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This is not a tech blog. I am not a tech pundit. Having said that, I have a few thoughts on the recent launch of Facebook Questions - the new service that allows users to ask, answer,...
Dan Patterson is a correspondent and content manager.
This is not a tech blog. I am not a tech pundit. Having said that, I have a few thoughts on the recent launch of Facebook Questions - the new service that allows users to ask, answer,...
Dan Patterson is a correspondent and content manager.
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Like▼Human v2.0 - Ethical Technology
There is a moment in the near future that scientist believe will transform the notion on WHAT it is to be HUMAN.
Josh Sternberg - What? It'll no longer be: "I think therefore I am?" ;)Jul 28DeleteUndo deleteReport spamNot spam
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Like▼Okay, so keep in mind that I #StabbyHate hyperbole. Having said that, the Questions feature in Facebook is important. It's a game-changer.
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Like▼HOW TO: Send an Audio Tweet - Mashable!
When Twitter’s 140-character limit just isn’t enough to get your message across, or you want to give a tweet the personal touch, why not add some audio? We’ve already brought you ways to share music on Twitter, but the solutions below will help you share the spoken word. Whether you want to sing happy birthday to someone, rant, or make a heartfelt apology, we’ve found five services that can he...Expand this post »
When Twitter’s 140-character limit just isn’t enough to get your message across, or you want to give a tweet the personal touch, why not add some audio? We’ve already brought you ways to share music on Twitter, but the solutions below will help you share the spoken word. Whether you want to sing happy birthday to someone, rant, or make a heartfelt apology, we’ve found five services that can he...Expand this post »
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Like▼The neuroscience of break-ups: it's like craving cocaine! - Boing Boing
A study published in the July issue of the Journal of Neurophysiology found that romantic break-ups activate parts of the brain that are associated with addiction cravings: "This brain imaging study...Expand this post »
A study published in the July issue of the Journal of Neurophysiology found that romantic break-ups activate parts of the brain that are associated with addiction cravings: "This brain imaging study...Expand this post »
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Like▼Chewbacca. Riding a giant squirrel. With a cross-bow. Fighting Nazis.
Amazing.
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Like▼From @WikiLeaks, the 'Afghan War Diary, 2004-2010' as a downloadable .zip http://drop.io/afghanwardiary - danpatterson - Twitter Search
From @WikiLeaks, the 'Afghan War Diary, 2004-2010' as a downloadable .zip http://drop.io/afghanwardiary
From @WikiLeaks, the 'Afghan War Diary, 2004-2010' as a downloadable .zip http://drop.io/afgha
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Like▼Why WikiLeaks turned to the press | Dan Kennedy - World news and comment from the Guardian | guardian.co.uk
That WikiLeaks went to the press with the Afghanistan war logs shows old-fashioned news organisations still have a role to play Of all the questions raised by the Afghanistan war logs, perhaps the...Expand this post »
That WikiLeaks went to the press with the Afghanistan war logs shows old-fashioned news organisations still have a role to play Of all the questions raised by the Afghanistan war logs, perhaps the...Expand this post »
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Like▼From @Wikileaks the 'Afghan War Diary, 2004-2010' as a downloadable .zip http://drop.io/afghanwardiary
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Like▼Speaking at and elaborating on the theme of 'How to Save Journalism' at #AudienceConference in August. Ideas/thoughts/heckles?
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Like▼An older, but classic, NPR segment on Stories from the Zombie War - an interview with Max Brooks http://dhp.im/world-war-z
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Like▼Is Flipboard even Legal? (Facepalm) - the T3ch H3lp blog
Flipboard is just too darn cute to be illegal — I mean its flippy, and boardy! From the department of “lets wreck everyones fun”, Flipboard is being deemed as “illegal” and potentially there could be a bit of trouble for the team. All that aside, how could you be mean to these folks?Expand this post »
Flipboard is just too darn cute to be illegal — I mean its flippy, and boardy! From the department of “lets wreck everyones fun”, Flipboard is being deemed as “illegal” and potentially there could be a bit of trouble for the team. All that aside, how could you be mean to these folks?Expand this post »
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Like▼Wikileaks Afghanistan files: download the key incidents as a spreadsheet (Simon Rogers/Guardian) - Techmeme
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Wikileaks Afghanistan files: download the key incidents as a spreadsheet — Key incidents from the Wikileaks Afghanistan war logs selected by Guardian writers. As a spreadsheet, with co-ordinates — • Get this data — • INTERACTIVE: These key incidents mapped — • Glossary of military terms
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Like▼http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/26/world/asia/26isi.html
Americans fighting the war in Afghanistan have long harbored strong suspicions that Pakistan’s military spy service has guided the Afghan insurgency with a hidden hand, even as Pakistan receives more than $1 billion a year from Washington for its help combating the militants, according to a trove of secret military field reports made public Sunday.
