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July 31, 2014
Wikipedia's New iOS App Is Designed To Make You Fall Down Rabbit Holes
Totally rewritten, the speedier new Wikipedia app makes it easy to get lost--in a good way.
We've all been there.
Tesla's Battery Gigafactory Is One Step Closer To Reality
The company has secured an agreement with Panasonic, which will produce the lithium-ion batteries powering its electric vehicles.
If the dominoes fall correctly, pretty soon, Tesla Motors will be able to produce affordable electric vehicles like the $35,000 Model 3 en masse. First, though, it needs a way to produce large quantities of the lithium-ion batteries that power its cars. Enter the Gigafactory.
After Disappointing Quarter, Samsung Execs Return 25% Of Their Bonuses
Its mobile and IT division, typically Samsung's biggest revenue driver, saw operating profit fall by 31%.
Just a few quarters ago, Samsung Electronics was riding a tidal wave of momentum to the top of the smartphone world, quashing the Android competition and, yes, even Apple. Its business is simply enormous.
This Could Be The Last Calendar App You Ever Install
Timeful learns your schedule and builds in time to eat, sleep, study or work out.
This article contains an interview with Timeful CEO Jacob Bank and chairman Yoav Shoham.
1,323 And Rising: Illustrating The Human Toll Of The Israel-Palestine Conflict
That includes more than 200 children.
More than a thousand people have died in the conflict over Gaza since tensions flared at the beginning of July, including over 200 children. This simple, but powerful, interactive visualization from the Washington Post plots the deaths, illustrating each casualty with a silhouette that indicates the victim's gender and age--black for adults, red for children. It's a humanizing look at a thoroughly dehumanizing war.
The NFL Announces It's Tracking RFID Chips On Every Player For 2014
The stats fans obsess over tomorrow may not even exist today. Here's how big data is changing America's big game.
This article includes interviews with Vishal Shah, NFL vice president of media strategy and Jill Stelfox, vice president & general manager, location solutions at Zebra Technologies
People Flock To Put Deposits Down For A Three-Wheeled, $6,800 Vehicle
The Elio, an incredibly strange and incredibly fuel-efficient vehicle, has 25,000 reservations so far. It's supposed to hit the road in 2015.
The Elio may look strange. But take a good look and get used to it, because if reservations are any indication, the oddball vehicle is going to be a fixture on the highway after its expected release in late 2015.
July 30, 2014
Square's New Device Will Read Microchip Credit Cards
EMV migration in the U.S. in finally upon us, and Square wants in.
For thieves looking to commit credit card fraud, apparently there's no better place to do it than the U.S. According to The Nilson Report, nearly half of reported credit card fraud worldwide occurs in the U.S., and the massive security breaches at Target and Neiman Marcus earlier this year have only punctuated this dismal statistic.
Why Did Instagram Release Bolt, Another Snapchat Clone?
Facebook-owned Instagram just spun out Bolt, a new instant photo-messaging app. But, er, why?
If you woke up this morning and your first thought was, "Ah! What I really need is another instant photo-messaging app…," well, good news! Your wish has been granted. Instagram just released yet another Snapchat-like rival into the fray called Bolt, a standalone photo-messaging app for iOS and Android that lets you send disposable videos and photos to your friends with one tap.
Signal: An App That Brings Free, Encrypted Phone Calls To Your iPhone
Open Whisper Systems is bringing its security technology to iOS.
Open Whisper Systems, a company specializing in communications tools, has just put out an iOS app that promises users free, encrypted phone calls from anywhere in the world.
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