2015년 2월 28일 토요일

This week's 10 stories you shouldn't miss


Happy net neutrality day! Here are some llamas and a dress

Happy net neutrality day! Here are some llamas and a dress

Where were you the day the internet was freed from ISP tyranny? Apparently, you were either watching two llamas on the lam or tweeting that a clearly black and blue dress was actually gold and white.
Adult Themes: The rise and fall of America's first digital brothel

Adult Themes: The rise and fall of America's first digital brothel

If someone forced you to describe RealTouch Interactive in just two words, you'd probably call it a "digital brothel." And rightly so, as the North Carolina-based business specializes in teledildonics, wearable gadgets that let people "have sex" through the internet; a technology that lets paying customers connect with consenting partners online.
FCC approves net neutrality rules, reclassifies broadband as a utility

FCC approves net neutrality rules, reclassifies broadband as a utility

It's a good day for proponents of an open internet: The Federal Communications Commission just approved its long-awaited network neutrality plan, which reclassifies broadband internet as a Title II public utility and gives the agency more regulatory power in the process.
Facebook rolls out new tools to help prevent suicides

Facebook rolls out new tools to help prevent suicides

With over a billion users, Facebook plays an important role in keeping people connected. It serves as a place to share good news, but also provides a platform for users to request support from their digital peers.
Here's what we know about Magic Leap so far

Here's what we know about Magic Leap so far

Google made a big splash when it threw its support behind Magic Leap with a $542 million investment last year.
Motorola's budget Moto E gets LTE, a quad-core CPU, and more storage

Motorola's budget Moto E gets LTE, a quad-core CPU, and more storage

Earlier this month, Best Buy accidentally (or not) published a listing online that outed an updated Moto E with LTE, more storage and a slightly bigger screen.
What you need to know about HTTP/2

What you need to know about HTTP/2

Look at the address bar in your browser. See those letters at the front, "HTTP"? That stands for Hypertext Transfer Protocol, the mechanism a browser uses to request information from a server and display webpages on your screen.
I got a connected surveillance camera, but used it mainly as a puppycam

I got a connected surveillance camera, but used it mainly as a puppycam

Over the last year and a half, I've used a few different connected cameras to monitor my home. This includes more popular offerings such as the Dropcam Pro, but I found myself ultimately unhappy with the yearly fee and the requirement to store video on Dropcam's servers.
Pebble returns to Kickstarter for its next-gen color smartwatch

Pebble returns to Kickstarter for its next-gen color smartwatch

Three years ago, Pebble made crowdfunding history by raising over $10 million on Kickstarter for its simple e-ink smartwatch -- a whole two years before Android Wear even existed.
The top 11 tablets you can buy today

The top 11 tablets you can buy today

Unless you've opted for a pocket-busting phone, you can probably still see the utility of having a tablet to handle books, movies or even a bit of on-the-go productivity.

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