Link collection
Tuesday links
YouTube users now upload 100 hours of video every minuteToday [Sunday] is YouTube’s eighth birthday, and to mark the occasion Google is revealing new statistics that underline what a cultural sensation its video site has become. Most staggeringly, over 100 hours of video are now uploaded to YouTube each and every minute.—The Verge Helper Robots [...]
Tech trends
Here are some links about changes and trends in the PC and tech world: It’s Time to Reinvent the Personal ComputerAlthough Windows and Macintosh are both showing their age, I think there is enormous opportunity for a renaissance in personal computing. (By personal computing, I mean the use of purpose-built computers for productivity tasks including [...]
Monday links
A picture of Earth through timeToday [last Thursday], we’re making it possible for you to go back in time and get a stunning historical perspective on the changes to the Earth’s surface over time. Working with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), NASA and TIME, we’re releasing more than a quarter-century of images of Earth taken [...]
Monday links
New adverts ‘could track your eyes’ in supermarketsAn advertising system which is able to track your eye movements while you shop has been created by researchers based at Lancaster University—BBC News Wash. Hospital Hit By $1.03 Million CyberheistOrganized hackers in Ukraine and Russia stole more than $1 million from a public hospital in Washington state [...]
Monday links
Mobile Chargers Prepare for Their Day in the SunWhether you’re comparing restaurant menus while sitting in the park or turning on the air-conditioner before getting home, life is becoming increasingly mobile thanks to smartphones and tablets. And with new apps appearing constantly, the possibilities for this kind of connected living could be endless — if [...]
Tuesday links
What your zip code reveals about youEvery time you mindlessly give a sales clerk your zip code at checkout, you’re giving data companies and retailers the ability to track everything from your body type to your bad habits—At CNN Money, Melanie Hicken explains why your zip code and your name may give a way to [...]
Monday links
In Boston bombing lock-down, the best and worst of social media emergesI’m a fan of Twitter but not blind to its abuses. And Friday’s Boston Marathon bomber manhunt, which had my hometown locked down for more than 12 hours on Friday, brought out the best and worst of the social media network — or more [...]
