels the entrepreneurial spirit by launching Tech Hub Network in seven cities Innovation, man. You either have it, or you don’t. And, in the case of Google, you stand to gain all sorts of long-tail revenue if you help fuel the aforesaid fire. Google for Entrepreneurs was just the start, and now the company is branching out to partner with existing technology hubs and incubation labs across the world. Rather than crafting hubs of its own, Google is announcing a Tech Hub Net
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Google Voice update adds short code support, warns you when you text 911 An update to Google Voice today brings a useful, if not earth-shattering, new feature: support for SMS short codes. If your primary phone number is the one associated with your Google Voice account, this means you’ll finally be able to use these codes for online banking and other services without your message showing up as sent from your carrier number. Today’s update also adds a warning message
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LA officials may delay school iPad rollout after students hack them in a week Just a week after it began the first phase of putting iPads in the hands of all 640,000 students in the region, the Los Angeles school district already has a fight on its hands. In a matter of days, 300 children at Theodore Roosevelt High School managed to work around protective measures placed on the Apple tablets, giving them complete access to features — including Facebook, Twitter and other
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Facebook finally allows you to edit your embarrassing tyops, er, typos If you’ve ever written “poo” instead of “pool” or “duck” instead of, er, “suck” in your Facebook status updates, then we’ve got good news for you. At long last, you can finally edit your post after it’s been published, a feature that was previously only reserved for the comments. As you can see in the screenshot above, simply click on the downward arrow on
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Netflix’s highest quality ‘Super HD’ 1080p video streams are available everywhere Feeling left out because your internet provider isn’t on board with Netflix’s Open Connect program that provides access to its Super HD high-bitrate 1080p streams? Let that feeling of abandonment go, as the company has announced all of its customers (with compatible players) now have access to the higher quality video (and, in the US, 3D). According to Netflix the move is based on a combination o
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Intel Capital throws money at Recon Instruments, hints at wearable war with Google If you thought that Google Glass was the only wearable backed by one of tech’s mega corporations, think again. Intel’s investment arm has now ponied up a “significant” investment into Recon Instruments, makers of the Jet heads-up display for extreme sports. While neither party has disclosed how much cash Intel has thrown Recon’s way, the release does reveal that the Intel Capital will b
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Rdio rolling out custom recommendations based on what you play, who you follow Rdio’s been busy making deals, tweaking its player and adding functionality over the past few months, and now it’s learning you what to listen to. The music streaming service is starting to drop hints about albums, stations and playlists — making recommendations based on users’ listening habits and who they’ve been following. These Echo Nest-powered suggestions are rolling out to browsers now, a
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Evernote gets physical: Why a software maker’s turning to tangible goods What the hell is Evernote doing selling backpacks and socks? That’s a question asked by many yesterday, when Evernote revealed a plan to expand its business well beyond productivity software by opening up Evernote Market. The Market, revealed at the third annual Evernote conference in San Francisco, debuted selling a selection of high-end bags from Côte&Ciel, notebooks from Moleskine, a scann
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Steam Controller in use: game developers sound off on the beta version’s highs and lows, how it feels We’ve only known about the Steam Controller for 24 hours, but it turns out a variety of developers already got a chance to put the controller to use ahead of the lucky 300 beta participants later this year. The devs we spoke with didn’t use the final format of the controller, but the non-touchscreen beta form seen above: four large buttons stand out in place of the clickable touchscreen panel (pl
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Gmail Android app may get ads soon, APK teardown reveals Google’s Gmail app for Android has remained an ad-free sanctuary, but code uncovered by Android Police in an APK teardown of the application’s latest version hints that circumstances might change. Buried within the the program is a new library called “ads,” along with messages, functions and classes mentioning advertisements. What’s more, a “ShowAdPreferenceManager()” function
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Timothy Leary-developed video games found in New York Public Library archive The New York Public Library recently discovered a treasure trove of video games in its archives created by psychedelic evangelist Timothy Leary. Over 375 floppies (talk about flashbacks) containing a “dozen or so” games developed by the LSD-advocate in the ’80s — some are playable via emulation — are now on display in the library’s rare books and manuscripts division, according to The
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Google launches Android game vending machines, puts first ones in Tokyo In a country that has no shortage of vending machines, Google Japan has decided to join the fray. The company has announced three dedicated Google Play machines that will sell 18 different gaming titles which are a mix of free-to-play and paid-for titles. To use the machines, you’ll need a smartphone running Android 4.0 and NFC — and that’s about it. You rest the phone on the tray below the scre
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Ikea starts selling residential solar panels in the UK …Because when you think of Britain, you think of sunny skies. Ikea has started selling solar panels for residential rooftops at its stores in the United Kingdom. The furniture outfit’s move into home solar systems (as opposed to sun-powered lighting) was apparently made attractive due the the drop in cost for solar panels, and Ikea’s initial offering will set you back £5,700 (about $9,300). For
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John McAfee wants to NSA-proof the internet with a device called Decentral The name McAfee is synonymous with the ubiquitous anti-virus software, but in recent years, John McAfee has kept a relatively low profile in the tech industry, preferring instead to take up leisurely pursuits like yoga and evading Belizean police. Until now. Last Saturday, McAfee took the stage at the San Jose McEnery Convention Center to announce his intention to design and manufacture Decentral
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Google Web Designer launches in beta, available now as a free download Back in June, Google’s advertising arm put up a blog post, letting us know it was about to release an HTML5 development tool, called Google Web Designer. Well, it’s just arrived today, per a post on Google’s own G+ account, and it’s available in beta as a free download. Throughout, the tool appears to cater to both seasoned coders, as well as amateurs looking to try their hand at web design (or l
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More Than Just Sharing: Everything You Need To Know About Google+ Photos In recent years, Google has reshuffled its product line to provide newer features and consolidate services. As such, Google+ has rightfully become a top tool for all of the photos stored on your Google account. Of course, this makes it very easy to share your photos with whomever you want, but you can do a lot more than just share. Make sure you take advantage of everything Google+ photos have to
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How To Use Learnist To Effectively Organize Your Learning & Teaching Styrofoam sheets, chart paper, cutouts, glue, and lots of patience. That was a learning board when we were growing up. Learnist is a learning board for the digital age. The web application itself describes a “learn board” as a “set of learnings organized as a series of steps for people to learn.” You can also look at a  learning board as a container for any content that helps you understand things
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Pinterest Rolls Out Article Pins For “Read it later” And Starts Promoted Pins Social bookmarking site Pinterest has been slowly changing its avatar. After rolling out a new design a few months ago and adding price alerts, it’s now stepping into the ‘read it later’ game — an obvious move given its bookmarking capabilities. Additionally, it’s also experimenting with promoted pins to monetize the site. “Lots of people use Pinterest to discover and collect great articles. In fa
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FREE MANUAL! Take Control: The Android Rooting Guide Have you ever thought about rooting your phone? Would

