How we help track flu trends

" This post is the latest in an ongoing series about how we harness the data we collect to improve our products and services for our users. - Ed.Google search isn't just about looking up football scores...

Lost cameras 'phone home' to catch thieves

" NEW YORK - Alison DeLauzon thought the snapshots and home videos of her infant son were gone for good when she lost her digital camera while on vacation in Florida.Then a funny thing happened: her camera "phoned home."Equipped with a special memory card with wireless...

Pet portraits: $1,400 well-spent?

A feature in today's Globe and Mail looks at the rising popularity of the "pet portraiture industry." It's become so lucrative that photographers can charge up to $1,400 a sitting.Hmmm...aside from the comedic...

15 inch Gigantor Digital Photo Frame

"Godzilla size frame ATTACK! When this 15″ Digital Photo Frame arrived at the ThinkGeek world headquarters of doom we thought to ourselves “That is one huge-ass photo frame”… and we’re thinking that you’re going to feel the exact same way when you’re viewing...

Ready, Set, Go! China Clocks Records, Second by Second

With the Get it Louder (or rather clearer) exhibit tagged TIME TO SHOP, People's Architecture gives us clear snapshots of records being set Second by Second in China.

DHS Building a Vomit-Wand

I first saw this concept in Minority Report. I wonder, though, what would happen if the intended victim were wearing, say, polarized sunglasses..." The US Department of Homeland Security is working on a torch-like "light-sabre" weapon, designed to leave aliens (illegal...

On 070707...'Hawaiian Girl' from Toulouse and other Snapshots...'CityDailyPho...

On 070707,want to see the world through local eyes, visit City Daily Photo Blog and you will get many views from the lenses of as many photographers such as this Hawaiian Girl from Toulouse by Julia.More good luck charms on Serge the Concierge 

Snapshots that do more than bore friends or Why Tags are Useful on Images

Why tag images you might think to yourself. Here are several reasons to think a bit more about tagging and what you upload, why you upload it, and how the web extends our senses as always."Plotting photos on maps also allows trip planners to "see" the terrain before booking a...

Bare butt of woman writer stirs readers up

"Women, romance novels and revealing snapshots have always been a cause for public fascination and blogger Qin Dai has incorporated all of these elements on her blog, creating a buzz throughout the online community. ÷ìÇØ£¬ÂãÕÕ£¬ÁíÀ࣬Ů×÷¼Ò£¬Women,...

PluggedIn: Technology that took on a hurricane

NEW YORK (Reuters) - While big media covered the mass destruction brought by Hurricane Katrina with helicopter images and satellite weather maps, blogs have been telling stories with similar force, but on a much more personal level. Linking to the Internet's global computer...

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