Brace yourselves, weekend is coming. Maybe this way you'll have time to read by the stove, leafing through the information in the Scottish blanket, with your Labrador at your feet, pipe in your mouth, a whiskey in one hand and a tablet in the other.
So we're starting a new series of articles: Koding Tech Select. Here we write about the news that caught our attention in the last two or three days. What's disruptive, smart, hot or just leaves us speechless. So.
Speaking of the chair: are you happy with your office chair? No? Then ask your boss about the latest in office sitting: horizontal scanning. A new way to work, says its creator, Altwork. Or to sleep.
Photo: Mashable.com
Microsoft decided for Lumia to become the new BlackBerry. In a good way. Specifically, after the fumble with the Nokia takeover and the catastrophic Lumia sales – unfairly, we would say (under 6 million units) Microsoft has decided to stop chasing the mass market. Its phones will target the enterprise-productivity segment. With Windows integration and the entire suite of enterprise software, it seems like a good idea.
And Microsoft is still betting that it will order in Android with Arrow, the launcher announced yesterday. Arrow uses a series of algorithms that learn on the fly which apps, contacts, and documents to show you on the home screen. Google, your turn.
Google Photos helps you hide pictures of the ex. The app has received a few updates based on facial recognition. Among them, the ability to organize photos automatically, according to the people who appear in them. So, if you don't want to see that person even in your photo album anymore, check it in the app's settings. Uncle Google will place the compromised images somewhere at the end of the folder.
A group of researchers at MIT created coat that ripples down your back when you sweat. BioLogic is a responsive bio-skin that opens vents when it "senses" moisture and heat. It works with the help of a bacteria that changes its shape depending on the humidity in the air. MIT Media Lab: "BioLogic is our attempt to program living organisms." We got goosebumps.