Google buys a computer vision company. This company — Neven Vision — was dedveloping applications of computer vision technology for mobile phones. It will be interesting to see how Google uses this technology. Google continues with its extreme secrecy approach.…
Google in Computer Vision
An interesting problem
NYT reports that Although it has long been the largest grant-making foundation in the nation, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is facing an unparalleled challenge: how to give away more money — and do it much faster — than…
SEraja
Webyantra has a coverage of SEraja — I agree that in the current stage of the development — a very early stage — I think this is a very well conceptualized product and it addresses a very basic human need.…
EventWeb: What is an event?
What is an Event? The term ‘event’ means different events to different people. The meaning of event depends on the context and the granularity used in that context. There is inherent ambiguity associated with the term event as seen from…
Fun can be stressful
WSJ has a very interesting piece in their todays paper (subscription required) that shows how stressful it has been to Koreans to go to five days a week. Some interesting points: Jun In Kyung is one unhappy housewife. Her husband’s…