All Posts by Michael Pinto
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Tech companies, stop hiring women to be the Office Mom
Some depressing insights into Facebook: “Personal contact with customers,” Losse writes, was viewed by the engineers as something “that couldn’t be automated, a dim reminder of the pre-industrial era…”
5 months ago | posted by Michael Pinto | in Tech
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New York is now a better place to start your tech company than San Francisco
This has been a long time coming for silicon alley...
5 months ago | posted by Michael Pinto | in Tech
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Is It Finally The Beginning Of The End For Facebook?
Brits are starting to unlike Facebook...
5 months ago | posted by Michael Pinto | in Tech
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How did Lenovo become the world’s biggest computer company?
One of the more interesting insights from this article is how Lenovo is conquering the Indian PC market
5 months ago | posted by Michael Pinto | in Tech
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Wikipedia fooled for five years
"It was voted a 'good article' - a Wikipedia badge of honor - and sat happily on the online encyclopedia for more than half a decade. But editors have lately discovered a small issue with the site's meticulously written 4,500 word article detailing the 17th century Bicholim Conflict.
It was entirely made up."
5 months ago | posted by Michael Pinto | in Tech
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The Rise of the micro-blog Sina Weibo
What's hot in China...
6 months ago | posted by Michael Pinto | in Tech
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MIT discovers a new state of matter, a new kind of magnetism
"Researchers at MIT have discovered a new state of matter with a new kind of magnetism. This new state, called a quantum spin liquid (QSL), could lead to significant advances in data storage."
6 months ago | posted by Michael Pinto | in Tech
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Facebook Tests Charging $1 to Send Some Messages
Perfect for stalkers...
6 months ago | posted by Michael Pinto | in Tech
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Computer Architecture of the 1960’s
"Carlton Mills reviews Algol 60, PL/360, BLISS, Algol W, PL/1, C and C++, considering that rediscovering Algol could solve many of today’s Internet virus attacks and common programming errors."
6 months ago | posted by Michael Pinto | in Tech
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Let the Blind Read
"It is difficult for me and many other sight-impaired people to grasp that, in this age of personal computing, digital information transfer, 3D printers, and narration software, our access to publications that we can read remains unnecessarily restricted."
6 months ago | posted by Michael Pinto | in Tech
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Would the lights go out if superstorm Sandy hit the Netherlands? Nope.
The US can learn from the modern, disaster-resistant electric grid in the Netherlands.
6 months ago | posted by Michael Pinto | in News
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Mansion left for 100 years reopens as time-capsule museum
"A mansion sealed in a time warp for more than a century to respect its eccentric owner's dying wishes has been reopened as a museum, offering a glimpse into 19th century bourgeois French life."
6 months ago | posted by Michael Pinto | in News
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King of Samsung: a chairman's reign of cunning and corruption
What blows me away about Lee Kun-hee is that here you have a man who is 70 years old is leading a top tech giant — something that you wouldn't see in any silicon valley company.
7 months ago | posted by Michael Pinto | in Tech
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A Warning for Airbnb Hosts, Who May Be Breaking the Law
"But when he returned from a three-night trip to Colorado, he heard from his landlord. Special enforcement officers from the city showed up while he was gone, and the landlord received five violations for running afoul of rules related to illegal transient hotels. Added together, the potential fines looked as if they could reach over $40,000."
7 months ago | posted by Michael Pinto | in Tech
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Gadget Buying Tip: Never Open the Box
A first generation iPod (still in the box) is going for $9.5k on eBay. My thinking is that if you want to make money in tech buy goodies each season, don't open them and in a decade or two cash in...
7 months ago | posted by Michael Pinto | in Tech