Month: August 2015
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Speed of trust and the sharing economy
‘At the speed of trust’ was part of the title to an article in on SiliconAngle the other day. The language was loaded with symbolism for me. Speed of trust reminded me of the dot.com era. The internet was going to change everything – and it has been changing a lot of things with time.…
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3 & Wind merger + more things
Consolidation in Italy as Wind, 3 ink €21.8bn merger | TotalTelecom – I I hope that it won’t affect 3 UK roaming? I wouldn’t be surprised if 3 did similar deals in other mature European markets like the UK. Li Ka Shing is no one’s fool and wireless is mature and capital intensive. More wireless related…
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Invisible cloaks + other things
Invisible cloaks The possibility of invisible cloaks straight out of a Marvel comic hero’s tool kit or a wizarding wardrobe a la Harry Potter. The underlying technology involves some science that sounds more like science fiction. Could ‘Harry Potter’-like invisible cloaks really exist? – CNET On a more serious note invisibility cloaks have applications in the…
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Power consumption + more
Power consumption Daring Fireball: Safari vs. Chrome: Power Consumption – interesting article power consumption. Power consumption has come a long way, when I got my first laptop, an old Apple PowerBook 165, it would last me a couple of hours in the university library if I wasn’t able to find a power outlet. With the first…