courtenaybird:

The Top 10 Things Eric Schmidt Revealed At D9
7) Facial Recognition Is The Only Product Google Has Withheld
Google has facial recognition technology, but it’s uncomfortable with how it might be used, so it has withheld it. That’s apparently pretty unique for Google.
“As far as I know, it’s the only technology that Google built and stopped,” Schmidt said. 

courtenaybird:

The Top 10 Things Eric Schmidt Revealed At D9

7) Facial Recognition Is The Only Product Google Has Withheld

Google has facial recognition technology, but it’s uncomfortable with how it might be used, so it has withheld it. That’s apparently pretty unique for Google.

“As far as I know, it’s the only technology that Google built and stopped,” Schmidt said. 

(Reblogged from courtenaybird)
courtenaybird:

Twitter Update 2011 | Pew Internet & American Life Project
As of May 2011, 13% of online adults use the status update service Twitter. 

courtenaybird:

Twitter Update 2011 | Pew Internet & American Life Project

As of May 2011, 13% of online adults use the status update service Twitter. 

(Reblogged from courtenaybird)

source: forgot

Why Every Company Needs a Robert Scoble (infographic)

(Reblogged from parislemon)

Plane caught on Google Maps {some phenomenon}

theatlantic:

Nicholas Jackson:

A massive storm has been sweeping across Saturn for weeks now, but clear photographs didn’t exist until recently, when the Cassini spacecraft was able to move into a good position on Christmas Eve. These images, shot from 1.1 million miles away, were sent back to Earth yesterday. To give you a sense of the storm’s size, that long tail sweeping across the planet’s northern hemisphere stretches for tens of thousands of miles.

(Reblogged from theatlantic)