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Supplemental Show Notes September 23rd – WEBT Harlem Ready

Harlem READY

Harlem Emergency Preparedness Summit

Wednesday September 25th, 2013
8:30am-12:30pm
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This event is free but space is limited.
Register Today!
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Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. State Office Building
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September is National Preparedness Month. Is Harlem prepared to handle a large-scale crisis or disaster?
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Harlem READY: Harlem Emergency Preparedness Summit is a meeting place for organizations, community leaders, businesses, houses of worship and concerned citizens to learn, share information and leave with concrete action steps toward being ready for disasters.
Register Today!
Host Sponsors:
WHCR Emergency Broadcast Team
Harlem Community Development Corp.
Organizational Sponsors:
Harlem Hospital Center
Harlem Business Alliance
Office of Assemblyman Keith Wright
Office of NY City Councilmember Robert Jackson
NYC Office of Emergency Management
NYS Office of General Services
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Supplemental Show Notes September 23rd – Center for Reproductive Rights

 

CENTER FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS HOSTS UNITE TONIGHT

A national day of action on September 25th to defend against extreme attacks on women’s health care

 

09/24/2013—(PRESS RELEASE) On September 25, the Center for Reproductive Rights will host Unite Tonight, a national day of action rallying supporters across the country to demand that Congress take action to create stronger federal protections for reproductive rights.

