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The man behind a revolution in the lives of poor Indian women
Arunachalam Murugantham is an extraordinary man; till recently he was uneducated and employed as a helper at a small shop. He was one of India’s millions, forgotten by the system and side-stepped by...
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Why Google Glass?
In this short talk, Sergey Brin (co-founder of Google) explains the vision behind Glass and it starts by asking a very simple question – how are we supposed to interact with the world? By looking at a...
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Be careful what you ‘Like’ on Facebook
What you ‘Like’ on Facebook says a lot about you, as reported in Red Herring. Data from a study of 58,000 volunteers, who participated in the “myPersonality” app, was compiled into an algorithm that...
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Five species that dominate the social media jungle
Research commissioned by a mobile phone company in UK reveals that social media users can be clubbed into five largely homogenous groupings. Big softies: Pictures of babies, pets and children...
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Addicted to the Net? Take this simple quiz and find out
How many days this week have you… Checked Twitter/Facebook before getting out of bed? Had five minutes of Internet activity turn into more than 30 minutes? Taken your smart phone into the bathroom to...
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Amazon demonstrates drone-based delivery
Amazon is experimenting with drone-based delivery systems, as the video below demonstrates. Packages of up to 5 lbs will be delivered to destinations within 10 miles of an Amazon distribution centre....
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The rise and rise of the hash sign (#)
The hash sign (#) seems to be making a hash of normal English, particularly with folks on the wrong side of 30. Tweets and FB posts are now liberally sprinkled with any number of hash signs, so much...
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How long should a tweet be?
Twitter’s best practices cite a Buddy Media research report that 100 characters or less is the ideal length of a tweet. The findings are consistent with a Track Social study on 100 well-known brands...
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7 deadly sins of web design
Web designers beware: do not indulge in any of the following. Flash intros: Flash is passé, get to the point straightaway. Photo carousel: How many photos should there be? How long before they flip?...
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How innovation is done?
Joi Ito is a Japanese-American activist, entrepreneur, VC, Director of the MIT Media Lab, and one of the smartest people on the planet. In this fascinating TED talk, he explains how innovation is done...
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Survival of the fittest?
Interesting chart. Of the top 15 Internet companies in 1995, only one is still in the list. What does this tell us? That only the fittest survive? Well that’s one side of the story. What do you think...
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“I am thinking of investing in a tech fund” said my tech-illiterate friend
The friend in question is an otherwise intelligent and well-educated young lady. She has had the benefit of an Ivy league liberal arts education, but when it comes to tech or investing, she is, alas,...
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