Nancy Pelosi: 'I'm in awe' of the maker movement

Nancy Pelosi: 'I'm in awe' of the maker movement - Hatch and many of his fellow makers at TechShop manufacture their products in California or neighboring states, rather than China.

It's Nancy Pelosi!

Apple's Macintosh has forced the world to change for 30 years

Apple's Macintosh has forced the world to change for 30 years - The arrival of the Macintosh wasn't a surprise; it was actually two years behind its originally expected ship date. Apple had hoped to ship the Macintosh by 1982.

Happy Birthday to Mac. When born, I was using the Apple ][e.

VLC for iOS gets Google Drive downloads, Dropbox streaming in update

VLC for iOS gets Google Drive downloads, Dropbox streaming in update - On the surface, VideoLAN's VLC for iOS version 2.2.0 gives the media player a new look with multitouch gestures, a revamped interface and a new startup tutorial. Behind the scenes, the app gets a few key functionality tweaks and additions many users have been waiting for.

The most significant of these changes is Google Drive integration and Dropbox streaming.

Unless Dropbox has invested in edge servers a la Akamai, I'm not sure how the streaming would work.

Review: Looxcie 3 social media video recorder | Electronista

Review: Looxcie 3 social media video recorder | Electronista - The Looxcie 3, a small video recorder, streams video through a smartphone and posts the feed straight to Facebook.

You might want to delay that by 5 minutes.

Apple's Schiller 'unfollows' Tony Fadell and Nest after Google acquisition

Apple's Schiller 'unfollows' Tony Fadell and Nest after Google acquisition - Schiller, who follows 114 people on Twitter and posts to the service about four to five times a month, removed Fadell and Nest from his list on Friday.

This is an obsessive amount of detail. Who has time to scrutinize this?

Microsoft considering Ericsson CEO to replace Steve Ballmer

Microsoft considering Ericsson CEO to replace Steve Ballmer - a longshot because of Microsoft's current interest in competing with Apple and Samsung in the consumer electronics space. But Vestberg is said to be on the radar of Microsoft's board of directors, according to Bloomberg.

Hard to imagine an outsider with no experience with Windows running Microsoft.

Briefly: Aaron Sorkin reportedly finishes script for Steve Jobs biopic

Briefly: Aaron Sorkin reportedly finishes script for Steve Jobs biopic - The upcoming movie will be the second attempt at a Steve Jobs feature after indie film "Jobs," the ill-received Ashton Kutcher vehicle released in 2013.

I enjoyed this movie. I'm glad they included the relationship-defining scene where Jobs cheats Wozniak on the Atari contract. If karma is the cyclical heightening of repeated circumstances, the story unfolds logically.

Google buys Nest for $3.2B -- its key to the connected home | VentureBeat | Deals | by Devindra Hardawar

Google buys Nest for $3.2B -- its key to the connected home | VentureBeat | Deals | by Devindra Hardawar - Nest has been one of the most interesting startups to launch over the past few years. It’s run by Tony Fadell, who notably spearheaded development of the iPod at Apple, and it’s one of the few connected home gadget makers to have found a modicum of success.

Curious.

Nokia's leaked Android UI: an interesting mix of Windows Phone and Asha | VentureBeat | Business | by Ricardo Bilton

Nokia's leaked Android UI: an interesting mix of Windows Phone and Asha | VentureBeat | Business | by Ricardo Bilton - Today, serial leaker Evleaks posted images of the Nokia phone’s interface, which is reportedly running off a forked version of Android (with an app store separate from Google Play)

I suppose one might say it's best not to think of Nokia as dead. After all, Apple was pronounced dead in 1997 and they seem to be doing OK.