David Lidsky's Blog, page 3216
July 15, 2014
Is This The Easiest Way On Earth To Learn Programming?
One startup thinks the secret ingredient is music. But does it work?
This article contains interviews with Gregg Pollack, founder of Code School; Kim Bui, a digital journalism professor at USC's Annenberg School of Journalism; UrbanTxt founder Oscar Menjivar; and Howard Marks, chair of Los Angeles accelerator StartEngine.
Google's Project Zero Is Making The Internet Safer
Google revealed today a team of researchers who will hunt for vulnerabilities across the Internet.
In 2013, approximately 27 million strains of malware were created--about 74,000 new viruses every day. To neutralize these threats before they affect millions of people, as the Heartbleed bug did, Google has pulled together an elite team of cybersecurity researchers who will help find and eradicate bugs across the Internet.
Ahead Of Its Seattle Launch, Munchery Launches On-Demand Dinner Service In San Francisco
The startup, which prepares and delivers healthy meals to customers' doors, opens its doors in the Emerald City.
After years of planning and a newly raised $28 million, Munchery will finally open its doors in Seattle--its first market outside the Bay Area. The startup, which prepares and delivers healthy meals to customers' doors, on Tuesday launched in the Emerald City. In addition, it will begin offering on-demand dinner service in select San Francisco neighborhoods and in downtown Seattle.
How Machine Learning Can Teach Your iPhone To "See"
Entrepreneur Pete Warden has a new mission: Building machine vision tools for smartphones that any developer can use.
This article contains an interview with Pete Warden, CTO of Jetpac Travel Guides.
Google Partners With Novartis To Make Smart Contact Lenses
The partnership could have huge implications in the development of tiny, invisible computers.
Google's smart contact lenses are one step closer to becoming a reality.
July 14, 2014
Tech Giants Take ISP Grievances To The FCC
The Internet Association is asking the FCC to regulate issues of interconnection and net neutrality.
The Internet Association, a trade group of tech giants, including Google, Facebook, and Amazon, is asking the Federal Communications Commission to take action against Internet service providers should they restrict traffic or demand interconnection fees.
For $10, Parents Can Add Car Seat To Uber Ride
The car-hailing company says its drivers receive proper training to safely install child seats.
Parents of small children, Uber has not forgotten about you. The e-hailing startup announced Monday that riders in Philadelphia and Washington, D.C., can add car seats for a $10 surcharge. As part of a partnership, babysitting service Care.com will waive the fee from July 14 to 20.
The Brands That Won (And Lost) The Twitter World Cup
Some scored big--others should've stayed on the bench.
When Germany earned its fourth World Cup title on Sunday, Twitter users posted a record-breaking 618,725 tweets per minute.
EBay and Sotheby's To Launch Online Auctions For Fine Art And Antiques
The traditional gavel is going, going, gone.
Fancy a Matisse for the living room? "Add to cart."
Data Journalism Won't Save The News Business
Data visualizations and statistical analysis are enabling a renaissance of reporting. The industry might not survive it.
For an industry closing out its second decade of crisis, there was a palpable optimism at the recent Investigative Reporters and Editors (IRE) conference in San Francisco. This year has seen the big-budget launches of Nate Silver's FiveThirtyEight, Ezra Klein's Vox.com and the New York Times' The Upshot. IRE was packed with reporters eager to learn how data visualization and other technologies could make them better storytellers, drive traffic and win prizes. From the windowless hotel basement where our sessions took place, you could see a world in which serious news businesses could regain control of their destinies.
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