Between Q1 and Q3 this year, Vine grew 403%, making it the world’s fastest growing app. Twitter relaunched Vine in January, explaining its exponential growth.
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Google Ideas announces new tools to access the internet from repressive countries
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The New York City–based “think/do tank,” Google Ideas, is run by the Internet search giant, Google, and they are launching several new technologies designed to highlight hacker attacks around the world and help people in repressive regimes access the Internet. The new products, announced this week at the Google Ideas Summit in New York City, represent the most substantial offerings delivered by the three-year-old Google policy unit and could be a major boon to activists and reformers in the world’s most closed and repressive societies.
Copenhagen Wheel will make your bike faster, smarter, and connected
Copenhagen Wheel
An MIT SENSEable City Lab team has developed technology called the “Copenhagen Wheel” that turns regular bikes into electric, connected bikes that are loaded with sensors and transmit a wealth of data.
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Real-time bidding is revolutionizing mobile advertising
Real-time bidding (RTB) is shaping up to represent the future of the mobile ad marketplace.
eMarketer increased their forecast for real-time bidding last month. The source of the rise to more than 70% annual growth: an unexpected increase in mobile spending.
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Why mobile gaming is so popular in South Korea
Mobile gaming is expected to generate $1.4 billion in South Korea.
This year, in South Korea mobile gaming is expected to generate $1.4 billion. Mobile games like Anipang have become a cultural phenomenon within the country. It’s as common to see older women in their sixties playing games in the subway as it is to see younger children playing games at the bus stop. The mobile gaming craze in Korea is largely a result of the following factors.
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Aeromobil flying car prototype makes its first test flight
Aeromobil
Stefan Klein, a designer from the Slovak Republic, has announced the first flight of his Aeromobil Version 2.5, a flying car prototype he has been developing over the last 20 years. This vehicle is a strikingly beautiful design with folding wings and a propeller in the tail. But will its flight capabilities match its looks? (Photos and video)
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BitLock – a keyless bike lock connects to your phone via Bluetooth
BitLock
BitLock, a keyless bike lock, is a U-lock that can be opened electronically by an iPhone or Android app. With that electronic aspect comes other features, such as a GPS tracker and a fitness tracker that can record miles biked, calories burned, and CO2 emissions avoided. Whoever has admin-like status can grant or revoke access to the lock. Making things even simpler, it all connects via Bluetooth, so you don’t even need to have your phone out to open it: proximity works just as well.
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A look inside Google’s futuristic quantum lab
D-Wave quantum computer.
Google launched the Quantum Artificial Intelligence Lab last May, with hardware from the Canadian quantum computing company D-Wave and technical expertise from NASA. It was an ambitious open research project aimed at exploring both the capabilities of quantum computer architecture and the mysteries of space exploration — but in the months since, they’ve stayed quiet about exactly what kind of work they’ve been doing there.
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Salaries for engineers in Silicon Valley are starting at $165,000
Silicon Valley salaries for programmers have hit record-levels in 2013.
Talented tech folks in Silicon Valley have always been paid huge salaries, but according to division manager for Jobspring Silicon Valley, recruiter Scott Purcell says 2013 is shaping up to be a record-breaker.
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The gym of the future
Business is booming.
Gyms aren’t a recent phenomenon. If we thought gyms were tethered to the trend of self-conscious fashionistas and the scourge of obesity, well, you’d be wrong. Gymnasiums, or ‘gymnasia’, go back thousands of years to Ancient Greece where you’d find dedicated exercise auditoriums typically consisting of spacious training grounds for athletic contests.
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Learning will become personalized and spontaneous
Jane McGonigal, game designer and game researcher.
A game designer and game researcher, Jane McGonigal, says technology will intensify the personalization of the student experience in the coming years.
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40% of YouTube traffic is now mobile
YouTube’s mobile traffic is up 25% from last year.
YouTube seems to be the exception when it comes to getting people to concentrate long on anything on their phones and tablets. YouTube is quickly going mobile, with small screens making up 40% of its traffic now compared to 25% last year, Google said on its earnings call today. In 2011, just 6% of YouTube traffic came from mobile.
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