Slowly but surely, gaming is readying itself to abandon physical disks. We’re already seeing signs of that trend developing with the advent of technologies like Steam, cloud storage, and digital downloads on consoles. There are some who claim the day of digital games is already here – but are we truly ready for that?
‘Singularity’
for those mere mortals who are unaware is the theoretical emergence of a
super-intelligence through technological means. First proposed by
mathematician John von Neumann, it is the time when "ever accelerating
progress of technology and changes in the mode of human life, which
gives the appearance of approaching some essential singularity in the
history of the race beyond which human affairs, as we know them, could
not continue."
If
you’re a master of creating networking apps, you’ve got a great chance
to score up to one million dollars in Las Vegas for your innovative
development skills.
To understand Jash, you need to know what the YouTube Channel Initiative
is all about. Funded by Google with the specific goal of bringing
innovative content to YouTube, it’s a 100 million dollar program that
kickstarted Google TV’s entree into original programming.
Are you a stellar mobile app innovator who needs a good excuse to show off your work? Any sort of mobile app can be thrown into the running, as long as it’s excellent!
Google I/O is the yearly conference from Google where new developer features are introduced. This year, many new features and services have been shown. Here is a summary of them.
The government of South Korea, Inter-American Development Bank, Nordic Development Fund and GDF SUEZ, have pulled together to seek out energy solutions from Caribbean, South and Central American nations, and there are huge cash prizes for the best ideas!
If you can demonstrate how to build something useable that is truly
worth raiding the recycle bin to create, you could win over $1,000 worth
of prizes from Voltaic, REI, Nokero and more!
With Bitcoin being so popular, it was only a matter of time before a live streaming webcam was setup to see coin mining in action, this one called the BitCam and set by the Wired crew.
While the "Party of No" desperately seeks something to say yes to, their
fight to rebrand themselves is met by aggressive social media
opposition by the Redditors. While bookmarking sites the likes of Digg
have withered on the digital vine over the past few years, Reddit seems
to be not only the one with staying power, but the one whose "up" or
"down" votes can sway public opinion quickly.
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