 

With extreme laws being passed in one state after another—including absolute bans on abortion as early as six weeks of pregnancy in North Dakota and trumped-up regulations aimed at shutting down most or all reproductive health clinics in states like Mississippi, Texas, and Wisconsin—women’s reproductive freedom in the United States is increasingly at high risk. Unite Tonight participants are mobilizing to demand a national strategy for Congress to guarantee reproductive rights as fundamental human rights for all women in the U.S.—regardless of where they live—and stop the attacks by politicians who want to take those rights away.

 

The heart of the night will be a live, interactive online experience presented by the Center for Reproductive Rights. The program, hosted by actress and writer Michelle Maryk, will feature a conversation with the Center’s president and CEO, Nancy Northup, messages from celebrity supporters of the Center’s Draw the Line campaign, among other interactive and social media activities for participants.

 

Said Nancy Northup, president and CEO of the Center for Reproductive Rights:

 

“Unite Tonight is about speaking up—and speaking strongly—with one united voice to declare that our constitutional rights are not up for debate, revision, or repeal.

 

“This Wednesday, we are rallying people across the nation, and demand that our elected officials protect every woman’s right to essential reproductive health care, including annual checkups, birth control, cancer screenings, and abortion services, no matter where she lives.”

 

Unite Tonight serves as a vital part of the Center’s Draw the Line campaign, which launched in October 2012 and spurred a wave of activism that has since amassed over 250,000 signatures to the Bill of Reproductive Rights.

 

The Center anticipates more than 100 Unite Tonight events all across the country, including key battleground states such as Texas, North Dakota, Kansas, North Carolina, Virginia, and Oklahoma.

 

In addition to the supporter gatherings turning into the interactive webcast across the country, the Center is hosting four flagship events in New York, Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., and Fort Worth, Texas with key reproductive rights advocates, policy makers, and thought leaders.

 

Click here register to host your own Unite Tonight event—which has options for two different time zones, at 8pm ET and 8pm PT.  Join the conversation online, follow @ReproRights and use the hashtags #UniteTonight and #DrawTheLine.

 

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About the Center for Reproductive Rights

The Center for Reproductive Rights is a global legal advocacy organization that fights to ensure reproductive rights are treated as fundamental human rights. You can find the Center on Facebook at Facebook.com/ReproductiveRights and on Twitter atTwitter.com/ReproRights.

 

Media Contacts

Kate Bernyk, Center for Reproductive Rights | kbernyk@reprorights.org | 917-637-3637

Dani Dalesandro, Sunshine Sachs | dalesandro@sunshinesachs.com | 212-691-2800

Sara Davis, Sunshine Sachs | s.davis@sunshinesachs.com | 212-691-2800

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Show Notes September 23rd, 2013

See more at http://www.lifehack.org/articles/lifestyle/basic-tips-and-etiquette-nyc.html

 

