Original Article from TechCrunch
I’m a little afraid to think about how often I hit the “XX new tweets” area to refresh my Twitter stream on Twitter.com. Hundreds of times a day? Maybe more? It’s almost as if I’m an animal in some feedback experiment hitting a button. I cannot stop.
So why don’t I used one of the third-party Twitter clients that auto-refreshes every so often? I never found one that I really liked, plus the API limits seem to be a problem just about every time I try to use one. I want my tweets, and I want them now. Not in a few minutes. Now.
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“Good on paper” just became “good on video” with the latest double launch from the Y Combinator crew. With Hirehive, founders Dave Albert and Nick Bergson-Shilcoc are attempting to replace at least some part of the unwieldy hiring process with browser-based video questionnaires, on a web platform where applicants can submit video, text or image responses.
On the backend, employers can submit a series of questions they want applicants to answer, and Hirehive manages the process. While job boards like Monster.com and Craigslist pretty much dominate the online job application space, Hirehive’s video component is the killer app as the higher bandwidth of video provides more information than text, which results in better informed hiring decisions.
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Original Article from Gizmag Emerging Technology Magazine
You might not care how hard or easy it is to image zebrafish larvae, but you should. Zebrafish larvae are among the most commonly-used laboratory animals, useful for studies of human diseases such as cancer, Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s, diabetes, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Now, engineers from MIT have developed a system that dramatically streamlines the zebrafish-imaging process. Whereas traditional manual viewing takes about ten minutes per fish, a new system developed by engineers at MIT can get the job done in just 19 seconds…
Continue Reading New tech means faster study of zebrafish larvae, used in human medical research
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Original Article from Mac|Life News
This weekend, we’re heading south to sunny San Diego to rub elbows with the legions of eccentric fans at Comic Con International. Our Associate Online Editor, Florence Ion, will be there this weekend to check out all the heroes in disguise, and the fans disguised as their heroes. Stay tuned to the site for our own coverage of the comic book and entertainment industries, including interviews with your favorite comic book and app publishers and video sneak peeks at this year’s hottest upcoming iPhone and Mac games. Plus, we’ll be back with a recap of the whole thing, so it’ll be just like you were there!
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Original Article from Mac|Life News
Soft keyboards are great for typing on–if you can get used to them. Many people moving to the iPhone from a Blackberry or other device that has a physical keyboard often have issues typing on the device from the getgo. There’s quite a learning curve when you’re learning to type on a touchscreen keyboard. Fortunately, BlindType hopes to get rid of the errors when typing on your mobile device.
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Original Article from Mac|Life News
Verizon’s business development executive director Jennifer Byrne said at a conference recently that the iPhone helped Verizon change the way it thought about mobile software distribution. While she claimed Verizon had the first mobile store called GetItNow, she said the iPhone’s App Store was a turning point for the industry, whereby Verizon adopted a “hands off” approach.
“It’s a drastic change from the walled garden stage to the open approach. It’s been a very big shift,” Byrne said. “We’ve seen a tremendous response–so it’s validated the decision.”
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Original Article from Gizmag Emerging Technology Magazine
Scottish brewery BrewDog has reclaimed the world record for the strongest beer in history with a 55% alcohol beer which it has named “The End of History.” Only 11 bottles will be available, and each bottle will come inside a stuffed animal – seven Stoats will be available at GBP500 and four grey squirrels at GBP700, making it also the most expensive beer in history…
Continue Reading BrewDog’s 55% ABV beer: the strongest and most expensive beer in history
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Original Article from Gizmag Emerging Technology Magazine
A robot guided by 3-D ultrasound and artificial intelligence has demonstrated it can locate lesions in simulated breast and prostate tissue and take biopsies without human assistance. A team of bioengineers at Duke University, North Carolina, ’souped up’ an existing robot arm with a purpose-built ultrasound system which acts as the robot’s ‘eyes’ by collecting data from its scan and locating its target. An artificial intelligence program processes the real-time 3D information from the ultrasound and gives the robot specific commands to perform using a mechanical ‘hand’ that can manipulate the same biopsy plunger device used by doctors. ..
Continue Reading Next-gen robotic surgeons could eliminate need for doctors in simple surgeries
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Original Article from Engadget
Been wondering why Verizon would seek to curb its unlimited data plans with bogus restrictions? Wonder no more. Jennifer Byrne, a business development executive director at Big Red, has shared with us the shocking stat that early data usage from Droid X owners is five times what other smartphones are suckling down. Clearly, the jumbo screen is being used to the fullest by those lucky enough to get an X when they wanted one, and Verizon is (outwardly, at least) really, really excited to see such keen use of its network. Enjoy it while it lasts, Droidsters!
Droid X users gobbling up 5x the data of other Verizon smartphones originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 22 Jul 2010 07:52:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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