Month: March 2014

  • Data centers + other news

    Data Centers Hong Kong is best third party Data Centers APAC location | TelecomAsia – Hong Kong is the No. 1 location in Asia Pacific when it comes to suitability for setting up new and outsourced data centers, according to IDC. Based on IDC’s Data Center Index for Asia-Pacific (excluding Japan), Singapore and Taiwan are…

  • Eterna + more news

    Eterna Chopard named the Official Timing Partner of Porsche Motorsport – Luxury News – interesting given that Porsche has its own watch brand made by Eterna. Eterna are a Swiss watch brand that pioneered using ball bearings in watches. The Israel navy and special forces used Eterna dive watches back when the Royal Navy divers…

  • CarPlay + other news

    CarPlay Apple, Ferrari, Mercedes-Benz and Volvo go on a Carplay iPhone roadtrip | The Inquirer – in-car integration of the iPhone via CarPlay showcased at Geneva roadshow. Cars now contain up to 60 separate computer systems and their own internal network. One would have to be careful introducing more complexity like CarPlay. I would be…

  • Webcam images + more news

    Webcam images UK spy agency intercepted webcam images of millions of Yahoo users (Guardian) – UK spy agency intercepted webcam images of millions of Yahoo users  —  • Optic Nerve program collected Yahoo webcam images in bulk  —  • 1.8m users targeted by GCHQ in six-month period alone – the cynical may draw a comparison to…

  • Brands as online tribes

    Before brands as online tribes, there were tribes When we think about brands as online tribes, we need to go back to before mainstream web usage. Brands are as much totems of who we are online as in real-life. The idea of brands as tribes came up when you saw consumption patterns as lifestyle which…

  • Nokia X & more news

    Nokia X Modelling Nokia X Scenarios and the Level of Desperation it Reveals | Tomi Ahonen – the Nokia X is a strange device. The Nokia X is a low cost smartphone that runs Android rather than Windows. Is the Nokia X a power play by the Finnish company against Microsoft, or an engineering project…