Apple CEO Tim Cook Talks Steve Jobs, Apple Innovation and more
Tim Cook learned a lot from Steve Jobs, and one of the big takeaways seems to be: Don’t tip your hand.
The Apple CEO was unwilling to tackle questions about any future product plans during his first appearance on the D10 stage Wednesday night.
How to hire a lot of talented people, very quickly
As readers of this blog know, we’re about to hit 40 people at Treehouse and we’ll be at 60 in three more months. There was only seven of us 12 months ago, so we’ve grown very fast.
How have we hired so many good people so quickly? Let me show you …
Finding the right people
We find new potential employees through four channels:
- Tweeting from our personal and company accounts
- Posting on job boards like 37signals and Authentic Jobs
- Emailing our Treehouse Newsletter list
- Personal recommendations from friends and the Team
Read on…
Source: ryanleecarson
Joi Ito's Near-Perfect Explanation of the Next 100 Years
One hundred years from now, the role of science and technology will be about becoming part of nature rather than trying to control it.
Refreshing to see mounted police in Newcastle
Kevin Systrom Interview: How It Feels To Sell Instagram For A Billion Dollars.
iOS 6 "Sundance" Non-Google Maps
Mark Gurman:
According to trusted sources, Apple has an incredible headline feature in development for iOS 6: a completely in-house maps application. Apple will drop the Google Maps program running on iOS since 2007 in favor for a new Maps app with an Apple backend. The application design is said to be fairly similar to the current Google Maps program on the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch, but it is described as a much cleaner, faster, and more reliable experience.
The biggest step yet in the de-Googlification of iOS.
Source: parislemon
Baltimore Concert Venues to Try Reusable RFID Wristbands Instead of Tickets - RFID Journal
MissionTix is providing wristbands with built-in RFID tags that venue operators can read via an Android-based NFC-enabled smartphone and a cloud-based software application.
Starting in June, concert goers at two Baltimore music venues will have the option of purchasing reusable RFID-enabled wristbands instead of tickets. The system enables concert promoters to validate tickets electronically using a Near Field Communication (NFC)-enabled phone—Google’s Samsung Galaxy Nexus—and an application loaded onto the phone that accesses a cloud-based server, on which is stored information regarding the tickets.
The service is being marketed by MissionTix, a Baltimore ticketing service that is employing NFC wristbands, the codeREADr application and hosted back-end software provided by Boston media content company Skycore. Although NFC-enabled ticketing for concerts and festivals is not a new concept, MissionTix’ version features a reusable silicon wristband that a consumer could load and reload with tickets for participating venues. Therefore, individuals attending concerts at one location could have the tickets validated there, and then use the same wristbands at another place and time. MissionTix envisions the solution being utilized not only for concerts, but eventually by merchants, enabling users to load a prepaid account and use the wristband to pay for purchases.
Source: smarterplanet
Amazing aerial footage of London
