Friday, January 25, 2013

Today's Scuttlebot: Quitting Smartphones, and 1950s Computer Art ...

Here are some of the more interesting items that the tech reporters and editors of The New York Times found on the Web recently. See more here.

Why I?m Glad My iPhone Broke
Sirupsen.com |? One developer reflects on spending a month without a smartphone ? and decides he can live without it. ??Jenna Wortham

Early Computer Art: Pinup Girl on 1950s Military Screens
Theatlantic.com |? Drawn via punch cards, she made many appearances in a Defense Department system built to detect Soviet nuclear attacks. ??Howell Murray

Ashton Kutcher Becomes ?Jobs?
Etonline.com |? A first glimpse of the Steve Jobs biopic, which is premiering at Sundance this week. ??Jenna Wortham

Help Us Make New York the Best City for Tech in the World
New York Tech Meetup |? The New York Tech Meetup wants to be a player in the city?s mayoral campaign ? and wants a deputy mayor for technology innovation. ??Joshua Brustein

Google Releases Transparency Report
EFF.org |? Google has received over 21,000 government requests for user data in the last six months ? 40 percent of them from the United States. ??Nicole Perlroth

Google?s Mountain View Plans Revealed
Bizjournals.com |? Google?s new office plans- up to 1.2 million square feet, with a ?living roof,? and a private bridge to current offices.?? Quentin Hardy

Source: http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/01/24/todays-scuttlebot-quitting-smartphones-and-1950s-computer-art/

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