CrowdSend - Iceland let the general populace participate VI PRESENTIAMO LE “NOSTRE” STARTUP. OKOBICI: BIKE SHARING PEER TO PEER | makeacube Blog Scritto da admin il 5 ottobre 2012 - 3 Commenti Okobici è un servizio di bike sharing peer-to-peer fondato sulla condivisione, all’interno di una community di ciclisti e cicloamatori, di bici private, grazie all’utilizzo di un dispositivo tecnologico applicato alle biciclette e di una interfaccia (web e mobile) per la gestione e l’interazione con il servizio. Il dispositivo di Okobici riassume tutta la infrastruttura tradizionale di un bikesharing: un lucchetto, un sistema di riconoscimento utente, un sistema per il dialogo del dispositivo con il server. Il servizio, è pensato come una evoluzione integrativa (e non alternativa) ai bikesharing tradizionali, che permetta di portare la ciclomobilità in zone urbane non servite (o servite con basso livello di servizio).
Mac Rumors: Apple Mac iOS Rumors and News You Care About In the ongoing Samsung vs. Apple lawsuit, two experts hired by Apple took the stand on Tuesday to explain to the jury why Samsung deserves to pay $2 billion in damages for infringing on Apple's patents. First up was John Hauser, a professor of marketing at the MIT Sloan School of Management, who argued (via CNET) that the specific features patented by Apple, such as slide to unlock, made Samsung's devices far more appealing to consumers. To reach that conclusion, Hauser surveyed 966 Samsung device users (507 phone owners and 459 tablet owners) to measure the percentage of consumers who would buy devices with specific features, including universal search, background syncing, quick links, automatic word correction, and slide-to-unlock, among others. Those metrics were then used to determine how much people would pay for the Apple-patented features that Samsung included in its devices, with Hauser coming to the conclusion that customers would shell out $32 to $102 for each feature.
Flagship Initiatives Improve the Quality, Impact ,and Reuse of NASA Software through Open Source Development opensource.arc.nasa.gov transparency | participation | collaboration Open source development-which allows free access to software source code to allow anyone to make improvements-is revolutionizing the way software is created, improved, and used. NASA Vision Workbenchti.arc.nasa.gov/project/ nasa-vision-workbench 3D terrain model of the Apollo 15 site created with Vision Workbench The NASA Vision Workbench is a general purpose image processing and computer vision library under development by the NASA Ames Intelligent Systems Division. NASA World Windworldwind.arc.nasa.gov NASA World Wind is a 3D "virtual globe" that has been released open source World Wind is an open source "virtual globe" that allows users to explore different planets in 3D. Overview The rapid growth of the Internet has changed how we use computers. To date, NASA's use of open source has focused on two types of software release: Useful Links
apple stuff Understanding why remote workers are more engaged can help your entire staff One of the trends spurred by the widespread adoption of mobile technology and cloud services is working away from the office. This can mean working at home after hours and it can mean working while traveling for business (or vacation). Increasingly, however, it means working almost exclusively in a home office, shared office space that's separate from the rest of your organization, a coworking space, or any other location. When I started my career as a writer just over fifteen years ago, I remember family members being flabbergasted that the Internet allowed me to work full time from home. One of the presumed challenges of managing a remote workforce is that keeping everyone engaged, on target, and productive is harder than if they're all on the same space. It turns out that belief is often a fallacy. Edinger identified four points that explain the phenomenon: Proximity breeds complacency. All of those are excellent points. But they don't need to apply just to remote workers.
Microsoft's Steve Ballmer has plans for more hardware 25 October 2012Last updated at 14:38 ET Steve Ballmer: 'This is one of two or three big moments in Microsoft's history' Microsoft's chief boss has confirmed he plans to release more devices. Steve Ballmer told the BBC: "Is it fair to say we're going to do more hardware? The chief executive's comments came ahead of a Windows 8 launch event in New York, following which Microsoft's Surface tablet will go on sale. News other devices are likely to follow may worry other PC manufacturers. Mr Ballmer caused a stir when he revealed in June that his company was making its own family of tablet computers - one offering extended battery-life powered by an Arm-based chip, the other using Intel's technology to offer a deeper Windows experience. A look at Microsoft's Surface tablet Until now Microsoft had focused on software and relied on third-parties to make hardware, with a few exceptions such as its Xbox games consoles and Kinect gesture sensors. Continue reading the main story At the launch Surface phone?
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