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Re-activateCombing through hundreds of blog posts and news articles daily, Dirk Klingner, our technology-trend watcher, sifts through the noise to bring you the tech news most important to consumers. If you have a tip on a story you want to share, leave a comment below.
Kyte Now Offering Broadcast-Quality Live Video Streaming Backpack (TechCrunch)
...LivePro is a computer in a backpack connected to six data cards all uploading live video at the same time, balancing the load across three different carriers (Sprint, AT&T, and Verizon).
Biking directions added to Google Maps (Official Google Blog)
...Today we've added biking directions and extensive bike trail data to Google Maps for the U.S. My team has been keeping close tabs on all the public support for biking directions that's been steadily coming in, but we knew that when we added the feature, we wanted to do it right: we wanted to include as much bike trail data as possible, provide efficient routes, allow riders to customize their trip, make use of bike lanes, calculate rider-friendly routes that avoid big hills and customize the look of the map for cycling to encourage folks to hop on their bikes. So that's exactly what we've done.
How Ars Technica's "experiment" with ad-blocking readers built on its community's affection for the site (Nieman Journalism Lab)
...On Friday evening, Ars tried an experiment: Readers running ad blockers got a blank page instead of the story they intended to read. The move was a technical success, but caused an uproar (and confusion) among users. In hindsight, Fisher told me, the site's experiment in retribution was the "wrong approach," causing confusion among many readers.
Lighter side: THE NEW DORK - Entrepreneur State of Mind [Jay-Z ft Alicia Keys Spoof] (PantlessKnights)
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