Extenuating Circumstances

This is an auto-posted collection of public links I’ve either posted to, or favourites from Twitter, my Instapaper bookmarks and my public links posted to Pinboard.in for August 1st from 20:46 to 23:07:

• Moto X Release: Google Bets On Voice Control And Customization With New Phone – “Nobody has really been able to overcome the consumer resistance to people talking to their phones”
• Reddit Futurology is having a vote for top futurist sites – Reddit Futurology is having a vote for top futurist sites: Reddit Futurology is determining what futurist webs…
• What may be the world’s first cybernetic hate crime unfolds in French McDonald’s –
• This court ruling could wreck the future of realistic science fiction –
• Tinybop : Our Apps – Hmmmmm
• YouTube Spaces – YouTube –