July 22, 2007
July 18, 2007
"The Psychology of Social Computing: What Best Explains the Success of Facebook?
Social Computing magazine reviews What makes Facebook such an attraction? Some theories…
Citizen Media: A Progress Report
By Dan Gillmor
Firefox Now Serious Threat to IE in Europe
Tookis writes "Mozilla's Firefox web browser has made dramatic gains on Microsoft's Internet Explorer throughout Europe in the past year with a marked upturn in FF use compared to IE over the past four months, according to French web monitoring service XiTiMonitor....
the Telegraph: Mobile phones 'dumbing down brain power'
An over reliance on technology is leading to a dumbing down of the nation’s brain power, according a study published today. In a society flooded with mobile phones, Blackberry devices and computers of various shapes and sizes, a quarter of all Britons do not know their own landline number while as little as a third can recall more than three birthdays of their immediate family..... |
July 14, 2007
"Facebook Applications: Survival of the Fittest
Facebook certainly became my new toy but i don't i am alone. it is quite hip nowadays...
By Kevin Bondelli
"Since Facebook has allowed for the implementation of third-party applications, tons of them have been created and used by Facebook users. Facebook has recently limited users to sending 10 invites per day per application from the unlimited invitations allowed at the launch of the application platform. What does this mean for Facebook applications?
July 05, 2007
"Nokia’s Killer New-Media Gadget
Dan Gillmor in Nokia’s Killer New-Media Gadget says:
I’ve been playing with Nokia’s latest mobile device — the N95 — and consider it a breakthrough in digital media.
Oh, it’s a phone, naturally. But it’s so much more, including WiFi, GPS, MP3 recording and playback, a 5-megapixel digital camera and MPEG 4, 30-frames-per-second video recording and playback, Web browsing, email and, of course, text. There’s more, but you get the idea.
The journalistic potential for the N95 is simply enormous....July 03, 2007
"The iPhone Matches Most of Its Hype
Christopher Capozziello for The New York Times
The iPhone ... is three devices in one: a cellphone, a wide-screen iPod, and an Internet communications device. says NYT
The funny take on the NYT piece in FP blog