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Researchers at MIT have discovered a new state of matter with a new kind of magnetism. This new state, called a quantum spin liquid (QSL), could lead to significant advances in data storage. QSLs also exhibit a quantum phenomenon called long-range entanglement, which could lead to new types of communications systems, and more.
Fullfilling a promise made by Dick Costolo back in September, Twitter now allows you to download your entire back history of tweets in zipped-up JSON or CSV formats.
The year in review as far as failures in tech are concerned. I agree with most of them. Although I still have yet to get a wrong address out of Apple maps in iOS 6. I guess I'm just travelling in known routes.
Originally purchased in 2003 for half a billion dollars, Cisco is offloading Linksys as it exits the consumer space, looking to focus on enterprise equipment.
Next year, Instagram will start sharing all your data with Facebook and Facebook-owned entities. Give it a read over... and remember that Flickr just released an update to its own iOS app.
Following yesterday's link over to Panic, here is a link to Lukas' work porting the underlying functionality to JS/CoffeeScript. Bookmarked to check out as soon as time permits.
An interesting article by Anil Dash, about modern web-services actually becoming more web-hostile over the last couple years, or as Jason Kottke put it, transforming from "brand to rand".
"In fact, we shouldnÂ’t be optimizing for search engines at all. We should be optimizing for people. After all, that is what Google is trying to do." Yup, pretty much sums up what we advise people when the subject of search engine optimization comes up.
If you've been having issues with Apple Maps, your long-awaited solution has finally arrived. Turn-by-turn directions, vector art, better esrach results, transit results, street view, and more.
AgileBits has pushed up a new version for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. 1Password is a particular favourite here in the office, and the new interface is definately appreciated!
Visual Lizard has 2 laptops for sale with the following specifications:
MacBook Pro 17-inch, Mid 2009
Processor: 2.8 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
Memory: 4 GB 1067 MHz DDR3
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9400M 256 MB
500 GB SATA Disk
2 - matte screen
These machines have been formatted and restored to factory bootup with OS X 10.6 ready to roll. They have been our trusted work machines for the past 3 years. They are in excellent condition. We would love them to have a nice, new home rather than collecting dust.
If you are interested, please use the contact form below or give us a call at (204) 957-5520 and ask for Julian or Doug.
During the American Geophysical Union’s annual conference, James Cameron presented initial findings, which include giant crustaceans and a possible alzheimer’s drug.
Um … my house will be FULL of 3D printed characters. I'm not going to tell my girls that I have this app and plan to just start leaving 3D creations about the place!
The project is simple. A $50 a month budget, access to the Wordnik API, Phantom JS, and some randomly made purchases. Darius Kazemi doesn't know what he's got until the package arrives.
The pope has his own Twitter account. I really want to see @DalaiLama start taking advantage of the #AskPontifex hashtag, to see where that conversation would go :)