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2013

A forced change to my information diet

I just un-pinned and closed my Google Reader tab in Chrome.  From the day it started in 2005, Reader became…

Umano Reads the News to You

Umano got a bit of attention last night as an Android version was just released. I gave it a try…

In case you need Lance Armstrong news …

  My dad has you covered …

We’ve built a real-time human computation engine

Twitter Engineering reveals how they ensure short term spikes in search lead to qualified content. Pretty awesome.  The new news.

2012

Google News now optimized for tablets

Google News – now optimized for tablet consumption …  check it.

2010

Obama at work

Obama at work, originally uploaded by atmasphere. In case you’ve somehow missed this … Looks like I was lucky to…

2008

What would Facebook hope to get from Twitter?

Techcrunch is reporting on Twitter’s decision to pass on an acquisition by Facebook and a lot of people are tracking…

Nokia Sportstracker Mobile Mapping

Thanks to Jaiku and GerryMoth I just learned about a new release of Sportstracker which offers a real map of…

Enjoying the Digital Olympics

If you live in the US, the NBC Olympics site is really an excellent way to keep tabs on athletes…

Personal Broadcasting – Rocking the System

In my experience the ability to begin broadcasting, inform your friends and maintain a dialog is both incredibly social but…