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Reminds me of this article from 2004 of one person making similar innovations as entire engineering teams with huge R&D budgets 12 years later. http://www.popsci.com/cars/article/2…

> I also find it suspicious that this article emphasizes how much buy-in LTE Direct has from gigantic corporations The last line of the article is the submarine: "Wireless carriers…

The main motivation of this sort of technology transfer program isn't the license revenue itself. That's insignificant when compared to their operating budget. The point of this pr…

I really like the suggestions on how to crowdsource a11y improvements: -Go Mouseless for an hour -Check Order of Elements -Surf The Web With A Screen Reader For An Hour http://www.…

What sort of challenges have you had with OCR? I'm working on an easy to use OCR sdk (iOS), we're going to start beta in a few weeks.

The challenge is not technical. The challenge is community. RapGenius is a network effects driven site, so it's utility is driven by how many people use the site. Technology is tab…

I largely agree with the article, but also agree with your conclusions. >Instead, the "competition" is by delivering Rihanna for free by infringing copyrights. This is a problem fo…

This "dropped phone" search in interesting. This could be the most dangerous aspect of this program. Chances are little scientific research was done on the accuracy. What is the fa…

A big topic of discussion in music tech right now is active vs passive usage. Active usage is when someone uses a music service or station with the intent of discovering new songs …

Not if one of those investments is bypassing the chokepoint: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicaragua_Canal

Best resource in my experience is a business cofounder who will do all that for you. Marketing is more than just getting the word out, but also who to get the word out to, want to …

Agreed. Whether journalists are legally allowed to protect their sources or not, this right (or lack thereof) needs to apply to all citizens. Otherwise, we would have created a new…

OK, I read the article wrong. The article is talking about viewing. My comment refers to user signup & composing first tweet.

There must be a big disconnect between the tech team & the product team. Time to first tweet takes several minutes because the user is forced to follow multiple accounts upon signu…

This really comes down to the need/demand for the infrastructure. Projects like this do occasionally happen in the US. NYC is getting a 60 mile long, $6B water tunnel. Unfortunatel…

Not entirely. Daft Punk had a big success with free streaming on iTunes a couple weeks before the album was officially for sale. This got listeners onto iTunes, where Apple put up …

The article mentions the Coachella event in passing, but it had a huge role in building anticipation for the album. Thousands of people (many of them influencers) were hoping for a…

I'm using Titanium for my app. Some things are still a little buggy, but it's a lot better now. It is open source, so I am modding the SDK to fix the bugs I have.

Along these lines, it was surprising to me that many non-techies never close out their apps. They leave them running in the background and are not even aware it was possible to clo…

I like the takeaway that the only slide that matters is traction. Looking at the Team slide, they have a decent amount of social validation from their advisors & previous investors…

This reminds me of the time I taught myself photography through online resources. All of the 'photo' tutorials taught how to use the camera, which a) doesn't teach you fundamentals…

In addition to the other points made on this thread, I think a big factor is that winners don't gain much from war, so why bother. Historically, when economies grew at the rate of …

I'm guessing you're paying for the reliability and range. Does the price include sensor suites? Those are usually big ticket items. Also, since these are autonomous, a crew is not …

Not even the Saturn V could launch 150 tons into LEO (though it could come close). No current rocket even comes close.