May 2008
“We can locate our experiences, our history, on the map. It’s a very concrete...”
– FT.com / Comment & analysis / Analysis - Way to go? Mapping looks to be the web’s next big thing
WatchViddler.com - The Evolution of Mobile Phones - Uploaded by uc_thomp This is a great video, combines showing the different looks and models of mobile phones through the years with stats
“Worried residents of the Hyde Park area contacted the city council and West...”
– Police take hard line on mass pillow fight | UK news | The Guardian
“A recent glut of feature stories on the death of the American newspaper has...”
– Dying Newspaper Trend Buys Nation’s Newspapers Three More Weeks | The Onion - America’s Finest News Source
“A million hours a day are spent in Second Life, with America, Germany and...”
– Creator Philip Rosedale tells David Smith that Second Life can only grow | Media | The Observer
“When he’s asked how big Second Life is now, Rosedale doesn’t miss a...”
– Creator Philip Rosedale tells David Smith that Second Life can only grow | Media | The Observer
“# 20 percent of traffic is P2P applications
# During peak-load times, 70...”
– Shocking: New Facts About P2P and Broadband Usage - GigaOM
“Last year, by one estimate, the video site YouTube consumed as much bandwidth as...”
– Video Road Hogs Stir Fear of Internet Traffic Jam - New York Times
“The globalization paradigm emphasizes the fact that information can now travel...”
– The Cognitive Age - New York Times
“It really is so very irritating when reality has not quite caught up with the...”
– Now I really have got news for you: Boris shuns the limelight - Times Online
85% of mobile subscribers, 87% of mobile data subscribers in non-US markets (2007E); China is #1 in both - via Mary Meeker Internet Trends report, March 2008
“There’s a sea change occurring in creative circles these days -or maybe it...”
– Joseph CrumpAvenue A | Razorfish Executive Creative Director, quoted in Mary Meeker’s Internet Trends report (March 2008)
“Radiohead won t be repeating their decision to let fans choose what to pay for...”
– Thom Yorke: Radiohead s stunt was one-off
“Europe accounts for more than half of the world’s subscribers to IPTV”
– Internet protocol television | Economist.com
“Websites like Instructables.com and wikiHow.com have become popular virtual...”
– Innovation | Home invention | Economist.com
“China, like India, is a land of a million mutinies now. Legions of farmers are...”
– China | Angry China | Economist.com
“Spam now consumes more than 70% of email traffic and about 90% of blog comment...”
– Why the good stuff will always triumph over spam | Technology | guardian.co.uk
“The interesting thing about the web is the decisions that Tim Berners-Lee made...”
– Why the good stuff will always triumph over spam | Technology | guardian.co.uk
“Memristors were first proposed in 1971 by Professor Leon Chua…. They are...”
– BBC NEWS | Technology | Electronics’ ‘missing link’ found 