A brief look back at Google Wallet’s first year and the state of mobile payments, for Engadget.
26th May 2012
Special Atari Edition Distro / Issue 39 / Animate GIF
Reblogged From istayinlove
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TED Radio Hour on NPR starts April 27th.
The new issue of Distro is out featuring an interview I did with Microsoft Principal Researcher Bill Buxton. He offers his take on the post-PC era, and talks about the state of design at Microsoft and the future of natural user interaces — not to mention his collection of vintage gadgets and his interest (or lack thereof) in science fiction.
Really great work from the design team on this one.
A few weeks ago, Fox News breathlessly reported that the embattled WikiLeaks operation was looking to start a new life
underon the sea. WikiLeaks, the article speculated, might try to escape its legal troubles by putting its servers on Sealand, a World War II anti-aircraft platform seven miles off the English coast in the North Sea, a place that calls itself an independent nation. It sounds perfect for WikiLeaks: a friendly, legally unassailable host with an anything-goes attitude.But readers with a memory of the early 2000s might be wondering, “Didn’t someone already try this? How did that work out?” Good questions. From 2000 to 2008, a company called HavenCo did indeed offer no-questions-asked colocation on Sealand—and it didn’t end well.
Interesting development from Google today.
See also: Stephen Wolfram reveals the personal analytics of his life
Amber Case is like the Socrates of digital natives. She calls herself a cyborg anthropologist, which in human talk means she studies the relationship between man and machine.
Most of us walk around with small computers in our pockets where we’re able to access emails, talk to friends and make with the mega-lulz whenever we wish. Because of this, Case considers us low-tech cyborgs, emotionally tied to our technology and digital networks whether we like to think so or not.
