Why do we invent technology?

Not just to speed up the typing of "I'll be there soon" in our mobile. But also to make Stephen Hawking talk. SwiftKey guys say that "the aim was to enable him to write and speak with greater ease for longer periods and minimise typos". And they were able to double the rate of his speech.

Well done!

Do you trust your mobile app?

Most of us don't look at the permissions requested by a mobile app, when we install it. But they are very serious. Look at the permissions that well known cab company Uber asks for:

And this is what they do with all the information:

Nice reverse engineering by Job

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Multiselect with smartphones are always a pain. Here is an interesting solution: From Medium

The Great Knowledge Box Showdown: Google Now vs. Siri vs. Cortana

Interesting to see Siri's answer to "Why are fire trucks red?": https://www.stonetemple.com/great-knowledge-box-showdown

Geek and Poke: Simply Explained

This is where all the smart phones landed us: http://geek-and-poke.com/geekandpoke/2014/9/13/simply-explained