Eckhart Tolle (via thakate)
I am know someone who can use this reminder. (via doublejack)
The amount of public Internet hotspots (Wi-Fi) globally will grow more than fourfold to 5.8 million by 2015, boosted by consumers increasing demand for connections on smartphones and tablets, an industry study showed on Wednesday.
Telecom operators see Internet hotspots crucial for offloading wireless data traffic, which is expected to grow 26-fold in the next five years, according to Cisco, as usage of video on mobile devices surges.
» via Reuters
The number of people over 65 will double worldwide in the next four decades. In the U.S. alone, 80 million baby boomers will enter their 60s and 70s in the next 20 years. For Washington, this offers a financial headache, with rising Medicare and Social Security costs. But for tech companies, it offers a remarkable and historically unique opportunity to target older consumers.
Seniors spend a greater share of their total income; after all, many have spent their life saving for retirement. That makes them ideal and willing consumers for products with the right combination of intuition, simplicity and utility.
That’s why you see multinational companies like Intel chasing “wellness enhancement” technology that will appeal to seniors without insulting their intelligence. Phones with comically large digits? Not a hit. More popular are simple products that assist the elderly without visually telegraphing the message, “You are old and I am designed to condescendingly remind you of your age.” A smart pillbox that reminds seniors to take vitamins, computers with word games, and mobile robots to facilitate video chats with loved ones thousands of miles away: These are the kind of technologies that are taking off, as Natasha Singer explains.
» via The Atlantic
Seth again.
Relevant to my interests.
[via Seth Godin’s blog]
Microsoft—in a nutshell—is a company that had one successful product that we are all beholden to—that then used that capital to buy other people’s products and ruin them. They are not bad people, but they do stab their friends in the back. Also, they are a bunch of nerds, which is probably why they have never managed to produce a decent interface.
Google—in a nutshell—is a company that had one successful product that we are all beholden to—that then used that capital to buy other people’s products and ruin them. They are not bad people, but they do stab their friends in the back. Also, they are a bunch of nerds, which is probably why they have never managed to produce a decent interface.
Apple is a company that produces amazing, human-usable products. I love them for the same reason I love any such company, and I forgive them their eccentricities because their products are so amazing. They make decisions that I’m told are bad for me, yet I don’t see that reflected in their products as I use them.
“Weird Al” Yankovic - Craigslist
This is terrific. And I love that Craigslist has nurtured a brand that can not only inspire but withstand and even benefit from being mocked—if mildly—by Weird Al.
Check out the #IranElection hashtag on Twitter right now.
Pretty much your best source for what’s going on. CNN is showing “Video Professor” ads.
I was thinking today about how much of what I used to read the paper for, I now get from Twitter:
Current events and news headlines (with unparalleled immediacy and usually links to more in-depth reporting and analysis), humor (the funny pages), topical humor (editorial cartoons), commentary (editorials), etc.
