It'll end up like in Minority Report where the advertisements scanned people's eyes to identify and tailor ads to them. Only instead of eyes, faces will be scanned. Which is probably scarier, since scanning a face requires no special biometric equipment. It just needs an old fashioned camera and an internet connection, so that the face image can be sent to a server and processed.
It took 4 versions of iOS before Apple let the user even switch the desktop wallpaper. Apple isn't about "thinking different." It's more about "We've done the thinking for you."
If we really want to combat obesity (and not just childhood obesity), the single best thing we can do is take away farm subsidies. The cost of corn (and other things, of course) would double overnight, leading to a massive increase in the prices of unhealthy foods. Colas in particular would be hit hard since HFCS would no longer be so cheap. The key thing is that prices of soda won't necessarily go up, but serving sizes will go down. Notice how small the classic coca-cola bottles are? 6 fl oz. That's what people drank back in the day before subsidized corn allowed cheap sweeteners. Now we have 12 oz cans and 22 oz bottles available everywhere. That's what they did with the cheap sweeteners--they didn't lower the prices of colas, they just sold us more per unit.
This is a great idea. It isn't fair that the Internet companies remain successful, employing millions of people and continuing to hire more in this bad economy. A pointless tax on a infrastructure usage is just what we need to bring them down to size.
A patent troll will use IP laws to make money. Honeywell is using IP law to kill a startup that's brought new life into an industry that hasn't budged since its inception, and thus prevent progress in that industry.
Excellent. Smart phones will be one step closer to becoming omni-tools from Mass Effect. Now we just need to figure out how to do holographic projections, to have 3D images and interfaces that we can synchronize to the motion-input of these kinect-like controls.
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It'll end up like in Minority Report where the advertisements scanned people's eyes to identify and tailor ads to them. Only instead of eyes, faces will be scanned. Which is probably scarier, since scanning a face requires no special biometric equipment. It just needs an old fashioned camera and an internet connection, so that the face image can be sent to a server and processed.
It took 4 versions of iOS before Apple let the user even switch the desktop wallpaper. Apple isn't about "thinking different." It's more about "We've done the thinking for you."
RIM is betting it all on BB10. But BB10 will not save RIM. Why not? Because the *only* people looking forward to BB10 are RIM investors.
If we really want to combat obesity (and not just childhood obesity), the single best thing we can do is take away farm subsidies. The cost of corn (and other things, of course) would double overnight, leading to a massive increase in the prices of unhealthy foods. Colas in particular would be hit hard since HFCS would no longer be so cheap. The key thing is that prices of soda won't necessarily go up, but serving sizes will go down. Notice how small the classic coca-cola bottles are? 6 fl oz. That's what people drank back in the day before subsidized corn allowed cheap sweeteners. Now we have 12 oz cans and 22 oz bottles available everywhere. That's what they did with the cheap sweeteners--they didn't lower the prices of colas, they just sold us more per unit.
This is a great idea. It isn't fair that the Internet companies remain successful, employing millions of people and continuing to hire more in this bad economy. A pointless tax on a infrastructure usage is just what we need to bring them down to size.
Stock Android ICS + Unlocked + Droid Razr Maxx form factor/battery life? Pretty much the best handheld electronic device that can exist right now.
Discovery Channel = Reality shows targeting men. The Learning Channel = Reality shows targeting women
A patent troll will use IP laws to make money. Honeywell is using IP law to kill a startup that's brought new life into an industry that hasn't budged since its inception, and thus prevent progress in that industry.
Excellent. Smart phones will be one step closer to becoming omni-tools from Mass Effect. Now we just need to figure out how to do holographic projections, to have 3D images and interfaces that we can synchronize to the motion-input of these kinect-like controls.
T-Mobile needs to get ready for when Apple invents 4G, like the other carriers are doing.