October 2010
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What Facebook Tells Researchers About Friendship... →
infoneer-pulse:
College freshmen are more likely to make friends with peers they share a dorm room or major with than they are to befriend those from similar racial backgrounds, a study on the Facebook profiles of first-year students found.
A paper on the study, which will be published next week in the American Journal of Sociology, was conducted by researchers at Harvard University and the...
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Urlesque on Tumblr: iMovie '11's Trailers Are the... →
urlesque:
Via Gizmodo:
I’ve just barely dabbled with iMovie ‘11, but I’m already comfortable saying this: The new “Trailers” templates are going to be this year’s latest meme fodder.
They’re so dumb. So simple. But the output—at least from the one I made in literally 15 minutes—is so incongruously…
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Will physical books be gone in five years? →
infoneer-pulse:
As e-book readers and tablet computers become more common, one prominent tech mogul says that physical books could disappear sooner than expected.
In an interview with CNN’s Howard Kurtz on “Reliable Sources,” author Nicholas Negroponte, founder of One Laptop per Child, said the physical book’s days are numbered.
“It will be in five years,” said Negroponte. “The physical...
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The reason we [won’t] make a 7-inch tablet isn’t because we...
– Steve Jobs, on what NOT to expect from the “iPad 2.” [via Apple Insider]
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Facebook Privacy-Gate Stirs Controversy Among...
The latest Facebook privacy breach has divided the blogosphere. While some believe Facebook may be losing control of its platform, others were surprised that the story made waves in the first place.
From the Wall Street Journal:
Many of the most popular applications, or “apps,” on the social-networking site Facebook Inc. have been transmitting identifying information—in effect,...
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[The recent] Wall Street Journal report about Verizon readying to launch the...
– TechCrunch, The Impeccable Timing Of The Verizon iPhone Rumors