Curated articles from various sources.
Before the iPhone exploded onto the technology market, mobile phones came in all shapes and sizes and there was plenty to choose from for each individual. But nowadays, most phones have a touch screen, rows of icons and are rectangular – in other words – they all look a lot like the iPhone. Now, in the face of the…
Certainly one of the biggest wars in technology going on right now: Apple versus Samsung. The Economist dives deep into the rivalry between these two giants, and expounds on exactly who is copying who. Apple, the king of originality in a time when digital technology began to boom, versus Samsung – today’s king of smartphones….
The Economist reports on Finland’s role in the Euro Crisis: It has least to gain from a grand bargain to save the euro – and that could prove to become a big problem. As things currently stand around the Finn Red Line, Finland’s finance minister, Jutta Urpilainen, caused a stir when she said that her country…
ByTED
Magician Keith Barry could be thought of as a hacker of the human brain. He writes routines that exploit the brain’s bugs and loopholes, and offers a revealing look at the software between our ears. In this thought-provoking TED talk, he shows us how our brains can fool our bodies — in a trick that works via podcast…
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Computer programmer John Graham-Cumming keeps geek history alive by raising awareness for it’s heroes and their inventions. In this revealing TED talk, he takes us back in history to the time when computer science first began – the 1830’s. He tells the story of Charles Babbage’s mechanical, steam-powered “analytical engine” and how Ada Lovelace, mathematician…
Gone are the days when Beijing was considered one of the more pleasant capitals of the world. Something terrible and life-threatening is literally overshadowing its parks, centuries-old palaces, history and culture. The grey fog which is covering Beijing is caused by copious amounts of chronic air pollution, which now ranks the city as one of the worst…