NYC Basic Tips And Etiquette In Delightful Illustrations Even if you don’t live in New York, most of illustrator Nathan W. Pile’s animated NYC Basic Tips and Etiquette will still be something you can appreciate. That’s because the series covers issues like kissing in public, eating on public transportation, using a cellphone while ordering coffee and more. Some of the images are more specific but still apply to any big city or to any area with cold weat
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The Best Four E-Paper Displays Coming To Your Smartphone and Tablet Looking for months of reading time from your smartphone or tablet? E-paper display technology may soon satisfy your needs. Four competing, emergent technologies are already rolling off production lines and into marketplaces. Before you know it, your next smartphone may be fitted with an e-paper display. Some are capable of real-time full motion content, whereas others require a screen refresh. Oth
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Mapping The History Of Global Protests It seems as though 2013 has seen an uptick in political upheaval around the world. The 24-hour news cycle is riddled with one outbreak, followed by another, in consent succession. But, just how much unrest is there around the world, and how does it compare to other times in history? To find out all we need to do is to click over to John Beieler’s map of global protests. http://johnbeieler.org/prot
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Infographic: The evolution of Wi-Fi Did you know other names considered for “Wi-Fi” included FlankSpeed and DragonFly? Another curious fact: there are an estimated 10 billion wireless devices in use — outnumbering the world’s population of 7 billion. D-Link has created an infographic filled with interesting facts about wireless technology. Coming from a company widely…
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Grand Theft Auto V rakes in $800 million on opening day Take-Two Interactive on Wednesday announced that Grand Theft Auto V delivered the highest first day sales of any title in the history of the company. What’s more, it’s also the fastest-selling game in the history of the franchise as it earned more than $800 million worldwide on opening day. …
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Sony aiming to sell 5 million PlayStation 4s by March 2014 Sony are hoping to burst out of the next-generation console gates, aiming to sell five million PlayStation 4 consoles by the end of their fiscal year 2013, which ends on March 31, 2014. The news was revealed during Sony’s Tokyo Game Show keynote, as hosted by SCE President Andrew House.
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Google creates new company to focus on extending life expectancy Google on Wednesday created a new company tasked with making improvements in human health and overall well-being. Calico will be run by Apple and Genetech chairman Art Levinson but outside of some general comments, Google didn’t delve into exactly what projects the company will be involved in.
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White House files petition with the FCC to legalize cell phone unlocking The White House, or more specifically, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has filed a formal petition with the Federal Communications Commission that would force wireless providers to unlock mobile devices at the request of customers.
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NSA-themed ransomware leverages public concern over privacy A variant of ransomware making the rounds aims to leverage the public’s increasing concern with regard to the NSA’s recently declassified PRISM surveillance program. Upon infection, the ransomware will lock down a computer’s web browser and display a warning message claiming illegal content was found on the machine. …
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Deep Web news: Silk Road competitor Atlantis calls it quits Silk Road competitor Atlantis recently announced plans to shut down shop following a brief six-month run. A message on the website said the service was forced to close down due to security reasons out of their control. Anyone with coins still in the system has one week to remove them;…
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Grand Theft Auto V sales cross the $1 billion mark in just three days Grand Theft Auto V is now the fastest-selling video game in history. Where it took the previous record-holder, Call of Duty: Black Ops 2, a full 15 days to reach $1 billion in sales, GTA V needed just three days to pull off the same feat. Early estimates pin the…
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Modders turn piano into Doom controller It’s been almost too long since we’ve seen something (in)appropriated to satisfy a twisted modder’s Doom craving, and this time, it’s not the hardware running Id Software’s classic game that’s ill-fitted, but the controller. If the timeline on David Hayward’s Vine account is accurate, a crew of what appear to be professional tinkerers has turned one old piano into an awkward keyboard in little mo
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Kinect for Windows SDK update lets developers add green screen effects Kinect for Windows developers can now get a little more creative: Microsoft has released version 1.8 of the camera’s SDK, which lets app creators produce a green screen effect by removing the background. The update also brings a new Kinect Fusion API that scans the color of an object in addition to its shape, saving some 3D modelers the trouble of creating a separate texture map. There’s better s
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Google’s AdID, an anonymous identifier for advertising, could replace the aging cookie You know the drill: accept the cookie, delete the cookie, empty the cookie bin, and so on. Mostly, it’s an exercise used when attempting to get your mum’s PC to run a wee bit faster, but if you think about it, the cookie is one of the most archaic pieces of the world wide web that’s still in use today. Naturally, Google is swooping in in a bid to change the status quo, according to a new report f
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OUYA revises Free the Games Fund to lower project goals, reduce exclusivity It looks like outspoken indie devs are finally getting their
Posted by lena on September 23rd, 2013 | No Comments Posted in Uncategorized

Show Notes September 16th, 2013

This week on technocolorshow we talked about WHCR Emergency Broadcasting Team, news in the world of Technology, and a TED talk about hacking.

