| Today's Top 3 Stories | | #1 | The Latest Move To Kill Bad Patents Divides Tech Industry
| | | Technology users -- retailers, in particular -- are being snared in patent infringement lawsuits for offering drop down menus, displaying catalog images or having search engines and other common online services. As a result, pressure is growing on Congress to reform the patent process. (Computerworld)
Why This Is Important: CBMs, or Covered Business Methods, can invalidate some patent lawsuits if they are found to be too broad. Among the notable supporters of the measure is Samsung, which has been waging war with Apple over patents.
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| | #2 | Out Of Print, Maybe, But Not Out Of Mind
| | | Books are dead. Long live the book. Even as the universe of printed matter continues to shrivel, the book — or at least some of its best-known features — is showing remarkable staying power online. The idea is apparently embedded so deeply in the collective unconsciousness that no one can bear to leave it behind. (NYTimes)
Why This Is Important: Even with the introduction of Amazon's Kindle Paperwhite, there are still some features e-readers can't mimic.
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| | #3 | What Do Instagram Advertisers Actually Get For Their Money?
| | | It has now been about a month since Instagram users have been subjected to ads in their feeds, and the photogenic world somehow hasn't ended. In fact, the companies behind the ads seem to be reaping some benefit, even if the actual value proposition here is still a bit foggy. Curalate, an outfit working with companies that want to advertise on social media, looked at all five brands included in Instagram's first push. (Businessweek)
Why This Is Important: Compared with sponsored ads, un-sponsored ones seem to garner much less appreciation with social media, and these likes can go a long way to spread the word about a brand.
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"The UAVs do not currently have the awareness of their environment to be able to avoid flying into people. To deliver goods to people's homes for example in residential areas, the UAVs must overfly densely populated towns and cities, something that today's regulations prevent," said Amazon about its plan to use drones to deliver packages come 2015.
| | | Blog Post of The Day | Why Pushing People To Code Will Widen The Gap Between Rich And Poor
By Jathan Sadowski
Nearly every part of our lives is influenced by code. It's the infrastructure that makes our digital technologies operate — the software that's changing our world in innumerable ways — and knowing how to code opens up a new world of opportunities. Some would even argue it's a prerequisite in our increasingly algorithmic existence. More » |
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