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Nissan plans to make Leaf data available to app developers

# 2013-05-14 00:32:00, Engadget
Those of you familiar with the Nissan Leaf will know about its Carwings system, which lets you check the vehicle's charge, turn on the AC, rate your driving efficiency against others and even read RSS feeds out loud -- all over an always-on cellular data connection. In fact, the RSS functionalit...

At I/O, Google Will Be Tracking Things Like Noise Level And Air Quality With Hundreds Of Arduino-Bas...

# 2013-05-13 08:56:17, TechCrunch
If you're attending Google I/O this week, you will be a part of an experiment from the Google Cloud Platform Developer Relations team. On its blog today, the team outlined its plan to gather a bunch of environmental information happening around you as you meander around the Moscone Center.

Zact: This Is How Every Wireless Plan Should Work

# 2013-05-13 03:00:00, Gizmodo
Maybe someday we'll all have contractless phones. And hopefully, we can all ditch preset plans for fluid ones that fit like a glove every month. We're not there yet, but a new service provider by the name of Zact is taking a big step in that direction. It's a beautiful glance into the smartphone fut...

Report: Samsung Will Roll Out 5G by 2020, Promising 1Gbps

# 2013-05-12 23:22:43, Gizmodo
Korea's Yonhap News Agency is reporting that Samsung is busy testing the future of mobile internet connections—and it's set to be lightning fast.Read more...

How Great Data Graphics Tap Into Your Caveman Brain

# 2013-05-09 10:40:00, Gizmodo
Your brain isn't designed to digest a big matrix of numbers and then just burp out knowledge. It is designed to spot and recognize patterns, and it's been trained to do that over thousands of years. A good data visualization communicates ideas instantly, but designing one can be a complex task—it...

A Look Behind the Scenes of the Internet Archive's Impossible Task

# 2013-05-06 10:26:16, Gizmodo
Last fall, the Internet Archive celebrated a massive milestone, as the "online Library of Alexandria" reached 10 Petabytes of stored information. Yes, that means 10,000,000,000,000,000 bytes accessible to anyone. Wow.Read more...

Who Actually Uses Math at Work?

# 2013-04-25 15:00:00, Gizmodo
Let's admit it together. We all kind of suck at math. It's okay! Numbers are evil. And back in high school when you were forced to struggle through Algebra and Geometry and Algebra again and if you were especially unlucky, Calculus, you probably thought to yourself when in the hell would you ever u...

T-Mobile announced that 4G will be coming...

# 2013-04-25 05:36:15, Gizmodo
T-Mobile announced that 4G will be coming to NYC during "summer 2013" at today's MTA Subway Wi-Fi event. Can't come soon enough. More

Apple confirms it keeps Siri data for up to two years (update: Google too)

# 2013-04-19 04:51:00, Engadget
It's no secret that Apple hangs onto your Siri data for some length of time (as other companies so with search data and the like), but it hasn't been clear exactly how long it keeps that data sitting on its servers. Wired has now cleared that up somewhat, though, hearing from Apple spokesperson ...

Apple Keeps Anonymized Voice Data Related To Virtual Assistant Siri For Up To 2 Years

# 2013-04-19 04:48:46, TechCrunch
Apple's Siri voice assistant on iOS devices retains information to help the company generate better and more accurate results in the analysis process that takes place at its remote servers. The company has never previously revealed exactly how long it keeps that data or how exactly it works, but now...