Category Archives: Convergence for a Converging World

Smart Pedals

Posted on April 29, 2015 by John

Connected Cycle’s Smart-pedals GPS-tracking idea is a good idea and crowd-funded concept that’s already achieved 171% of their goal. Nevertheless, it would seem that an internally-based, frame-device is also an anti-theft consideration (which may or may not already be under-development).

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There’s an Error for That?

Posted on April 28, 2015 by John

The faulty third-party application that caused American Airlines to cancel a number of flights demonstrates once again the increasing and on-going challenges of hardware/software reliance…

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Hacked.

Posted on April 27, 2015 by John

Russian hackers who gained access to the White House’s email system (last year) demonstrate once-again the on-going, e-vulnerability that global organizations ranging from business to governments potentially face.

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In the Cloud…

Posted on April 24, 2015 by John

Amazon’s Web Services (AWS) continues growing robustly despite the firm’s reported overall losses last quarter. While this is good news for the firm it also shows the increasing Cloud-dependence of organizations s ranging from the CIA to Netflix and the potential hacking … Continue reading →

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Yokatta!

Posted on April 22, 2015 by John

Congrats to Japan for breaking their own maglev (high-speed) train record (603km/h | 374mph!)

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No Static At All…

Posted on April 20, 2015 by John

Norway will become the first nation to officially switch-off their FM radio signal in 2017.

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The Top 3.

Posted on April 19, 2015 by John

1) America; 2) China; and, 3) Japan in global economic ranking/generated e-waste (surprisingly only 7% of global e-waste is computers, phones or printers) comprised of discarded bathroom, kitchen and laundry equipment. Overall, only 16% of this toxic trash is being … Continue reading →

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Perpetual Photos…

Posted on April 17, 2015 by John

American scientists have reportedly created an ‘eternal’ camera powered by the light it uses to take pictures (meaning it could theoretically take photos for perpetuity). They are now working to refine the devices’ (still) crude technology for commercial application.

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.sucks

Posted on April 16, 2015 by John

In light of .sucks being approved as a domain… does this create an opening for other less than upstanding domain names?

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GOT.

Posted on April 14, 2015 by John

HBO’s Game of Thrones P2P popularity shows no signs of abating. This is evidenced by the over 5 million (and counting) illegal downloads of Season Five’s Premiere.

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