by Tom | Jan 18, 2014 | Business, Reading
Think about that. A news app, a piece of software about the news made by in-house developers, generated more clicks than any article. And it did this in a tiny amount of time: The app only came out on December 21, 2013. That means that in the 11 days it was online in...
by Tom | Jan 16, 2014 | Reading, Science
I hope, hope, hope this is real and works.
by Tom | Jan 16, 2014 | Hong Kong / China, Reading
But surely not! What on earth would they do? Hong Kong’s mobile-mad cabbies told to ditch dashboard devices • The Register.
by Tom | Jan 13, 2014 | Reading, Science
The idea seems to be to reactivate some early-life learning mechanisms (most people only learn perfect pitch early in their lives) through valproate. Then do exercises to learn to successfully identify pitch. To my untrained eye, it seems a reasonable study with...
by Tom | Jan 13, 2014 | Personal, Reading, Science
This is great news to counter the raft of depressing stories. Global focused and concerted action having global effects. While my “students” in Melkote were lovely happy kids, I’m delighted there won’t be another cohort blighted and crippled by...
by Tom | Dec 11, 2013 | Reading
Brilliant Anglo brand reimagineering. “Never knowingly undersnowed” a favourite. Thanks to Katherine for the link.