1. Safety, Privacy Issues Temper Google Glass CoolnessGoogle on Tuesday released the tech specifications for Google Glass, which will sport 720p resolution for the eyeware's video camera and 16 GB of onboard flash storage. The forthcoming availability of the Web-connected glasses, however, is also raising questions about health, safety and privacy. The tech specs include the ability to capture 5 MP still camera images, WiFi and Bluetooth connectivity, audio through bone conductivity and an estimated days' worth of battery power.
This April marks Gmail’s 9th birthday, and as year ten gets underway, it’s a good opportunity to look at how much has changed: the curse of the Bambino was broken,Martin Scorsese finally won an Oscar, and we stopped referencing Xena the Warrior Princess in our blogposts. And during that time, Gmail—and online communication as a whole—evolved too.
So much of that evolution is a result of your feedback. In fact, Gmail was inspired by one user’s feedback that she was tired of struggling to find emails buried deep in her inbox. So we built a new email that leveraged the power of Google Search. You told us you were tired of spam, so we set to tackling that, and today your feedback makes it possible for Gmail to filter out well over 99% of incoming spam. You also said that you needed tools to deal with information overload, so we introduced Priority Inbox to help you manage your email (and we’re still exploring new ways to make it even easier).
Simply put, whether you’ve been a Gmail user for 9 years or 9 months, your input helps us continue to keep Gmail current and useful. Thanks for taking this journey with us, and onward to year ten!
So much of that evolution is a result of your feedback. In fact, Gmail was inspired by one user’s feedback that she was tired of struggling to find emails buried deep in her inbox. So we built a new email that leveraged the power of Google Search. You told us you were tired of spam, so we set to tackling that, and today your feedback makes it possible for Gmail to filter out well over 99% of incoming spam. You also said that you needed tools to deal with information overload, so we introduced Priority Inbox to help you manage your email (and we’re still exploring new ways to make it even easier).
Simply put, whether you’ve been a Gmail user for 9 years or 9 months, your input helps us continue to keep Gmail current and useful. Thanks for taking this journey with us, and onward to year ten!
Chrome: New Tab Page replaces Chrome's default new tab with one that includes weather, news headlines, frequently visited sites, and a larger Google search bar at the top. It's not a perfect replacement for iGoogle (scheduled to shut down later this year), but it's a start. More »
4. IBM looks to sell its x86 server business to Lenovo as profits crash
It has been nine years since IBM exited the personal computer business by selling its PC brands to the Lenovo Group. Now IBM apparently wants to get out of the "commodity" computing business altogether and is looking to Lenovo again.
The Wall Street Journal reports that IBM is in negotiations to sell its x86 architecture server business to Lenovo. Lenovo issued a "clarification statement" to stockholders this morning saying that the company "is in preliminary negotiations with a third party in connection with a potential acquisition. As at the date of this announcement, no material terms concerning the Potential Acquisition have been agreed and the Company has not entered into any definitive agreement in relation to the Potential Acquisition."
Lenovo is registered in Hong Kong and has a headquarters in North Carolina not far from IBM's Durham campus. It has already surpassed Dell to take the number two position in PC market share behind Hewlett-Packard, and a move into the server business could help Lenovo compete more broadly against HP and Dell in the business market.
5. How Famous Logos Have Changed Over Time
All the logos you see around you? They’re eventually going to change some day. It might be because they get outdated, or it might be because of a new CEO’s quirky taste. Just take a look at some logos of famous brands. Even those that still look the same have added some embossing or shading. More »
For most of us, the weather dictates a lot of our day. Aren’t you constantly checking the weather on your phone? Now, there’s definitely a glut of weather apps available, and most of them you can write off. But Yahoo has released its own weather app today, and it’s one of the prettiest apps around. More »
Ever feel like you’re all alone in this big, ol’ universe? Well, cheer up, because NASA has just discovered two prime planet candidates that fulfil practically every necessary condition we’re aware of to house life. According to William Borucki, chief scientist for NASA’s Kepler telescope, these two are the best bets we’ve found yet. More »
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