The Uncanny Zeitgeist

This week we take a look back at 2013 tech trends.

We also talk about McLaren’s windshield force field, Console prices of Atari, Nintendo, Sony, Microsoft and Sega, the latency of Oculus Rift, Walt Mossberg’s look back at tech, Nielsen’s top websites, Google’s Zeitgeist, IBM’s 5 trends in 5 years, Cornell’s 3D printer, adding context to messages, Facebook becoming like Yahoo, Apple’s misunderstood commercial, Robinhood’s free stock trading app, Blackberry’s bad quarter, and Apple’s new Mac Pro.

• Memory Clean
• McLaren to replace windshield wipers with a force field of sound waves
• The 3D printed speaker
• Getting the Oculus Rift out of the Uncanny Valley
• Text messaging will look boring after you try this app backed by Betaworks and Dave Morin
• Tiny Blog Prototype
• Console Launch Prices… adjusted for inflation
• Facebook will become Yahoo
• Top Products in Two Decades of Tech
• Tops of 2013 According to Nielsen
• IBM’s 5 in 5: In the future, everything will learn
• Google 2013 in Search: Heroes, tragedies and the Harlem Shake
• Apple normalizes the glow
• Study: People who take pictures of art remember less about the works than those who don’t
• Zoom While Taking Photos to Remember the Event Perfectly
• Robinhood App Will Offer Zero-Commission Stock Trades
• The new Mac Pro is a Status Symbol
• Blackberry is not doing too hot
• Friday was a bad day, but not a horrible day

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