May 2011
30 posts
“in a effort to single out users for tailored recommendations or advertisements,...”
– Online Personalization Creates Echo Chamber to Affirm Biases - NYTimes.com
“[The commodification of love] If you dedicate your existence to being likable,...”
– Technology Provides an Alternative to Love. - NYTimes.com
“[Botching social media] As a consumer review Web site, Yelp is so big and...”
– Yelp Aims to Deal With Problem of Fake Reviews - the Haggler - NYTimes.com
“[Broadband too expensive] The price of the average broadband Internet connection...”
– Internet prices drop by 50% around the globe, still unaffordable for some countries - TNW Industry
“[New internet bubble] the latest round of euphoria involves emerging markets...”
– Internet businesses: Another digital gold rush | The Economist
Don’t Steal Computer From People Who Know How To... →
“[Most powerful man on the internet] Mr. Drudge, once thought of as a hothouse...”
– How The Drudge Report Got Popular and Stayed on Top - NYTimes.com
“[Latin American start-ups] Silicon Valley incubator 500 Startups plans to invest...”
– 10 Latin American Startups You Should Watch Out For - TNW Latin America
“[DIY drones] One weekend in 2007, Mr. Anderson brought home a model...”
– Enthusiasts See the Future in Pilotless Aircraft - NYTimes.com
“[Iran] Ali Aghamohammadi, the Ahmadinejad Administration’s head of economic...”
– The Internet of Elsewhere » Blog Archive » Iran announces ‘halal Internet,’ new cyberdefense study programs
“[Korea] The long spans and slender cables of the Jindo Bridge in South Korea are...”
– Infrastructure Monitors, Soon Without Wires - NYTimes.com
“[mobile operating system market shares] We just came across this great...”
– Mobile Operating System Market Share, Feb. 2011 (Infographic)
CultureLab: The strange tale of the Lebanese space... →
“[TIC in the world] “What we are trying to address,” said a co-author of the...”
– World Economic Forum Tech Study Shows U.S. Lagging - NYTimes.com
“[“Piracy” in the developing world] Social scientist and Social...”
– Why poor countries lead the world in piracy | Technology | guardian.co.uk
“[Africa] Afroogle – the first wave of companies, born, bred and built in the...”
– The future of Mobile in Africa in 2020
“[Brazil] After decades of military dictatorship, followed by years of crippling...”
– A Huge Facebook Flash-Mob is Amassing Right Now in Brazil (And it Points Towards the Future of the Web)
“Despite much attention paid to Egypt and Libya’s Internet shutdowns,...”
– Africa’s cascade of Internet censorship - Opinion - Al Jazeera English
Why there are so many engineers in India - India? →
“[Best delivery system] Dabbawallahs pick up the home cooked lunches in the...”
– The incredible delivery system of India’s dabbawallahs - (37signals)
“Silicon Valley may be the cradle for tech start-ups, but some foreign-born...”
– Tech talents from India, other countries leaving Silicon Valley - USATODAY.com
“Or maybe Tata will provoke a diplomatic crisis with Pakistan. Perhaps Nomura...”
– How Amazon or Apple Could Cause a War with China - Michael Schrage - Harvard Business Review
Innovate on Purpose: We have met the enemy of... →
Steve Jobs On The Difference Between A Vice... →
“[Social media] Washington Post publisher Philip Graham famously described...”
– How Social Media Creates a Rough Draft of History: Tech News and Analysis «
“[Computer on paper] Researchers at the Queens University Human Media Lab in...”
– Next Up in Technology: Paper Computers - NYTimes.com
“[Visualizing WiFi in the city] The city is filled with an invisible landscape of...”
– YOUrban — Immaterials: Light painting WiFi
“[Less US homes with TVs] For the first time in 20 years, the number of homes in...”
– Television Ownership Drops in U.S., Nielsen Reports - NYTimes.com 