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Very interesting….
http://www.thetileapp.com/

http://www.technologyreview.com/view/517156/ebay-gets-into-3-d-printing-that-is

on mail covers program :

Not just electronic comm. surveilled: Tracking postal metadata similarly to NSA email snooping http://bit.ly/15oZmNs via
@michaellawcarl

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/04/us/monitoring-of-snail-mail.html

QT:”
Mr. Pickering was targeted by a longtime surveillance system called mail covers, a forerunner of a vastly more expansive effort, the Mail Isolation Control and Tracking program, in which Postal Service computers photograph the exterior of every piece of paper mail that is processed in the United States — about 160 billion pieces last year. It is not known how long the government saves the images.

Together, the two programs show that postal mail is subject to the same kind of scrutiny that the National Security Agency has given to telephone calls and e-mail.

The mail covers program, used to monitor Mr. Pickering, is more than a century old but is still considered a powerful tool. At the request of law enforcement officials, postal workers record information from the outside of letters and parcels before they are delivered. (Opening the mail would require a warrant.) The information is sent to the law enforcement agency that asked for it. Tens of thousands of pieces of mail each year undergo this scrutiny.
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Forbes profile of @Pogue : Every year, he writes more books than he reads – wish I could write so fast! http://bit.ly/12u4YHO
http://www.forbes.com/sites/peterhigh/2013/07/01/the-most-prolific-technology-critic-in-the-world-cannot-say-no/

NYer: What Will Replace #Google Reader? #Digg? Potluck? We could do better… via @shinshinuk http://bit.ly/15jpdIx

http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/elements/2013/06/what-will-replace-google-reader.html

#Stealth Wear… Statement. Focuses on hiding visually; what about sound & chemicals? via @GardnerCampbell, @nytimes
http://bit.ly/125fh4J

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/30/technology/stealth-wear-aims-to-make-a-tech-statement.html

generic boosters w/ out- & inside antennas + VZW & ATT offer pers. cell tower plugging into broadband

or

Better Cellphone Signal: Generic boosters w/ out & in antennas + personal cell tower (VZW). http://bit.ly/156QbDa via @nahumg @brasonja

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/27/technology/personaltech/remedies-to-enhance-cellphone-signal-and-sound-quality.html

What to get – fitbit’s better hardware v jawbone’s software? Also, there’s nike plus and there are rumors of a new one.
… bet they will all introduce new ones for the fall?
Wearable Devices Nudge You to a Healthier Lifestyle
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/27/technology/personaltech/wearable-devices-nudge-you-to-a-healthier-lifestyle.html
Fitbit’s hardware v Jawbone’s software? Also, Nike MT @nikohrdy: Wearable Devices Nudge You to Health http://bit.ly/11OZeYQ
#quantifiedself

chrome OS & #android will coexist in the short term according to
#Google Exec http://www.wired.com/business/2013/05/exclusive-sundar-pichai-reveals-his-plans-for-android

GOOG > APPL by enterprise value (if you subtract cash in bank)
http://blogs.wsj.com/moneybeat/2013/06/25/big-apple-bigger-google/?mod=trending_now_3