Back in school we learned that “Garbage in” leads to “Garbage out” – also referred to as GIGO. Today we see GIGO all over social media. We’ve been watching the erosion of information quality and its effects on society — the use of…
Facebook has done an amazing job getting Billions of users. But that same success (and the users themselves) have helped create a closed Web. I totally get it. Facebook has made it so easy and convenient to create your digital presence, and one…
Dichosa eres Huracán María, dichosa eres, dandole tan duro a Puerto Rico y sus islas vecinas. No tenías que partir a Puerto Rico por el mismo medio, pero lo hiciste. Y destrucción dejaste. ¿Porque no pudiste ser mas dulce con nosotros, María? Pero…
“There is no logical way to the discovery of these elemental laws. There is only the way of intuition, which is helped by a feeling for the order lying behind the appearance.” — Albert Einstein The interactions and flows between “two bodies” or…
Let’s not forget… Fifteen years ago, it was a Tuesday morning. The year was 2001. The attack came, in the form of airplanes and souls. Let’s not forget those who perished. Let’s not forget what was at the center of that horrible act.…
Another occurrence of AI gone bad. Earlier this year it was Microsoft’s Chatbot going racist. Now, Facebook’s automation software was trending fake news; keep in mind that, per the article, Facebook is a news source for 44% of US adults. Even if biased,…
Mobile adoption is still growing. A good example is Facebook with 1 Billion+ users and around 56% of its user-base being mobile-only users as of July 2016 (see source). Mobile adoption has matured — apps are not dying. Instead when you have the…
What is new in Android N? Lots of new changes: APIs, power management, related to notifications, new multi-window UI, permissions, Graphics APIs, other… 1. Android 7.0 -> API Level 24. 2. API differences: https://developer.android.com/sdk/api_diff/24/changes.html 3. Behavioral differences: https://developer.android.com/about/versions/nougat/android-7.0-changes.html 4. General overview: https://www.android.com/versions/nougat-7-0/ 5.…
I haven’t played with Pokémon Go (PG) yet. But I have to say that I’ve never seen an app (in general) as sticky as the PG app. I mean, wow. I’m totally impressed by its adoption. For example, a few evenings ago while…
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