Fill Your Pocket (Episode 2)

A weekly series where i will select a number of articles from around the web about different fields of interest so that you can save them into your (pocket) app.

If you don’t know pocket check there website , I believe it’s a must for anybody who loves to read as it makes reading _especially long articles which will represent most of the articles here_ a more pleasant experience , however you can just bookmark the articles in your preferred browser.

Tech :

“Apple Music” entry to the music streaming industry was seen as a win-win situation where the listeners would have more quality services to choose from and also the music industry would benefit from Apple’s huge user base which will increase royalty fees payed to them.

• “Stream of the crop” A month-long journey to find the best music-streaming service . (theverge.com)
• “Inside Spotify’s hunt for the perfect playlist” . (wired.com)

Other Tech related articles .

• “Thirteen months of working, eating, and sleeping at the Googleplex” . (bloomberg.com)
• “How cisco is preserving its history and why other tech companies should, too” . (medium.com)
• “Reddit’s future is the future of the internet” . (wired.com)

Science & space :

NASA’s Kepler telescope discovery of one of the best candidates of earth-like life has ignited a lot of discussion about how reasonable is our search for alien life and when can we expect to contact them _ if there is any.

• “Throwback Thursday: Is earth’s twin out there?” . (medium.com)
• “Scientists believe there’s other life in the universe. Why haven’t we found it yet?” . (washingtonpost.com)
• “Why NASA’s latest discovery of Earth 2.0 is so important in the search for life on other planets” . (businessinsider.com)

Other Science & Space related articles .

• “Easy DNA editing will remake the world. buckle up.” (wired.com)
• “Unhealthy Fixation” The war against genetically modified organisms is full of fearmongering, errors, and fraud . (slate.com)
• “A week in the mysterious sleeping villages of kazakhstan” . (Buzzfeed.com)

Gaming :

Nintendo CEO “Satoru Iwata” died this week at age 55 , he was one of the most charismatic figures at the company and was well-beloved by the fans of Nintendo due to his big role at the launch of Nintendo DS and Wii consoles.

• “Satoru Iwata was Nintendo” . (theverge.com)
• “The Rise of Nintendo: A Story in 8 Bits” . (grantland.com)

Other Gaming related Articles .

• “The reconstruction of Lara Croft” . (polygon.com)
• “Winners might use drugs” Does eSports have a doping problem? . (eurogamer.net)
• “This game is made out of suffering” . (polygon.com)

Random Topics :

Photo By : Steve A Johnson used under creative commons

• “The world’s most charismatic mathematician” . (theguardian.com)
• “Tehran’s Promise” The revolution’s midlife crisis and the nuclear deal . (newyorker.com)
• “Inside the secret world of Russia’s cold war mapmakers” . (wired.com)
• “The reckless plot to overthrow Africa’s most absurd dictator” . (theguardian.com)
• “How an unlikely Hollywood juggernaut came to rule Netflix” . (wired.com)

Old But Gold :

In this section i’m going to post some interesting articles that i saved into my pocket account across nearly 2 years ,although they might contain some old data but i think they have a lot of value.

• “The untold story of Larry Page’s incredible comeback” . (businessinsider.com)
• “How Burrowing Owls Lead To Vomiting Anarchists (Or SF’s Housing Crisis Explained)” . (techcrunch.com)
• “Wake no more” . (medium.com)
• “The second coming of Java: a relic returns to rule web” . (wired.com)

Feel free to suggest new articles in the comments section and recommend the series if you like it :) .