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“Public Data Sets on AWS provides a centralized repository of public data sets that can be seamlessly integrated into AWS cloud-based applications. AWS is hosting the public data sets at no charge for the community, and like all AWS services, users pay only for the compute and storage they use for their own applications.” 
“The Gadget Lab editors and I have been playing with Chrome on a Galaxy Nexus smartphone and Asus Transformer Prime for the last two days, and can report it’s far better than any Android browser we’ve used thus far. From tabbed browsing to multi-device syncing, it’s a must-download for anyone running the Ice Cream Sandwich version of Google’s mobile OS.” -Mike Isaac (via Hands On: Chrome Beta for Android — the Platform’s Best New Browser) “If you have one of the few Android devices currently running Ice Cream Sandwich, then you’re going to love this post. The rest of you, including those of you on iOS, will have to gaze longingly for a while. Because Chrome just landed on Android. It’s faster. It syncs everything (provided you want it to). It has nifty transition effects and a more intuitive system for jumping between tabs. And it’s also loaded with potential.” -Jason Kincaid Make it so. (Source: stevekinney, via notational) “Any customer with an Orange SIM and Internet-enabled phone in the AMEA will be able to browse Wikipedia’s mobile site at no charge, providing they stay within Wikipedia’s pages. The site can be accessed through a browser or Wikipedia widget. The partnership is part of a larger campaign by the Wikimedia Foundation to reach people around the world who access the Internet solely through their phones.” -Zachary Sniderman “But teaching computer science isn’t simply about learning to program. It’s about computational thinking, logic, reasoning, and problem solving too. These skills are imperative to what K-12 students should be learning. The challenge: finding the support among administrators and teachers to make learning computer science the way in which students gain these skills.” - Audrey Watters “One month later, the project would close with $942,578 pledged by 13,512 backers across 50 countries. Thousands of people who, by way of their credit cards, said “I like what you’re doing Scott, and I’d like to be a part of it.” Scott would sell 21,120 units on Kickstarter alone, selling more than 20,000 additional bands through his lunatik.com site.” -Thomas Ricker
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