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Like▼VIDEO: Damon & Carlton Talk Emmys, LOST Finale & Epilogue - sl-LOST.com - Daily LOST News
Gold Derby guru Tom O’Neil discusses how LOST has fared at the Emmy Awards with producers Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse. a2a_linkname="SL-LOST.com";a2a_linkurl="http://www.sl-lost.com"; a2a_linkname="SL-LOST.com";a2a_linkurl="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/sl-LOST"; Tags: Awards, Carlton Cuse, Damon Lindelof, Emmys, interview, LOST Epilogue, LOST Finale, Videos Related posts - VIDEO: D...Expand this post »
Gold Derby guru Tom O’Neil discusses how LOST has fared at the Emmy Awards with producers Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse. a2a_linkname="SL-LOST.com";a2a_linkurl="http://www.sl-lost.com"; a2a_linkname="SL-LOST.com";a2a_linkurl="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/sl-LOST"; Tags: Awards, Carlton Cuse, Damon Lindelof, Emmys, interview, LOST Epilogue, LOST Finale, Videos Related posts - VIDEO: D...Expand this post »
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Like▼This looks bad-ass: Is A Game of Thrones the most eagerly anticipated TV show ever? http://dhp.im/cr4vw0
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Like▼TRON: Legacy Trailer Hits the Web [VIDEO] - Mashable!
Disney has released the newest trailer for TRON: Legacy at Comic-Con, and it’s spreading around the web like wildfire. TRON: Legacy is the much-anticipated sequel to Tron, the 1982 classic that follows hacker Kevin Flynn’s journey into the virtual world of the ENCOM mainframe. Jeff Bridges is reprising his role as Flynn in the sequel, which is due to be released on December 17, 2010. This tra...Expand this post »
Disney has released the newest trailer for TRON: Legacy at Comic-Con, and it’s spreading around the web like wildfire. TRON: Legacy is the much-anticipated sequel to Tron, the 1982 classic that follows hacker Kevin Flynn’s journey into the virtual world of the ENCOM mainframe. Jeff Bridges is reprising his role as Flynn in the sequel, which is due to be released on December 17, 2010. This tra...Expand this post »
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Like▼Sit Back and Watch the World Tweet By: 5 Cool Twitter Visualizations - GigaOM
It’s a beautiful thing to watch people tweet. Especially when you try to figure out what they’re tweeting about, how they feel, and where they’re tweeting from — then put that all on a map and animate the changes over time. Researchers from Northeastern University and Harvard College recently built a pretty and captivating visualization of U.S. Twitter users’ moods, as determined by sentiment ...Expand this post »
It’s a beautiful thing to watch people tweet. Especially when you try to figure out what they’re tweeting about, how they feel, and where they’re tweeting from — then put that all on a map and animate the changes over time. Researchers from Northeastern University and Harvard College recently built a pretty and captivating visualization of U.S. Twitter users’ moods, as determined by sentiment ...Expand this post »
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Like▼So: I need to pull, organize, then push a bunch of data from a bunch of very old, unsophisticated sites. Thoughts/ideas on how and/or tools?
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Like▼After More Downtime, We Ask: Can Twitter Truly Scale? - Mashable!
On Monday, a database hang-up on a long-running query was causing problems for both Twitter.com and the service’s API, which in turn affected Twitter clients outside of the official website. The site has grown at an incredible rate since its inception, and it’s always struggled to keep up (technically speaking) with user adoption. Ever since its userbase spread beyond the tech elite to more ma...Expand this post »
On Monday, a database hang-up on a long-running query was causing problems for both Twitter.com and the service’s API, which in turn affected Twitter clients outside of the official website. The site has grown at an incredible rate since its inception, and it’s always struggled to keep up (technically speaking) with user adoption. Ever since its userbase spread beyond the tech elite to more ma...Expand this post »
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Like▼Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg Talks to Diane Sawyer as Website ... (Ki Mae Heussner/ABCNEWS) - Techmeme
Ki Mae Heussner / ABCNEWS:
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg Talks to Diane Sawyer as Website Gets 500-Millionth Member — Zuckerberg Says New Movie is ‘Fiction;’ Claims He Never Agreed to Share Facebook Ownership If Facebook were a country, it would be the third largest one in the world.
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