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Bowling With God: Vint Cerf Talks Time Travel, Porn And Web Addiction
They say that success has many parents but failure is an orphan. Judged by that standard — or any other — the internet is a success. Al Gore invented it. Tim Berners-Lee got a knighthood out of it. Everyone was using it before it was cool. But only two men have ever borne the title “Father of the Internet”. One is the late computer scientist Bob Kahn. The other is Vint Cerf.
Google Glass Will Make Amateur Photographers Even More Annoying
As excitement over Google Glass builds, we all really need to take a step back and seriously think about how the new technology will impact our lives. Sure, having directions and face recognition always accessible could be kind of neat. But if you’re already annoyed with people using smartphones and tablets as cameras, imagine a world where everyone’s filming everything with their glasses.
Google’s New Trend Visualiser Is A Truly Beautiful Thing
Google has been logging data about hot trends ever since you started tip-tapping search terms into its front page, but now it’s gone and made it look damn pretty with it. The new full-screen visualisation shows off the data that’s been available as a staid list for a long time, but in glorious technicolor.
Google Thinks Gayest And Worst Mean The Same Thing
When you search for something on Google, Google knows what you’re looking for, even if you’re not saying it exactly. Google search is smart like that. If you search for ‘hilarious videos’, Google will also show you results for ‘funny videos’ too (words that Google equates as synonyms pop up in bold in Google search results). So it’s troubling that Google thinks ‘gayest’ and ‘worst’ mean the same thing.
The Dummy’s Guide To Android Rooting: Everything You Need to Know
Although we do our best to write comprehensive guides to rooting various Android phones, there are more handsets out there than we ever thought humanly possible. So, to give you a good starting point, we’ve put together a more general guide and jargon-buster, so that when some dick insults you on a forum, at least you’ll know what he’s saying.
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