Daily Dispatch: 'Gorilla Arm' explains why notebooks lack touch displays; Google trial brings super high speed broadband to Stanford U housing

In today's Digital Dispatch:

Why ‘Gorilla Arm Syndrome' Rules Out Multitouch Notebook Displays (WIRED)

..."Gorilla arm" is a term engineers coined about 30 years ago to describe what happens when people try to use these interfaces for an extended period of time. It's the touchscreen equivalent of carpal-tunnel syndrome. According to the New Hacker's Dictionary, "the arm begins to feel sore, cramped and oversized — the operator looks like a gorilla while using the touchscreen and feels like one afterwards.

Google's Broadband Network Coming To 850 Stanford University Residences (TechCrunch)

...The trial will offer the residents Internet speeds up to 1 gigabit per second, which Google says more than 100 times faster than what most people have access to today.

Netflix Streaming Accounts for 20% of Peak Internet Traffic (ReadWriteWeb)

...Netflix's roughly 16 million subscribers can access streaming content from a variety of devices - XBox 360, iPads, laptops (and that's just in my household).

YouTube Play (YouTube)

Developed by YouTube and the Guggenheim Museum in collaboration with HP and Intel, YouTube Play. A Biennial of Creative Video recognizes the ever-expanding realm of online video and its most remarkable practitioners. YouTube Play. Live from the Guggenheim is a celebration of 25 videos and their creators, selected by the jury from over 23,000 submitted.

Student Hides Rick Astley's Song In College Paper (GIZMODO)

...The computer science student, Reddit user Mayniac182, spent five hours formatting his paper into the acrostic Rickroll you can see in the video and the image below.

Bathtub IV [Time-lapse / tilt-shift] (Keith Loutit)

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