Harlem READY

Harlem Emergency Preparedness Summit

Wednesday September 25th, 2013
8:30am-12:30pm
*
This event is free but space is limited.
Register Today!
*
Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. State Office Building
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September is National Preparedness Month. Is Harlem prepared to handle a large-scale crisis or disaster?
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Harlem READY: Harlem Emergency Preparedness Summit is a meeting place for organizations, community leaders, businesses, houses of worship and concerned citizens to learn, share information and leave with concrete action steps toward being ready for disasters.
Register Today!
Host Sponsors:
WHCR Emergency Broadcast Team
Harlem Community Development Corp.
Organizational Sponsors:
Harlem Hospital Center
Harlem Business Alliance
Office of Assemblyman Keith Wright
Office of NY City Councilmember Robert Jackson
NYC Office of Emergency Management
NYS Office of General Services

Find out about WEBT at http://whcrebt.org/

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Articles of Interest

Adafruit tutorial turns your Raspberry Pi into an ad-blocking WiFi access point Ads can be a buzzkill, especially when they’re so pervasive they become distractions. Luckily, Adafruit has a new tutorial that turns your Raspbery Pi into a WiFi access point that doubles as a mighty ad-blocking machine for any device — be it an iPad or an Xbox — that connects to it. All you need is a working internet connection, a Raspberry Pi booting Raspbian, a WiFi adapter, an Ethernet cab
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Google Maps updated for Android with sponsored hotel details, better navigation Now that Google has finished updating its Map app’s UI, the company can focus on the finer details: navigation, documentation and monetization. The Android app’s latest update tweaks hotel search results by adding sponsored rate and booking links, which places a tiny “ad” icon next to services that paid for exposure. Navigation has been also been improved, with better traffic and route
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Disney project turns the human body into a stealthy speaker There are already devices that transmit sound to your body without speakers. But what if your body was the speaker? Disney Research has just explored that possibility through its Ishin-Den-Shin project. The experiment amplifies mic input and sends it back as a high voltage, low current signal that turns objects (including humans) into electrostatic audio sources that can’t be heard over the air.
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Box Notes takes on Google Docs with collaborative editing, available in beta now Box users who have been using other services to compose notes and collaborate on documents can now do so from inside the app, thanks to a Box Notes. The Google Docs-esque feature set allows for real-time, collaborative document editing, with the ability to embed images and video clips. Through a simple (even sparse) UI, team members can edit a file simultaneously while adding notes to specific it
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Google Buys Bump Bump today indicated that it has been acquired by Google. Bump developed a smartphone application that let people share information by bumping their devices together. Bump didn’t use near-field communications, but instead relied on sensors and wireless networks to exchange data between smartphones. Bump CEO David Lieb said that the application will continue to be available “for now.” Goo
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Yahoo updates logo for the first time in nearly 20 years Yahoo on Thursday unveiled its new logo after a month-long campaign that showed a new variant each day leading up to the big reveal. The new logo, which is already in place on Yahoo’s main page, retains many of the same characteristics as the one it replaces but with a…
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Spotify seeking new investors at a $5.3 billion valuation Popular music streaming service Spotify is continuing its growth plan and is now seeking additional funding in order to do so. The company is looking for new investors at a $5.27 billion valuation, a report from Swedish based financial publication Dagens Industri said.
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Game sharing is coming to Steam Steam is adding support for game sharing. The in-development Family Sharing feature is meant to allow “close friends and family members” to share their entire Steam libraries. Gamers will be able to grant access to as many as 10 different devices, although only one will be able to access the library at any given time. People playing shared games will be able to accumulate their own achie
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Google partners with EdX to create massive online course database Not only has the internet become student’s preferred method to do research, but some websites are entirely dedicated to the education industry, providing them with a breadth of online resources.
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Steam turned 10 today. Remember when it sucked? Birthdays are normally a time for celebration, but you know what? People heap adulation on Steam every day of the year. So let’s flip it, and spend today remembering when Steam was new, and was just about the worst thing ever.
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Dell is going private—for realsies this time It’s finally, really happening this time: Dell is going private. Late yesterday, the company announced that, based on a preliminary vote tally, its stockholders have approved a $24.9-billion deal that will see founder Michael Dell and investment firm Silver Lake Partners take joint ownership of the company.Here are the …Read more…
