Tag Archives: Future

iPhone Personal Hotspot

Posted on March 7, 2011 by Kalle

The next version of iOS (iPhone OS), 4.3, features a thing that android phones have had for awhile now (and jailbroken iPhones) — Personal Hotspot. I.e. the ability to set up a WiFi station on your iPhone and surf the … Continue reading →

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Google’s Targeted Ads.

Posted on October 19, 2010 by Kalle

I don’t think Google foresaw this one, but I’m starting to feel slightly insulted here. The ads in Gmail sort of figure out what you “want” and show you ads related to that. If you have an email discussion talking … Continue reading →

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Democracy and voting.

Posted on September 19, 2010 by Kalle

Today was the election here in Sweden, where everyone was supposedly voting for their preferred government in state, municipality and city. Well, in fact, it’s been possible to vote ahead of time for the last 1 or 2 weeks, but … Continue reading →

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Tackling spam.

Posted on May 25, 2010 by Kalle

Let’s face it: the spammers are so sophisticated these days it’s only a matter of years before they’re identically copying “real” people, “real” content. One of the simplest ways of doing this is to simply scan for identical blog entries, … Continue reading →

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Organisms and software. And space travel!

Posted on May 6, 2010 by Kalle

Earlier today I saw two unrelated posts that somehow lead back to human engineering being compared to evolutionary engineering. The first one is a slightly naïve (but nonetheless interesting) post on Discover Magazine called “Linux versus E. coli” which brings … Continue reading →

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iPod, then iPhone, then… iPad…?

Posted on January 29, 2010 by Kalle

So Apple announces the iPad — http://www.apple.com/ipad/ — I suggest you look at the video (not the keynote). I mean, seriously, I’ve been thinking for the last 10 years that the computers of the future will be exactly what that … Continue reading →

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