Doodles are the fun changes made to the Google logo to celebrate holidays, anniversaries, and the lives of famous artists, pioneers, and scientists. How did the idea for doodles originate? In 1998, before the company was even incorporated, the concept of the doodle was born when Google founders Larry and Sergey played with the corporate …
Monthly Archives: April 2012
Talk is cheap…so make a Long Bet (for charity) to prove your prediction
Pronouncements about the future come easy. Even when made with an air of authority, they’re usually just cheap talk, rarely revisited. Only the tiny fraction that have proven correct tend to be remembered, when their authors want to take credit. But what if there were some cash at stake? The Long Bets Foundation, a new …
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Play Me, I’m Yours – thirty pianos across the city for anyone to play
Touring internationally since 2008, Play Me, I’m Yours is artwork by British artist Luke Jerram. For three weeks beginning April 12, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra brings Play Me, I’m Yours to Los Angeles. Thirty pianos, designed and decorated by local artists and community organizations, are featured across Los Angeles County and are available for everyone …
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ZERO DAY: An inside look at Facebook cybercrime and other threats on the Internet
What if I offered you a keyhole view into the seedy underbelly of the Internet, a journey into the world of cybercrime, cyber-espionage and other threats? Would you want a look? If the answer is yes, you’re in luck, because that’s exactly what Charles Koppelman is offering with his film ZERO DAY, a documentary exploring “the dark side of …
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Get notified when Google Maps updates the satellite imagery for your house
“Love this tip from +Jake Parrillo – I had no idea you could get notified when there was new satellite imagery for your house. Living in the future is pretty great.” – Rick Klau The full story from Jake: Last night, I received an email from the “Follow Your World” application of Google Maps that alerted …
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Capture a “moment-in-time” with new Microsoft project, Cliplet
Cliplet – a type of image that sits between a still image and video. It allows you to capture a moment-in-time instead of an instant. Microsoft Research is showing a new project called “Cliplets” that lets users turn video clips into something closer to a moving still image by effectively freezing a portion of the frame …
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Enroll in free online in courses from top institutions – Princeton, Stanford, Michigan
Online educational marketplaces are on the rise, with tools like Udemy and Khan Academy allowing people of all ages to become an expert in any topic. New company Coursera is targeting higher education by offering university-level courses from top institutions to students all over the world, all for free. The company launched with $16 million in Series A funding and is announcing …
Google Ventures – venture capital funding through data
A fascinating article in Fast Company profiles Google Ventures, the company’s venture capital division. Like everything the search giant does they are aiming big with delusions of changing the entire VC industry with data as the vehicle. They start out with some interesting facts: Despite the mythology that has built up around venture capital, it …
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HBO posts first episode of new show, Veep, on YouTube until May 21
HBO is continuing their YouTube experiment after posting Girls online, they are also hosting Veep. The show, which will only be available online until May 21, stars Julia Louis-Dreyfus as a former senator who’s been asked to be Vice President of the United States The full bio from HBO: Former Senator Selina Meyer (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) has …
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The top 10 fastest-growing U.S. industries
Fastest-Growing U.S. Industries 1. Generic pharmaceuticals 2. Solar panel manufacturing 3. For-profit universities 4. Pilates and yoga studios 5. Self-tanning product manufacturing 6. 3-D printer manufacturing 7. Social network game development 8. Hot sauce production 9. Green and sustainable building construction 10. Online eyeglasses sales ** IBIS World notes that hot sauce sales have exploded thanks to …
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