August 2009
“more than 113 billion searches were conducted in July 2009, representing a...”
– Global Search Market Draws More than 100 Billion Searches per Month - comScore, Inc
“In 1950 only Alexandria and Cairo exceeded 1m people. When the city rush is...”
– Africa’s population: The baby bonanza | The Economist
“Only 4% of the continent’s farmland is irrigated. Double that amount, add in...”
– Africa’s population: The baby bonanza | The Economist
“One African in two is a child”
– Africa’s population: The baby bonanza | The Economist
“Long berated (or loved) as the sleepiest continent, it has now become the...”
– Africa’s population: The baby bonanza | The Economist
“Channel 4 is to begin showing programmes in 3D within weeks. Viewers will be...”
– 3D coming to a small screen near you… Channel 4 launches new era of programming | Mail Online
Brooklyn Man’s Cellphone Turns On His Oven →
Wow. OK, I am never having an oven with an electronic control system.
“Jodange, which received an innovation research grant from the National Science...”
– Sentiment Analysis Takes the Pulse of the Internet - NYTimes.com
“online opinion has turned into a kind of virtual currency that can make or break...”
– Sentiment Analysis Takes the Pulse of the Internet - NYTimes.com
“The rise of blogs and social networks has fueled a bull market in personal...”
– Sentiment Analysis Takes the Pulse of the Internet - NYTimes.com
“A Palo Alto, Calif., couple is forgoing traditional wedding gifts. Drue Kataoka...”
– An ‘Only in Silicon Valley’ Wedding Registry - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com
Dads Say The Darndest Things…On Twitter (Probably... →
“There is nothing more guaranteed to rally a nation behind the BBC’s...”
– James Murdoch: The evolution of a feud | Media | The Guardian
“Cellfire says its redemption rate for mobile coupons is 15 to 20 percent. Paper...”
– Coupons You Don’t Clip, Sent to Your Cellphone - NYTimes.com
“In the first half of 2009, nearly 10 million digital coupons were redeemed (in...”
– Coupons You Don’t Clip, Sent to Your Cellphone - NYTimes.com
Digital Stats: 41% of tweets can be classified as... →
Digital Stats: 65% of mums inthe UK with internet... →
“a new level has been published roughly every 21 seconds since LittleBigPlanet...”
– Digital Stats: Players of the video game LittleBigPlanet have created over 1 million of their own levels
Digital Stats: Over 118 million avatars have been... →
“In response to budget cuts, the light at the end of the tunnel is being...”
– More Aphorisms by Gregory Gash and Aron Vigushin > All Aphorisms, All the Time
“When an uploaded video’s popularity starts to accelerate, YouTube will...”
– YouTube to Capitalize When Viral Lightning Strikes - Advertising Age - Digital
“A group of technology researchers in Washington state are attempting to...”
– Rome in a Day Project: 3D reconstruction from Flickr-found photos - Boing Boing
“The study reveals that iPhone users download approximately 10 applications per...”
– App Store Market Worth Nearly $2.5 Billion Per Year? - Mac Rumors
“A survey of 2,092 social media users by British-based Legal & General found...”
– Burglars using Facebook, Twitter to find targets-report | Industries | Technology, Media & Telecommunications | Reuters
“It wasn’t so long ago that design wasn’t news. It was something that “creatives”...”
– The growing importance of Design - Bokardo
“how many firemen does it take to put out a bbq? none. its taken them so long to...”
– Bryony Gordon (bryony_gordon) on Twitter
WatchData as Seductive Material, Spring Summit, Umeå March09
Loch Ness Monster on Google Earth | The Sun |News →
Daily Mail-o-matic | qwghlm.co.uk →
“By eliminating marketing, sales, and business development, Craigslist’s...”
– What We Can Learn From Mess
“With more than 47 million unique users every month in the US alone—nearly a...”
– What We Can Learn From Mess
“Craigslist gets more traffic than either eBay or Amazon.com. eBay has more than...”
– What We Can Learn From Mess
“Consumers’ confidence in online shopping is increasing as sales hit £4.2bn in...”
– UK shoppers spent £4.2bn online in July | News | New Media Age
“I do not think we are ready to switch to a model where all marketers are...”
– The End of Digital Marketing; Towards a New Era in the Marketing Industry | Circ.us
“Bartz is spoiling for the contest. “Ah, Schmidt,” she says...”
– Can Yahoo’s Carol Bartz Outsmart Microsoft And Google?
“Layar has been downloaded as many as 50,000 times since last week’s global...”
– Layar: Augmented Reality Coming to Your Smartphone - Advertising Age - Media Morph
“In the past, heretics were punished for sharing their ideas. These days,...”
– Paulo Coelho: Content Creators Will Be Punished For Not Sharing Their Ideas Freely | Techdirt
“The entire national bandwidth for Ethiopia, I can simulate that in my house”
– Computer viruses slow African expansion | Technology | The Guardian
“As Twitter further develops its discovery(taxonomy) and search engine, the...”
– For Twitter, Sharing Data WIth Google Would Be Suicide - washingtonpost.com
“‘It is fair to say politics will never be the same again,’ said...”
– Politics will never be the same again, says Prescott - PR and Public Relations news - PR Week
“45% of (US?) employers questioned are using social networks to screen job...”
– More Employers Use Social Networks to Check Out Applicants - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com
“Twitter is getting ready to unveil a new feature that will add longitude and...”
– Tweets Will Soon Come With a Dateline - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com
“EARLIER this year more than 1.5m residents of Pakistan’s Northwest Frontier...”
– Payment cards and the poor: A plastic prop | The Economist
“Clear Channel Outdoor is experimenting with putting Twitter messages on its 12...”
– Larger-than-life tweets grab drivers’ attention 