November 2011
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The $25 Handheld Computer That Could Transform... →
infoneer-pulse: With jobs of the future skewing toward technology and engineering fields, educators are eager to teach tech literacy and basic programming skills in school. But any conversation about increasing computer-based learning inevitably comes down to money—laptops and tablets aren’t free, and budgets are so tight that it’s not uncommon for a school to have 2,000 students using one...
Nov 30th
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BBC News - Coding - the new Latin →
Nov 30th
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“This Google Earth presentation animates the 3D model of a ship as it follows the...”
– Captain James Cook’s circumnavigation of New Zealand | Google Earth Blog
Nov 28th
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“The Cambrian Explosion is a useful metaphor. During the real Cambrian Explosion,...”
– The Cambrian Explosion In Startups | TechCrunch
Nov 28th
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“You get things such as departmental heads using their own OS to set up a...”
– Why everyone hates the IT department | Enterprise | Features | PC Pro  
Nov 27th
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“If a home has a broadband Internet connection, it can serve as a micro data...”
– Data Furnaces Could Bring Heat to Homes - NYTimes.com
Nov 27th
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“For a while, he was right. Through 2009 and early 2010, bitcoins had no value at...”
– The Rise and Fall of Bitcoin | Magazine
Nov 27th
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“Users willing to devote CPU power to running a special piece of software would...”
– The Rise and Fall of Bitcoin | Magazine
Nov 27th
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Twine : Listen to your world, talk to the Internet... →
Nov 26th
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“To settle the feud, they downloaded a 99-cent iPhone app called Kick to Pick....”
– Google Searches Help Parents Narrow Down Baby Names - NYTimes.com
Nov 26th
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“Some 62 million Turks own a mobile phone, a startling statistic given that an...”
– Turks look to mobile technology to change bazaar cash customs | Business | The Observer
Nov 25th
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Nov 25th
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“Android activations thus far have surpassed 200 million devices. That’s...”
– Google: 200 million Android devices activated, over 550,000 activated everyday — Engadget
Nov 25th
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Nov 25th
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These Touchable Holograms are Awesome - The Next... →
Nov 25th
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Domino's Pizza Hero for iPad on the iTunes App... →
Nov 25th
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“Boston Consulting Group (BCG) calculates that every year for the foreseeable...”
– E-commerce in China: The great leap online | The Economist
Nov 25th
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“personal manufacturing is currently going through much the same phase as...”
– 3D printing: Difference Engine: Making it | The Economist
Nov 25th
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Nov 25th
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“Customers passing the window display in the Brighton Waitrose store can scan QR...”
– John Lewis Pop Up Store
Nov 25th
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“the Second Circuit appeals court ruling that said Cablevision’s...”
– Study Shows How SOPA/PIPA Will Harm Investment In Key Innovations | Techdirt
Nov 25th
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“the definitions are ridiculously broad. Under SOPA, you can be found...”
– The Definitive Post On Why SOPA And Protect IP Are Bad, Bad Ideas | Techdirt
Nov 25th
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“That main issue, we’re told over and over again, is “piracy”...”
– The Definitive Post On Why SOPA And Protect IP Are Bad, Bad Ideas | Techdirt
Nov 25th
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“According to IBM’s Coremetrics retail data, online Thanksgiving 2011 sales were...”
– Thanksgiving Day Online Holiday Sales Up 39 Percent; Mobile Shopping On The Rise | TechCrunch
Nov 25th
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Nov 25th
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“Mona Eltahawy, an Egyptian-American journalist… was arrested at the...”
– #FreeMona: Prominent Blogger, Filmmaker, Others Arrested in Tahrir
Nov 25th
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Wikipedia Statistics - Tables - Article count... →
count of number of words / number of articles by language on Wikipedia
Nov 25th
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“Europe and North America are home to 84% of all (Wikipedia) articles. Anguilla...”
– http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/publications/convoco_geographies_en.pdf
Nov 25th
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“Arabic is the world’s fifth most spoken language and yet only has the 25th...”
– Zero Geography: Mapping Wikipedia at the global-scale in Arabic, English, French, Hebrew and Persian
Nov 25th
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“There are a staggering number of articles in the United States (over 180,000 of...”
– Zero Geography: Mapping Wikipedia at the global-scale in Arabic, English, French, Hebrew and Persian
Nov 25th
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“2011: 3.1 billion email accounts 2015: predicted 4.1 billion Typical business...”
– BBC News - Clash of the titans: Email v social media
Nov 25th
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Small-scale producers in Côte d’Ivoire manage... →
Cote d’Ivoire is the second largest exporter of raw cashew nuts, generating incomes for around 250k producers, most small rural farmers.  To help them better negotiate and manage sales, non-profit organisation Rongead sends out weekly emails and texts with up-to-date information on cashew market prices and trends.  Having this information has also encouraged small farmers to work...
Nov 24th
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“the Zambia Meteorological Department is tapping remote communities across...”
– Climate Information Alerts for Poor Farmers : FrontlineSMS
Nov 24th
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“the 1 millionth user of our application and the 100 millionth research document...”
– Mendeley 1.0 is here! | Mendeley Blog
Nov 24th
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Nov 23rd
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Nov 23rd
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“Steve puts television in its place. “TV turns your brain off, PCs turn your...”
– Steve Jobs talks PC vs. TV « Observatory
Nov 22nd
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“One of the most successful espionage operations in intelligence history began in...”
– Edit International - Xerox Helped Win The Cold War
Nov 22nd
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“(From Oct 1989 article): The Soviet Ministry of Interior Affairs announced...”
– Soviets Free the Dreaded Photocopier - Los Angeles Times
Nov 22nd
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“McK surveyed 4,200 execs globally about their organisation’s use of social...”
– McKinsey Quarterly: The Online Journal of McKinsey & Company
Nov 22nd
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“Pakistani officials are denying they ordered the country’s mobile phone...”
– Pakistan Postpones Texting Censorship | News | Tibetan-English
Nov 22nd
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“A prominent US magazine publisher, Atlantic Media, has reporting that its...”
– A pointer to the future as publisher’s online revenues beat print revenues | Media | guardian.co.uk
Nov 22nd
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“Gartner found that 46 percent of people 18 to 24 would choose access to the...”
– Disruptions: For Teenagers, a Car or a Smartphone? - NYTimes.com
Nov 21st
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UK Mobile Retail Access via Smartphone Grew 163... →
5.8% of EU5 mobile owners accessed an online retail site via their mobile in past 3 months (as of July 2011 acc to Comscore) By country:   9.2% UK | 6.5% Germany  3.4% France | 5.7% Italy | 3.4% Spain
Nov 21st
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“navigating a three-dimensional exhibition through a series of still photographs...”
– Technology Goes to the Museum — App City - NYTimes.com
Nov 21st
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“Philip M. Katz, the assistant director for research at the American Association...”
– Technology Goes to the Museum — App City - NYTimes.com
Nov 21st
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Nov 21st
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“Nine in 10 (US) shoppers know what they’re buying before they arrive at a store,...”
– Deloitte | Demand for In-Store Deals has Diminished, Shoppers Expect Discounted Prices: Deloitte Survey | Press Release
Nov 21st
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“Many retailers, as varied as Saks Fifth Avenue and Wal-Mart, are putting out new...”
– Retailers Enliven Catalog Offerings Through Apps - NYTimes.com
Nov 21st
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“Mr. Hunt and Ms. Beaudreault resumed their conversation seamlessly, as if the...”
– Out on the Town, Always Online - NYTimes.com
Nov 21st
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