May 2013
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“What Google TV needs is a makeover, and a splashy re-launch. It needs to shows...”
– David Pierce: “Google TV: Silent But No Forgotten at I/O 2013”
Foot-dragging on Google TV seems like such a wasted opportunity, but I’m afraid it will take Apple’s long-rumored big TV move for Google to make any real effort.
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U.S. Sports Are Anything But a Free Market →
American pro sports leagues would be the stuff of Marxists’ wet dreams — MLS is a single entity owning all the player contracts fer chrissakes — except when we redistribute wealth, we do it exactly backward.
We have even turned our institutions of higher education (many of them public) into a farm system so that the player development costs for the likes of the NFL are essentially nothing...
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“Our algorithms take into account human taste.”
– Google’s Vic Gundotra
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“…like the transitional H Street NE neighborhood near Dupont Circle…”
– As usual, The New York Times nails DC geography.
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Google I/O Master Speculation Post (Updated)

This year’s Google I/O is shaping up to be a monster. With Android, Chrome, Google TV, Google Glass, Motorola, YouTube, Music, and all of Google’s various apps, there’s a ton of potential for significant updates and changes come mid-May. Here’s a list of all the I/O rumors I’ve heard so far, and a few extra, roughly by certainty:[[MORE]]
Android 4.3 (near certainty)
Tablet...
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April 2013
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“If the moves Kelly has made over recent weeks are any indication, then I’m not...”
– Chris Brown: “What Matt Barkley and the Eagles’ Offseason Say About Chip Kelly’s Plans”
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“Mr. Karzai’s willingness to defy the United States — and the Iranians, for that...”
– Matthew Rosenberg: “With Bags of Cash, CIA Seeks Influence in Afghanistan”
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“The planets are 1,200 light years away. A light year is almost 6 trillion miles....”
– AP
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“More senators, 57, voted for a provision that would greatly expand gun rights —...”
– Just how much power do lobbyists have? That much. (via The Washington Post)
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“‘Of course the CIA missed all the revolutions in the Arab world,’ he...”
– Bill Keller: “Cowboys and Eggheads”
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Follwing Facebook, Twitter Is Exploring New Ways... →
This is exactly why Facebook Home is good thing for Android (though maybe not for Google and Google+ in particular).
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“‘We write all kinds of things,’ Mukankwiro said. ‘The most...”
– Jenny Clover: “Rwanda’s roadside typists fear writing may be on the wall for their jobs”
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N.F.L. Asked to Explain Teams’ Combine Questions... →
Uh, that is illegal.
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“These are the best times we’ve ever had in search. I have done this for 22...”
– Amit Singhal on Google’s ongoing quest to build a Star Trek computer (via Slate)
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“Worldwide PC shipments totaled 76.3 million units in the first quarter of 2013...”
– The Windows 8 experiment is not working. All eyes on “Blue.” (via BGR)
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NASA's Donald Pettit
Donald Pettit, the astronaut who takes all the great time lapse videos and photos of Earth from the ISS, explains how and why he does it. (via PetaPixel)
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“I actually think this is really good for Android. Most app developers put most...”
– Mark Zuckerberg on Facebook Home.
He’s not entirely wrong. The HTC First is apparently running stock Android underneath and it’s got most of the Google apps (Play Store, Now, Gmail, YouTube, Maps, etc…not sure about G+).
I’m expecting more changes to lockscreen widgets in...
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“Of the 23 signal callers who find themselves as the third man on the depth...”
– Does Anyone Care That Rex Grossman May Be the Best Third String Quarterback in the League?
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“Speaking with a small business entrepreneur from the large Jewish community...”
– The Thomas Friedman column generator: ”Hard Lines, Red Lines, and Green Lines”
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“Only in the Department of Defense is it normal to have $900 million in...”
– @wjrue
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Designing for iOS first is harming mobile app... →
Ian G. Clifton, a developer for A.R.O., argues that building for the App Store first means many of Android’s best features are not utilized to their fullest.
March 2013
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Amazon to acquire Goodreads →
I am distinctly less willing to give reviews to Amazon than Goodreads. Then again, maybe Amazon/Goodreads will actually start suggesting useful things now.
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WatchThere are Antarctic ice shrimp and NASA is ON IT!
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“Besides the undulating beauty of starling murmurations, they display astonishing...”
– Brad Hill: “Tech is a flock of starlings”
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“Google Crawler that gave the system ability to make lightening fast connections...”
– Google Reader creator Chris Wetherell (via GigaOm)
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“We are here to hunt. We are here to win.”
– Isaac Michelangelo Sopoaga
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“Just like clockwork, she woke up and sat on my lap asking to play Donkey Kong....”
– Mike Mika’s daughter wanted to save Mario for a change
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“Over the first period, as Richardson argued that the NFL’s business model...”
– Tommy Craggs, Deadspin
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WatchMusic video for “Wavaphone” by Toob: “This video is our attempt at creating a graphical representation of the mathematization of motion, showing only a small amount of the different formulas used to define the chaos within our universe.”
Wow.
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Motorola Removes Almost All Moto Bloat in Jelly... →
Good news for stock Android/Google lovers.
February 2013
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