Mar 24
Maybe the most practical dream of a 3D-printing future is on-demand widgets. Missing Ikea pieces, just a button-press away. But what about instant tools, completely assembled and usable straight from the printer? That future’s almost here.
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Mar 24
China has a reputation for keeping some of the most popular internet services out of its country. The sheer size of it makes it a very lucrative market. Even if they aren’t blocked, some services voluntarily keep away from the country. With global music streaming revenues on the rise, the People’s Republic seems like the market to target. That’s exactly what Nokia MixRadio is going to do, its actually the first global music streaming service to launch in the country that complements its Great Wall with a Great Firewall.
Nokia MixRadio will be available in China later this week. It hopes to target the over 80 percent of internet users in the country, a figure that comes in a tad above 500 million people, all of which access the internet through a mobile device. Its definitely one of the largest individual markets in the world for music streaming, larger than any of the other 31 markets MixRadio is available in.
If you’ve never heard about Nokia MixRadio, its a music streaming service that’s quite similar to Pandora, Spotify and the nascent Beats Music. Even though some of its competitors are well established, none of them service China, which means that MixRadio has got a huge advantage over all of them.
In order to push its music streaming service in the country, Nokia has tapped popular Chinese musicians like Khalil Fong, DJ Wordy and Tia Ray to curate playlists of hit local music.
Nokia MixRadio First Global Music Streaming Service To Launch In China original content from Ubergizmo. 
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Mar 24
Apple is adding NPR to iTunes radio, making it the first news station on the streaming service.
Posted in: Today's ChiliApple is adding NPR to iTunes radio, making it the first news station on the streaming service. (Read in your best public radio voice). [Re/code]
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Mar 24
After co-founder Bill Gates stepped down as the company’s CEO, it was Steve Ballmer who took his place. His reign spanned decades, only to come to an end last year, when he announced in August that his replacement will be brought onboard within the next 12 months. Earlier this year Microsoft finally confirmed who takes Ballmer’s place, its Satya Nadella. Ballmer remains on the board of directors, but he might step out sooner than most people expected.
Ballmer Might Leave Microsoft For Good original content from Ubergizmo. 
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Mar 24
NASA’s next spacesuit is currently up for public voting—and the weird new designs are unlike anything you’ve seen from NASA before. Drawing on ideas from bioluminescence, contemporary sportswear, and some speculation on the street fashions of tomorrow, whichever suit gets built will change our image of astronauts forever.
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Mar 24
It’s been nearly a year since Apple announced its plans to join Spotify, Rdio and Pandora as a music streaming service provider. However, while beats, melodies and harmony are great, some would say iTunes Radio’s sonic buffet is lacking — it has no…
Mar 24
iTunes Radio users can now tune into the latest news broadcasts, with NPR announcing that it has become the first news provider on Apple’s radio service. The stream will be … Continue reading
Mar 24
Ever wondered how life would be like when the world has run its course, and you alongside a few other hapless folk happen to be the last inhabitants left? Buildings end up as temporary homes as the lack of maintenance start to show, and nature takes over the man-made landscape inch by inch, starting with creepers. Well, instead of using your vivid imagination to get the job done, how about letting a computer app help you along? Urban Jungle Street View would make use of the Google Maps interactive Street View system, as it decorates everything to make it look as though no human has trudged through the area for years.
Urban Jungle Street View Turns Your World Upside Down original content from Ubergizmo. 
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Mar 24
If you get frequent migraines, then you know what a huge pain they can be. But before you pop another pill, here’s an alternative treatment that’s worth considering: the Cefaly headband.
Made from plastic and powered by batteries, this simple-looking headband sends small and steady electrical pulses into the wearer’s trigeminal nerve, which is the largest of the cranial nerves. 71% respondents of a study claimed that the headband reduced the number of headaches they got after using it.
While the device was only recently approved by the FDA, it has been used in Europe and Canada for quiet a while now. Headache sufferers can find more information on the Cefaly headband here.
[via Dvice]
Mar 24
A quarter-century ago, after the Exxon Valdez’s captain downed one too many drinks and left a third mate in charge, the oil tanker struck a reef and bled 11 million gallons of oil across 1,300 miles of Alaska’s coastline. But the catastrophic oil spills have continued in the US—and we’re still not prepared to handle them.
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