Office by Alex Penny
My name is Bill, I am a recent graduate in Information Sciences and Technology from Penn State University and this is a place for me to post or give my 2 cents on the fascinating world of technology. I am now working for a pretty big technology related company whose name I will leave out just to avoid any possible complications, however far-fetched them happening may be. Music gets included from time to time as well.
Could a Tumblr deal fix Yahoo’s square reputation?
Not sure how I feel about Yahoo! buying Tumblr. What are your thoughts?
Obviously buying tumblr alone is going against brand. I’ll be the optimist and say they will probably stay hands off and add some advertising/search integration. Hell maybe we’ll even get lucky and they’ll improve some of the stupid functionality such as how you reply. Of course they could just delete all the porn and piss off 80% of the site.
Tech Event: Larry Page Google CEO Complete Q & A at Google I/O 2013 (video)
Google CEO Larry Page made a surprise appearance on stage at Google IO today for a 35 minute…
I’m skeptical on how much of this is really his view vs. the appearance he wishes to project, but overall a very human and open message for the technology sector.
Google Play Music All Access, Google’s Newly Announced Subscription Music Service
The possible integration with other Google services and the way they display files on your device give it a chance, but overall I don’t think an application without a free tier could be a Spotify killer. What does everyone else think of All Access?
Reposted from http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/readwriteweb/~3/RjlEqyNcHuY/google-i-o-keynote-eight-best-moments-in-photos on May 15, 2013 at 06:14PMGoogle bombarded thousands of attendees at its I/O 2013 Keynote with enough information to force that hi-res photo of Vic Gundotra’s forehead…
Just a year after launching its $50-per-month plan, Adobe has made its Creative Cloud the only way to get the new versions of its full software suite. Customers ‘overwhelmingly’ prefer it. Read this article by Stephen Shankland on CNET News.
Data for the Boston Marathon Investigation Will Be Crowdsourced
Paul McRae, a native of New Zealand now living in Jacksonville, takes a photograph of an empty Boylston Avenue near the Boston Marathon finish line, in Boston, Tuesday, April 16, 2013. Three people were killed and more than 140 were injured when bombs exploded seconds apart close to the finish line on Monday. McRae finished the race before the explosions. Photo: Charles Krupa / AP
“While current brain-scanning technologies can reveal the average activity of large populations of brain cells, the new project is aimed at tracking activity down to the individual cell and the tiny details of cell connections. It’s ‘an entirely different scale,’ and one that can pay off someday in treatments for a long list of neurological and psychiatric disorders including schizophrenia, Parkinson’s, depression, epilepsy and autism.”
(via chottodoctor)
“Personally, I’m still suspicious of Apple,” said Harry Miller, head of the American Cinema Editors’ technology committee. “I don’t think they have my interests at heart. And I don’t want to invest money in any of their hardware or software when they might drop features in new versions.”
I used to work with a team that dealt with Oracle, I remember them talking about this coming up. It seems to me Oracle is trying to become the Apple of enterprise computing.
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If Media’s Future Is Online, Where Are the Profits? - WSJ.com
Take these two trends and tell me where you think this is headed.
(via soxiam)
I think subscription model’s are taking over digital entertainment. While the last decade saw us unwilling to pay for our entertainment medium and accept anything for it. We are now realizing the benefits of paying a little here and there for a good amount of quality. While most are still holding out for free ad-supported services, those numbers are dwindling year by year while netflix and paying spotify members go up.
(via emergentfutures)
