6:54 PM
I use Google Reader all day every day, on my laptop and phone and without it I couldn't keep up with my sports stories, work-related news, and most of the links I use for the LOTD...so I cannot believe that Google is killing it off on July 1!
http://www.androidcentral.com/google-killing-google-reader-july-1-2013
It sounds like Feedly has known about Google's plans and is ready to make a seamless transition:
http://blog.feedly.com/2013/03/14/google-reader/
Pres. Obama said that some of the cyberattacks on U.S. companies and infrastructure are sponsored by the Chinese government:
http://www.homelandsecuritynewswire.com/dr20130313-obama-at-least-some-chinese-cyberattacks-on-u-s-are-state-sponsored
This Chinese soldier has been blogging about his boring life as a hacker for the Chinese military--their military reportedly has *thousands* of soldiers for the world's largest hacking operation. The blogger complains about the low pay, boredom and social isolation. He lives in a dorm (many meals are just instant rame noodles), and hackers wear military uniforms while they work between 8am and at least 5:30pm (often until late at night):
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-china-hacking-20130313,0,7978305,full.story
Researchers found that jokes can be used to encrypt secret messages:
http://www.homelandsecuritynewswire.com/dr20130313-using-jokes-as-an-encryption-method
New form of bacteria was found in a giant lake under miles of Antarctic ice that is nothing like any of the existing bacterial types. The microbe has been sealed under the ice for millions of years:
http://www.rdmag.com/news/2013/03/mysterious-bacterium-found-antarctic-lake
Experts say that we urgently need to create a system to find asteroids that threaten the Earth. Last Saturday an asteroid flew within 240,000 miles of Earth that would have destroyed an area the size of San Francisco Bay if it hit land or sent tsunamis to every shore if it hit the Ocean. The large asteroid wasn't even noticed until March 3, way too late for safety precautions to be implemented:
http://www.homelandsecuritynewswire.com/dr20130313-urgent-need-to-find-asteroids-that-threaten-earth-expert
The Mars rover found that Mars could have supported life:
http://www.rdmag.com/news/2013/03/mars-rover-shows-planet-could-have-supported-life
Silicon Valley entrepreneurs have a plan to build a start-up world 12 nautical miles off the coast of Northern California in international waters. This way no work visas will be needed, and business tourism visas will allow the workers to go to Silicon Valley once or twice a week. I'm sure having their workforce with nowhere else to go is a big plus for their plan...
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-high-seas-immigration-20130313,0,7321807,full.story
Research shows that intimate details of millions of people's personalities can be accurately predicted with innocent online behavior such as Facebook Likes. By just looking at Facebook Likes, the researchers could accurately guess people's race, age, IQ, sexuality, personality, substance use, and political views:
http://www.homelandsecuritynewswire.com/dr20130313-facebook-s-likes-expose-intimate-details-personality-traits-of-millions
Study found that 93% of teens have a computer they can use at home but 23% of teens and 15% of adults in the U.S. mainly go online with their phones instead of a computer. About 37% of those between 12 and 17 use a smartphone to go to the Internet, much more than last year. 78% of teens have a cell phone and 47% of those cell phones are smartphones. 44% of teens between 14 and 17 years old have a smartphone, about the same percentage as adults:
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/03/13/us-usa-internet-teens-idUSBRE92C04C20130313
Google funded a Canadian startup with a $600k grant and must have liked their technology because they just bought it. The startup had just 3 people--a professor and 2 of his grad students and improves recognition of nearby objects and images (Google Glass, Google Now, etc.):
http://www.businessinsider.com/google-buys-dnnresearch-2013-3#ixzz2NQbVd5Z8
The ad agency gives an awesome gift to new hires--a carving that looks like them on the head of a crayon!
