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The iPad May Change Computing, Just Not Your Life

Source: Michael Ricci
March 22, 2010

The first time you walk into an Apple Store and pick up an iPad, you'll understand the hype: Apple has managed to create a beautiful, thoughtfully designed, compelling product in a space where mediocrity was, until now, status quo. But odds are you probably won't buy one at least not yet. And that's OK.

For despite the high level of anticipation for and proclamations associated with the launch of the Apple device, the fact remains that outside of a few ...

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Demise of Coral, Salamander Shows Impact of Internet

Source: All About Jazz
March 22, 2010

The Internet has emerged as one of the greatest threats to rare species, fueling the illegal wildlife trade and making it easier to buy everything from live baby lions to wine made from tiger bones, conservationists and law enforcement officers said Sunday.

The Web's impact was made clear at the meeting of the 175-nation Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, or CITES. Delegates voted overwhelmingly Sunday to ban the trade of the Kaiser's spotted newt, which the World ...

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Why @ Is Held in Such High Design Esteem

Source: Michael Ricci
March 21, 2010

The French and Italians have nicknamed it the snail. The Norwegians have plumped for pigs tail, the Germans monkeys tail, and the Chinese little mouse. The Russians think of it as a dog, and the Finns as a slumbering cat.

It's the @ symbol on the computer keyboard, which is an essential component of every e-mail address. Millions of us type it each day, usually without thinking about it. Yet the Museum of Modern Art in New York has deemed ...

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Playing It Cool with a Jawbone in Your Ear

Source: Michael Ricci
March 21, 2010

The word apps, of course, is short for applications, which means programs. But until 2007, nobody used the term apps except the people who wrote them programmers. It wasnt until the iPhone came along that apps became shorthand used by normal people.

And now theyre everywhere (apps, that is, not normal people). Apps on our phones. Apps on our TV sets. Apps on our Blu-ray players. And now, with the release of the Jawbone Icon ($85), apps on our Bluetooth ...

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Listen to Jazz Radio Now on iPhone Apps

Source: All About Jazz
March 21, 2010

Get iPhone Apps and listen to JAZZ.FM91 on your iPhone or iPod Touch with our FREE app! Live and web radio streams, music news, podcasts and much more. Download the app now from the iTunes Store.

Absolutely awesome! Thank you JAZZ.FM91. I am so proud to be a member, and I cant believe the quality and feature set that you have put into this app. Very well done. T.N., Toronto

In Barrie, your broadcast signal becomes a ...

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Essential: Text Initiated Email List Sign Up

Source: HypeBot
March 20, 2010

We've been asking industry types in Austin, “What are some of the creative uses of social media and/or technology that you have seen recently that made you think, ' Wow that was a good idea?' “ Morgan Stewart of ExactTarget answered:

“There is a lot of promise in text initiated email list sign up. It could be argued that the survival of an artist completely depends on their ability to grow their email list. It also is a challenging ...

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A Peek at an Interactive Magazine for the Apple iPad

Source: Michael Ricci
March 20, 2010

VIVmag, an all-digital lifestyle magazine that is available online, plans to introduce an interactive iPad version of its content when the device, from Apple, is released next month. Jeanniey Mullen, VIVmag's chief marketing officer, said that the magazine planned to make every iPad and desktop issue interactive with video and full- motion advertising, including a Fandango HBO “Sex and the City 2” advertisement and interactive spreads for Kia Motors and Este Lauder. While beautiful to look at, and I'm sure ...

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If You Tell Them on Facebook, They Will Come...Again and Again

Source: Michael Ricci
March 20, 2010

In continuing to look at the way that Facebook has become a driving force behind online news consumption, Heather Hopkins of Hitwise has dove into the numbers again, this time examining how Facebook users compare with others in return visits. According to her article, Facebook not only drives a high amount of traffic, higher than Google News, but its users are far more loyal, as well. Hopkins took a look at the data earlier this month, noting that Facebook drives ...

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