30 years ago, 54-year-old Dianne Ashworth started going blind when she was diagnosed with a hereditary condition: retinitis pigmentosa. A few decades of scientific progress later, and she was implanted with a bionic eye prototype at the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital in May. Last month, it was switched on after she fully...
Daily Archives: August 30, 2012
The Windows 8 roll out rolls on: Intune customers can now snag the RTM
As the final date, and dates, of the Windows 8 release process race towards us, the product continues to hit its early availability milestones. Today, Microsoft Intune customers can download the Windows 8 RTM build. This access is actually slightly ahead of schedule, ZDNet reports, noting that “Intune users were slated to get the...
Sheryl Sandberg Has Written A Book Filled With Career Advice For Women (FB)
See Also Google Hiring Data Reveals Two Things Women Can Do To Get Hired And Promoted More FORBES: These Are The Ten Most Powerful Women In The World Ex-Facebook Employee: Sheryl Sandberg Killed Facebook’s Frat House Culture Sheryl Sandberg thinks the world would be a better place if “half our institutions were run by...
37signals Founder: There’s A Lot Of Sickness In The Startup World Right Now
The founder and CEO of 37signals, Jason Fried, runs a 35-person business that generates millions of dollars per year. He recently told Fast Company that there’s a lot of sickness in the startup world right now. For starters, Fried thinks too many new companies are focused on growing quickly. They’re treating employees poorly and...
IBM Is Turning Watson Into A "Supercharged" Siri
IBM is working to turn its Jeopardy-winning supercomputer into the newest mobile device personal assistant. Dubbed “Watson 2.0,” the system would be a voice-activated “supercharged” version of Siri, at least that’s how Bernie Meyerson, VP of Innovation at IBM, described it to Bloomberg this week. We all know Watson is super smart – there...
Apple may now be rejecting some App Store submissions if they clone icons of popular apps
Apple has issued at least one App Store rejection note that cites a cloned icon as its reason reports developer Benjamin Mayo. The notice was not received in response to one of his apps, but appears to indicate a more aggressive stance by Apple on cloned apps than we’ve ever seen in the past. In fact,...
Twitter Will Do $350 Million In Ad Sales This Year
Twitter ad-sales chief Adam Bain is tasting success. See Also Twitter Is Going On An International Hiring Spree, Poaching Lots Of Googlers Twitter, The Site For 140-Character Messages, Wants To Broadcast Original Videos Here Is How Much Twitter Makes From Each Of Its Advertising Clients A source tells Peter Kafka of AllThingsD that Twitter’s...
Why You Should Be Terrified Of A Free Trade Agreement You’ve Never Heard Of [Infographic]
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The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is the most influential piece of recent legal work you’ve probably never heard of. Can a Free Trade Agreement really threaten Internet freedom, redefine copyright and alter the course of global healthcare? You bet. What The TPP Is According to the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) and...
9 SXSW Interactive Sessions Everyone Should Vote For
The South by Southwest (SXSW) Conferences Festivals – the giant confab of interactive, music and film in Austin, TX, in March, 2013 – is currently working on some 3,656 panel proposals. Which ones actually happen depends on how many votes they get. Here are nine panels that deserve your support. The voting closes on...
If Facebook Is Smart, It’ll Do More With Voice
Facebook could boost revenue by as much as $800 million per year by adding Skype-like voice service, according to a report by the Copenhagen-based research firm Strand Consult. The question is, should it? The report says Facebook’s sheer size could allow it to succeed where Google Voice and Microsoft, which acquired Skype for $8.5...