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Tuesday, April 30, 2013
The Metaverse Assembled - JVWR 1st Issue of 2013 is published (30-Apr-2013)
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Wednesday, April 17, 2013
Google Glass unboxing video and Patent Link
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| Few color options for Google Glass (Image source) |
A short video that show the unboxing of Glass.
The video gives you a feel of the features (buttons), and style Google is bestowing on this project.
and the long demo from google i/o from 2012 (include a hangout from Glass):
The actual patent details the many small innovations - that -- according to Google -- create unique innovation.
Labels:
3D3C - Augmented Reality,
Google-Ware
Saturday, April 06, 2013
Protect Yourself:The One Action U MUST do: 2-step verification in ALL major tools: Google, Facebook, Dropbox, Apple ID.
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| Adding 2-step verification to gmail is EASY |
Israel is now being "attacked" (more liked being annoyed). One of the core challenges is stealing user passwords.(and yes, it can cause lots of demange -- if you are in the US see http://www.privatewifi.com/someone-stole-my-identity-now-what/).
People ask me a lot what to do. There is lots of advice out there... but people are often busy.
So I want you to do ONE THING (if you are like many people using gmail).
Please, plz, PLEASE -- use 2-step verification. I have been using it for 12 months and it is simple.
Adds just a bit of hassle, but works -- it will cut your cummuliative lots by 95% if your password is stolen.
It is basically easy -- but you do need to read and understand it (understand what to do when you do not have a phone).
Here's a short video about it:
And, while you are at it. Do it also for facebook and your other tools:
* Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=10150172618258920 (works very well).
* Apple ID: https://appleid.apple.com (cant say if it is easy, I just added it).
* Dropbox: https://www.dropbox.com/help/363/en (did it, easy).
* Google: http://support.google.com/accounts/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=180744 (a MUST)
* Microsoft: partially implemented -- I never use it. Google it -- or shall i say Bing it.
Even more info: see http://www.howtogeek.com/130844/secure-yourself-by-using-two-step-verification-on-these-16-web-services/
Labels:
Facebook-Ware,
Google-Ware,
Yesha's Tools
Tuesday, March 26, 2013
Book I Read: Race Against the Machine << the Impact of Information Systems on Jobs
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This book is about jobs (lack of) and information technology (more and more of it) the main claim is strong and one that should be read by every student as they plan their future. The second part (about the potential) cover in short (too short) the potential. Lots of links to prime sources (which I like much).
Personally, I think we should plan for zero growth economy. Together with the nature of Digital products -- the books of economy needs to be re-written.
Written by two MIT/Harvard guys Erik Brynjolfsson and Andrew McAfeem it sums up the impact of technology (especially of IT) on jobs.
Erik Brynjolfsson is a professor at the MIT Sloan School of Management, Director of the MIT Center for Digital Business, Chairman of the Sloan Management Review, a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research, and co-author of Wired for Innovation: How IT Is Reshaping the Economy. He graduated from Harvard University and MIT.
A perfect read for 3 hrs if you have time in your kindle. :-)
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Yesha-Ware
Saturday, March 23, 2013
CfP: 3D3C Virtual Worlds -- Topical Lantern Review -- JVWR Special Issue and Workshop
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3D3C - References,
Conferences
Thursday, March 14, 2013
My top 10 insights re Mobile: From Pope Francis 2005, 2013
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The lower image was taken at the announcement of the new Vatican - Pope Francis. (see slide #8 here). (I could not track the upper image, combined image appeared in feeder.co.il)
According to this chart (published 13-mar-2013), it is estimated that Google activates "around 1.4 million Android devices per day."
[if you know of updated iOS data I would love to post them here as background.]
So what is the meaning of mobile devices (phones + tables + minis), here are my top 10 insights.
(1) More people are and will connect to the world via these mobile devices.
(2) We are using computers less and less. In fact, the use of computers is now kept just for more complex tasks (documents, excel, design, etc.) Regular use (surfing the net, video, Facebook, email) is done much easier with mobile devices.
(3) Mobile is not a computer. It is much more: a computer, bunch of sensors, cloud computing. This is a qualitative difference.
(4) If you are an established firm and have no mobile web site -- you are loosing.
(5) If you are an ICT start-up that has NO mobile strategy -- you are lost.
(6) You have to think well about native apps vs. HTML5. (I vote for HTML5 -- but it is slow to come). (disclosure 1: I'm the head of the W3C office in Israel; disclosure 2: W3C IMHO are too slow in HTML5)
(7) More people are using the internet via apps (less via browsers).
(8) There will be limits to bandwidth (even with 4G), net neutrality is not possible.
(9) Lots of new opportunities for mobile applications. Industries will change (some will die: newspapers as we know them. Finally, I canceled my last paper this January).
(10) New devices -- iOS watch, Google Glass will bring even more value.
and for fun, two videos about these new devices:
Video about the Apple Watch:
Video of Google Glass
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