David Lidsky's Blog, page 3051
February 18, 2015
The Honest Company Weighs In On The Infant Formula Debate--By Making Its Own
The natural baby product company's new product line supports all feeding plans, including those that rely on a bottle.
In the landscape of new parent struggles, one of the most stressful and often contentious is the breastfeeding versus formula debate. Now, natural baby product company The Honest Company is getting in the game with a new feeding line that aims to serve all feeding plans—nursing, bottle feeding, or any combination of the two.
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"Disturbing" Waste In Afghanistan: How The U.S. Trashed Troops' Health And Squandered Millions
A strongly worded government report says the poor sanitation skills of the Pentagon and contractors put troops' long-term health at risk.
When the United States military began leaving Afghanistan, they left a nasty surprise for departing American soldiers: health risks from open-air burn pits. A damning report released late last week by SIGAR, the Special Inspector General for Afghan Reconstruction, says the incinerators and burn pits were "indefensible" and led to thousands of troops, contractors, and Afghan civilians unnecessarily inhaling toxic fumes.
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More Trouble For Google: Antitrust Complaints Spread To Russia
A Russian search company says Google's bundling its suite into Android smartphone software is anti-competitive.
Around 78% of smartphones in use around the world run Google's Android operating system, Business Insider reports, and foreign companies are increasingly crying foul at Google's hold on mobile software and search. Russia's biggest search engine, Yandex, just filed a complaint with Russian authorities alleging that Google is requiring phone-makers to install the whole Google app suite, including Google search, should they want to include the Google Play app store on their devices. According to a Yandex spokesman quoted by the BBC, even if users later install the Yandex app, they cannot change the default search away from Google.
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The New Yorker's 90-Year-Old Mascot Updated 9 Different Ways
Nine different covers feature 21st-century renditions of the magazine's dandyish mascot, Eustace Tilley.
The New Yorker turns 90 this year. To celebrate, the magazine has printed this week's issue with nine different covers, all featuring 21st-century renditions of its top-hatted, monocled, dandyish mascot, Eustace Tilley.
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New Dr. Seuss Book "What Pet Should I Get?" Sounds Like A BuzzFeed Quiz
WTF LOL! The siblings from One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish are back in business.
Nearly 24 years after his death, Dr. Seuss (aka Theodor Geisel) still has a few more rhymes to drop on the masses: Random House will publish Seuss's What Pet Should I Get? on July 28 with two more books to follow.
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Thank God, Amazon's New One-Hour Delivery In Manhattan Involves Zero Drones
Amazon's rapid delivery launches in Manhattan today via an army of bike couriers.
Starting today, Amazon Prime members in Manhattan can take advantage of the e-commerce company's much-hyped one-hour delivery. Amazon has been talking about rapid delivery by drone since December 2013, but stricter Federal Aviation Administration regulations have foiled those plans for now—and after Amazon's recent failures in diapers and smartphones, we're not yet eager to see Amazon-branded robots flying around big cities.
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How Apple Became A Car Company
From its luxury car analogies to its executive "car guys," Cupertino's recent interest isn't just a passing fancy.
As if a record-breaking financial quarter and the upcoming watch weren't enough to excite the Apple faithful, recently the tech world has distracted itself with reports that the behemoth is interested in building a car. There were rumors when Apple-owned minivans were spotted in Brooklyn, San Francisco and Hawaii, boasting sensor-heavy rigs reminiscent of those used by Google in its testing of autonomous driving technology. It's also been reported that Apple has lured away auto talent from companies like Mercedes and BMW, and that Tim Cook approved a secret project with hundreds of engineers more than a year ago.
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This Is How You Sell Books In The Digital Age
Penguin Books unveils a clever interactive site, inspired by the iPod's clicking wheel, to accompany the release of 80 classic e-books.
Penguin Books turns 80 this year. To celebrate its birthday, the British imprint of the world's largest publishing house is releasing a new series of 80 books, entitled Little Black Classics, to be sold for just $1 each on Kindle and as paperbacks.
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You Know That Treadmill Desk You Just Installed? That Might Have Been A Mistake
Treadmill desks are good, but the costs seem to outweigh the benefits.
Treadmill desks are one of those products that so well reflect the problems in our culture that their existence is almost a parody. Yet they are real things that exist and some people swear by them.
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How To Save A Hacked Power Grid? Machine Learning
A hacked or failed device in a power plant can cause millions of dollars in damage and even death. Machine learning comes to the rescue.
A few years ago, I found myself in a room full of electrical engineers discussing the smart grid. One thing was strikingly absent at this event: screens. The vast majority of these engineers were taking notes on paper. It soon became clear that this was a very different world to that of Internet startups where speed, scale, and the shock of the new was all that mattered. The men, and they are mainly men, who run the world's power plants and electricity grids care about something else entirely: safety and reliability of supply.
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