Words from Nerds #75: Grab Bag 2-Electric Boogaloo
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
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We’re dusting off the old grab bag format to celebrate our 75th episode.
Nerd News
- The 5 billionth Internet-connected device will go live this month.
- Big Macs on campus
- You won’t be late for school on this bus
- New Kindles begin shipping Friday
- FaceBook adds geolocation & check-ins for mobile users
- Ubuntu 10.10 will add multi-touch gesture support
- Magazine publishers reach deal with Apple for subscriptions on iPad
- Cameron Diaz is most dangerous celeb to search for on Internet
- Could Verizon’s iPad app pave the way for eliminating your settopbox?
- Google is watching you.
- The Google Alarm alerts you when your information is sent to Google
Nerd History
- August 23, 79 – Mount Vesuvius begins stirring, on the feast day of Vulcan, the Roman god of fire.
- August 22, 1920 – Happy Birthday to SCI-FI writer Ray Bradbury
- August 18–29, 1966 – Lunar Orbiter 1 takes the first photograph of Earth from orbit around the Moon.
