Today's XKCD comic may ring true for many people. When it comes to updates, even important ones, they just don't rank that high in the priority list. Alt text: I have a bunch of things open right now. I know I had a SSD brick on me after I failed to apply a firmware update. That was more because you had to burn the update to a CD (which I was out of blank CD-Rs) and boot to … [Read more...]
Microsoft creates a gigapixel panoramic of Seattle
Microsoft Research has created their Photosynth tools to support large panoramas. To demonstrate, they made a huge panorama of Seattle with things to discover about the city. You can zoom in and see artists "doing their thing" and find out more about the artists. This is similar to the technology they created with Zoom.it (formerly called Dragon). This rendition of the … [Read more...]
Apple celebrates 30 years of Mac
The Mac has turned 30 years old. The iconic 1984 Super Bowl commercial introduced the Mac all those years ago. Now, Apple has created a new video to celebrate the 30 years of innovation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xp697DqsbUU For more information about Apple's history, you can see their 30 year website at http://www.apple.com/30-years/ … [Read more...]
If Google was some guy in an office
This CollegeHumor video plays out Google's role but replaces the search engine with a guy in an office. It makes some of those queries sound pretty dumb and makes you wonder what Google engineers think if they review the queries. It also gives a glimpse into the life of a librarian, trying to answer random questions for people. [collegehumor id="6947898"] (Credit: … [Read more...]
Surprising numbers about the Internet
This infographic puts some perspective to the Internet with cold, hard numbers. It includes some comparisons between Chinese users and USA users as well as their web businesses. In these "7 shocking stats and trends about the Internet" is also goes on to compare how quickly Snapchat is growing, Google Maps Street View, and YouTube. Do any of them surprise you? (Credit: … [Read more...]