1. Obama Learns to Code Last year when President Barack Obama delivered a YouTube speech encouraging young kids to learn to code, he hadn’t actually had any coding experience himself. To kick off this year’s Computer Science Education Week, Obama took on the task. While he didn’t complete the entire tutorial, Obama did build a modest program that drew a square on the screen, making …
The NYC Decoded Fashion summit proved to be an especially good-looking tech conference. Not to say that the average tech conference is unattractive, but this crowd obviously cares as much about aesthetics and presentation as they do about software functionality. Granted, as Decoded Fashion founder Liz Bacelar noted, “This is a fashion event about technology, not a tech event about fashion.” And, with a speaker …
While fashion often takes a backseat to function, or vice versa, in wearable tech, Ukraine’s .klatz is hoping to change that with their smartwatch and handset. They’ve revisited the bracelet form, but unlike Nike’s FuelBand, this accessory is style-forward and manages to pack sophisticated features. In fact, it goes so far as to receive calls, which you answer by popping the hinged bracelet open. While …
