How to Easily Stop Internet Piracy: Make People Pay for Bandwidth
In the last days there have been so many debates and threads about the PIPA/SOPA legislation. Sites went black (even Wikipedia), people added “STOP SOPA” banner on their avatars, and the technology news is overwhelmed with those messages. There are tons of people who say that this legislation will destroy the web, freedom of speech, and innovation.
While I do not have a particular position on the topic, I do think that there could be a much easier way for the government to stop Internet piracy, which does not require any form of censorship: obligate service provider to make people pay for bandwidth instead of a monthly flat rate…, pretty much like they are already doing with cellphone data.
Peer-to-Peer Online Jukebox with Songs from each User
Today we have Pandora, Spotify, GrooveShark, and a dozen other sites to listen to music online. Each has its own caveats, does not really let you hear the music you want, has ADs or a subscription model, …
I often wonder why nobody created an online peer-to-peer Jukebox… where each user contributes with some songs. The songs will be played/streamed directly from the each other’s computers, so if only one user has a particular song, who wants to listen to it will have to wait its turn in a queue.
Car-Sharing Done Right
I often dream about creating a system that allows real car sharing…. There will be a set of similar cars shared among all the users, and each will pay a quote of the global expenses every month. Nobody will own a car but will be allowed to (respectfully) use one from the pool.
When you need a car, you will just pull out your phone and say where you need to go.
Password Fatigue? Touch Points in Pictures to Unlock your Device
In the last weeks I have read of a million new ways that people are thinking about to let us unlock our devices.
A few months ago somebody published a list of the most common iPhone passwords. It was funny to see 1234, 0000, 6666, GOD, LOVE and SEX on that list.
Microsoft claims that we suffer of “password fatigue” and to help out it seems they are going to let you draw some geometric figures on top of your pictures in their next version of Windows Mobile.…
Photos in the Cloud: Geolocation, Auto-Tagging and Virtual Albums
Yesterday I was thinking to my next photocamera…. I want it small but with some buttons (no clumsy touchscreen), capable of taking pictures at night, waterproof, with integrated GPS, and capable of backing up the pictures automatically when I get home. Unfortunately, I do not think that it exists yet.
Then I started thinking about how I would like the computer to help me organize my photo collection.
