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Buzz Anderson on quality vs first to market

"Shipping quality is a longer, tougher road than just shipping whatever to be first to market, and its benefits tend to be realized more slowly, but if you want users to love your software as a brand, and not merely use it as a commodity, it’s the only way"

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Layar: Augmented Reality Browser

Layar

A pretty cool implementation of a mapping service with additional information regarding locations. It's almost like buUuk and Foyage for the iPhone but with live view. The video explains it best.

A thought from a friend: It wouldn't be long before they come up with the ability to integrate facial recognition technology into the same environment.

My response: They call that T-800. Once facial recognition database lookup is integrated, all they need to do is put it inside an eye implant.

This could lead to some fantastic yet terrifying implementations.

 

They'll be back.

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The Whole World in Your Palm

In the technology world, there are no bigger trade events than the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas and the Macworld Expo, usually held in San Francisco, both of which happen to occur in January of every year. At least twice in the past, the events ran in the same week, creating a nightmare for technophiles who wanted to attend both.

In 2007 in particular, just about everyone in the technology scene wanted to be in San Francisco on the same day.

What was it that got technology bigwigs and journalists making a special trip that morning from the glitz and glamor of Las Vegas, Nevada, all the way to chilly San Francisco, California?

Read more at Jakarta Globe

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