Official site of Google Cardboard. Product handed out at 2014 Google Developer's Conference

Manipulation by Zuckerberg

"there are a number of ways that you can integrate Gmail and Google Drive so that in a way, they act as one single tool"

"Internet experts and highly engaged netizens participated in answering an eight-question survey fielded by Elon University and the Pew Internet Project from late November 2013 through early January 2014."

"The aim of the checklist is to ensure risks are recognised and managed appropriately, while clarifying for staff what the boundaries are."

The Difference Between Knowledge and Experience. Published by Lifehacker.

The Difference Between Knowledge and Experience Long read very interesting http://t.co/arzreXWYT3 The Difference Between Knowledge and Experience Long read very interesting http://t.co/arzreXWYT3 - Michael Jongen (Michael_Jongen) http://twitter.com/Michael_Jongen/status/431311560116809728

By almost any measure, the world is better than it has ever been. People are living longer, healthier lives. Many nations that were aid recipients are now self-sufficient. You might think that such striking progress would be widely celebrated, but in fact, Melinda and I are struck by how many people think the world is getting worse. The belief that the world can't solve extreme poverty and disease isn't just mistaken. It is harmful. That's why in this year's letter we take apart some of the myths that slow down the work. The next time you hear these myths, we hope you will do the same. 

LONDON 30th January 2013 - Pearson, the world's leading learning company, is announcing a partnership with Makerversity, a making and learning start-up in London, to introduce "The Pearson Lab" - a classroom of the future.

"If you think your inbox is crammed now, just wait until Google rolls out a new feature that will allow any Google+ user to e-mail another Google+ user." Her's how to opt out.

Background & future difficulties for Bitcoin.  Good explanations do how it works. 

Personal computer systems are most productively used when they become an extension of the user. C Paul Newhouse - An evaluation of the past 20 years covering access, reluctance, issues and options.

"When Google announced earlier this month that a secret division of the company had been buying up robotics companies for the past six months the internet got excited." Purchase Boston Dynamics.

"Unfortunately, the code in your browser that powers Facebook still knows what you typed-even if you decide not to publish it.* It turns out that the things you explicitly choose not to share aren't entirely private. Facebook calls these unposted thoughts "self-censorship," and insights into how it collects these nonposts can be found in a recent paper written by two Facebookers. Sauvik Das, a Ph.D. student at Carnegie Mellon and summer software engineer intern at Facebook, and Adam Kramer, a Facebook data scientist, have put online an article presenting their study of the self-censorship behavior collected from 5 million English-speaking Facebook users. "

"It is the brainchild of Melbourne entrepreneur and marketing guy Steve Sammartino (@sammartino) and Raul Oaida (@rauloaida), a 20-year-old self-taught technology genius from Romania who Steve met on the internet."

Includes broad range of resources including learning principles, application and examples. 

Includes excellent walk through activity.  From Lisa Neilson.

"Through Wikiproject Medicine, some medical professionals (and other health-savvy Wikipedia editors) have taken it upon themselves to improve the quality of medical information available on the site. And, in the same spirit, the University of California, San Francisco will be offering a class this year that gives fourth-year medical students course credit in exchange for editing Wikipedia articles."

Animate drawings,create music, build ages, craft ebooks. Browser-based programming designed to teach computational thinking.  Use for science, maths etc.  Lesson plans available.