Daily Archives: September 5, 2008

Internet traffic grows 53 per cent from mid-2007

Via the Globe and Mail PETER SVENSSON Associated Press NEW YORK — International Internet traffic kept growing in the last year, but at a slower rate than before, and carriers more than kept pace by adding more capacity, a research … Continue reading

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Consumers dig mobile broadband: 3G device ownership up 80%

Via ARS Technica By David Chartier | Published: September 05, 2008 – 12:50PM CT For those still on the fence about 3G in the US or convinced that it’s just a fad, a new report shows that 3G device growth … Continue reading

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Newspapers Can Do Online Video on a Modest Budget

Via Mediashift – by Mark Van Patten was as excited as anybody to be able to post video on our website. Our newspaper readers were turning more and more to their computer screen to read our news and it seemed … Continue reading

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Charges Against Shoved Cyclist Are Dropped

Via the New York Times – By John Eligon Christopher Long, 29, a bicyclist who was shoved by a police officer in an altercation captured on video, left Manhattan Criminal Court after prosecutors dropped all charges against him. (Photo: John … Continue reading

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Harper joins the Web’s twittering class

Via the Globe and Mail – by IVOR TOSSELL If there was any lingering doubt that the curious blogging phenomenon called Twitter has gone mainstream, it dissipated the moment that Stephen Harper signed up. For the past couple of years, … Continue reading

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Harper joins the Web’s twittering class

Via the Globe and Mail – by IVOR TOSSELL If there was any lingering doubt that the curious blogging phenomenon called Twitter has gone mainstream, it dissipated the moment that Stephen Harper signed up. For the past couple of years, … Continue reading

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I’m So Totally, Digitally Close to You

Via the New York Times – BY CLIVE THOMPSON On Sept. 5, 2006, Mark Zuckerberg changed the way that Facebook worked, and in the process he inspired a revolt. Zuckerberg, a doe-eyed 24-year-old C.E.O., founded Facebook in his dorm room … Continue reading

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Show Off Your Activity Stream on a Timeline With Dipity 2.0 (500 Invites)

Via Mashable – by Doriano “Paisano” Carta Dipity has released some major new features, taking online timelines to another level with the launch of Dipity 2.0. The site has added a great deal of social networking  integration with services such … Continue reading

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Embedded at UBC::Journalism School Students Get Fewer Textbooks, Collaborate More

Via Mediashift – by Alfred Hermida With students flooding back into classrooms in universities across North America, the key to getting through this demanding first week of term is simple — planning, planning and more planning. In practice, this means … Continue reading

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The Empire Strikes Back as Second Life Announces Instant Messenger SLim

Via Mashable – by Doriano “Paisano” Carta It didn’t take long for Second Life, a leader in 3D Virtual Worlds, to respond to There.com’s announcement of new features.The most compelling new feature There.com revealed was its innovative ThereIM which would … Continue reading

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