Barista's edition for Sat 15 March 2014
Facebook Introduces Video Ads, Promises They Won't Be Spammy
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Ads that look and feel like TV commercials but are targeted like display ads: For Facebook, that's long been the holy grail -- the chief hurdle being how to introduce them without annoying the bejesus out of its users. After many months of tinkering, Facebook executives finally think they've got it [...]
Apple TV Concept Envisions iPod Touch-Style Remote
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There have been several mockups of the next-generation iPhone and Apple's much-rumored iWatch, but few designers have tackled what could lie in store for Apple's upcoming revamped Apple TV set-top box. German technology magazine has explored what the future of the Apple TV could look like, posting some conceptual images of a set-top box that includes iPhone 5s design elements and a touch-based remote.
The World's Richest Ex-Hackers
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Long before he was the two-hundred-and-second richest person on the planet, Jan Koum was just another curious kid with a wardialer. Koum, whose net worth suddenly jumped to $6.8 billion last month when his startup WhatsApp was acquired by Facebook, began his tech career as a teenage immigrant from Ukraine and [...]
Behold: Actual Pi In The Sky On Pi Day
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Today and every March 14th (3/14) is a day of much reverence for math geeks worldwide. Better known as Pi Day, given its connection to perhaps the most well-known mathematical constant that begins with 3.14 and goes on with an infinite march of decimals.
U.S. and Russia Right Now: The One Photo That Says It All
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If this AP photograph is representative of the state of U.S.-Russia talks over the crisis in Ukraine, the most casual of international observers would agree: they're not going all that well. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and his Russian counterpart, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, are meeting in London for talks on Friday over the escalating situation in Ukraine.
Protestors in Turkey Redo the Ellen Selfie Inside a Police Van
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They may have been packed in the back of a police van, but these protesters in Istanbul, Turkey, were all smiles. Ali Emre Mazlumoğlu tweeted the latest version of the famed Oscars " Ellen Selfie" on Monday, which managed to fit in even more people than Bradley Cooper: 14 instead of 12.
A natural glow: these plants produce their own light
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Daan Roosegaarde invites me into a cramped, pitch-black photo booth no more than a couple feet wide. "Hold on," the Dutch designer whispers into my ear. "Just give it a minute." Soon, the tiny cucumber plant in his hand begins to emit a faint glow. As my eyes adjust, it gets brighter.
Scientists May Get Best View Yet of a Black Hole in Action
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It's the cosmic event of the year. Right now, telescopes all over the world are turning to our galaxy's center, where for the first time ever they may have a front-row look at a supermassive black hole consuming a gas cloud.