Category Archives: ICT

Social Memories: Turn Your Facebook Activity Into… | Bit Rebels

By BabakF | Published: May 15, 2011

There are only a few steps that you will need to follow. First, choose your time frame. Next, the application will gather your information based on your selected time frame. It will take some time for it to do that, but when it’s finished, you can browse the content of your book. Lastly, when you [...]

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Google Would Like To Wirelessly Control Your Lightbulbs With Android@Home | Fast Company

By BabakF | Published: May 12, 2011

Google has already made its intentions to dive bomb into the energy space clear, but so far, it has left out how this relates to its Android phones. But at this week’s Google I/O developers conference, the company announced its new Android@Home technology will allow users to control appliances directly from their phones–starting with a [...]

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Scan Yourself: Geeky Barcode (QR Code) Tattoos | Bit Rebels

By BabakF | Published: April 5, 2011

  “don’t be fooled, there is much more to these tattoos than just a cool design. These barcodes are readable by any iPhone or QR scanner. The embedded information can be text, a URL or any other data. I think it would be awesome if we could upload and change the information on our QR [...]

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Official Google Blog: Patents and innovation

By BabakF | Published: April 5, 2011

“So after a lot of thought, we’ve decided to bid for Nortel’s patent portfolio in the company’s bankruptcy auction. Today, Nortel selected our bid as the “stalking-horse bid,” which is the starting point against which others will bid prior to the auction. If successful, we hope this portfolio will not only create a disincentive for [...]

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What Location Tracking Looks Like | Common Dreams

By BabakF | Published: April 1, 2011

Your cell phone company knows everywhere you go, twenty-four hours a day, every day. How concrete is this fact for you? It’s very concrete for Malte Spitz, a German politician and privacy advocate. He used German privacy law — which, like the law of many European countries, gives individuals a right to see what private [...]

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