Crowd sourcing took a new turn….with you behind the wheel.
1. Wonder how the google maps can tell you which roads have traffic backed up and which ones are green ? They don’t. You did . And you and you all together do.
2. Shepard Fairey and Banksy seem so yesterday. JR wins the 2011 TED Prize. Graffiti art just got out sourced and went sureal in scale. Check out 11:46 and 18:04 if you really are on the run.
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The first 1:34:57 length crowd sourced film. Life In A Day. Edited from 5,000 hours of film from 192 countries. Produced by YouTube, National Geographic and Ridley Scott !
From the sublime to profound to the rediculous….bring the popcorn and beer. Its fun!
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2011: Pay phones died a natural death but Pay by Smartphones just become more real. Zong, Facecash, OboPay, Square. Pick your poison.
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1. 2010-2015 Cyber War Years. US vs Iran, China vs US, Anonymous vs Sony and CIA. Wikileaks vs The World.
2. 2010-2020 Digital Patent War Decades. Facebook has 12. RIM has 3,134. Nokia 2,655. Microsoft 2,594. Google just bought 17,000 by acquiring Motorola Mobility. Goliaths win ?
3. 2010-2050 Global H2O War Millennium. Canada sits on 60% of the worlds fresh water reserves! Roll over Saudi Arabia.
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1. Aug 2 US defaults. Dow drops 500 points. Dollar tumbles. World goes on.
2. Minority Report is here ! Iris scan comes to a laptop, ATM and airport near you.
3. Fig Card Boston, TotalTab Uxbridge, Square Inc. Welcome to the world of smartphone payment. Good bye visa ?
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1. You think you know what Pi is, now listen to what Tau sounds like.
I am tone deaf, so maybe you will hear it.
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1. The world of communicating appliances is here. But an intelligent weighing scale that talks directly with your doc . Do I really want that ?
2. Named one of the top 10 companies to watch in Silicone Valley. Cloudera may soon be to complex data mining what Windows is to operating systems. Move over Google, the next generation is here.
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1. The Leopard and the Baboon. I am normally not a sucker for National Geographicesque Nature footage. But this one made my heart stop. Check your pulse at the mid point.
PS: Scroll down to predictions from Feb 9, 2011.
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1. My Morning Jacket. Bob Dylan meets Pink Floyd ? Or simply too cool for summer. You decide.
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