The press has been speculating since the middle of last year about a new social networking product from Google — its big attempt to compete with Facebook. Now, some recent upgrades to Google products suggest that the company is advancing with its social plans and may be laying the groundwork for the big launch. The main news today was Google’s update of its social search service, a feature that has… Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : VentureBeat Discovery Date : 17/02/2011 17:09 Number of articles : 4
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The press has been speculating since the middle of last year about a new social networking product from Google — its big attempt to compete with Facebook. Now, some recent upgrades to Google products suggest that the company is advancing with its social plans and may be laying the groundwork for the big launch. The main news today was Google’s update of its social search service, a feature that has… Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : VentureBeat Discovery Date : 17/02/2011 17:09 Number of articles : 4
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Today Cool Hunting reports on a new “stripped-down” (read: missing its handlebars) take on the Segway that’s geared toward “the mobile urbanite.” And it’s small enough to fit in your briefcase! Got your attention? “The ‘self-balancing electric unicycle’ operates through gyroscopic technology, which a 1000-watt rechargeable lithium-ion battery powers. On a full charge (which takes Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : Flavorwire Discovery Date : 17/02/2011 07:55 Number of articles : 4
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First up, as the headline should suggest, this is not a trailer for Darren Aronofsky’s The Wolverine. It does not incorporate any footage that will be in that film, mostly because nothing has been shot. This is the work of commercial and music video director Gary Shore [1], who cut together animated photo-based storyboards showing Wolverine’s encounter with ninja clan the Hand. The result is something… Broadcasting platform : Vimeo Source : /Film Discovery Date : 16/02/2011 23:45 Number of articles : 4
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Beautiful. Sublime. Stunning. These are not usually words I usually associate with video game trailers (though there are exceptions [1]), but they could all be used to describe the newest trailer for Dead Island. Techland is the developer behind the game, but it’s had a pretty rough history; it was originally supposed to be released way back in 2008 on PC and on Xbox 360. Nonetheless, you can bet people… Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : /Film Discovery Date : 16/02/2011 22:50 Number of articles : 4
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A strange little piece of crowdsorcery called “A Sequence of Lines Consecutively Traced by Five Hundred Individuals” provides a sharp illustration of the magnification of transcription errors and the way that extreme mutation can proceed from small changes. A Sequence of Lines Consecutively Traced by Five Hundred Individuals is an online drawing tool that lets users do just one thing – trace a line…. Broadcasting platform : Vimeo Source : Boing Boing Discovery Date : 16/02/2011 22:40 Number of articles : 5
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A strange little piece of crowdsorcery called “A Sequence of Lines Consecutively Traced by Five Hundred Individuals” provides a sharp illustration of the magnification of transcription errors and the way that extreme mutation can proceed from small changes. A Sequence of Lines Consecutively Traced by Five Hundred Individuals is an online drawing tool that lets users do just one thing – trace a line…. Broadcasting platform : Vimeo Source : Boing Boing Discovery Date : 16/02/2011 22:40 Number of articles : 5
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So This Happened of the Day: In the storied tradition of iconic thespians reciting lyrics from songs that fall generously outside their milieu , here’s James Earl Jones doing “Baby” by Justin Bieber. [ thanks peter! ] Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : The Daily What Discovery Date : 16/02/2011 21:30 Number of articles : 4
Continue reading …‘Rhetoric vs. Reality’: Wis. GOP Vid Captures Hateful Rhetoric at Union Protests
February 16, 2011 No Comment
Remember when so many pundits were trying to convince America that violent, hateful rhetoric was an epidemic on the right, and that conservatives were generally hateful people? Well, the Wisconsin Republican Party has put together a video using evidence from this week’s liberal protests against the governor’s emergency budget bill that uncovers plenty of angry rhetoric from the left. Besides showing… Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : The Blaze Discovery Date : 16/02/2011 21:06 Number of articles : 6
Continue reading …‘Rhetoric vs. Reality’: Wis. GOP Vid Captures Hateful Rhetoric at Union Protests
February 16, 2011 No Comment
Remember when so many pundits were trying to convince America that violent, hateful rhetoric was an epidemic on the right, and that conservatives were generally hateful people? Well, the Wisconsin Republican Party has put together a video using evidence from this week’s liberal protests against the governor’s emergency budget bill that uncovers plenty of angry rhetoric from the left. Besides showing… Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : The Blaze Discovery Date : 16/02/2011 21:06 Number of articles : 6
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