Apple watch Incompatible with Tattoos

Apple's "Revolutionary" Apple Watch seems to have a compatibility issue with certain colored tattoos that prevent the device's heart rate monitor from working. While this would seem to be a relatively mild problem in other devices, it actually causes the entire device to not function properly, as most of the device's programs will not function properly unless it is not properly reading one's heart rate. The reason for this issue seems to lie in individuals with black tattoos, as the opaque ink prevents the infrared light from permeating your skin and reflecting off one's blood vessels to check the timing of your heartbeat, which despite being the weirdest thing I've read all day, seems to allow the device to determine if it is hooked up and ready to use. Fortunately, this issue does not extend to those with darker skin pigmentation or scars, since the skin is still translucent there. Unfortunately for those this artificial limbs, the apple watch will indefinitely not work at full capacity. While this seems like a rather strange issue, I wonder if using the device on the other arm, if not tattooed is possible,  as that would be a much easier and cheaper option than tattoo removal.

Article Link: http://money.cnn.com/2015/04/29/technology/apple-watch-tattoos/index.html

Google Fiber Comes to Salt Lake City

Google has anoucced that the next city to recieve its revolutionary internet service is salt lake city, as it joins cities like Atlanta and Austin as it recieves the fastest availibe speeds currently availible to the general public. Officials in Salt Lake anticipate that their city will expereince an increase in tech start ups, as well as more economic growth once Google Fiber is formally introduced. Google Fiber typically costs about 70 dollars a month to use, but is available for free if one is willing to pay for the construction costs. Personally I feel if Google brought Google Fiber to my area, I would make the change to it in a heartbeat.
http://money.cnn.com/2015/03/24/technology/google-fiber-salt-lake-city/index.html

Microsoft Announces new Surface 3 tablet

Microsoft has revealed their newest in the line of their Surface tablets yesterday, as the new Surface 3 tablet has been announced with a release date of May 7th. Microsoft's Surface tablets seem to be more rooted in the idea that tablet computers could replace PCs and Laptops, as it's OS, Windows 8, is the same OS that one could find on their computer, which gives it a slight advantage when compared to other Tablets, as it can run most programs that are used in most settings.However, this comes as a disadvantage as well, since the Surface tablets only contain about 64 GB of memory, and mostly integrated sound and graphics, which means that the Surface will be unable to run graphically intesive programs.
source:http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-32123506

NASA Rover breaks "marathon record"

The NASA rover Opportunity has broke the record for distance traveled by a rover, as it has officially traveled 26 miles on the surface of mars, which is the exact length of a Marathon. What makes this feat impressive, is that Opportunity, has been on this pace since 2004, meaning it is NASA's longest operational rover. The previous record holder was the soviet moon rover, Lunokhod-2, which had traveled about 25 miles and had held the record since 1973.
Before it set the record for distance, Opportunity had provided evidence of a presence of water on Mars shortly after it began traveling Mars's surface in 2004, which begs one to wonder what Opportunity and future rovers will provide us with.
http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/25/world/opportunity-rover-marathon-milestone/

Microsoft Co-Founder finds lost Battleship with help of Unmanned Sub

Last week, Microsoft Co-Founder Paul Allen found the Musashi, a Japanese battleship that sunk in the Sibuyan sea in 1944 during the battle of the same name. What makes this find so groundbreaking is the fact that the Musashi was, at the time, belonged to the Yamato class of battleship, which was home to the largest battleships in operation (862 ft 10 in with displacement of 74,000 tons). The Yamato class was also armed with 45 centimeter (18.1 inch) guns, the largest of any naval gun in history.
Unmanned Subs are typically used in deep sea exploration in order to ensure the safety of its operators, as manned subs typically cannot reach the same depths and withstand the same amount of pressure that unmanned subs can. Such tech has been used to find wrecks of other famous ships, such as the Titanic, the  Lusitania and the German Battleship, Bismarck. Allen has been releasing images of the Musashi on his twitter account (which can also be seen below), and is also going to be streaming a tour of the wreck on youtube later today.

Link to article: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2015/03/150309-worlds-largest-battleship-musashi-world-war-underwater-archaeology-technology/
Link to Paul Allen's Twitter: https://twitter.com/PaulGAllen
Link to additional information on the Yamato class Battleships: http://www.combinedfleet.com/ships/yamato

Lenovo Slipped Adware on Laptops

Lenovo has responded to complaints about 'Superfish', a program that was present on their products and had been apparently feeding users ads while spying on their activity. The program also left holes in the overall security of the affected computers, which put owners at risk for potential viruses and spyware that they normally would not have gotten. As someone who uses Lenovo products daily, this worried me slightly, as I wondered if any of my important information, such as my saving account, could have been compromised. Fortunately for those of us who use their products, Lenovo has removed Superfish from their servers and according to sources, this action has removed the program from any product that it was present on, allowing us all to breath easy. Personally the fact that such a program was present on their products raises some questions as to why such a program was present and likely alienated some consumers.

Article: http://money.cnn.com/2015/02/19/technology/security/lenovo-superfish/index.html 

I feel that the way that this whole debacle is kind of strange, mainly due to the fact that the woman was fired over statements that were relatively tame compared to statuses I've seen posted on other sites. I feel that instead of outright firing her, a warning or pay cut could have been made, as it really wasn't a threat of violence. While I agree that Its important to post what you want others to see on social media, I feel that one should only be fired for what they post if the content is inappropriate for their occupation or poses a threat to the safety of others.

Nokia Begins Mapping Major Cities for 3D GPS Maps.

http://money.cnn.com/2015/02/17/technology/maps-driverless-cars/index.html?iid=SF_T_River

I feel that Nokia's goal to map most of the world for GPS usage via self driving vehicles is an admirable, yet ambitious goal. I feel that in doing this, they will have made getting around unfamiliar places a lot simpler, as instead of seeing a static map on a GPS screen, the driver will now see a 3d map of the route to their destination. I assume that this technology will initially be found only in the GPS found in Delivery vehicles before it will become available for public market.