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Defining a generation: The audio cassette turns 50 today The audio cassette is now officially “over the hill” as it was 50 years ago today when the format launched at Philips’ headquarters in Amsterdam. Originally designed to replace reel-to-reel tape for dictation, the audio cassette ultimately became a household staple for those that grew up in the 80s.
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Sprint’s early upgrade program to launch on September 20 Sprint is reportedly preparing to launch an early upgrade program for smartphones in the wake of similar offerings from AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon. Known as Sprint One Up, the glorified handset rental service is expected to debut on September 20. Better late than never, right?
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Piracy sites help Netflix to decide what shows to purchase Netflix has begun its official rollout in the Netherlands. The company’s primary goal is to amass a substantial user base, similar to what it has in the United States. As a result, the Netflix team needs to assess what its viewers want to watch; and one such strategy is to monitor…
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Google knows every single Android user’s WiFi password New privacy issues have come to light surrounding Google’s Android mobile OS. Experts on the matter are claiming that back up tools in the operating system make it so that a copy of every person’s WiFi password (or the password of other networks you log onto) is being stored on…
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Samsung SSD 840 Evo Review: 250GB & 1TB Drives Tested Flash performance and endurance is a tricky subject, and yet Samsung’s flagship, the SSD 840 Pro remains one of the best in both categories.
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Pew survey: 21 percent of US cellphone owners get online mostly through their phones There have been signs that Americans are leaning more and more on the smartphone as a primary internet device, and nowhere is that clearer than the latest edition of Pew’s Cell Internet Use survey. The research group found that 21 percent of American cellphone owners now get online chiefly through their handset, up from 17 percent last year. Offline users, meanwhile, have been reduced to a minori
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Why The Latest iPhone Announcement Was More Significant Than You Think Another underwhelming iPhone was announced: the same size, the same basic features, and it doesn’t even make your morning cup of coffee yet. Sigh. Despite models in silver and gold, it was all rather lacking in glitz. But here’s what I think: Apple’s playing the long game, and here’s why. 64-bit The new A7 processors are 64-bit – and the truth is, it’s going to make literally zero difference to th
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Google Drive for Android update simplifies uploading, creating and scanning files Google’s been making the Drive app on Android better and better with every update since its debut on the platform — and lest we forget its iOS counterpart, too. Today’s new features might not be as flashy as the ones we saw with the introduction of the card UI, with Google placing emphasis on core functionality and making it easier to create, scan and upload files. Drive users will now see butto
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Twitter submits plans for IPO: 140 characters of going public Honestly, it shouldn’t come as any shock: the microblogging service that made it perfectly acceptable to deliver huge, huge news in 140 characters or less has just done precisely that. Twitter has announced that it has “confidentially submitted an S-1 to the SEC for a planned IPO,” but details beyond that are being kept under wraps. What’s it mean? Those with equity in the company are a
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4 Android Apps To Remove Stains, Sort Clutter And Fight Grime Control the clutter, dash through the dishes, shine the sink – an endless exercise in futility, or grime-busting genius? If your house is anything like mine, you need to attack it every day with a spot of cleaning or it will look like a complete pigsty. But, how do you keep track of what needs doing and what is still left to do? Do you have dozens of reminders in your favourite to-do app? Do you c
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In A Nutshell, How Would You Describe MakeUseOf To A Friend? You may have noticed a few changes around here of late. The site has been given a makeover, with a new look that mixes things up a little. We are currently seeking your views on the redesign, and welcome both positive and negative comments. We’ve also welcomed several new writers, and some of the content has shifted ever so slightly. However, despite the gradual evolution of MakeUseOf, the core of
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What’s Happening Every Second on the Internet Content is being created, uploaded, and shared at warp speed. This

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Show Notes September 9th, 2013

Android 4.4 Named “KitKat”

Engadget’s back to school guide 2013: printers

UCSF study shows gaming makes you cognitively younger (video)

Run-n-Read keeps e-book text steady while you’re on the treadmill (video)

Topsy lets you search tweets from 2006, look up old cringeworthy posts

Yahoo issues first transparency report, replete with governmental data requests

Google accelerates encryption initiative in wake of PRISM controversy

VLC 2.1 for iOS adds audio-only playback, streaming over FTP and UPnP

Seagate unveils 500GB Ultra Mobile hard drive for Android tablets

Google, Facebook and Yahoo petition court to disclose government data requests

Verizon Fight with FCC Over Net Neutrality Starts Today

Facebook’s Shared Photo Albums Consolidate Your Photos Into One Place

Amazon launches Kindle Matchbook: discounted e-books for those who own the hard copy

 

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