Archivo del Autor: Belen De Leon

Just admit it, we love game sequels – CNET

The video game industry hasn’t run out of ideas or gotten lazy. It’s just following the money, because we’re still buying those sequels.
Source: CNET

How to fix a broken iPad screen – CNET

Spoiler alert: Don’t try to do it yourself.
Source: CNET

Neva's AirQuadOne Is Your New Best Bet for a Flying Car

The four-fan concept from a European aerospace consortium offers reasonable specs—and could be here in a few years.
Source: Wired

Dyson V7 Motorhead Cordless Vac: It's the Ace of Maids

We look at Dyson’s V7 Motorhead, the mid-range offering in its lineup of new cord-free vacs.
Source: Wired

This Dark Matter Theory Could Solve a Celestial Conundrum

Physicists propose that dark matter is capable of changing phases—into an exotic superfluid with zero viscosity.
Source: Wired

Fox News’ Motto Is No Longer ‘Fair and Balanced,’ Plus More Internet Scandals of the Week

From Fox News’ new slogan to President Trump’s “witch hunt” tweet, here’s everything the internet was talking about last week.
Source: Wired

iPad Pro clear example of Apple copying us, says Microsoft exec – CNET

Commentary: Surface General Manager Ryan Gavin insists that Apple is something of a follower.
Source: CNET

In wake of Amazon/Whole Foods deal, Instacart has a challenging opportunity

 Yesterday, Amazon and Whole Foods ruined a perfectly slow news day on a Friday in June with the announcement that Amazon intends to buy Whole Foods for almost $14 billion.
The most obvious victim of the deal was Instacart, in which Whole Foods invested and with whom Whole Foods has a five-year contract.
But after talking to a few Instacart investors and other sources close to the company… Read More

Source: TechCrunch

Gillmor Gang: Abstraction of Justice

 The Gillmor Gang — Doc Searls, Denis Pombriant, Keith Teare, Frank Radice, and Steve Gillmor. Recorded live Friday, June 16, 2017. The Gang finally talks coins and chains, and too much of nothing is revealed.
@stevegillmor, @dsearls, @kteare, @fradice, DenisPombriant
@tinagillmor
+ G3: Wholistic with Mary Hodder, Elisa Camahort Page, Halley Suitt Tucker, Kristie Wells, and Tina Chase Gillmor Read More

Source: TechCrunch

Designing better conversations online

 Automattic, MIT Center for Civic Media, and The Mash-Up Americans have been working together to have honest dialogues, build empathy, and help make the world a more inclusive and compassionate place. So far, we’ve laid out the problem and explored our assumptions. In this, our third Design and Exclusion conversation, it’s time to talk about how we engage with one another online.… Read More

Source: TechCrunch