http://www.adweek.com/adfreak/ad-agency-welcomes-new-hires-carving-their-likenesses-crayons-147901
Indonesian woman killed her son in the bathtub because she thought that "his small penis would ruin his life". The woman turned herself in and confesed to police:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2285824/Mother-drowns-son-bath-thought-small-penis-ruin-life.html
http://www.androidcentral.com/google-killing-google-reader-july-1-2013
It sounds like Feedly has known about Google's plans and is ready to make a seamless transition:
http://blog.feedly.com/2013/03/14/google-reader/
Pres. Obama said that some of the cyberattacks on U.S. companies and infrastructure are sponsored by the Chinese government:
http://www.homelandsecuritynewswire.com/dr20130313-obama-at-least-some-chinese-cyberattacks-on-u-s-are-state-sponsored
This Chinese soldier has been blogging about his boring life as a hacker for the Chinese military--their military reportedly has *thousands* of soldiers for the world's largest hacking operation. The blogger complains about the low pay, boredom and social isolation. He lives in a dorm (many meals are just instant rame noodles), and hackers wear military uniforms while they work between 8am and at least 5:30pm (often until late at night):
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-china-hacking-20130313,0,7978305,full.story
Researchers found that jokes can be used to encrypt secret messages:
http://www.homelandsecuritynewswire.com/dr20130313-using-jokes-as-an-encryption-method
New form of bacteria was found in a giant lake under miles of Antarctic ice that is nothing like any of the existing bacterial types. The microbe has been sealed under the ice for millions of years:
http://www.rdmag.com/news/2013/03/mysterious-bacterium-found-antarctic-lake
Experts say that we urgently need to create a system to find asteroids that threaten the Earth. Last Saturday an asteroid flew within 240,000 miles of Earth that would have destroyed an area the size of San Francisco Bay if it hit land or sent tsunamis to every shore if it hit the Ocean. The large asteroid wasn't even noticed until March 3, way too late for safety precautions to be implemented:
http://www.homelandsecuritynewswire.com/dr20130313-urgent-need-to-find-asteroids-that-threaten-earth-expert
The Mars rover found that Mars could have supported life:
http://www.rdmag.com/news/2013/03/mars-rover-shows-planet-could-have-supported-life
Silicon Valley entrepreneurs have a plan to build a start-up world 12 nautical miles off the coast of Northern California in international waters. This way no work visas will be needed, and business tourism visas will allow the workers to go to Silicon Valley once or twice a week. I'm sure having their workforce with nowhere else to go is a big plus for their plan...
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-high-seas-immigration-20130313,0,7321807,full.story
Research shows that intimate details of millions of people's personalities can be accurately predicted with innocent online behavior such as Facebook Likes. By just looking at Facebook Likes, the researchers could accurately guess people's race, age, IQ, sexuality, personality, substance use, and political views:
http://www.homelandsecuritynewswire.com/dr20130313-facebook-s-likes-expose-intimate-details-personality-traits-of-millions
Study found that 93% of teens have a computer they can use at home but 23% of teens and 15% of adults in the U.S. mainly go online with their phones instead of a computer. About 37% of those between 12 and 17 use a smartphone to go to the Internet, much more than last year. 78% of teens have a cell phone and 47% of those cell phones are smartphones. 44% of teens between 14 and 17 years old have a smartphone, about the same percentage as adults:
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/03/13/us-usa-internet-teens-idUSBRE92C04C20130313
Google funded a Canadian startup with a $600k grant and must have liked their technology because they just bought it. The startup had just 3 people--a professor and 2 of his grad students and improves recognition of nearby objects and images (Google Glass, Google Now, etc.):
http://www.businessinsider.com/google-buys-dnnresearch-2013-3#ixzz2NQbVd5Z8
The ad agency gives an awesome gift to new hires--a carving that looks like them on the head of a crayon!
http://www.adweek.com/adfreak/ad-agency-welcomes-new-hires-carving-their-likenesses-crayons-147901
Indonesian woman killed her son in the bathtub because she thought that "his small penis would ruin his life". The woman turned herself in and confesed to police:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2285824/Mother-drowns-son-bath-thought-small-penis-ruin-life.html