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Production R8 e-tron sets lap record at Nürburgring, Audi gains more EV bragging rights
Posted On 01 Jul 2012 By Joe Pollicino. Under: Uncategorized.
Suffice it to say, Audi's been garnering loads of press these past weeks for its e-tron vehicles. Hot on the heels of its recent, R18 e-tron-led victory at the 24-hour Le Mans, the automaker has set a world-record for production EVs at Germany's N&uu...
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Facebook’s Mobile Future Rests On Today’s Feature Phone Users
Posted On 01 Jul 2012 By Thomas Clayton. Under: Uncategorized.
Editor's Note: The following guest post by Thomas Clayton, the Chief Executive Officer of voice blogging startup Bubble Motion. Prior to Bubble Motion, Clayton was GM of the Worldwide Telecom Business at BEA Systems, an infrastructure software company acquired by Oracle for $8.5B USD. Clayton holds a BA from Harvard Business School and a BS degree from UC Berkeley. No Comments
Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS10 14.1MP Digital Camera with Built-in GPS Gets Liquidated
Posted On 01 Jul 2012 By TecheBlog Staff. Under: Uncategorized.
Panasonic's Lumix DMC-ZS10 Digital Camera is currently being liquidated at just $189.95 shipped, originally priced at $349.99. It features a built-in GPS (Global Positioning System) function allowing geotagged images to be pinpointed via online m...
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OWC Mercury Aura Bundles let you replace your MacBook Air’s SSD, use it as external storage
Posted On 01 Jul 2012 By Joe Pollicino. Under: Uncategorized.
Got a Macbook Air from 2010 or 2011 and want to upgrade the storage without dropping its pre-existing SSD module all together? Well, you're in luck, thanks to OWC's new Mecury Aura Bundles. After upgrading your Air with one of the company's Mercury A...
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Rise Of The Enterprise “Toys”
Posted On 01 Jul 2012 By Aaron Levie. Under: Uncategorized.
The enterprise software market has been uncharacteristically turbulent of late. Beyond several hefty funding rounds and well-performing IPOs, the ecosystem has experienced some major consolidation with SAP’s purchase of SuccessFactors and Ariba, Oracle’s acquisition of RightNow and Taleo, and even IBM’s multiple cloud additions. All totaled, we’ve seen more than $10 billion in enterprise cloud consolidation over the past three quarters.
But Microsoft’s $1.2 billion acquisition of Yammer is a little different. Not just because it underscores the importance of social in the enterprise and cements Yammer’s rapid rise to more than a billion dollars in value. Rather, it’s different because it signals the severity of the disruption occurring in enterprise software – disruption that will make it very difficult for incumbent vendors to hold on, and disruption that’s coming from entirely new places and in new ways.No Comments
Nike+ Basketball and Training stat tracking shoes launch, kick off ‘Game On, World’ challenge (video)
Posted On 01 Jul 2012 By Richard Lawler. Under: Uncategorized.
While the Nike+ fitness tracking platform has been around for years, the footwear giant has only just unleashed shoes with the technology built right in. The Nike Hyperdunk+ (last seen skying through the FCC) is its first basketball shoe in the line,...
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Nike+ Basketball and Training stat tracking shoes launch, kick off ‘Game On, World’ challenge (video)
Posted On 01 Jul 2012 By Richard Lawler. Under: Uncategorized.
While the Nike+ fitness tracking platform has been around for years, the footwear giant has only just unleashed shoes with the technology built right in. The Nike Hyperdunk+ (last seen skying through the FCC) is its first basketball shoe in the line,...
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New fuel cell keeps on going even once the fuel’s dried up
Posted On 01 Jul 2012 By James Trew. Under: Uncategorized.
Vanadium oxide seems to be the go-to guy in power storage right now. A new solid-oxide fuel cell -- developed at Harvard's School of Engineering and Applied Sciences -- that can also store energy like a battery, also uses the stuff. In the new cell, ...
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The Art Of Manipulation
Posted On 01 Jul 2012 By Nir Eyal. Under: Uncategorized.
Let's admit it, we in the consumer web industry are in the manipulation business. We build products meant to persuade people to do what we want them to do. We call these people "users" and even if we don't say it aloud, we secretly wish every one of them would become fiendishly addicted.
Users take our technologies with them to bed. When they wake up, they check for notifications, tweets, and updates before saying "good morning" to their loved ones. Ian Bogost, the famed game creator and professor, calls the wave of habit-forming technologies the "cigarette of this century" and warns of equally addictive and potentially destructive side-effects.No Comments
