EXPRESS READING: Best tech stories of 2013,from around the world

Avegant’s Virtual Retinal Display prototype takes Oculus Rift-style immersion to the next level: 2013 is the year of Wearable Computing Devices. From Pebble Smartwatch to Google Glass,Samsung’s Gear to Nike+ Fuelband SE. These devices shined and then there is Avegant’s Virtual Retinal Display,not so conventional looking wearable prototype.Tim Stevens writes about the prototype device and use of Retinal Projection Technology for CNET

Supercomputers – Battle of the speed machines: In an analysis for FT,Chris Nuttall looks at the ever exploring world of Supercomputers and the race to build world’s fastest computer. The notable takeaway is China’s lead with a five-year-plan and how US will respond?

IBM’s Watson Memorized the Entire ‘Urban Dictionary,’ Then His Overlords Had to Delete It:

Here’s an interesting TheAtlantic article on how IBM’s jeopardy winning fame AI machine Watson was loaded with the Urban Dictionary to understand the way real people communicate and why they later deleted it from Watson’s memory.

Tesla CEO: New York Times Article Is ‘Unreasonable’: Also making a cut to our list is Elon Musk’s reply to NYT Article about Tesla Model S which did not go down that well. Aggregating the vehicle logs,it was evident that John M. Broder did not start with enough charge and hence left stranded. This is the future of car tech and how data interpretation makes its way to automobiles.

How a Radical New Teaching Method Could Unleash a Generation of Geniuses: An enlightening piece in Wired about how the use of radically new teaching method developed by Sugata Mitra is helping poor children gain education. “The bottom line is,if you’re not the one controlling your learning,you’re not going to learn as well.”

Theory of the Selfie: Selfie became Oxford Dictionary’s Word of the Year and Alicia Eler breaks it down.

How Samsung Became the World’s No. 1 Smartphone Maker: This BusinessWeek article details how Samsung suddenly became World’s No.1 Smartphone maker and Sam Grobart’s article gets more exciting as you read more and more about Samsung and how the company’s success has put many in the shades.

Microsoft buys Nokia: what does it mean for rivals? In a not so surprising move,Microsoft acquires Nokia and Charles Arthur of The Guardian enlists what it means for Microsoft,Nokia,Apple,HTC,Google,Samsung and We the People.

Here’s why next-gen consoles might not be such a big deal: It was all about next-gen consoles lately. Both Microsoft and Sony revealed Xbox One and PS4 respectively to a huge fanfare but Tracey Lien finds out how PC and mobile gaming become more relevant with these next-gen consoles.

Compiled by Karthekayan Iyer,a Mumbai-based geek and aspiring tech writer