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Exploring the Ocean in Our Brains with Jaron Lanier

By Guest PostNovember 9, 2011Technology100 most influential people of 2010, 3d environment, avatars, back to nature, cyberspace, digital maoism, gadget, geometry, hollywood, human, human machine interaction, jaron lanier, kinect for xbox 360, manifesto, Microsoft, microsoft research, minority report, motion sensing camera, optimist, sex in movies, silicon valley, somatic cognition, thinking about technology, time magazine, triangle, video game store in california, Wall Street Journal

*Jaron Lanier has spent decades thinking about technology and the ways we use – and misuse – it. He also has been thinking long and hard about using avatars to access the untapped potential of our brains.*

REDMOND, Wash. – Nov. 9, 2011 – One evening last November, Jaron Lanier queued up outside a video game store in California and counted down the minutes until he could buy Kinect for Xbox 360. Lanier – a technologist, computer scientist, composer, and one of Time magazine’s “100 Most Influential People of 2010 – was just as excited to get his hands on Microsoft’s motion-sensing camera as the other gamers in line, most of whom he quickly realized were half his age. He was only slightly embarrassed by the observation.

“As a grownup and as a father I can’t believe I did that,” said Lanier, a partner architect for Microsoft Research. “But I was just so amazed it was really happening.” (more…)

Yahoo! en Español and Ram Truck Launch ‘La Banda Ram’ — First Online Mexican Regional Music Channel

By Guest PostNovember 7, 2011Technologya todo, armando rodriguez, banda, blogs, chrysler de mexico, con todo, duranguense, fred diaz, grupero, hispanic, la banda ram, latin america, latino audience, latino music fans, latino population, music, music genres, music is a universal bond, norteno, photo content, ram country on yahoo music, ram truck brand, us latino audience, yahoo en espanol

*New music website offers Latinos exclusive programming with a mix of music, blogs and video content*

MIAMI & AUBURN HILLS, Mich.–(BUSINESS WIRE)-– Yahoo! en Español, the premier digital media company, and the Ram Truck brand today announced the launch of La Banda Ram, the first dedicated Mexican regional music channel. Accessed from on Yahoo! en Español’s omg! site, La Banda Ram offers fans exclusive programming, music news, and lifestyle-relevant Ram Truck brand integration. The site debuts today and can be found at: es-us.omg.yahoo.com/la-banda-ram/

Focused on engaging the U.S. Latino audience with premium content, La Banda Ram connects consumers to an entertaining mix of music, blogs, exclusive photo content, originally produced video programming, and the latest news and updates from established and up-and-coming artists of the Norteño, Banda, Duranguense and Grupero regional music genres. (more…)

comScore Reports September 2011 U.S. Mobile Subscriber Market Share

By Guest PostNovember 4, 2011Technologyamericans, apple, blogs, Comscore, google android, Microsoft, mobile devices, mobile phone, mobilens data, motorola, oem, rim, Samsung, smartphones, Social networking sites, symbian, us mobile phone industry

*More Than 40 Percent of Subscribers Use Browsers and Applications*

RESTON, VA, November 4, 2011 – comScore, Inc., a leader in measuring the digital world, today released data from the comScore MobiLens service, reporting key trends in the U.S. mobile phone industry during the three month average period ending September 2011. The study surveyed more than 30,000 U.S. mobile subscribers and found Samsung to be the top handset manufacturer overall with 25.3 percent market share. Google Android continued to gain ground in the smartphone market reaching 44.8 percent market share. (more…)

Coming Soon to a Server Near You: Fewer Internet Delays

By Guest PostNovember 4, 2011Technologyinternet delays, internet latency, optical fibers, optical networking technologies, transmission speed

Researchers at the UA-led Center for Integrated Access Networks, the largest optical research center in the U.S., are developing methods to improve transmission speed, efficiency and reliability of Internet content, including everything from cell phone calls or texts to emails and television.

