Awesomes.fm shows every song you’ve “Awesomed” on Turntable

In case you haven’t noticed by now, we’re pretty enamored with the latest music discovery service on the block calledTurntable.fm. In fact, we are so enamored that we even createdour own TNW roomwhere you can come hang out with us. We’ve seen some neat hacks, thus far, that have allowed you to more easily scrobble the tracks that you vote as Awesome to Last.fm, bypassing the built-in system on Turntable itself....

2 min · 305 words · Brian Perez

Awesomize.me launches Quora-like questions for brands

[youtube]Myi8icZLC94[/youtube] This video was bought to you bySitePenandViadeo. Awesomize.me– the social interaction engine that works out who are the most important connections in your social network, has today launched a question like feature aimed at users who can ask brands questions. You canask a questionon your own personal page like Quora, but what makes theawesome questionsfeature awesome is that you can also raise a question or discussion on a company page....

2 min · 223 words · Michael Torres

Awful parking is the worst thing about escooters — TIER has a plan to fix it

Awful parking is the worst thing about escooters — TIER has a plan to fix it Ground-level mapping Los Angeles-based Fantasmo builds 3D maps of cities by foot, using its camera andsensor-equipped“Explorer” backpack. The backpack, which has a 3D mapping solution with a six-camera array, LIDAR, and accompanying mobile control app, is worn by operators who walk around cities. The captured data is then processed with Fantasmo’s software into a detailed 3D model of the cities....

2 min · 390 words · Sara Sloan

Aww yiss! EVs with 200+ miles of range are becoming the norm

Aww yiss! EVs with 200+ miles of range are becoming the norm Ford Mach-E Hits 300; VW ID.4 250; Volvo XC40 Recharge 208 Range and its attendant anxiety continues to dominate electric vehicle discussions. That discussion is about to move up to a new level as three significant new EVs received their official EPA range certifications this week. The three electric crossovers—Ford’s Mustang Mach-E, Volkswagen’s ID.4, and Volvo’s XC40 Recharge—all received numbers higher than 200 with one Mach-E model promising 300 miles of range....

2 min · 328 words · Carla Stevens

Azure to drop inbound data transfer fees

Microsoft’s cloud solution Azurehas announcedthat on July 1st it will drop inbound data transfer fees, making such “ingress” free of charge. There is no fine print: inbound data will be free during both off-peak and peak times. Why would Microsoft do this? There are two obvious reasons: to make the cloud more appealing to those whose applications involve large amounts of incoming data (growing the total cloud pie), and to attack its competition (to grow its share of the pie)....

2 min · 394 words · Angela Santana
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