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Rob in San Francisco sent us a link to an interactive, scary, and–dare I say it–immersive iPhone app. We didn’t get chance to test its scariness factor for ourselves but the YouTube demo video had us mesmerized. Rob is with … Continue reading →

Fall: rain, cold mornings, oatmeal for breakfast, criminal complaint against Raj Gupta showing yet again an out of control Wall Street culture, leaf-clogged drains, and another tacky giant Halloween spider on someone’s lawn. We all need a ray of sunshine … Continue reading →

I received a gentle introduction to transmedia storytelling at a meetup last night organized by a NYC group dedicated to spinning yarns around a digital fireplace. My reason for going was to hear author and Wired writer Frank Rose, who … Continue reading →

Akamai released its 2Q2011 results of Internet statistics today. With 30% of the world’s IP packets passing through its content delivery network, they’re in a unique position to gauge average broadband speeds on a country-by-country basis. The good news is … Continue reading →

After losing to Watson at IBM’s booth during the Predictive Analytics World conference, I stopped by Revolution Analytics digs to regain my strength. Revolution, by the way, provides support (consulting, training) for the R statistical language, as well as offering … Continue reading →

To celebrate on-line travel suggestion site Wanderfly’s first birthday, this startup put together a 60-second travelogue based on pictures taken from around the world.

Watson, the Jeopardy playing super-computer, is out to take on new challenges. Rather than reworking its algorithms for a chance to compete on say “Deal or No Deal, IBM executives have other ideas in mind. At The Singularity Summit 2011 … Continue reading →

NJ Tech Meetup is the new name for Hoboken Tech Meetup. Everything else has remained pretty much the same since my last visit to Stevens Institute, the home of this Jersey-based startup gathering: interesting demos, great energy, and exceptional speakers. … Continue reading →

Good news today for Yaron Samid and his company BillGuard. They’ve received $10 million in a Series B round of funding led by Vinod Khosla (Khosla Ventures), Peter Thiel (Founders Fund), and Eric Schmidt (Innovation Endeavors).

Exhilarating, frustrating, muddled, tea-party-ish, revealing, revolting, liberal rationalist, and hyper-optimistic are just a few of the pithy comments I tapped into my magical (inside joke) Apple MacBook. And I hope not to hear the word exponential in general conversation for … Continue reading →