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History of the Bloomberg Terminal, Smartphone GPS Showdown

by Thomas Houston on February 25, 2010 at 06:43 PM

There's a load of great tech news happening out there every day, and, unfortunately, we just can't cover it all. Here are a few of the other noteworthy things we saw today on our never-ending journey through the wild, wild Web.
  • Business Insider rounds up 12 awesome things you can do on Bloomberg terminals, those financial computers that look drastically different from modern OS's like Windows 7 or OS X. Don't miss Portfolio's history behind the design of the infinitely customizable interface. [From: BusinessInsider]
  • Engadget puts Google's Navigation, Nokia's Ovi maps, and Verizon's VZ Navigator together for a smartphone GPS shootout. [From: Engadget]
  • Adafruit Industries is part of the pilot program for Square, the mobile credit payment system from Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey. Adafruit shot a short video showing off how the dongle and app work in the real world. [From: Flickr]
  • Our favorite auto-tuned science mashup series, 'Symphony of Science,' is back with 'The Poetry of Reality,' featuring scientists ranging from Briane Greene and theoretical physicist Lawrence Krauss to PZ Myers and Carl Sagan. [From: YouTube]
  • Your regularly scheduled Layer Tennis is back tomorrow with Peter Bruhn going up against Mark Simonson in the Web's best battle of the pixels. Don't miss a layer-by-layer analysis of last week's Vinh/Felton showdown over at Vinh's very own Subtraction. [From: Subtraction]
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