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Realtime mobile video panoramas
via TechCrunch
Really interesting stuff from Microsoft innovation labs in Egypt.
Online video viewers better informed voters
photo by AgentOdd
This is interesting for me because living overseas almost all of my election news is online. I’m curious how the news is being absorbed back home. Most of what I watch is from Huffington Post, Crooks & Liars, DailyKos, YouTube. The vicious loops of stateside political coverage from CNN International (and mind numbing [...]
Take surveys for $150 per hour on LinkedIn. Kind of.
photo by Zombie37
OK, not exactly.. But according to AdAge you can make, “50 cents to $2.50 per minute of your attention while you fill out surveys, in the form of “gift cards, charitable donations and opportunities to view survey results as rewards.”
The online survey companies need to get beyond work at home mentality when targeting [...]
Incense linked to lung cancer
photo by weare mockorange
You might not want to burn incense all day. I’ll still burn some Nag Champa and savor the positive effects, but with good ventilation.
Study participants who used incense in their homes all day or throughout the day and night were 80 percent more likely than non-users to develop squamous cell carcinoma of [...]
Fast companies use social media
A recent study by The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Center for Marketing Research reveals that of the fastest growing fortune 500 companies, 77% reported using social media in their business.
According to the study’s authors, “26% of respondents in 2007 felt that social media is “very important” to their business and marketing strategy. That figure rose [...]
Social networking: Women outnumber men
photo by callme_crochet
According to a new study by Rapleaf, women significantly outnumber men on most social networks. This makes sense because women are generally better at keeping in touch with old friends and making new ones.
Will this give women an edge in business since they’ll have more privy to new jobs offered, access to new [...]
Microsoft Sphere display video
via Seattlepi
The globe app is really nice.
Jonathan Harris, We feel fine at TED talks
On a recent journey to KL I watched the following TED Talks video of Jonathan Harris. Cool stuff.
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