May 2012
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Microsoft So.cl makes your searches public...
Micosoft has made its new Bing-powered learning network So.cl public. Here’s a quick run down of what the site is all about.
What is So.cl?
According to Microsoft, So.cl is “an experiment in open search” that’s focused on “exploring the possibilities of social search for the purpose of learning.” So.cl uses Microsoft’s public Bing API, so...
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Isn't traditional marriage arranged polygamous...
All I can say is…
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Is 2012 the year of Augmented Reality?
I’ve been posting a lot on augmented reality lately and am starting to wonder two things. One, will 2012 be the year for augmented reality? And two, why isn’t anyone thinking of ways to use augmented reality that don’t involve Oreos popping up in my face, or something similar. Now, I’m not actually saying that Oreo has any plans to use augmented reality in a campaign,...
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REVA Digital Media: Microsoft and Barnes & Noble... →
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Microsoft has decided to invest $300 million into Barnes & Noble, makers of the Nook, tablet to create a new subsidiary. While the details are being worked out, the so-called “Newco” (a placeholder until they think of a name) sounds like a spinoff of Barnes & Noble’s Nook digital media…
April 2012
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WatchNot quite “Minority Report” grade yet, but we’re getting there. Are you ready for augmented reality advertising?
Battle for the internet | Technology | The... →
Over seven days the Guardian is taking stock of the new battlegrounds for the internet. From states stifling dissent to the new cyberwar front line, we look at the challenges facing the dream of an open internet. Click the headline to find out more and follow The Guardian @guardiannews.
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Apple, book publishers sued for conspiring to fix... →
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New Social Learning Website for Teachers -... →
Kidedotals.com is a social learning community for K-12 teachers, childcare service providers and parents. Share and discover free lesson plans, kids songs and educational videos. Collaborate and build online learning modules. Get teaching and parenting advice from our community of experts.
Technology in Education: 15 Ways To Use The New... →
techedblog:
Inspired by the magnificent edu-tweeter @ShellTerrell, I wanted to share a few of the great ways she and her fellow tweeps plan on using the new iPad in the classroom. I love crowdsourcing this kind of information. I’ve taken the liberty of using some of the many tweets and enhancing them to…
“An essential aspect of creativity is not being afraid to fail. Scientists made a...”
– Edwin Land
What It Takes To Innovate: Wrong-Thinking, Tinkering & Intuiting :: Articles :: The 99 Percent
I think school is the perfect place to embrace this type of experimentation of life. That is why we need to have less lesson planning and more question asking, more tinkering, more...
March 2012
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“Eighty percent of the jobs created in the next decade will require some mastery...”
– How Corporations Are Helping To Solve The Education Crisis | Co.Exist: World changing ideas and innovation
10 Steps To Stealing Your Way To Creative Success →
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Angel-in-Training Investors in Boston funding... →
Below is a repost from Forbes.com about the Pipeline Fellowship program in Boston, an “angel-in-training” investor group that seeks to fund women-led social ventures. Read below or click the headline for the full article.
Our team of 10 women, angels-in-training, had sifted
through over sixty applications from for-profit, women-led social ventures and had selected nine businesses...
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White House launches SummerQamp to Introduce... →
Working in digital media I always hear CEOs talking about how there aren’t enough skilled people. Which is ironic because I also always hear people say there aren’t enough jobs. The truth is there are jobs and there are more people than every with 4-year degrees. But many people just aren’t getting the necessary training to make them qualified for the jobs that do exist. And then...
Budget-wise Web technologies - Drupal, Tumblr and... →
BDPA New York Chapter would like to invite members, small business owners, and guests to our upcoming professional development meeting.
Topic: Budget-wise Web technologies - Drupal, Tumblr and Facebook Date : April 19, 2012
Time : 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Location: Microsoft, 1290 Avenue of the Americas, NY, NY (6th Avenue between 51st and 52nd Street), 6th Floor
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Rick Santorum Compares Entitlement Programs To... →
thatshowtheygetyou:
Rick Santorum thinks entitlement programs are a drug. He compares the government to a “guy with a dime bag.” Taking Santorum’s lead, here’s a list of programs that every American should “just say no” to. And remember, if you ever take advantage of any of these at any point in your lifetime, you’re a socialist.
United States Government Entitlement Programs: 529 or...
Drewbot: Newspapers' Depressing Digital Efforts →
Innovate or die is the mantra. Hence why I had to reinvent my career. After working as a news reporter for three years and obtaining a bachelors degree in journalism I encountered nothing but hiring freezes and low-paying or non-paying freelance gigs. Thankfully, technology opens up a whole new array of professions. Ever hear of community management? That’s one of them, and it’s...
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WatchPart II of
Part II of Karen O’s Psycho-Opera. This part includes rehearsal and performance footage and interviews with Karen O, the band, co-creators and Virgens.
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WatchBehind-The-Scenes of Karen O’s Psycho-Opera
February 2012
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The reluctant sex lube salesman →
thatshowtheygetyou:
Nick Bergus recently posted a link on Facebook to a 55-gallon drum of personal lubricant sold by Amazon — it’s only $1500! Then the post got sponsored and his family and friends started seeing it when they used Facebook, turning Bergus into a pitchman of sorts for an absurd amount of sex lube.
A week later, a friend posts a screen capture and tells me that my post has...
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Want to avoid the ghetto? There's an App for that. →
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Microsoft has recently been at the center of a whirlwind of controversy over a new app that critics allege is downright racist. On January 3, the company was granted a patent for technology related to its “Pedestrian Route Production” application, a tool that that the company says would navigate the user “safely through neighborhoods with violent crime statistics below a certain...
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Digital Textbooks Go Straight From Scientists to... →
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Reach and Frequency: SEO Secret to Brand Building... →
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Weekend Website Warrior - Template Tuning Service →
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Weekend Website Warrior
Template Tuning Service is launching a new initiative called “Weekend Website Warrior” (code name WWW). The goal is to deliver high quality websites within the time frame of one weekend for clients with budgets of $950 or less. The first project SyrianLegacy.com was completed during the weekend of January 27, 2012. The development marathon began...
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What Facebook needs to do to succeed in Mobile... →
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Facebook may be the last great company of the desktop age. It’s beaten back Friendster, MySpace and a half-dozen other pretenders, and — at least so far — is successfully holding off both Twitter and Google+. Its desktop display advertisements make the company billions of dollars in revenue. But that’s not nearly enough. Now, Zuckerberg has to further capitalize on the growth...