Technology
Can you get rich by inventing an app?
Most of us have crazy ideas for apps that we’re convinced will go global and made us millionaires. I tend to get mine just as the barman is ordering me to go home and I never get to write them down.
By Nick Booth | Bytesize, Notebook | Thursday, 21 March 2013 at 1:54 pm
What if the internet broke?
Danny Hillis in a TED talk (video at Mashable) wondered what would happen if “bad and foolish people” sabotaged the internet:
We’re setting ourselves up for a kind of disaster like the [one] we had with the financial system, where we take a system that was basically built on trust — was basically built for a [...]
By John Rentoul | Eagle Eye | Monday, 18 March 2013 at 8:35 pm
The Universities Revolution is Coming
“Just as globalisation and technology have transformed other huge sectors of the economy in the past 20 years, in the next 20 years universities face transformation,” Professor Sir Michael Barber and his colleagues say in their An Avalanche is Coming, published today.
They cite one interesting example on page 38:
A really good example of how this can develop [...]
By John Rentoul | Eagle Eye | Monday, 11 March 2013 at 3:53 pm
What the internet was going to be like in 1981
This is a fabulous report from KRON, a San Francisco TV station, in 1981, the year in which I started work as a journalist, a reporter on Accountancy Age.
By John Rentoul | Eagle Eye | Saturday, 16 February 2013 at 11:30 am
How much would you spend on your loved one this Valentine’s Day?
Would a box of chocolates and flowers suffice? Or would you buy something for expensive to mark the special day? Normally it can become a mad last-minute scramble to the nearest shops.
By Tamsin Crouch | Notebook | Thursday, 14 February 2013 at 6:00 am
When technology is the healthy option
When we look back upon the early 21st century, we may understand that this was not only the beginning of an Age of Wellness, but also when achieving wellness became a game.
By Rodney Collins | Science & Technology | Tuesday, 15 January 2013 at 4:47 pm
CES 2013: Some of the most innovative technology showcased in Las Vegas
The Consumer Electronics Show 2013 in Las Vegas today comes to an end, running from 8 to 11 January it revealed a number of exciting innovations such as a water-proof smartphone, a robot doctor, futuristic ‘wearable technology’ and every slacker’s dream: a TV you can control with your eyes.
By Chad Greggor | Digital Digest, Science & Technology | Friday, 11 January 2013 at 10:43 am
My 2013 Google Chrome Alphabet
What comes up when you type a letter and “Enter” into the address bar of your browser? I did this last year, but it hasn’t changed much, so it is even duller and more self-obsessed this year.
By John Rentoul | Eagle Eye | Wednesday, 2 January 2013 at 2:25 pm
New site helps commuters find convenient properties
Search for houses for sale or rent based on the public transport commuting time of your choice
By Alex Johnson | Property | Monday, 12 November 2012 at 10:34 am
Something for the Weekend in London: November 2-4
Fresh off the back of last month’s London film fest comes a foreign film takeover this weekend, with exciting festival programmes from Korea, Russia and Africa expected to entertain and inspire the capital’s self-respecting cinephiles. Elsewhere, there’s a quirky fest dedicated to tea and coffee, a weekender exploring new technology and a new “rock n roll” ramen bar making its much anticipated debut, just in time for winter.
By Matilda Egere-Cooper | Arts | Friday, 2 November 2012 at 4:00 am
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