How can I organise all my digital photos?
As you have a PC, that’s the obvious place to store them. Of course, as they are irreplaceable, you will need to store them in more than one place, and the more places the better.
How the UK's sluggish visa system could kill the tech startup buzz
From Dundee to London, to Cambridge and Brighton, there is a buzz as tech hubs pop up everywhere across the UK. People from all over the world are taking note – and they want to be part of it too. Michelle Songy and Charlotte Kohlmann, both originally from the US, this year chose to launch Spleat, a mobile payment app for the hospitality industry, in London. Kohlmann says: “The startup scene in London is booming. The hospitality sector is also going through a renaissance. People eat out more, and with 30 restaurants opening up every month, we thought London would be the ideal city to launch.” Spleat is now accepted at a number of London restaurants and pubs including Ping Pong and The Library.
Snapchat messaging app gets its first ad... and it's very creepy
Snapchat reportedly has more than 100 million active users of its free photo and video messaging app, but it has never made any money from them. Now it’s hoping to change that by running adverts within the app.
Computer program reveals artists' influences
Program designers started with a close look at 1,710 paintings. For each work, the program logged the everyday items depicted, such as chairs and stoves, as well as features including color, composition and brushstroke. By comparing lists of these features with lists made from reference paintings, the program figured out the style of unknown paintings about 70 percent of the time, computer scientist Ahmed Elgammal and colleagues at Rutgers University in Piscataway, N.J.,report August 19 in Multimedia Tools and Applications.
Analysts Ask What’s Next for Google
The problem was that in the earnings report, the Internet giant showed signs that its ultraprofitable business in search advertising was starting to slow.