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Google‘s newest project is Loon, a campaign to spread Internet connectivity via a fleet of balloons (or ‘loons for short). Remote areas and difficult terrain will have Wi-Fi access thanks to the 30 balloons Google launched last week, as well as the 20 more still awaiting their sendoff
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This got us thinking: What other airborne Internet implements could Google have considered before settling on balloons?
Comic illustration by Bob Al-Greene,…
Foursquare this morning has launched a pretty new visualization feature called Foursquare Time Machine, which offers a new way to view a history of your check-ins on an interactive map. And oh, it’s also an advertisement for Samsung’s Galaxy S4 smartphone. Hey, look, Foursquare is trying to make some money by using your data! How clever!
The company has long since allowed users to delve into their check-in history through a searchable timeline it offers on the Foursquare.com website. And…
If you have a killer view from your house but curtains or blinds are cramping your style, installing Wi-Fi-enabled window shades you control with your smartphone could be an option to consider.
Northern California startup SONTE has designed a high-tech alternative to traditional window coverings: it’s a Wi-Fi-enabled window film you put on existing windows that can switch from clear to opaque via a smartphone app. This means you can enjoy the view through a window when you want and then get…
Google‘s Street View-style cameras are giving Googlers one more thing to ogle at. That’s right, not just the great outdoors — now you can scope out museums, too.
With the Google Art Project, you can take a gallery or collection tour and peruse through more than 45,000 pieces of art by approximately 10,000 artists. Google’s 15-lens camera contraptions — the ones used for Street View — are again to thank; however, because of certain copyright restrictions, some paintings are blurred.
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If you have no exciting vacation plans coming up, don’t fret: Google Street View has you covered. It’ll soon take you on a virtual journey through the Gal
The U.S. government’s price-fixing lawsuit against Apple goes to trial next month in New York. Ahead of its court date, the U.S. released emails that purport to show Apple was the “ringleader” in a scheme to set artificially high ebook prices with some of the largest American publishers, which have already settled the case.
The emails have mostly been viewed in the context of the lawsuit, but they also provide an extraordinary view of high-stakes negotiation between the leaders of two…
Redbox Instant is offering a free rental of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey — but only on May 22 — after fans unlocked the freebie in a tweet-to-stream promotion.
People who rent the movie before the clock strikes 12 a.m. ET on May 23 will have the movie in their Redbox Instant library for 30 days. A few more caveats: “Once you start watching it, you have 48 hours to view the movie as many times and on as many supported registered devices as you choose,” the promotion’s disclaimer…
Ever watch one of those juice infomercials that feature some self-created celebrity whirring blueberries in a blender? And did you believe, as they scraped all that fruit into a shoot, that this speaker was actually an authority on their subject?
Everyone and everything is a brand, especially online. With that truism, however, comes this attendant and dubious proposition: Anyone with some knowledge and a point of view can present themselves as a thought leader to promote whatever brand…
Opening spaceflight up to the masses could help spark a global conservation ethic that stems the tide of environmental destruction on Earth, NASA’s science chief says.
Seeing our fragile Earth hanging alone in the blackness of space tends to be a life-altering, or at least perspective-changing, experience. If more people around the world are treated to that unforgettable sight, humanity might handle the planet with a bit more care, said John Grunsfeld, associate administrator for NASA’s…
Twitter Now Displays How Well Your Tweets Perform
If you’ve ever wanted more information about how well your tweets perform on Twitter, you’re in luck.
Twitter now grants users free access to a comprehensive analytics dashboard showing the number of retweets, favorites, and click-throughs each tweet receives — a metric that average users didn’t have access to before
These tools already existed, but this appears to be the first time Twitter is making them free and available to all users, according to The Next Web, which was the first to…
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