Trying All the Things
Observations of a sometimes-early adopter.
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I’ve never found a contact management system that actually works for two Gmail accounts, one Outlook Exchange account and two different phones.
Spoiler alert: this isn’t it either (they only allow you to connect to one Gmail account at a time).
But they’re trying. And there’s finally a “merge” feature so I can get rid of those pesky extra profiles that friends (or my dad, ahem) create when they forget their password…
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Square’s not just for businesses apparently, as an invite-only page for a product called “Square Cash” has popped up. Not many details are known about it, but we’ve reached out to the company for comment…
I carry cash about 1% of the time — usually only when I have just been to the farmer’s market. Checkbook, maybe 5% of the time. Credit cards and my iPhone: 100%. Venmo has been my go-to for a few years now, but this new option from Square is intriguing …
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Quote reblogged from China Digital TumblrAll websites are asked to remove text, images, and video related to the protest of over 1,000 people in Kunming city center against the Anning PX construction plan. Interactive platforms must strictly monitor activity.
State Internet Information Office (Ministry of Truth: Kunming Environmental Protest)
this sounds more like reality. yesterday’s overly optimistic story on NPR had my head spinning.
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Photo reblogged from Digital Churn
Let me get this straight. You’re asserting that you have knowingly crafted a campaign that people will not care enough about to get trending.
bitcoins!
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Today at I/O, Google rebranded “Hangouts” as a new unified, cross-platform messaging system. It lets people text, photo, and group video message across Hangouts’ Android and iOS apps, plus its Gmail and Google+ site integrations. Hangouts rolls out today, replacing Google Talk [GCha..
This is why G+ still matters. It’s not about the G+ social network (or lack thereof). It’s about their power to disrupt a marketplace of communications tools because they have the critical mass of users already via Gmail, and those people are going to use Google’s messaging app – both because it’s already integrated with their massive address books, and because it has cool features that people want. This will become the equivalent of what WeChat is in China (which was copied from WhatsApp and which hasn’t gained nearly the mainstream popularity here as it has over there.)
I am personally very excited about this news. And I think it should scare Facebook in a big way.
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There is no Chinese word for meme. Also: #catvidfest today in the Beijing office of Weber Shandwick!
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In 18 hours I’ll land in Beijing and commence two weeks of screenshotting social apps and websites that don’t work from mainland China. And eating dumplings. Woo hoo!
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Quote reblogged from courtenaybirdThe brain-to-brain propagation of Dawkins’ memes can now happen worldwide within seconds. We have a new real-time, global culture that is not only technological but also social. Experiences like imitating the YouTube videos for “Single Ladies,” “Somebody That I Used To Know” and “Call Me Maybe” create instant traditions, or “meta-memes,” that prime us to become ultra-efficient human information routers. Memes become themes become meta-memes become norms. A few years ago, few people would have posted a video of themselves singing or dancing on YouTube. Today, for many, doing so is not only second nature—it’s urgent. In our real-time culture, meme speed matters. Primacy is more important than privacy.
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For the first time scientists have printed human embryonic stem cells using a 3D printer.
The Heriot-Watt University team’s research could eventually lead to human organs being printed on demand and an end to animal drug testing. Jim Drury of Reuters reports.But don’t try this at home.
