There’s been rumblings that the world’s largest social network just
might want to start using it’s membership clout to affect change in
government, or at least support the candidates that have their
best interest at heart. With over 1 billion followers, the house that
Zuckerberg built is indeed the size of a prominent sovereign state,
second only to China and India.
Everyone in the States at this point in time is very familiar with the
term "sequester" as it applies to limiting the size of the U.S. federal
budget. British Airways, on the other hand is using the concept as
originally defined — "to cause to withdraw, into seclusion." British
Airways’ latest innovation is titled, ‘Innovation Lab In The Sky,’
and their sequestration will not be limiting at all, because their plan
is to expand upon talent and opportunities, with a little help from
their friends.
Pent-up demand, content monetization and copyright stamps have been
instrumental in distinguishing the new social network called Pheed from
the pack. It became the No.1 free social networking app in Apple’s App
Store for the month of February, out pacing competitors like Twitter and
Facebook.
Political cartoons have distinguished Matt Bors from the pack of
modern-day cartoonists. While comics with a message have been around
since the Yellow Kid in the early 1900s, most cartooning is created for
the quick chuckle versus the reflective guffaw that comes from
satirical illustrations.
Baby-shaped pears or a pair of babies… why not both! Chinese fruit farmers are using molds to produce cute but creepy pears that look just like babies: peaceful, serene, closed-eyed visages and all.
If everything is already bigger in Texas, your invention has to be
absolutely epic to win the Dallas Market Center’s The Next Big Thing
contest!
You’ve seen the videos — thousands of starlings flocking in the sky to swirl and surge across wide, cloudless backdrops. The beauty of their coordinated motion is stunning. The phenomenon is expressively called murmuration.
There might be purpose to starling choreographies, but if so, it is movement without destination. The flock shapes and re-shapes itself continuously. Doing so makes preying on the flock difficult, but beyond that, the motivation of these group flights is ineffable. If ornithologists told us that starlings were imitating the group behavior endemic to tech-adoption culture, it would be easy to see the similarity. The science behind murmuration extends the analogy even further.
The new K1 smartphone from China’s Newman offers users a wealth of advanced features including a 1.2Ghz quad-core MediaTek MTK6589 chipset, a 5-inch 720p display and front & rear cameras, all for under 1,000 yuan or $160.
In a lot of things, being the best generally leads to victory. Usain Bolt is the fastest man in the London Olympics? He wins the gold. A hosting company has the best recorded uptime? It takes home an award. Google launches the fastest consumer broadband available in the US? Boom, victory.
But every so often, life throws us a curveball. For every 1972 Dolphins team, there’s a pack of believers from NC State eager to do something crazy in 1983. And in more germane terms, there’s presently no rhyme or reason why HTC has continually outgunned Samsung in terms of design prowess, yet continues to bleed cash while its Korean rival mints it. Actually, there is a reason. It’s called marketing.
Filed under: Cellphones, Mobile, Samsung
We’re familiar with celebrities tipping their toes in the social media
waters. A number of actors now have their a number of pet projects. Some
like Ashton Kutcher actually head up social media marketing firm like
the Katalyst Network or Ian Somerhalder and his news activist site in beta called "Ryot," or Justin Timberlakes’ current attempt at welcoming defectors back to MySpace.
But up till now, there’s been no political figures actively involved in
a social media enterprise. That was, until Cory Booker created
#waywire.
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