You Can Do Real-World Work at This Free Coding Boot Cam
• http://www.wired.com, Klint FinCompanies across the country are desperate to hire programmers. But they only want to hire developers with real-world experience.
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Technology: Software
Google Trends Now Shows the Web's Obsessions in Real Time
• http://www.wired.com, Brian BarretGoogle Trends has long been a tool for journalists tracking what people wanted to know about in the recent past.
The Future of IT: Culture Change
• http://www.popsci.comThe last few years have been transformational for IT organizations long accustomed to their role as the main purveyors of enterprise technology needs.
Augur Releases Alpha Version of Their Decentralized Prediction Market
• http://cointelegraph.com/news/114587/augur-releaseAugur users can wager on the future -- whether on the outcome of a soccer match or on an election. If they guess correctly, they win money, if they don't they lose.
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06-17-15 -- Cody Drummond - Tim Coomber - Susanne Trimbath (MP3 & VIDEO + BONUS LOADED)
Program Date:Cody Drummond enveils Peacekeer 2.0 App Indiegogo Campaign,the world’s first decentralized, peer-to-peer protection system - Tim Coomber (from Scotland) talks about building n99, an APP for the SAFEnetwork - Susanne Trimbath (Economist)
Microsoft's HoloLens Brings 'Minecraft' into Augmented Reality, and It's Amazing
• http://motherboard.vice.com, by Zack KotzerIt was a moment you could trace back months in the making, but for those still inspired by the future to come, it's something that's been in the works for decades.
Peacekeeper 2.0 - The Fire Rises
• https://www.indiegogo.com, Cody DrummondPeacekeeper is the world's first decentralized, peer-to-peer private protection system. We aim to build a new smartphone app, Peacekeeper 2.0.
Halt and Catch Fire IRL: The Evolution of Startup Culture
• WiredThe show may be a period piece, but in some respect, it could be interpreted as a dramatic commentary on how millennials became so, well, millennial.
Halt and Catch Fire IRL: The Evolution of Startup Culture
• WiredThe show may be a period piece, but in some respect, it could be interpreted as a dramatic commentary on how millennials became so, well, millennial.
Duqu 2.0
• Schneier on SecurityKaspersky Labs discovered and publicized details of a new nation-state surveillance malware system, called Duqu 2.0. It's being attributed to Israel. There's code specifically targeting anti-virus software, both Kaspersky and others.
Extended interview: The Oculus Rift, in its creators' own words
• http://www.gizmag.com, By Will ShanklinAfter yesterday's Oculus Rift launch event, we were able to spend some time with some of the company's top executives, as they answered questions from us and other press members milling about.
Oculus' virtual-reality headset to simulate touch, gestures
• http://phys.orgFacebook-owned virtual reality firm Oculus aimed squarely at video game lovers on Thursday as it unveiled Rift headsets that it will begin selling early next year.
Apple made an Android app that helps people switch to iOS
• veteranstodaymoney.com, By Chris WelchApple is getting more aggressive than ever before in trying to move Android users over to iOS.
New algorithm paves the way for light-based computers
• http://www.gizmag.com, By John AndersonAn inverse design algorithm developed by Stanford engineers enables the design of silicon interconnects capable of transmitting data between computer chips via light.
WiFi can be used to count people with or without electronic gadgets
• http://rt.comScientists have discovered a way to count people both indoors and outdoors using WiFi signals and a mathematical algorithm to determine human density, even if the individual is not WiFi connected.
(Dis)Connect: Facebook Just F#$%ed Windows Users
• thurrott.comA key Microsoft platform differentiator was silently killed by one of the software giant's biggest partners this week, as Facebook discontinued support for a key API.
Exclusive: U.S. tech industry appeals to Obama to keep hands off encryption
• http://www.reuters.comTop U.S. tech companies are warning the Obama administration against imposing new policies that the companies say would weaken increasingly sophisticated encryption systems designed to protect consumers' privacy.
China unveils world's first facial recognition ATM
• http://www.telegraph.co, By Charlotte MiddlehurstNew technology is designed to crack down on financial fraudsters by using big data
Microsoft will release Windows 10 on July 29th
• http://www.theverge.comMicrosoft promised to launch Windows 10 in the summer, and now the company is revealing an exact date: July 29th.
Microsoft's IllumiRoom Rolls Virtual Grenades Straight Into Your Living Room
• http://www.popsci.com, By Carl FranzenExperimental system uses projectors and 3D room sensors
The Argument for Teaching Computer Science Without Computers
• MotherboardAmong the more disappointing recurring metaphors used in the teaching of computer science--based on my own informal recollection as a computer science student--has to be the stack of plates.
Google Learned How to Make Its Internet Balloons By Studying Condoms
• MotherboardGoogle X, the company's "moonshot" development arm, dedicated to dreaming up wacky things like driverless cars and wearable face computers, had a problem. Its stratospheric, internet-providing balloons kept leaking and falling down after a couple mon
Computer Chips Can Now Be Made From Wood
• PopSciJust call them wood chips
Apple To Deploy Robot Mapmakers Inside Buildings
• http://www.popsci.com, Jason CiprianiStarting with the Cupertino HQ
GOOGLE TONE SHARES LINKS TO COMPUTERS WITHIN EARSHOT...
• http://www.popsci.com, By Jason CiprianiGOOGLE TONE SHARES LINKS TO COMPUTERS WITHIN EARSHOT USING BEEPS AND BOOPS
Nifty Calendar App Turns Your Phone Into a Split Screen
• http://www.wired.comMeet is a keyboard. Sort of. Technically, Meet is a keyboard extension that's part of the most recent update to Sunrise, a nifty calendar app for Android and iOS that pulls in data from your various calendars and social media accounts and presents
Your Porn Is Watching You
• http://motherboard.vice.com, by Brian MerchantThirty million Americans regularly watch porn online, according to the Wall Street Journal. That's a lot more than fess up to it, even in anonymous surveys:
The US Wants to Regulate Surveillance Software Like Weapons
• motherboard.vice.comToday, software can be a weapon. Malware has been used to spy on activists from Bahrain, and the Ethiopian government has targeted journalists while they were in the United States.
How Mt. Gox Imploded
• Motherboard...in early 2014, Mt. Gox collapsed and its customers' money vaporized. It entered bankruptcy shortly afterward. Its assets have been acquired by Kraken, a San Francisco-based competitor, which is now refunding Mt. Gox customers. This is what happe
Oculus Rift Founder: We're Down with Porn
• motherboard.vice.comOculus VR isn't going to come in between your Oculus Rift headset and virtual reality porn, the company has announced.
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