January 2011
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“(smartphone) users in Germany downloaded 900 million applications in 2010,...”
– Smartphone app market in Germany grows by 92% to €360m in 2010 | research2guidance
Jan 31st
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“five years ago, you would have seen 99.9 percent Japanese handsets and 0.1...”
– Printable version: How Steve Jobs ‘out-Japanned’ Japan
Jan 30th
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“Other companies fail to do things because they’ve overlooked potential...”
– Printable version: How Steve Jobs ‘out-Japanned’ Japan
Jan 30th
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“NOTHING illustrates DotOrg’s approach better than Google Flu Trends, an...”
– Google Finds It Hard to Reinvent Philanthropy - NYTimes.com
Jan 30th
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“A “Black Widow” suicide bomber planned a terrorist attack in central...”
– Text message blows up suicide bomber by accident
Jan 30th
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“Mendeley is now indexing 60 million research papers and now has in the region of...”
– DLD11: Mendeley now indexing 60 million research papers (TCTV)
Jan 28th
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“Amazon.com is now selling more Kindle books than paperback books. Since the...”
– Amazon Media Room: News Release
Jan 28th
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“Mohamed Nanabhay, the head of online for Al Jazeera English, said that Friday...”
– TV Crews Struggle in Egyptian Chaos - NYTimes.com (I have to say, I have been streaming it for the last hour and it’s been brilliant coverage)
Jan 28th
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“(Tumblr) are growing by a quarter billion impressions every week”… Last...”
– David Karp: “Tumblr Is Growing By A Quarter Billion Impressions Every Week”
Jan 28th
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Jan 28th
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Jan 27th
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“Parker looks for content that is formulaic. That’s what his technology can...”
– Davos: Too little content « BuzzMachine
Jan 27th
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“the world doesn’t have too much content. It has too little. So says Philip...”
– Davos: Too little content « BuzzMachine
Jan 27th
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Jan 27th
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“The widespread availability of good digital cameras, the diffusion of the skills...”
– The Story Behind Last Night’s Iconic Photo From the Egyptian Protests - Alexis Madrigal - Technology - The Atlantic
Jan 26th
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“1) Mobile/Social/Local Combinations will Explode but will Generate Little...”
– 10 Mobile Trends for 2011 (from Forrester)
Jan 26th
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“When the telephone first entered the newsroom journalists were sceptical. “How...”
– Content, context and code: verifying information online | Online Journalism Blog
Jan 26th
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Jan 26th
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“Worldreader.org is testing the idea that e-readers are libraries you can fit in...”
– E-Readers in Africa: Non-Profit Brings Thousands of Books to Ghanaian Children
Jan 26th
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Jan 25th
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“Here’s the gist of the app: you launch it, and it prompts you to ask if you’ve...”
– New Initiative Harnesses Smartphones To Help Keep Heart Attack Victims Alive
Jan 25th
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“what is Near Field Communication (NFC)? At its core it’s a low-power radio...”
– So Why Should You Care About NFC?
Jan 25th
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“Today, more than 90% of content on the Internet exists in only 12 languages, so...”
– Multilingualism in Cyberspace
Jan 25th
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“Thieves in Britain are using Google Earth to target lead roofs on Church of...”
– Lead thieves use Google Earth to target churches | Reuters
Jan 25th
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Explore your LinkedIn network visually with InMaps →
Jan 25th
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Jan 25th
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“Banco Sabadell is enhancing its mobile banking platform with the launch of...”
– Spanish bank Banco Sabadell debuts mobile remote deposit capture - Mobile Commerce Daily - Banking
Jan 25th
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“Billed as the first paintbrush for the iPad, the Nomad Brush is a unique...”
– PSFK » A Handcrafted Paintbrush Stylus For The iPad
Jan 24th
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Jan 24th
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“as technology grows more complex, advances depend less on individual inspiration...”
– A special report on global leaders: Crazy-talking boffins | The Economist
Jan 24th
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“Books of the coming century will all be printed leaves of nickel, so light to...”
– Paleofuture - Paleofuture Blog - Edison’s Predictions for the Year 2011 (1911)
Jan 24th
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Jan 24th
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“A vague and gnawing pang of anxiety centered around an IM window that has...”
– Five Emotions Invented By The Internet « Thought Catalog
Jan 24th
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“Kraft Foods recently demonstrated a vending machine that uses facial recognition...”
– PSFK » Kraft Vending Machine Suggests Recipes Using Facial Recognition
Jan 24th
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“After more than ten days of intensive investigation and study, Facebook’s...”
– The Inside Story of How Facebook Responded to Tunisian Hacks - Alexis Madrigal - Technology - The Atlantic
Jan 24th
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“Foursquare now has over 6 million registered users… During 2010 there...”
– Foursquare’s Rise to 6 Million Users [INFOGRAPHIC]
Jan 24th
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“Today, Rethink Books is launching ist SocialBooks software which allows...”
– Rethinking The Bible As A Social Book
Jan 24th
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This is the web right now - The Oatmeal →
Jan 24th
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Jan 24th
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Jan 24th
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Jan 24th
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“MoshiMonsters now has over 30 million users worldwide”
– MoshiMonsters launches first toy range, aims at $22 billion US market
Jan 24th
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“By 2050, Maskus thinks elevated tracks will separate high-speed Acabions from...”
– Around the World in Two Hours on a ‘Traffic Internet’ | Autopia | Wired.com
Jan 24th
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“Facebook Credits is currently used in more than 350 applications from 150...”
– The Next Step for Facebook Credits - Facebook developers
Jan 24th
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“Cloud Print aims to allow you to print anything from anywhere over the...”
– Google Takes Cloud Print Mobile. Well, Sort Of — PC Still Required
Jan 24th
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Jan 24th
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“the strongest feeling I get from my recently-acquired Kindle is that it’s...”
– Asleep and Awake – Blog – BERG
Jan 23rd
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“when any of us write something these days, it is like tiptoeing to a cage with a...”
– Getting beaten up in cyberspace does no one much harm - Telegraph
Jan 23rd
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“The Digital Diaries study from Internet security firm AVG said that 58 percent...”
– Study: Young kids better with tech than ‘life skills’ | Safe and Secure - CNET News
Jan 23rd
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““Yes, I have a lot of cell phones,” related Lim Sihvuy, remarkably enough, over...”
– Cambodia | Mobile Phones | Cell Phones | Economy
Jan 23rd
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