Archive for the 'tech' Category

Remedies for Better Cellphone Signal and Quality – NYTimes.com

June 30, 2013

generic boosters w/ out- & inside antennas + VZW & ATT offer pers. cell tower plugging into broadband

or

Better Cellphone Signal: Generic boosters w/ out & in antennas + personal cell tower (VZW). http://bit.ly/156QbDa via @nahumg @brasonja

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/27/technology/personaltech/remedies-to-enhance-cellphone-signal-and-sound-quality.html

Article: Wearable Devices Nudge You to a Healthier Lifestyle

June 29, 2013

What to get – fitbit’s better hardware v jawbone’s software? Also, there’s nike plus and there are rumors of a new one.
… bet they will all introduce new ones for the fall?
Wearable Devices Nudge You to a Healthier Lifestyle
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/27/technology/personaltech/wearable-devices-nudge-you-to-a-healthier-lifestyle.html
Fitbit’s hardware v Jawbone’s software? Also, Nike MT @nikohrdy: Wearable Devices Nudge You to Health http://bit.ly/11OZeYQ
#quantifiedself

New Android Boss Finally Reveals Plans for World’s Most Popular Mobile OS | Wired Business | Wired.com

June 27, 2013

chrome OS & #android will coexist in the short term according to
#Google Exec http://www.wired.com/business/2013/05/exclusive-sundar-pichai-reveals-his-plans-for-android

Big Apple, Bigger Google – MoneyBeat – WSJ

June 27, 2013

GOOG > APPL by enterprise value (if you subtract cash in bank)
http://blogs.wsj.com/moneybeat/2013/06/25/big-apple-bigger-google/?mod=trending_now_3

My Kids Are Obsessed With Technology, and It’s All My Fault – NYTimes.com

June 26, 2013

Worries about tech obsessed kids b/c work quality proportional to filtering distractions http://bit.ly/11Z7z7I via @Prof_Thea @nytimes
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/23/magazine/my-kids-are-obsessed-with-technology-and-its-all-my-fault.html?_r=0&pagewanted=all QT:
“Midway through my 20s I underwent a reformation. I began reading, then writing, literary fiction. It quickly became apparent that the quality of my work rose in direct proportion to my ability filter out distractions. I’ve spent the past two decades struggling to resist the endless pixelated enticements intended to capture and monetize every spare second of human attention.”
Companion to piece in Atlantic Monthly

The Obama Campaign’s Digital Masterminds Cash In – NYTimes.com

June 24, 2013

QT:”
But there was the potentially politically explosive matter of privacy. Unlike Facebook, where users were at least giving the campaign explicit permission to collect personal data even if they had not read the fine print, television watchers were making no such agreement. To address this, the campaign and Rentrak hired a third party to “anonymize” the data so that they would only know that the information was coming from a set-top box of somebody on the persuadable list; identifying information would be stripped away.

What if they didn’t hire a 3rd party ? Is this something the government can do ?

Determine who the swing voters are & what they’re watching, so you can target pol ads. Impressive mining but a little scary from privacy perspective

Find swing voters & what they watch to target pol ads. Impressive #mining but a little #privacy scary
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/23/magazine/the-obama-campaigns-digital-masterminds-cash-in.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/23/magazine/the-obama-campaigns-digital-masterminds-cash-in.html

N.S.A. Leak Puts Focus on System Administrators – NYTimes.com

June 24, 2013

Can IT staff be trusted ? MT @nytimes: N.S.A. Leak Puts Focus on System Administrators

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/24/technology/nsa-leak-puts-focus-on-system-administrators.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&smid=tw-nytimes&_r=0&pagewanted=all

Leave the Driving to It » American Scientist

June 20, 2013

http://www.americanscientist.org/issues/pub/leave-the-driving-to-it Sketches an incredible future of computer-aided driving where the daily commute includes a nap! #driving

Phone Metadata Proves a Powerful Tool for NSA, Police – WSJ.com

June 18, 2013

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324049504578545352803220058.html?mod=us_most_pop_newsreel

Samsung Bets on Smartphone With Zoom Appeal – WSJ.com

June 16, 2013

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324049504578542784226200000.html?mod=e2tw#articleTabs%3Darticle