Category: Technology
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Timista Wants To Be Your Pocket Concierge
By Natasha Lomas Timista is an event-planning app that uses AI to power recommendations for things to do in London that can be realistically chained together, based on their proximity, timings and availability. Read More Source: Technology
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The New TV Pilot Season: Bringing YouTube Stars, Channels And Bloggers To TV Screens
By Nuno Bernardo Hollywood is in love with YouTube. Last year, DreamWorks Animation paid $33 million for YouTube channel AwesomenessTV, Warner Bros. invested $18 million in the YouTube channel Machinima and most recently, Disney purchased Maker Studios for $500 million. At this point, many other studios are probably negotiating acquisitions of these multi-channel networks. The…
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John McAfee In Crazytown
By Jon Evans “The press has portrayed me alternately as a mad genius or a mad psychotic genius,” began the infamous John McAfee, speaking at Def Con–and why break that streak now? I must admit: when he’s crazy, he’s crazy like a fox. Ultimately, though, as insane and riveting as his tale is, what’s most…
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11 TechCrunch Stories You Don’t Want to Miss This Week (8/8)
By Travis Bernard Here’s a recap of some of our top stories from 8/2 to 8/8. The public has scrutinized the success of standalone apps like Facebook Slingshot, Twitter Music, and Instagram Bolt, but most people don’t realize that these apps are supposed to fail most of the time. Josh Constine argues that, “when there’s…
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Disney Conquers Physics, Uses 3D Printing To Create Impossible Spinning Tops
By Greg Kumparak Have you ever been sitting around bored and found yourself trying to get some random household object — a battery, a pen, whatever — to spin around like a top? Disney has taken that idea to a pretty grand extreme. Combining the power of 3D printing and some damned clever physics work,…
