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Re:Show HN: Playing with the Google Charts API – Trending News on Tuesday September 15, 2015 @02:44AM (#10219291)
EDIT: Changed title to include "Show HN." Was just fooling around with the Google Charts API and wanted to share. These pie charts represent the top tags in each class of tag that news stories can be tagged with on techwatching. The charts visually show which tags dominate in their class - i.e.: as of the writing of this comment, POTUS is dominating the "People" class.
Re:Ask HN: Would you pay for a personal email server? on Tuesday May 05, 2015 @12:28PM (#9493374)
Good time to do this! Too bad there isn't a .ry TLD

https://hilla.ry/

Re:Ransomware Decryptor on Thursday April 23, 2015 @04:22PM (#9429549)
This originally hit the news 10 days ago: http://techwatching.com/page/there-s-finally-a-tool-to-free-...
Re:The End of Gangs on Wednesday December 31, 2014 @02:16PM (#8820656)
I wonder to what degree technology has played a role. The article references gang taunting etc. via the internet instead of on the street - would be interesting to know to what degree social networks, video games, etc. have had an impact on gang activities, and also the degree to which drug sales have moved off the street - i.e.: you don't need people hanging on the corner to sell drugs anymore.

Show HN: Personalized technology news aggregator

Posted by techwatching on Monday November 03, 2014 @10:58AM
from the show-hn dept.

http://techwatching.comTechWatching is a technology news aggregator.Every story is tagged based on its content (i.e.: "wearables" "android" "Microsoft" etc.), and you can sign in to TechWatching to add tags to your watch list and get a news stream tailored to your interests.Here's what it looks like personalized: http://techwatching.com/sample_screenshot.pngHere are some sample...

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Re:The Drone That’s Saving Ottawa From Poop on Friday May 16, 2014 @04:04PM (#7757618)
Its not a drone. Its an RC copter.

And, judging from the video, why does this require a drone? Could't a dude in boat achieve the same ends just as easily?

Re:The "fast lane" to Internet civil war on Friday May 09, 2014 @02:04PM (#7722352)
You know what communicated the perils of Net Brutality to me? Images like this one:

http://www.ohgizmo.com/2009/10/29/net-neutrality-what-it-cou...

Websites being reduced to cable-like add ons. Just terrible.

Edit: I followed the chain of blog spam attribution all the way back to the original source of the Net Neutrality graphic:

http://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/9yj1f/heres_a_new_scen...

Edit2: Another similar example: http://images.appleinsider.com/netneutrality091808.png

Apparently this was a big deal in 2009.

Re:Gimli Glider on Thursday May 08, 2014 @05:48PM (#7717918)
Its low key. There's a very active design community, but comparatively limited startup activity.
Re:First life with 'alien' DNA on Thursday May 08, 2014 @04:57PM (#7717656)
Is there some behaviour that can't be coded with natural base pairs?
Re:Gimli Glider on Thursday May 01, 2014 @07:08PM (#7683209)
Yay Manitoba! Winnipeg here.

Driving mode for smart phones

Posted by techwatching on Thursday May 01, 2014 @07:03PM
from the self-post dept.

Similar to Airplane Mode, how about Driving Mode?Something akin to iOS Do Not Disturb, you would set a speed threshold beyond which notifications are silenced - i.e.: >= 25 km/hr, phone effectively silences itself. Slow down again, notifications come back on.This feature would include the option to explicitly disable Driving Mode if you are, for instance, on a train or in a taxi.Thoughts?

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Re:SpaceX CRS-3 Mission on Friday April 18, 2014 @05:50PM (#7611527)
News roundup: http://techwatching.com/page/spacexs-third-iss-supply-missio...
Re: on Friday April 11, 2014 @04:05PM (#7575245)
good call!
Re:Firefox OS 2.0 starts emerging from its cocoon on Thursday April 10, 2014 @02:23PM (#7568591)
Is there any likelihood that FFOS will ever be more than a niche player? From where I'm sitting it looks like Android & iOS are the big players, Windows Phone is the plucky upstart, and then there's dark horses and complementary products like Tizen and so on. With all of the big brands out there, where does FFOS propose to carve out a niche?
Re:Quora collects $80 million in funding on Wednesday April 09, 2014 @07:05PM (#7563129)
I guess. I would have agreed, except that Stack Overflow pointed the way. Quora feels like freaking Experts Exchange to me.
Re:Quora collects $80 million in funding on Wednesday April 09, 2014 @02:44PM (#7561396)
Agreed. Its always felt spammy to me - "Register to see more than the first answer." Why??
Re:Ask HN: Should I cash out my 401K and try to get my dream job? on Friday April 04, 2014 @12:41PM (#7532596)
This. Work before work, after work, on the weekends, once the kids are in bed, whatever. If you have a dream, stretch for it.

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