Facebook Buys Lightbox Android Photo App
• http://www.pcmag.com, By Mark HachmanFacebook moved quickly - again - to address concerns that it wasn't doing enough to satisfy mobile users, buying the developers of the Lightbox Android photo app.
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The Man Who Makes the Future: Wired Icon Marc Andreessen
• http://www.wired.com, By Chris AndersonHe’s not a household name like Gates, Jobs, or Zuckerberg. His face isn’t known to millions.
Several antennas in one: A major innovation for mobile communications
• http://phys.org, By Laure-Anne PessinaScientists at EPFL have developed a single antenna that is capable of transmitting the same data as a two-antenna system. This achievement will be more than useful for future communication systems.
Are Smart Phones Spreading Faster than Any Technology in Human History?
• http://www.technologyreview.com,By Michael DeGustaMobile computers are on track to saturate markets in the U.S. and the developing world in record time.
3-D Video Pod Delivers 360-Degree, Holograph-Like Projections
• http://www.wired.com, By Alexandra ChangImagine walking up to a tall, cylindrical pod, and talking to a life-size, 3-D projection of a faraway friend, family member, or colleague.
New Apps for the Bottom Billion
• http://www.technologyreview.com, By David TalbotLow-tech phone technology allows images to be sent as bitmaps in text messages, opening up applications for the world's poorest.
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Going to 11. Can You Hear Me Now?
Program Date:Communication. When it comes to humans we have an almost innate ability to read facial expressions, and almost intuitive ability to understand gestures from an early age and from a distance.
Turn your iPhone into a networked night vision scope
• www.gizmag.comImagine if you could turn your iPhone into an advanced night vision recording device, tuned to your every espionage whim. No, there's not an app for that ... but there is the USNV Night Vision iPhone Adapter.
U.S. ban sought on cell phone use while driving
• ReutersU.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood called on Thursday for a federal law to ban talking on a cell phone or texting while driving any type of vehicle on any road in the country. Tough federal legislation is the only way to deal with what he ca
Communication Skills: Key Tools for Survival, by S.S.F.
• survivalblog.comEffective communication is an important skill for all humans, and should not be undervalued. Ones ability to communicate well can positively impact and change the trajectory of many a conflict or social dilemma. Its development is useful in all types
This Internet provider pledges to put your privacy first. Always.
• CNET NewsStep aside, AT&T and Verizon. A new privacy-protecting Internet service and telephone provider still in the planning stages could become the ACLU's dream and the FBI's worst nightmare.
Amazing Star Trek type translator allows you to speak in 26 languages
• Terrence AymWhen the popular television series "Star Trek" debuted in the Fall of 1966, one of the many futuristic gadgets the crew of the Starship Enterprise had at its disposal was a fascinating little gizmo called a "universal translator." The device help
Vortex radio waves could boost wireless capacity “infinitely”
• http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/120803-vortex-rAfter four years of incredulity and not-so-gentle mocking, Bo Thide of the Swedish Institute of Space Physics and a team in Italy have finally proven that it’s possible to simultaneously transmit multiple radio channels over exactly the same wireless
AT&T customers surprised by 'unlimited data' limit
• www.apnews.myway.comUnder a new policy, AT&T has started cutting their data speeds as part of an attempt to manage data usage on its network.
Group Forces Congressional Hearing On Big Sis’ Twitter, Drudge Spying
• www.infowars.comHomeland Security is monitoring the web for anti-government sentiment and signs of social unrest
Swamped by phone thefts, police call on cell providers to allow remote shutdowns
• Washington PostPolice chiefs everywhere say that smartphone robberies are rocketing. They’ve offered cash rewards, set up decoy crews in subway stations and urged iPhone owners to be wary. But the robberies keep coming. Now, police are expressing their frustration
Brazil files injunction against Twitter
• Associated PressA request for an injunction to stop Twitter users from alerting drivers to police roadblocks, radar traps and drunk-driving checkpoints could make Brazil the first country to take Twitter up on its plan to censor content at governments' requests.
Letter Re: A Simple IP Address Conversion Methodology
• www.survivalblog.comIn reference to the recent change in Internet Protocol (IP) address for SurvivalBlog, I thought I'd describe a method to help people set up their computers to use it without DNS names.
Young People Followed SOPA News More Than Election News
• www.techdirt.comFor people who still don't recognize that there's a generational shift going on when it comes to how people view attempts to regulate the internet, communications and copyright law, they might want to start paying attention.
Solar storms may cause cellphones to drop calls
• LA TimesOn Sunday, a massive explosion on the sun known as a solar flare sent an ejection of some of the sun's plasma hurtling toward earth at the ungodly speed of 1,000 kilometers...per second!
Bend Over, Ben & Jerry! - by L. Neil Smith
• L. Neil Smith's The Libertarian EnterpriseSandy's notion—and the same idea occurred simultaneously to our good friend Claire Wolfe, Queen of the Hooligan Libertarians—is to broaden the concept into software that warns you if you're about to do business with corporations that don't want you t
The Magic of Radio Part 2: Nutz and Bolts of Radio
• www.strategic-living.netWith SOPA and internet controls possibly on the near horizon, having the ability to both listen and communicate freely may become the exclusive domain of private radio operators.
The Magic of Radio Part 1: Why Shortwave Radio Matters
• www.strategic-living.netOften times the two of us simply hang out during our weekly Skype conference call and simply chat about whatever strikes our current curiosity bone.
Prime Time Shortwave
• www.primetimeshortwave.comPrime Time Shortwave is a listing of English shortwave broadcast.
CB Radio Outlet
• www.cardellicommunications.comDeals on CB radios and kits
NTSB Lied To Public On Cellphone Deaths
• CATO InstituteLast week, in calling for a ban on even handsfree cellphone use behind the wheel, National Transportation Safety Board chief Deborah A.P. Hersman denounced “talking, texting and driving” and said:
Kazakhstan shuts down cell phones, Internet to stem protests
• www.rawstory.comKazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev, autocratic ruler of the post-Soviet country for 20 years, has reportedly shut down large portions of his country’s mobile and internet networks in a bid to quell recent rioting, TechEye reports.
NTSB recommends full ban on use of cell phones while driving
• CNNIt has recommended such bans for novice drivers, school bus drivers and commercial truckers.
NTSB recommends ban on driver cell phone use
• APStates should ban ALL driver use of cell phones and other portable electronic devices, except in emergencies, the National Transportation Board said. The recommendation, unanimously agreed to by the board, applies to both hands-free and hand-held pho
Deafening Big Brothers' Ears
David McElroyEveryone fears Uncle Sam's big ears listening everywhere. Let's turn the dynamic against Big Brother and overload Uncle Sam's hearing aids! Let's make this plan go viral!
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