10 novembro 2009

Edição da tarde (tecnologias, medias, culturas, ecopol)


Rationalizer: An Emotion Mirroring System for Online Traders

Intel introduces a digital book reader that reads aloud to the blind

The Digital Divide in Numbers: TVs, PCs, Internet users, Mobile around the world: So there you have it. The digital divide. In the Industrialized World we have TVs, PCs, FM radios, fixed landlines and mobile phones to consider and compare and use and more than half of the population has one of each of those. In the Developing World, the only technology that reaches half the population is mobile telecoms, and all others are tiny in comparison. For the Emerging World, mobile is not only the first screen, for over 1.8 billion people that is four Europes or six USAs in size, it is literally the only screen.

Telecoms Package quick FAQ by Christian Engström, Pirate MEP

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Discovery launches science news Web site: As print publications cut coverage, company sees an opportunity: Discovery News

Examining science on the fringes: vital, but generally wrong: Fringe ideas often get a poor reception from mainstream scientists, but can still appeal to the public and influence policy debates Some recent examples of papers that delve into the fringes of science provide a nice example of why not all fringe ideas are created equal.

From the space race to human race: Forty years on from humans reaching the Moon, it is time for another epochal moment in history, says John Manoochehri. In this week's Green Room, he calls for us to recapture the spirit that took us into space and use that energy to save the planet.

Firefox Turns 5, Will it See 10?

Does Microsoft Need Its Media Properties? media itself continues to be a money-suck for Microsoft

Murdoch: We’ll probably remove our sites from Google’s index
If The WSJ.com Says Goodbye To Google, It Will Also Say Goodbye To 25 Percent Of Its Traffic

Computation + Journalism: A study of Computation and Journalism and how they impact each other

CBS to turn humorous Twitter posts into a sitcom: 'The Shit My Dad Says' account has proved a big hit on Twitter attracting more than 712,000 thousand followers. Last month its creator signed a book deal with Harper Collins.

LinkedIn and Twitter link up & partner up
Do's and Don'ts for Users

The most popular brands on Twitter (Twitter, YouTube, Google)
The Top 100 Twitter News Sources (Mashable, YouTube, Twitpic)

Guy Kawasaki: How To Get Famous And Make Millions With Twitter

Blogs do Sapo vão integrar botão de partilha em redes sociais

Six Social Media Trends for 2010
1. Social media begins to look less social
2. Corporations look to scale
3. Social business becomes serious play
4. Your company will have a social media policy (and it might actually be enforced)
5. Mobile becomes a social media lifeline
6. Sharing no longer means e-mail

The Future of Gaming: 5 Social Predictions
1. There Will Be More Social Gaming Acquisitions
2. EA Will Find New Ways to Monetize Social Gaming
3. Virtual Goods Will Become Even Bigger Business
4. You Will See a Wave of Social Gaming on the Console
5. EA and Others Will Make Even Stronger Moves on Mobile


Social networking meets ambient intelligence: Sharing small snippets of information about your daily life is a key feature of the online social networking revolution. Soon status updates and other social information could be generated automatically.

Wish You Could Kill All The Bankers? There's An App For That.

Chomsky: Iraq Invasion ‘Major Crime’ Designed to Control Middle East Oil


Teach Workers About the Perils of Debt
Lead Us Not Into Debt



James Cameron's "Avatar" Could Burn Through $500 Million & Is Avatar’s Budget Half a Billion, or Half That?

'Brushes': Arte con los dedos en el iPhone