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We hear a lot from our users and their message is clear — computers need to get better. People want to get to their email instantly, without wasting time waiting for their computers to boot and browsers to start up. They want their computers to always run as fast as when they first bought them. They want their data to be accessible to them wherever they are and not have to worry about losing their computer or forgetting to back up files. Even more importantly, they don’t want to spend hours configuring their computers to work with every new piece of hardware, or have to worry about constant software updates. And any time our users have a better computing experience, Google benefits as well by having happier users who are more likely to spend time on the Internet.
(NY Times) In a direct challenge to Microsoft, Google is expected to announce on Wednesday that it is developing an operating system for a personal computer based on its Chrome browser, according to two people briefed on Google’s plans.
The details of the technology could not be learned, but Google plans to make the announcement on a company blog on Wednesday afternoon, this person said.
Google did not immediately return calls and e-mail messages seeking comment.
The move would sharpen the already intense competition between Google and Microsoft, whose Windows operating system controls the basic functions of the vast majority of personal computers.
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Zach Galifianakis fakes an orgasm at the restaurant where When Harry Met Sally was shot.
First time I’ve ever seen him break down the fourth wall, right near the end.
Tonight’s New York Tech Meetup was one of the best I’ve attended. Ali Emami, an Iranian musician, was a guest speaker and gave us all some insight into where Iran has been, where it is going, and what we can do to help.
An important point made was that corporations like Nokia have aided the Iranian government by providing wiretapping capabilities to make communication between members of the revolution difficult to keep confidential.
Another important point was that companies like Yahoo! have aided governments like China to help locate citizens who dare to speak out against their government. We all need to put pressure on these corporations to support human rights over government tyranny. Ali pointed us to WhereIsMyVote.org to mobilize and support the cause.
Douglas Rushkoff, author of Life Inc. spoke about how new media companies are breaking down economies based on monopoly and institutional wealth. He praised people who develop the type of applications demonstrated at New York Tech Meetup and the culture in general that promotes and helps cultivate work that adds value rather than profits from moving money from one place to another.
A quick recap of the demos:
Designer Pages is a system created for interior design to collaborate on the objects they plan on purchasing for their properties. It looks well designed and could be potentially used for other markets to collaborate on purchasing. Seems like a good procurement system.
Zagat created a sort of virtual reality application for finding restaurants nearby. As you move the phone the application shows you in real time what restaurants are in your field of vision, and allows you to find out more information about. Only out on Android now but soon to come to iPhone G3S.
SpongeCell makes online banner ads more interactive. Coolest thing is how you can build a google map right into the banner to make it easy to find nearby stores for the product. Also, the interactions can be tracked with a great deal of granularity.
Gliider is a firefox plug in that makes it easy to grab and organize information to plan a trip. I will definitely be using this soon for a cross country road trip.
VocabSushi helps build up your vocabulary using games. Seems real useful for practicing for SATs.
urtak is a survey system trying to using multiple data points to come up with better results. Surveys are flawed because they make it too easy to game the system. urtak tried to develop a new system to make it more accurate.
Exit Strategy, my favorite app, and the one I mentioned earlier today, was demonstrated. The most interesting thing was how the brother and sister who founded the company explored every inch of the New York City to figure out which subway car is closest to the exits for the street you are trying to get to or to help you know which car is closest to the next train line you need to transfer to. This kind of application is incredibly useful to New Yorkers, and it works whether or not you have an internet connection.
Tony Bacigalupo, NYTM Committee member and founder of New Work City gave us a look at how membership of the NYTM, which is now over 10,000 people, has grown exponentially in the past two years. 3,000+ of the 10,000 members have joined in just the past six months.
The entire meetup was live streamed on web. This should help in the future for folks who aren’t fortunate enough to RSVP in time for the limited number of seats which were filled to capacity last night.
Great job by Nate and the board for putting together a great night.
"After a while, writing on the internet thickens your skin to the point where you’re easily able to easily differentiate between valid criticism and hateful venom-spewing. At some point, the hateful venom-spewing fails to even faze you any longer, while the valid criticisms are accepted and processed rationally and learned from."
The Cajun Boy, name checked on by Andrew Sullivan at The Daily Dish
Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced plans Tuesday for a research lab, digital-media apprenticeships, a technology-equipment bond program and other initiatives designed to create 8,000 media jobs in New York over the next 10 years.
Lovers.
Well look what I found at the library today.
I found it next to the Koran and several books about “discovering the art of the female orgasm.”
Apparently they haven’t conquered print just yet.
Can we get back to talking about Iran?Only one month following the start of Iran’s civilian uprising, PEN American Center joins forces with The New York Review of Books and 92nd Street Y Unterberg Poetry Center for New York City’s first public discussion about the recent events in this pivotal Middle Eastern country on July 15 at 92Y. Shaul Bakhash, a leading expert on Iran and frequent contributor to The New York Review of Books will moderate a panel including New York Times’ columnist Roger Cohen— who has recently returned to the U.S. from covering the elections —and Iran analysts Haleh Esfandiari (Director of the Middle East Program at the Woodrow Wilson international Center for Scholars, who was imprisoned in Iran in 2007) and Karim Sadjadpour (Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Washington D.C.).
"From my experience, 27 percent of the people who work in media (and I’m using the Mediaite definition of media, which is pretty much “anyone who gets paid for typing, talking or figuring out how to fire people who type or talk”) are journalists in the truest sense, out to enlighten the public for common good, altruistic believers in the fourth estate and its power to invoke change. The other 73 percent are pretending to be that 27 percent and really just trying to promote their own personal brand."
Will Leitch, The Real Reason You Should Hate The Media (And That Includes Us)
What Leitch is blissfully and conveniently ignoring is that sites like Gawker and Mediaite wouldn’t be successful if only those in media cared about media.
Tonight’s New York Tech Meetup will have a special guest speaker, writer Douglas Rushkoff.
There are limited seats left, grab them while you can.
