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Online gambling could generate $52 billion in revenue in the U.S. over the next ten years if the three-year-old-ban on Internet gambling…
Before Apple’s shareholder meeting began today in Cupertino, Calif., members of the press were upset about it being more of a “prevent” than an event. Apple barred the press from live-blogging or even carrying laptops or smartphones into the meeting—the gag rule didn’t apply to shareholders themselves apparently.
The old X Files adage aptly applies to the Internet these days: Trust no one. Some Gmail users, already miffed about previous service outages, were invited through Google Talk to watch a video by clicking a link. Of course, bad news awaited.
I think perhaps in all times of technological, societal flux elders immediately worry about the skills and capabilities of the generations that follow. But I think the opposite happens: technology makes us better by stretching our capacities.
On Monday, Google announced that Dr. Larry Brilliant from Google.org was changing positions and becoming the Chief Philanthropic Evangelist for Google itself.
Take it from a car guy: the people who are willing to spend time with you in a garage are some of the finest individuals you'll ever know. And so it seems Facebook has a new BFF, as Intel will sponsor some Facebook Developer Garages this year.