If you’ve ever received an email or text hours after it was sent and privately raged at having missed a deadline, or twiddled your thumbs while waiting for a webpage to load, then you’ve been a victim of Internet latency. (more…)

Yahoo! Statement

By Guest PostNovember 4, 2011Technologyboard of directors, investment bankers, shareholders, yahoo statement

SUNNYVALE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Yahoo!, Inc. today issued the following statement: (more…)

Bing Social Search Team Makes Search ‘Less Lonely’

By Guest PostNovember 3, 2011Technologyamerican sitcoms, bing, bing experience, buffy the vampire slayer, cd of mp3s, christina aguilera, cliff claven, electronica music, Facebook, florida, german, Google, jack tripper, knight rider, maroon 5, Microsoft, microsoft news center, mnc, paul yiu, sean suchter, silicon valley, silicon valley campus, social networks, social search, social search team, sonic youth, Technology, the carpenters, the cranberries, the terminator, tim harrington, visuals and animations

*Three members of Bing’s social search team chat with Microsoft News Center about working in the exciting technological frontier of search – and what they do when they’re not hard at work.*

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – Sean Suchter’s last name is a misspelling of the German word for searcher, which has to be one of the greater aptronyms in the technology industry.

Suchter heads up Bing’s social search team on Microsoft’s Silicon Valley Campus, where he relishes his job as a frontiersmen in the field of search, particularly social search. (more…)

Public Health Sites Rank Among the Most Visited U.S. Federal Government Sites

By Guest PostNovember 1, 2011Health, Technologyaudience visitation to public health sites, cdc, centers for disease control and prevention site, commercial health category, Comscore, federal government sites, flu, health topics, issues for americans, john mangano, msn health, national institutes of health, nih, public interest in health information, webmd health, yahoo health

NIH.gov Leads as Top Site in the Government Category Attracting More than 10 Million Visitors in September

Nearly 18% of All Clicks from Flu Searches in September Drive Traffic to CDC.gov

RESTON, VA, November 1, 2011 – comScore, Inc., a leader in measuring the digital world, today released a study of audience visitation to public health sites in the U.S. The study found that health-focused sites represented 3 out of the top 10 federal Government sites in September, indicating a high level of public interest in health information. NIH.gov, the flagship property of the National Institutes of Health, drew 10.6 million Americans in September 2011, making it the most popular site in the Government category. (more…)

‘Kinect Effect’ Magic Pushes Beyond the Living Room

By Guest PostOctober 31, 2011Technologyalex kipman, alex wiggins, cantebria, casey anderson, dance central 2, don mattrick, education, fabio matsui, forza motorsport 4, gaming gadget of the year, guinness world records, healthcare, houghton mifflin harcourt, jeremy gibson, jesus perez, jonathan fay, kinect, kinect effect, kinect for xbox 360, Microsoft, multi array microphones, nintendo, once upon a monster, patient at the royal berkshire hospital, razorfish, ruma paul, sesame street, spain, state of the art technology, Technology, technology startup, tedesys, times square, university of southern california, usc, xbox

*In the year since Microsoft launched controller-free Kinect for Xbox 360, the device has taken on a life of its own. First Kinect became the fastest-selling consumer device in history and then it started showing up outside the living room in healthcare, education, and technology.*

REDMOND, Wash. – Oct. 31, 2011 – When it comes to technology and moon landings, there are small steps – and then there are leaps.

It’s been a year since Kinect for Xbox 360 jumped onto the scene, bringing with it a new era of controller-free, interactive gaming and entertainment for the living room.

“It’s been an amazing 12 months – it’s been absolutely inspiring,” says Alex Kipman, general manager of incubation for Microsoft’s Interactive Entertainment Business. “When you have a great vision you expect it to do great things, but it’s humbling and inspiring to actually see it happen and exceed your expectations in terms of the ability – over a very short period of time – that you have affected the entire world.” (more…)

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