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- Why Bitcoin will succeed[Marketwatch May 2013] It’s hard to know which there are more of these days: the number of Bitcoins worldwide or the number of pundits who believe the newly popular crypto-currency is a fad, doomed to failure, or both. […]
- LinkedIn: The Creepiest Social Network - Interactually[Interactually May 2013] The primary reasons LinkedIn is the mustached, trench coat and wire frame glasses wearing mouth breather of the internet are the “People You May Know” and “People Also Viewed” features. […]
- China may not overtake America this century after all[Telegraph May 2013] China's catch-up spurt has a few more years to run in the Western hinterlands perhaps, but when the full story comes out we may find that nationwide growth has already fallen below 7pc. […]
- This Is The World's First Entirely 3D-Printed Gun[Forbes May 2013] All sixteen pieces of the Liberator prototype were printed in ABS plastic with a Dimension SST printer from 3D printing company Stratasys, with the exception of a single nail that’s used as a firing pin. […]
- Why Bitcoin will succeed
- A Guide to the Occupy Wall Street API, Or Why the Nerdiest Way to Think About OWS Is So Useful - Alexis Madrigal - Technology - The Atlantic November 20, 2011What an API does, in essence, is make it easy for the information a service contains to be integrated with the wider Internet. So, to make the metaphor here clear, Occupy Wall Street today can be seen like the early days of Twitter.com. […]
- Facebook tracking is under scrutiny November 17, 2011Facebook keeps close track of where millions of non-members of the social network go on the Web, after they visit a Facebook web page for any reason. […]
- Occupy Wall Street: Was the hashtag #occupywallstreet purposely prevented from becoming a trending topic on Twitter? Did Twitter censor it? - Quora November 17, 2011[…]
- New study quantifies use of social media in Arab Spring November 15, 2011[…]
- Study: Twitter Played Pivotal Role In Arab Spring | TPM Idea Lab November 15, 2011[…]
- Did Twitter censor Occupy Wall Street? November 15, 2011[…]
- Vibe: The Anonymous, Anarchist Version of Twitter Being Used at ‘Occupy Wall Street’ | Betabeat — News, gossip and intel from Silicon Alley 2.0. November 15, 2011[…]
- How VPNs Helped "Twitter Revolutionaries" Sidestep Censorship | Fast Company November 15, 2011[…]
- Twitter Statistics - An In-depth Report At Most Active Twitter Users November 11, 2011[…]
- FCC probe of Arbitron Portable People Meter is over | Radio Survivor November 1, 2011[…]
- A Guide to the Occupy Wall Street API, Or Why the Nerdiest Way to Think About OWS Is So Useful - Alexis Madrigal - Technology - The Atlantic November 20, 2011
