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We’re very close to having the technology seen in Minority Report. (2002)
Project Soli is developing a new interaction sensor using radar technology. The sensor can track sub-millimeter motions at high speed and accuracy. It fits onto a chip, can be produced at scale and built into small devices and everyday objects.
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I start my search for flights using Google.
Since you cannot buy your ticket via Google, I normally buy the ticket from the airline I want to fly itself.
Google is rolling out even more cool ways to plan flights. Check this out.
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I’ve resisted the urge to post my documents online.
But the latest update to Google Drive is getting good reviews. I may reconsider.
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I hate taxis. 😦
And would love to support ANY alternative.
Uber sounds great. 🙂
Uber is a venture-funded startup and transportation network company based in San Francisco, California, that makes mobile apps that connects passengers with drivers of vehicles for hire and ridesharing services. …
Uber has been accused in several jurisdictions of illegal taxicab operation. …
On 11 June 2014, in a concerted action, taxis blocked roads in major European cities in protest against what they perceive as a threat to their livelihood by companies such as Uber. The cabbies contended that Uber and similar smartphone app-based services have an unfair advantage because they’re not subjected to the same kinds of fees and regulations placed on taxis. …
Google is one of the biggest investors.
Uber is not always the faster, cheaper option. But it will be, eventually.
Two choices.
1. You can simply assume there is no privacy. No privacy online. None on phone.
Or …
2. you can try taking some small steps to discourage the NSA and other organizations from collecting data on you.
I’m switching from Google search to DuckDuckGo, for example. That might help. Apple is now offering DuckDuckGo as an alternative web search engine.
On the other hand, Google is responding to criticism, now offering end-to-end mail encryption, to try to make your email private.
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Edward Snowden is all in for this protest.
🙂
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I’ve got a love / hate relationship.
Many of the best and brightest I know are from the States. The best Gymnastics club. The best Gymnastics equipment company.
Apple and Google are from the USA.
Americans are the most innovative.
But my best guess is that the USA will go down the crapper fast, rather than have a graceful decline as did Great Britain.
There’s a fair bit of truth in this graphic.
The U.S. government gridlock looks to be continuing for at least the next 6 years.
Republicans are not going to change fast enough to make major improvement.
The Democrats seem to want to copy Republican policy, for the most part. There’s been no serious attempt to improve anything under Obama, aside from a very slight fix of Health Care.
Merde. 😦
The leading email service was launched in beta form on April 1st, 2004. In the beginning, Gmail was an invite-only affair, and invites would remain the only way of signing up until 2007. (Thankfully they gradually got much easier to come by.)
Right from the start, Google took every opportunity to set itself apart from the competition. All users received a gigabyte of storage for their email, a massive figure that shamed what Microsoft’s Hotmail and Yahoo Mail offered at the time. That meant most people would never need to worry about permanently deleting messages again. In some ways, it also ushered in the era of seemingly limitless cloud storage. …
Harry McCracken – How Gmail Happened: The Inside Story of Its Launch 10 Years Ago
I’ll be updating my travels on a Google calendar linked on this page.
We can’t trust corporations.
We can’t trust governments.
We can’t trust Obama.
The only way for the general public to get the truth is whistleblowing. We’ll see more like Snowden over the coming years.
Edward Snowden, who leaked an estimated 200,000 files that exposed the extensive and intrusive nature of phone and internet surveillance and intelligence gathering by the US and its western allies, was the overwhelming choice of more than 2,000 people who voted. …
I’m sorry for the innocent hurt by these leaks, but the greater good for society is served.
One more thing …
We can’t trust the media. Including the Guardian.
Ed Bott – The real story in the NSA scandal is the collapse of journalism (June 2013)
related – Time magazine – Edward Snowden, The Dark Prophet
Time had Snowden a runner-up, naming the new Pope as Person of the Year.
Rick McCharles 