Posts tagged “Twitter”

IN/OUTPUTS for 9 to 15 January

Posted on 9 January 2012

In/outputs - a taste plate of stuff that’s passed through my feeds this week Samsung’s Best New TVs Beat Apple to the Voice (And Face!) Recognition Game (Updated) It was only a matter of time before UI features like gesture control, facial recognition and voice commands which are in other technologies came to televisions. And that time is now. Samsung’s new TVs featured at the 2012 International Consumer Electronics Show include what they’re calling ‘smart interaction’ which include all of these features we’re getting used to in our mobile phones (Android’s Face Unlock, Apple’s Siri) and gaming consoles (XBox’s Kinect. UPDATE 11 Jan 2012 @ 8.12 AM While GIZMODO is also reporting that the outcome is less that amazing, it won’t be long till all…

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Categories: Internetz & the social web

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Embeddable tweets? That’s sweet!

Posted on 8 January 2012

Twitter has rolled out embed codes for tweets! Before now I used to block quote each tweet and manually embed the Twitter avatars and links. From now, there is a much simpler and cleaner way to display them. For example here’s one of my tweets from today scrambled eggs with paprika and pepper topped with salsa, a dollop of sour cream and a sprinkle of cheese atop buttered toast. #omnomnom! — elliott bledsoe (@elliottbledsoe) January 8, 2012 Because they automatically set up web intents others can retweet, reply, favorite, and follow within the rendered frame. Also, embedded tweets also automatically display media and conversation threads too! Here’s my friend Richard Watts’ comment to the above tweet and my reply to him. come round @richardthewatts,…

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IN/OUTPUTS for 2 to 8 January

Posted on 5 January 2012

In/outputs - a taste plate of stuff that’s passed through my feeds this week Tiny wire to have big impact on computers Quantum computing is one step closer with the development of a wire 10,000 times smaller than a human hair that has the same electrical resistivity of copper wiring. The wire was created by the Centre of Excellence for Quantum Computation and Communication Technology at the University of New South Wales and measures just four atoms wide and one atom tall. While the quantum computer is still awhile off yet, this technology marks as significant addition to the components needed to make one. ↷ Mitchell Nadin in The Australian, 6 January 2012. From Andy Warhol to Mark Twain, 400 Years of New York Diaries The…

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