Design Thinking, Modern Process Design and Mobile are hot topics at most user conferences. But at an event like Appian’s recent shindig, you got immersed in the cool changes underway in businesses and business technology. Here’s a perspective on the ev…
Life-sized Lego X-Wing smashes world record with five million bricks
Somebody at Lego built a life-sized, five-million-brick model of a Rebel X-Wing fighter. Or rather, 32 somebodies, who spent 17,000 hours building the 43-foot-long, 45,980-pound replica — the largest Lego model in the world. Giz…
Cubic Telecom Secures $5.2M To Create Devices That Roam Mobile Networks Cheaply
We’re all familiar with the bill shock associated with roaming abroad with our cellphones. There are plenty of players that allow you to swap out your SIM card and use cheaper traffic, including Cubic Telecom. However, that process is tedious. So Cubic has secured new funding to enable a range of tablets and notebooks to have their technology built into partner devices. To do this they’ve raised a further $5.2 million in funding from Enterprise Ireland, Qualcomm Incorporated, ACT Venture Capital and TPS Investments.
NASA ramps up search for habitable planets near Earth
We’ve written several times about recent habitable planet findings, such as the discovery of three such planets on April 18 via the Kepler space telescope. Such planets exist within the habitable zone, but aren’t necessarily capable of supporting life, and we won’t know for sure without studying each one individually. The distance at which many
Microsoft to Launch Kinect for Windows in 2104 – Sensor WIll Enable Touch-Free Applications for Businesses
Microsoft’s Kinect sensor for its new Xbox One console will come to Windows next year, accelerating the development of voice and gesture experiences on computers. The Kinect sensor for Xbox and the new Kinect for Windows sensor are being built on a shared set of technologies in a bid to “revolutionize computing experiences,” the company [...]
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US Cellular getting ready to launch Home Phone service
Keen to capitalize on the ever-growing segment of landline cutters, US Cellular appears to be launching a home phone service similar to the Home Connect offerings by Verizon and Sprint. According to information we’ve received, all you have to do i…
Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen rocks out with Joe Walsh and Chrissie Hynde on major label debut
Multibillionaire Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen is set to release his next project this summer: the major label debut of his band, The Underthinkers. The LA Times reports that the record features Chrissie Hynde from The Pretenders, N…
What Life on Earth Would Look Like If Earth Had Rings Like Saturn
Every so often when the Moon is especially ginormous or we can see Venus or Mars from Earth, humans collectively freaks out. So cool three exclamation points, we scream. Look how big with thirty i’s, we yell. And it’s warranted! Seeing things that don…