Reblogged from National Post | News:
TOKYO (The Associated Press) — Scooting about on what looks like a floating car seat is no sweat for anyone with Honda’s new hands-free robotics technology.
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New Honda robotic chair takes you scooting around the office
15 MayAmazon Killed The Book Reviewer Star
15 May
Authors no longer have to impress stodgy English majors to get their book a quality review: new research from the Harvard Business Review shows that the aggregate rating of Amazon reviewers are every bit as good as professional book critics.
Professional book critics, on the other hand, suffer from nepotism: critics give more favorable reviews to their colleagues, authors who agree with their ideological slant, and if the book has been given an award by other critics.
Three Ways Facebook Can Leverage Mobile To Boost Revenue
15 May
Editor's note: Hussein Fazal is CEO of AdParlor, an ad management and technology company for Facebook campaigns. AdParlor manages over 1 billion daily ad impressions on Facebook for clients such as Ubisoft, SEGA, Groupon, OMD and Starcom.
I must say that I have been a little bit disappointed recently in the many, many, many analysts who have been knocking the Facebook valuation with very limited insight into what is going on with their advertising business.
Markets jolted by news of new Greek election and the possibility anti-bailout forces could take over
15 May
Reblogged from National Post | News:
GREEK NEO-NAZI LEADER DENIES GAS CHAMBERS
The head of the Greek neo-Nazi party elected to parliament during May 6 elections has denied in an interview the existence of gas chambers in Nazi death camps during the Second World War.
The comments drew a sharp rebuke from the outgoing government, with a spokesman saying they distorted history and were an affront to Holocaust victims.
The Age of Insight: Nobel Laureate Explains How Our Brain Perceives Art
15 May
From Columbia University:
Many strands of Eric Kandel’s life come together in his latest work, The Age of Insight: The Quest to Understand the Unconscious in Art, Mind, and Brain, from Vienna 1900 to the Present. The 82-year-old University Professor and co-director of the Mind Brain Behavior Initiative was born in Vienna, where, as a boy of 8, he witnessed the Nazis march into the Austrian capital.
English National Ballet Summer Party
15 May
Ten designers including Christian Louboutin, Erdem, Roksanda Ilincic, House of Worth, Giles Deacon and Agent Provocateur have contributed one-off couture tutus to the auction, which raises money for the ballet.
It's beautiful, check these out!
Erdem's
Kinder Aggugini's
Jacques Azagury's
House of Worth's
This feathered piece is my fav!!
Roksanda Illincic's
Moschino's
Giles Deacon's
Julien Macdonald's
Beatrix Ong's…
Inkling will sell iPad textbooks in over 900 college bookstores
15 May
iPad (s AAPL) textbook publisher Inkling is partnering with college bookstore provider Follett. Starting this fall, Follett will sell "hundreds of Inkling titles" in its over 900 college bookstores -- including Stanford and UC Berkeley -- and on its website.
Titles include popular undergraduate textbooks as well as specialized MBA, medical and scientific titles. Students can purchase the entire textbook or "'Pick 3': a cost-saving alternative that allows students to buy just three chapters for a fraction of the price of a full textbook." Then they can read the textbooks on the Inkling iPad app or on Inkling's soon-to-be-launched web platform.
Smule Finally Makes Their Android Debut With The Auto-Tuning Songify App
15 May
Smule has been churning out scores of popular music-making iOS apps for years now, but they've been notoriously gun-shy about bringing those apps to other platforms.
As of today though, that streak has finally come to an end -- the company has just released their auto-tuning Songify app into the Google Play Store.
Originally developed by Khush (whom Smule acquired…
JP Morgan losses an unfortunate part of the free market economy: Romney campaign
15 May Reblogged from National Post | News:
WASHINGTON — U.S. Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s campaign said on Tuesday JPMorgan Chase & Co’s huge trading losses were an unfortunate part of a free market economy.
Romney adviser Eric Fehrnstrom told NBC that, while Romney supports some financial regulation, the losses at one of the nation’s largest banks involved investors, not taxpayers, and that rules for Wall Street shouldn’t hamper investments.
Retail Sales Show Small Increase in April
15 May
US retail sales rose 0.1% month-over-month in April following a jump of 6.6% in March. The difference is likely attributed to the warmer weather and the early Easter holiday pulling sales ahead from April. The gain was the same even excluding sales of autos and auto parts.
Economists were expecting a rise of 0.2%, both with and without auto sales, so the numbers are slightly lower than estimated.
Summerhouse in Austria
15 May
I've become a fan of wooden architecture. Can't imagine a healthier living environment than that. Here is a barn style house in Southern Burgenland (Austria), which also contains rooms for wine production (very common in that area) and a cellar.
As the house is not inhabited during winter months, it is possible to shut down the whole house with folding and flap shutters.
A Day In The Iconic Kennedy Sphere
15 May
President John F. Kennedy and Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy aboard Gearing-class destroyer USS Joseph P. Kennedy Jr, watching the America’s Cup Race off Newport, Rhode Island. Taken September 1962.
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Poll: Half of Americans Call Facebook a Fad
15 May
Half of Americans think Facebook is a passing fad, according to the results of a new Associated Press-CNBC poll. And, in the run-up to the social network's initial public offering of stock, half of Americans also say the social network's expected asking price is too high.
The company Mark Zuckerberg created as a Harvard student eight years ago is preparing for what looks to be the biggest Internet IPO ever.
Banksy’s Union Jack Child Labor Stencil in London
15 May
Reblogged from PROE BEATS BLOG:
Located on Turnpike Lane in London, world-renowned street artist Banksy‘s latest coincides with Queen Elizabeth II’s 60-year reign as part of the royal Jubilee Celebration to mark the occasion. Utilizing the Union Jack that has been draped across a wall, Banksy applied his signature stencil to put a necessary spotlight on child labor issues that are a pervasive problem. Even after worldwide acclaim and gallery shows that have earned him millions of dollars, it seems the Bristol-born artist hasn’t grown tired of what got him noticed in the first place.
Lamborghini Crashes in Chicago
15 MayIt doesn’t end well when a $225,000 Lamborghini Gallardo races through turn on a Chicago suburb street.
WSJ Markets
- Pricey Beef Puts Heat On U.S. Grilling SeasonHere's the beef: Enjoy the Memorial Day grilling, because retail beef prices are widely expected to set new records in coming weeks.
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- Fiat Chief Pulls Out the Deal WrenchSergio Marchionne is trying to pull off the deal of his lifetime, and there are lots of pieces to go around for bankers, lawyers and other cogs in the Wall Street deal machine.
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