Happy (belated) birthday, World Wide Web! In the above cartoon, Odd Todd looks back on the infamous day back in August of 1991 that started it all.
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Don’t Blame Facebook for Facial Recognition’s Creepiness
We all know Facebook is an easy privacy punching bag. The social network has a tendency to tinker with our personal data, and deservedly lands in hot water now and then with paranoid users, pundits and politicians.
But the latest episode in Facebook’s ongoing privacy drama has little to do with Facebook itself. Researchers at Carnegie …
Play ‘Saved by the Bell’ like an Old-School Nintendo Game
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Okay fine. Remember your Nintendo? Remember Saved by the Bell? What if Saved by the Bell had been available as an RPG-themed Nintendo game? It only took a couple decades, but we’ve finally got something.
Even though it’s a YouTube video, it’s a “playable” game in that you make …
Augmented Reality Lets You Try On Clothes from Online Shops
Up to this point we’ve seen maybe 2% of augmented reality’s latent potential. For the most part, applications of the technology have ranged from utterly useless, to transparently gimmicky, to “oh hey, that’s kind of cool.”
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But now, web retailers might want to start …
WATCH: David Bowie’s Pianist Performs Live Using Internet-Connected Pianos
If you’d asked me, speaking as a piano guy and sometime digital music maker, I would’ve said controlling one piano with another across the Internet in realtime was, well, improbable. It’s not that Internet latency is too high (that is, delays incurred processing network data), but I don’t need to tell you how the Internet’s a fickle …
Two Minute Video: LulzSec, Price Cuts, Jobs vs. Zuckerberg
LulzSec’s inevitable made-for-TV movie, gadget price cuts, Steve Jobs vs. Mark Zuckerberg, and more: Here’s a quick look back at some recent stories from the Land o’ Tech.
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Psychology: We Play Video Games to Chase Our ‘Ideal Selves’
What exactly is it about video games that holds so much drawing power? Last year, a staggering 500 million video games were sold throughout the world, and, despite some recent slippage earlier in May, the industry as a whole remains one of the biggest, most lucrative markets out there.
Now, a new study set to be published in a coming …
Comcast Sues DirecTV over False NFL Advertising
DirecTV is being sued for false advertising over its recent claim that subscribers will be able to watch its NFL Sunday Ticket service for free.
“Free” in this case means a two-year subscription with the second year at full-price, and with a cancellation fee should you try and get out earlier. So far so usual, right? Well, yes, except …
App of the Week: Alfred, the Personal Recommendations Robot
Is there a more universal #firstworldproblem than being stumped on where to eat for dinner? Sure, there are apps like UrbanSpoon, whose randomized restaurant picks take a bit of gamesmanship. And, of course, there are more democratic choices like Yelp or even City Search.
But the Achilles heel of crowdsourced reviews is that it’s …
AOL Unveils ‘Editions’ iPad Magazine: Hmm, This Looks Familiar
AOL took the curtains off their newest project, a customizable iPad-only magazine dubbed Editions, yesterday. The free download allows users to cultivate content across several news fields and arranges stories into an attractive magazine format, complete with photos.
The entire presentation is quite lovely: The grid structure is …
That Zucks: Mark Zuckerberg’s Sister Quits Her Job at Facebook
This ought to make for some awkward dinner conversation the next time all the Zuckerbergs get together.
“How’s work going, Mark?”
“Randi quit, Mom! How do you think work’s going?! GOD!”
It’s not a total Facebook defriendification as the (very believable) above portrayal would have you believe. Randi Zuckerberg—or “RaZu” as her …
Party Hats, Everyone! Instagram Hits 150 Million Photo Uploads
Instagram, the popular photo sharing service for the iPhone, just announced that it’s hit 150 million photo uploads thanks in no small part to its user base of 7 million picture snappers. For perspective, that’s about 15 photos being uploaded every single second.
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