Ray LaHood says the Obama administration could’ve won support for gas hike to restore roads
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The money for the additional upgrades is not coming from public taxpayer money but through private funding
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Read More 7 Absurdist Gadgets That Explore Our Relationship With Technology
Just imagine if gadgets were designed by Pee-Wee Herman.
We live in the full throes of the electric age. Why do all our gadgets look the same, then? Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Dan Adlešič was sick of the sleek-but-boring rectangles of glass, plastic, and aluminum that make up the material geometry of pretty much every 21st-century gadget. Instead, he has imagined a series fictional appliances that look like they just came from Pee-Wee’s Playhouse: surrealist devices that are meant to re-awake our sense of wonder in the electric age.
Expedia To Buy Airbnb Rival HomeAway For $3.9 Billion
HomeAway is the third travel brand Expedia has acquired in 2015.
Expedia is set to buy HomeAway, a competitor to Airbnb, for $3.9 billion following a two-year partnership. Unlike Airbnb, which allows people to rent out their homes on a short-term basis, HomeAway focuses on vacation rentals, charging property owners to list their rentals.
Facebook Launches “Music Stories” With Apple And Spotify
Facebook is now letting users add 30-second song snippets to their news feeds.
Facebook is rolling out a new feature lets users share and play individual Spotify and Apple Music songs in their news feeds. Called Music Stories, the new functionality lets users repackage 30-second song clips in their Facebook news feed through Facebook’s proprietary music player.
YouTube Adds VR To Its Android App
YouTube also announced that its entire video library can now be watched using the Google Cardboard VR viewer.
YouTube today said it is adding virtual reality functionality to its Android app.
Why Chinese Drone Giant DJI Is Opening A Silicon Valley R&D Lab
DJI wants to find the best robotics engineers in the Valley, and keep an eye out for potential partners and investments while they’re at it.
China’s DJI, the world’s largest maker of consumer drones, is opening a Silicon Valley research and development center in hopes of harnessing the wealth of robotics talent in the area…and identifying potential new partners and investment targets in the process.
Today in Tabs: Point / Counterpoint
Shana, they bought their tickets, they knew what they were getting into.
Today, in the spirit of healthy debate,1 I would like to present the Tabs in a “Point / Counterpoint” format. Ready? Let’s begin.
