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In his first major appearance since Facebook's stunning $16 billion acquisition of mobile messaging company WhatsApp last week, Mark Zuckerberg took the stage at the Mobile World Congress on Monday to explain his plan for the company's future in mobile: "We want to create a dial tone for the Internet." See also: How Mark Zuckerberg Envisioned Facebook in 2004 Early in the address, Zuckerberg focused his attention on Internet.org , explaining some thought behind why he wants to bring cheap or free Internet to most of the world. "Most people in the world don't have access to the Internet at all," said Zuckerberg, dressed in his typically casual t-shirt and jeans. "After Facebook reached its milestone of connecting a billion people, we stepped back and thought, 'how can we change the rest of world?'" The project will be facilitated by several carrier partners around the globe, but Zuckerberg said he's still looking to add several more over the next few years. On the … [Read more...] about Mark Zuckerberg: ‘We Want to Create a Dial Tone for the Internet’

Everyone who browses the internet is familiar with advertising. Regardless of what browser , search engine or social media app we use to search the web, every day we are peppered with ads that prey on our aspirations and insecurities to sell us products. An entire generation has grown up believing that if you want to check in on your friends, learn new skills or just entertain yourself then the cost of doing business is companies will exploit your personal data to sell you things. So why is this the case? When the internet’s infrastructure was first being built, the major platforms understandably needed to make money early on, and decided that showing advertising on top of content was the quickest solution. This allowed them to satisfy their investors while getting on with the business of building new technology. Problems later emerged because what started out as a quick fix to a short-term problem turned into a central part of the internet’s architecture. Like anything else in … [Read more...] about Why we need to rebuild internet search, putting user privacy first

The Internet has become so ubiquitous over the past two decades, it can be easy to forget that well over half the world's population still does not have access to it. To address this issue, a group of companies that helped make the Internet popular have teamed up. With Facebook as its de facto leader, this coalition, which last month introduced itself as Internet.org , released a 70-page report Monday on how to move towards global Internet access. In addition to Facebook, Qualcomm and Ericsson contributed to the report titled "A Focus on Efficiency." See also: Zuckerberg Wants to Bring the Whole Planet Internet Access Facebook introduced the paper in a press release . The paper examines how Facebook approached building more efficient infrastructure technologies to connect over a billion users and how it’s working to build mobile apps that use less data and power. Qualcomm and Ericsson’s contributions look to the future and what will be required to ensure that … [Read more...] about Facebook Spearheads Effort for Global Internet Access

We may earn a commission for purchases using our links. Learn more . Game on! Jordan Palmer 12 Dec 2020 Source: Android Central As NVIDIA proclaims in every piece of marketing, the Shield Android TV box is "the streamer for gamers." It also happens to be the best TV streaming box for playing games developed for Android TV from the Google Play Store. Want to start playing? Here are some games to try. If you're wanting some more games to play on the go, then be sure to check out our best Android games list! Note: The NVIDIA Shield TV (2019) is not quite as gamer-ready as its predecessors and the Shield TV Pro (2019). NVIDIA went with a 32-bit version of Android TV and also downgraded the RAM on its tube-shaped streaming dongle to just 2GB. This has affected the base model's compatibility with some 64-bit games from the Play Store including several on this list (Metal Gear Solid 2, Half-Life 2, The Witness, and Portal). Meanwhile, the NVIDIA … [Read more...] about Best Android Games for NVIDIA Shield TV 2021

The term “ Quantified Self ” was coined in 2007 by Wired editors Gary Wolf and Kevin Kelly, who organized a meetup of 30 people. Today, the group has grown to include more than 20,000 members in 188 cities. The rise of the quantified self movement means we're all living by numbers. In the past, industries harped on understanding consumers and measuring their behavior — today, consumers themselves are tracking and generating enormous amounts of data. Before things like smartphones or wearables, we’d have to consult doctors or data technicians or manually log activities to determine how many calories we consume and burn. But now, with Fitbits , Fuelbands , Jawbones and Whistles (even our dogs are tracking activity!), we can capture this data in a snap, see it updated in real time and use it to make better, more healthy decisions. See also: The Most Connected Man Is You, Just a Few Years From Now And this cultural shift makes sense. Our society is … [Read more...] about The rise of the ‘quantified self’