nickbilton
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- Jerome Jarre: The Making of a Vine Celebrity (nytimes.com)
- Prosecutor in ‘Serial’ case goes on the record (firstlook.org)
- Does Facebook Need a "Breakup" Button? (nytimes.com)
- Path tries, tries and tries again (bits.blogs.nytimes.com)
A look at Path, and Dave Morin, and if the beleaguered startup can rise from the dead, again.
- Twitter bots are getting smarter and influencing politics (bits.blogs.nytimes.com)
By using social media bots, politicians and others are swaying public opinion about a policy position and political agenda.
- Bend It, Charge It, Dunk It: Graphene, the Material of Tomorrow (bits.blogs.nytimes.com)
The material has the potential to change the electronics industry, and recently researchers have focused on how to produce it commercially.
- Sleep Researchers Say Brining a Smartphone into the Bedroom Causes Insomnia (bits.blogs.nytimes.com)
Many Americans now bring their smartphones into the bedroom, especially to use them as alarm clocks. But that may be a recipe for insomnia, studies show.
- Apple Execs met with the FDA about medical tech (bits.blogs.nytimes.com)
A group of senior Apple executives met with directors from the Food and Drug Administration last month to discuss mobile medical applications.
- The 30-Year-Old Macintosh and a Conversation With Steve Jobs (bits.blogs.nytimes.com)
To celebrate the 30 year anniversary or the Mac, Steven Levy released an unseen and raw interview with Steve Jobs.
- Email is Broken: People Sent 67 Trillion Emails in 2013 (bits.blogs.nytimes.com)
Disruptions: In a world where we send 67 trillion emails a year, I started 2014 declaring "Email Bankruptcy."
- "The Delivery Wars": Robots vs. Drones vs. People (bits.blogs.nytimes.com)
"The Delivery Wars," are coming, where mini robots, jet-powered drones & the pizza delivery guy, are all racing to your frontdoor.
- Hundreds of Start-Ups Hope to Be a Copycat Start-Up (bits.blogs.nytimes.com)
Pitches for new start-ups are often copycats with a slight twist of already successful companies.
- Calling from the Clouds (bits.blogs.nytimes.com)
It may be difficult for passengers on flights to get what many want — access to cellular data — without getting what many don’t want — the occasional Chatty Cathy in 21B.
- Disruptions: A Blogger Mocks the Denizens of Silicon Valley (bits.blogs.nytimes.com)
The return of Valleywag.
- The Pros and Cons of a Surveillance Society (bits.blogs.nytimes.com)
The interconnection of Trayvon Martin, Prism & Google Glass in a surveillance society.
- At Google Conference, Cameras Even in the Bathroom (bits.blogs.nytimes.com)
The future came crashing down on me this week at the Google I/O developer conference while I stood at a bathroom urinal.
- Disruptions: It is rude to send a "Thank You" e-mail. (bits.blogs.nytimes.com)
Some people are so rude. Really, who sends an e-mail or text message that just says “Thank you”?
- NYT: A Fuzzy & Shifting Line Between Hacker & Criminal (bits.blogs.nytimes.com)
With "hackers," there is a danger in lumping people who have not sought financial gain with armed robbers.
- What Instagram’s New Terms of Service Mean for You (bits.blogs.nytimes.com)
Instagram released an updated version of its privacy policy and terms of service, and they include lengthy stipulations on how photographs uploaded by users may be used by Instagram and its parent company, Facebook.
- Flickr Has the Opportunity to Become the Next Flickr (bits.blogs.nytimes.com)
We don’t need another Web site or service to see pictures of someone’s lunch or their soy latte, or another teenager making a duck face.
- F.C.C. Calls on F.A.A. to Allow Electronics on Planes (bits.blogs.nytimes.com)
Now the United States government is telling the United States government to allow devices on airplanes during takeoff and landing.
- Apple Could be Worth $1 Trillion on April 9, 2015, at 11 a.m. (bits.blogs.nytimes.com)
If Apple continues on its current trajectory, it might break a barrier on April 9, 2015, that no company has ever touched.
- Disruptions: Let Silicon Valley Eat … Ramen Noodles? (bits.blogs.nytimes.com)
Silicon Valley would like the world to think it doesn't care about money. But these start-ups aren't nonprofit organizations.
- A collection of Burning Man 2012 photos (nickbilton.com)