Technology
As an avid technology watcher, The Bear tracks a number of trends on the World Wide Web, observing how new services come into common usage and are integrated into our daily lives. One hot rising trend in recent years is “social networking,” exemplified by services such as MySpace, Orkut, LinkedIn, Facebook, Bebo, Twitter, and Google […]
Electricity from a box in your backyard? Bloom Energy is making them for commercial businesses — they’re about the size of a parking space. The first ones (definitely business-sized) cost about $750,000 and can generate 100Kwh of electricity. But within a decade we may be able to buy these for our home. Bloom Energy CEO […]
Spark Labs Tour Wrist iPhone App: Stand inside a 360-degree photo panorama and spin around to enjoy the view from any direction. That’s the iPhone app that Spark Labs has developed. You can use the app to stitch together your own panos too. Works on iPod Touch also. [From Tampa Bay Online]
Mac geek that I am, people have been asking for The Bear’s take on this new iPad thingie from Apple. First let me tell you about one of the last rumors I read just prior to the big event on Wednesday January 27th, the day Apple took the wraps off their newest creation. I don’t […]
Apple sent out it’s press announcements today for the upcoming special media event to take place on Wednesday, Jan. 27th, 2010. Everyone expects they will be taking the wraps off a brand new product — the “Apple Tablet.” Feels a bit like waiting for Moses to bring those chiseled stones down from the mountain. Yes, […]
This is rev 3 of the Tame Bear weblog. If you’re interested, check out what The Bear was writing about in the previous rev 2 blog from 2001 through 2009. It’s still there, and probably will remain for a while. With this latest revision of the Tame Bear weblog, some categories have changed to reflect a […]
