February 2012
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"TV Is Broken ... " "No honey, it is a... →
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Recently, while on vacation in New Orleans for Mardi Gras and visiting family, we stayed at my sister’s house. She was kind enough to let us have her place while she found accommodations elsewhere. She moved in to this place herself not too long ago and was proud to point out to us the brand new,…
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Trilogy Emergency Response Application (TERA)... →
TERA is an SMS aid application that allows aid organizations to send blast SMS messages to cell phone users in a specific geographic area.
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WatchHaiti allowed us to glimpse into a future of what disaster response might look like in a hyper-connected world.” (Paul Conneally)
(via Paul Conneally: Digital humanitarianism | Video on TED.com)
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Skype Co-Founder To Offer Free Mobile Broadband... →
FreedomPop, the latest project of Skype co-founder Niklas Zennstrom, aims to disrupt the industry by providing free mobile broadband. The company announced this week that it would be partnering with wireless broadband provider Clearwire for the upcoming service, which it plans to launch in 2012.
Clearwire currently offers a fast and reliable 4G mobile broadband network that covers over 130...
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WatchAmazing how to visualize how the brain maps the world around us ! It reminds me so much the ‘neo nomad choreography’ we came up with in the Impedimenta project...
(via Neil Burgess: How your brain tells you where you are | Video on TED.com)
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Le tiers-lieu, moteur de la créativité économique,... →
Intéressant retour de la mutinerie apres la journee de collic sur le travail en mobilté sur les Tiers Lieux.
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Watch“La Société Du Spectacle Today”, the last jpgtxtflvpngrtfmp4 ISSUU of january. When I gathered all what did triggered me during January, it all came down to an refreshing of the Société du Spectacle de Guy Debord. I recommend to read it again soon.
1201 - January 2012
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“I can fit three times the amount of clothes in a carry-on than I used to be able...”
– Trench Coats, Vacuum-Seal Bags and Other Ways to Avoid Airline Fees - NYT
Let’s face it: Those dreaded airline fees are now as much a part of the traveling experience as long security lines. But that does not necessarily mean that passengers always have to pay them.
Matt Rourke/Associated...
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La question du "modèle économique" du web ou du...
"Non, il n'y a pas de modèle économique pour l'info en ligne. Tant mieux, comme ça chacun cherche le sien et certains le trouvent. Comme sur le papier quoi. Alors si on arrêtait de se balancer n'importe quoi à la tête ? La question du "modèle économique" du web ou du papier est un faux débat qui, comme souvent, masque de vrais problématiques. L'information seule n'a jamais été rentable, ce sont les différentes sources de revenus que son audience suscite qui lui permattait de se financer. Mais ces sources de revenus traditionnelles de la presse quotidienne papier se transfrèrent massivement, les unes après les autres sur les supports numérique : publicité, petite annonces, avis de décès, avis de marchés publics...
Lorsque le développement numérique pourrait (devrait ?) êre considéré comme le laboratoire des journaux pour générer de nouvelles audiences et donc de nouvelles sources de revenus, il est encore considéré comme un secteur pas sérieux, voir dangereux. Un secteur non viable, " qui n'a pas de modèle économique ". Les légendes urbaines ont décidément la peau dure..."
Issu de "Et il est où, et il est où ton modèle économique ?" http: //www.erwanngaucher.com/02022012Et-il-est-ou--et-il-est-ou-ton-modele-economique-,1.media?a=799#.Tyqdi_d0LX0.twitter
Open-source city: In urban interventions, the... →
MTA App Quest →
The MTA is challenging software developers to use
MTA data to create new apps that improve the
transit experience of its 8.5 million daily riders.
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Read the "hacking way", in Facebook's 'Letter from... →
As part of building a strong company, we work hard at making Facebook the best place for great people to have a big impact on the world and learn from other great people. We have cultivated a unique culture and management approach that we call the Hacker Way.
The word “hacker” has an unfairly negative connotation from being portrayed in the media as people who break into computers. In reality,...
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WatchFollowing our recent series of reports on Social, Digital, and Mobile in Asia, here’s our new overview of the digital landscape in other parts of the world.
(via Social, Digital and Mobile Worldwide / We Are Social)
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BBC News - TV and the web: A match made in heaven? →
Are television and the internet edging closer to a state of wedded harmony - forming a one stop shop for consumers?
The BBC’s technology correspondent Rory-Cellan Jones made it his mission to find out: he travelled from San Francisco to Las Vegas, taking the pulse of Silicon Valley before arriving at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show.