As per our monthly tradition, here are a handful of interesting links and headlines from the last month or so. Since we didn’t publish headlines last month, this is a bit of a heavier list this time around and features some fun and interesting reads. Come check out the reading material!
- Chinese online retailer Alibaba sold over $1 billion in merchandise in a grand total of 8 minutes.
- Blast from the Past: Apple’s original Bluetooth page from 2003 is still up and operational.
- Trying to learn English or trying to figure out how to pronouce a word? Let YouTube help with this easy-to-use site YouPronouceIt.
- Facing a HIPAA audit? Here’s what auditors want.
- Computers are fast, but how fast? How much can your computer do in one second?
- I honestly didn’t know the format was still around: Sony is finally killing BetaMax (see the videotape format war for additional reading).
- A great read on what it takes if you actually want to buy your own barrel of crude oil.
- Another reason why you shouldn’t plug in random USB drives you find: USB Killer 2.0 can fry your computer in seconds.
- A fun read: An illustrated account of the great maple syrup heist.
- Facebook’s 2G Tuesdays simulate super slow internet for the developing world.
- The Cyber Activists Who Want to Shut Down ISIS.
- System Shock: A story of a 25-year-old font coming back with a vengeance.
- Coming soon: Autocomplete for hand-drawn animations.
- In the era of GPS, Naval Academy revives celestial navigation.
- This cube is made from every collectible element on earth.
- Interesting and thought-provoking read: Why self-driving cars must be programmed to kill.
- This new phone from Motorola dares you to smash its screen.
- How to know if where you live is “up and coming”: fried chicken vs. coffee shops.
- Fascinating project that I just can’t stop watching: A real-time wind map.