Google has big plans to put Android in cars, and will start by announcing a tie-up with Audi at CES 2014 next week, according to the WSJ. Its sources said that Android will power an in-car entertainment system for that automaker, which will run on …
The moon isn’t exactly known for its balmy temperature, and its nights are especially bad. They last about 14 days, during which temperatures can drop as low as -180 degrees Celsius. Scientists in China may have designed a rover capable of surviving such extreme conditions…by hibernating.
Though the video arcades and game rooms of yesteryear are long gone, they most definitely won’t be forgotten. The Internet Archive this week launched an initiative called the "Console Living Room," which offers a host of pre-Internet era games to anyone who cares to check it out.
Think the 3GB of RAM in the Galaxy Note 3 was a lot? Samsung was only getting started. The company has just unveiled the first 8-gigabit (1GB) low-power DDR4 memory chip, which could lead to 4GB of RAM in a multi-layered, mobile-sized package. Moving …
This article was written on September 11, 2007 by CyberNet.
Facebook is already in college classrooms these days when students become "bored" with the lecture going on, or "multi-task" by typing their notes and then catching up with Facebook at the same time. While it may already be in the classrooms, it’s being used a bit differently in a Stanford classroom this semester as the focus of a new course. The course is called "Create Engaging Web Applications Using Metrics and Learning on Facebook" and will be offered primarily to computer science majors.
Essentially the Facebook site itself falls under what’s needed for course materials and according to the instructor, students will use it to "learn how to build and market user-friendly software." For someone who is interested in social media and software development, this is an ideal course to prep them for what they’ll experience when they leave college. They’ll also have the chance to make money as well because at the end of the quarter, students we’ll have the opportunity to show-off their project to investors.
There are two main projects that students (who will work in groups of three) will need to accomplish. First, students will develop any application that they feel will appeal to "most" Facebook users. The second project involves developing another application that would be focused on using Facebook for education purposes. I know, it’s hard to imagine Facebook could be used for educational purposes, but the example that Venture Beat gave was an application that could be used by students to share class notes with each other which would be extremely useful.
And of course with most any other class you take in college, the students will get graded. This is the only part of the course that I’d say is questionable. Students will be graded upon how many users they can get using their applications. To me, it sounds like it has the potential to turn into a popularity contest, however, I could be wrong. The one way that I could see it as a great way to grade is if students take the time to actually "market" their application. One lesson I’m sure they could/should learn is not to underestimate the power of a blog. If the groups making the applications are able to get some high-profiler blogs writing about them with genuine interest, I’d say that they’ve got an awesome shot at getting a great grade.
Considering that this course is focused around Facebook, it’s no surprise that they’ve created a Facebook group for class. You can check it out here.
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A $7,000 camera may only share a border with the mainstream gadgets we normally discuss on How Would You Change, but it’s one that’s worth bending a rule to discuss here. In the hands of our reviewer, we learned that Canon’s EOS-1D X wasn’t …
Microsoft’s Xbox One is off to a great start, launching with cable TV control, bumped up graphics, and an all-new Kinect.
But is upgrading worth it?
Our own Greg Kumparak has said in his review that it’s a tough upgrade from the Xbox 360, after customers have grown accustomed to taking such huge technological leaps during earlier generational transitions. And John Biggs isn’t thrilled with the early titles available at launch.
Still, it’s hard not to be excited about the live TV control, and the speed with which you can switch between gameplay and television. If only the voice-control feature were a bit more reliable.
In the end, we recommend waiting a year or so for the $499 price to come down a bit, but eventually most gamers will want to make the transition.
Apple is finally taking the Mac Pro seriously again. Years of seeing the iMac, MacBook, iPhone, and iPad get the bulk of Apple’s design and engineering attention had left many … Continue reading
This morning I decided that I was going to write a soundtrack post called "Here’s the Deal with Auld Lang Syne." And then around 4pm "What’s the Deal with Auld Lang Syne?" went up on Huffington Post. So cool. Go there for your 1788 Scottish poetry/music lesson.
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