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Report from the reality distortion field

(As Apple announced it's record quarterly net profit [7] of $18 billion this week, I'm re-posting/translating an article I wrote…

Markos Giannopoulos

Quantified self, Level 2

Good friend Dimitris Dimitriadis (@insideabox) was writing about his use of self-tracking apps. I would like to explore this a…

Markos Giannopoulos

If you want to get scared about the Internet today, read this

A journalist walks into a bar along with a hacker and a spoofing device, and proceeds to sneak into people's…

Markos Giannopoulos

The Apple Watch is not your next fitness tracker

This is an actual photo in the Apple page for the Sport edition of the Apple Watch. I'm not sure…

Markos Giannopoulos

How to sync RunKeeper data into HealthKit

Update (1/Dec/2014) : RunKeeper now syncs with HealthKit, on iOS you can find it in the app under  Settings -> Apps,…

Markos Giannopoulos

HealthKit, what is it good for? Fitbit wonders

As I was previously writing (http://bit.ly/1toSgDp) Apple's HealthKit platform might be a solution to a problem that has been solved.…

Markos Giannopoulos

Health App/Kit: failing to solve a problem that has already been solved

I've been excited by the announcement of the Health app and the accompanying Healthkit by Apple. I considered them to…

Markos Giannopoulos

A new way to share on Google+ from any page

Friends+Me has a new Google Chrome #extension, allowing you to share any page you are currently visiting. A popup like…

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CoSchedule: a full social media solution for WordPress?

  The question mark in the title is because this is actually my first test post using CoSchedule. It brands…

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Tracking the trackers: Garmin, Fitbit, Runkeeper, Moves

(Update: Scroll to the bottom for more results)  I have long been mad for tracking pretty much anything, so when…

Markos Giannopoulos