Barista's edition for Sat 02 November 2013
Meet the new Japan: It's called Europe.
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Since it suffered its own real estate boom, bust and financial crisis in the early 1990s, Japan has spent the better part of two decades clawing out of deflationary quicksand. (While deflation-a broad-based decline in price levels-might sound good to those struggling with high living costs, it's a very bad thing for an advanced economy,...
Watch this: A live visualisation of global births and deaths in your browser
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When David Attenborough said back in September that it was "barmy" to send food aid to countries suffering from famine he ignited a debate about the dangers of the Earth's rapidly growing population. At the beginning of the 20th century the number of humans on the planet was around two billion.
Kim Dotcom's Mega has submitted its iOS app to the App Store; Sync client for Windows, Mac, and Linux soon
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Kim Dotcom's Mega, the cloud storage service based in New Zealand, is coming to iOS any day now; Dotcom says his company submitted the app yesterday to Apple's App Store for approval. At the same time, the entrepreneur announced a Sync client is coming for Windows, Mac, and Linux.
Android 4.4 KitKat: a guide to what's new with Google's mobile OS
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Although the recently launched Nexus 5 smartphone will be the first device to feature the latest version of Android (we're on 4.4 or 'KitKat' now) Google's mobile OS will soon be rolling out to other Android devices.
Tesla Outsells BMW, Mercedes And Lexus In America's Wealthiest ZIP Codes
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It's not surprising to me that Silicon Valley dominates Forbes' 2013 list of wealthiest American ZIP codes. Nor that Tesla electric cars are popular in the Bay area, since the company is headquartered in Palo Alto (not to mention it gets you a sticker to drive alone in the carpool lane).
The Top 7 Technology Trends That Will Dominate 2014
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Strap yourself in, it's going to be a wild ride. In considering the changes we've seen in technology over the past year, I'm bracing myself for unprecedented growth when it comes to anytime, anywhere, on-demand information and entertainment. Based on the trends we've seen so far in 2013, I predict 2014 [...]
Netflix starts testing 4K videos, wants to launch Ultra HD next year
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Netflix quietly added a handful of 4K HD videos to its catalog this week to prepare itself for a wider launch of ultra high-definition video content in the coming months. So far, the titles added to the catalog only consist of footage that Netflix regularly uses for internal tests - but a spokesperson confirmed that the company "hopes to launch Ultra HD next year."
Patent war goes nuclear: Microsoft, Apple-owned "Rockstar" sues Google
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Canada-based telecom Nortel went bankrupt in 2009 and sold its biggest asset-a portfolio of more than 6,000 patents covering 4G wireless innovations and a range of technologies-at an auction in 2011. Google bid for the patents, but it didn't get them.
The US needs to retire daylight savings and just have two time zones-one hour apart
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Daylight saving time ends Nov. 3, setting off an annual ritual where Americans (who don't live in Arizona or Hawaii) and residents of 78 other countries including Canada (but not Saskatchewan), most of Europe, Australia and New Zealand turn their clocks back one hour. It's a controversial practice that became popular in the 1970s with...
Forget your jumper, this thermoelectric wristband can heat or cool your entire body
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Heating and cooling buildings is an expensive business. Recent rises in energy prices in the UK mean that the average cost of keeping our homes warm is around £610 annually (up from £360 in 2008) whilst in the US they have the opposite problem with air conditioning accounting for a massive 16.5 per cent of the country's entire energy bill.
Creepy Close-Ups: Best Microscope Critter Photos
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Spiders, weevils, wasps, lice, mites and mosquitoes are among the creepiest subjects of the winners of Nikon's Small World microscope photography competition this year. Super-close-ups of eyes, tongues and silk spinnerets are amazingly beautiful, but also gross enough to induce ...