Wired brings a fascinating look inside the Google Maps operation.
Software
FilePane, more power for your drags and drops
There are a number of drag and drop utilities available for the Mac. They all work by inserting themselves in the drag and drop command chain, intercepting a drag event and then presenting their interface to receive and process the drop.
FilePane is an interesting take on this approach.
MIT’s slick new UI merges your iPhone and laptop interaction
[VIDEO] MIT’s experimental THAW UI project lets you overlay your iPhone over your computer screen, capturing data from your computer and interacting with objects, creating a single, fluid environment. To get a sense of it, watch the video below. The real fun starts about 45 seconds in.
Humans need not apply
[VIDEO] The video below is long, but thoughtful and riveting. It make the case that just as horses have been replaced by technology, humans are next. If that sounds like silly logic, invest one minute, just to see what you think.
From the narrative:
> Self driving cars aren’t the future. They’re here and they work. Self-driving cars have driven hundreds of thousands of miles up and down the California coast and through cities, all without human intervention. The question is not if they’ll replace cars, but how quickly. They don’t need to be perfect, they just need to be better than us. Human drivers, by the way, kill 40,000 people a year with cars, just in the United States. Given that self-driving cars don’t blink, don’t text while driving, don’t get sleepy or stupid, it’s easy to see them being better than humans because they already are.
Self driving cars replacing human drivers is already a done deal. That die is cast. This is just one small example of what is coming.
Safari vs Chrome
What happens when a long time PC and Chrome power user moves to Mac OS X? How will Safari stack up?