How does Facebook keep pace in mobile with the built-for-mobile and insanely well-designed Path? Here’s one piece.
Assuming this deal is finalized — great scoop by Laurie Segall — I’m really happy for the Gowalla team. They were putting an emphasis on design and attention to detail in the mobile space well before it was the cool thing to do. And they stayed true to their roots and did it all from Austin, Texas.
Google should have scooped them up way before Facebook could. But well… Yeah.
Related: Facebook has a lot of fucking awesome design talent at their disposal now.
The BBC reports that a jail in Pohang, South Korea, will soon begin a one-month trial of three new robots, which will be there in a support capacity to monitor for “abnormal behavior.” The robots, which stand about five feet tall, were developed by the Asian Forum for Corrections. The robots are wheeled, and equipped with cameras and other sensors to monitor the inmates
