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Apple vs. Google: How Will They Stack Up in the Future?

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 00:23:32 +0100

http://feeds.wired.com/~r/wired/index/~3/365857135/portfolio_0815_applegoogle

"Nouriel Roubini, an economics professor at New York University, stood before an audience of..."

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 19:42:26 +0100

“Nouriel Roubini, an economics professor at New York University, stood before an audience of...

Amazingly cool silhouettes (via Tunerds)

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:21:31 +0100

Amazingly cool silhouettes (via Tunerds)

"It’s a completely unnecessary addition to the shopping basket to purchase bottled..."

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 17:00:29 +0100

““It’s a completely unnecessary addition to the shopping basket to purchase...

The Line, Ep 2: The Five-Minute Rule

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 16:55:11 +0100

The Line, Ep 2: The Five-Minute Rule

It’s amazing how many sociopaths are out there dashing around,...

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 16:44:39 +0100

It’s amazing how many sociopaths are out there dashing around, playing entrepreneur, and yelling into a phone about drilling-down — with what appears to be no idea how to actually get something amazing to market. (via Ideas, Execution, and the Rare Auteur | 43 Folders)

"Because RIM is so much more deeply entrenched with BlackBerry in the enterprise market, this kind of..."

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 07:16:12 +0100

““Because RIM is so much more deeply entrenched with BlackBerry in the enterprise market, this...

Government to increase online copyright penalty tenfold

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 21:38:52 +0100

Government to increase online copyright penalty tenfold: This is ludicrous

Paralysis Social Network

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 16:36:12 +0100

http://mashable.com/2007/04/10/paralysis-social-network/

"As it readies its long-anticipated open mobile OS for public release, Google is behaving in a way..."

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 06:38:22 +0100

“As it readies its long-anticipated open mobile OS for public release, Google is behaving in a...

The Line, Ep 1: The FutureSpace Showdown Begins

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 05:20:57 +0100

The Line, Ep 1: The FutureSpace Showdown Begins

"Create Your Very Own Social Network"

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 05:56:30 +0100

“Create Your Very Own Social Network” - Neeetz.com - Create. Share. Socialize

"Google envisions Knol as a place where experts can share their knowledge on a variety of topics. It..."

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 03:38:10 +0100

“Google envisions Knol as a place where experts can share their knowledge on a variety of...

“Columbia law professor Michael Heller, in his new book, “The...

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 18:13:00 +0100

“Columbia law professor Michael Heller, in his new book, “The Gridlock Economy,” calls the “anticommons.” We hear a lot about the “tragedy of the commons”: if a valuable asset (a grazing field, say) is held in common, each individual will try to exploit as much of it as possible. Villagers will send all their cows out to graze at the same time, and soon the field will be useless. When there’s no ownership, the pursuit of individual self-interest can make everyone worse off. But Heller shows that having too much ownership creates its own problems. If too many people own individual parts of a valuable asset, it’s easy to end up with gridlock, since any one person can simply veto the use of the asset.
The commons leads to overuse and destruction; the anticommons leads to underuse and waste. In the cultural sphere, ever tighter restrictions on copyright and fair use limit artists’ abilities to sample and build on older works of art. In biotechnology, the explosion of patenting over the past twenty-five years—particularly efforts to patent things like gene fragments—may be retarding drug development, by making it hard to create a new drug without licensing myriad previous patents. Even divided land ownership can have unforeseen consequences. Wind power, for instance, could reliably supply up to twenty per cent of America’s energy needs—but only if new transmission lines were built, allowing the efficient movement of power from the places where it’s generated to the places where it’s consumed. Don’t count on that happening anytime soon. Most of the land that the grid would pass through is owned by individuals, and nobody wants power lines running through his back yard.”

The Permission Problem: The New Yorker

Smarten up iTunes' Smart Playlists with nesting

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 01:31:43 +0100

Smarten up iTunes' Smart Playlists with nesting: Smarten up iTunes’ Smart Playlists with...

Barack ‘n Roll

Sun, 10 Aug 2008 23:27:24 +0100

Barack ‘n Roll

Build Your Own Social Network with SocialGO

Sat, 09 Aug 2008 18:50:41 +0100

http://mashable.com/2008/08/08/socialgo/

"Compare that to what could happen if a human rights tribunal decides against Maclean’s: It could..."

Sat, 09 Aug 2008 04:53:48 +0100

“Compare that to what could happen if a human rights tribunal decides against Maclean’s: It...

"Director Christopher Nolan has been reading Aristotle. Many filmgoers’ conversations about The..."

Sat, 09 Aug 2008 04:51:37 +0100

“Director Christopher Nolan has been reading Aristotle. Many filmgoers’ conversations...

Going Offline: 5 Books on Corporate Social Media

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 23:20:46 +0100

http://mashable.com/2008/08/07/corporate-social-media-books/