RT @verge: Twitter visualizes billions of tweets...
RT @verge: Twitter visualizes billions of tweets in badass interactive, 3D elevation maps http://t.co/o3fdlEyqjF
June 29, 2013
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Twitter visualizes billions of tweets in artful, interactive 3D maps
On June 1st, Twitter created beautiful maps visualizing billions of geotagged tweets. Today, the social network is getting artsy once agsain, using the same dataset - which it calls Billion Strokes - to produce interactive elevation maps that render geotagged tweets in 3D.
Experts like Fred Wilson used to make fun of me...
Experts like Fred Wilson used to make fun of me for moving to Google+. Two years later I'm still happy: https://t.co/xeLkvzSDQx
Robert Scoble - Google+ - Here's my buddy +Vic Gundotra and I at the office, toasting...
One thing in life I've learned is that you shouldn't listen to the experts. Even me. Except I'm not really expert in, well, much of anything. Two years ago Google+ started up. My friends said it was gonna be a failure. I told them I was giving up my blog to post, instead, on Google+.
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RT @kevinmarks: live now on Gillmor Gang with @stevegillmor @Borthwick @Scobleizer @kteare http://t.co/sCzjkQ54mM
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So that's what happens when you drive through a...
So that's what happens when you drive through a level crossing: http://t.co/3WpKWIeMd4 http://t.co/Hmg0wI4h7L
RT @ABC: Starting Now: Watch live as NASA launches...
RT @ABC: Starting Now: Watch live as NASA launches telescope to the sun http://t.co/cYl9HOrfiQ Plus, react with sound using #SocialSoundtra…
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RT @Cisco_Mobile: This SRI project aims to build a...
RT @Cisco_Mobile: This SRI project aims to build a powerful predictive assistant for office workers http://t.co/aSmQpJbn5d cc @Scobleizer @…
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Siri's Creators Demonstrate an Assistant That Takes the Initiative
In a small, dark, room off a long hallway within a sprawling complex of buildings in Silicon Valley, an array of massive flat-panel displays and video cameras track Grit Denker's every move. Denker, a senior computer scientist at the nonprofit R&D institute SRI, is showing off Bright, an intelligent assistant that could someday know what information you need before you even ask.
RT @RackspaceFeed: Rackspace Startup Program...
RT @RackspaceFeed: Rackspace Startup Program Spotlight On eKita: Education Technology For The World http://t.co/s9kU5vwZoo @Rackspace
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Rackspace Startup Program Spotlight On eKita: Education Technology For The World
Just like Salesforce provides a complete workflow solution for sales and marketing, and Cerner provides a complete workflow solution for nurses and doctors, eKita sees itself as the global platform that standardizes education technology to provide a complete academic workflow platform for students and teachers.
RT @MarchForInnov: BREAKING: US Senate passes...
RT @MarchForInnov: BREAKING: US Senate passes historic #immigration reform by a 68-32 vote #iMarch
RT @davewiner: Sean Parker: Weddings Used To Be...
RT @davewiner: Sean Parker: Weddings Used To Be Sacred And Other Lessons About Internet Journalism. http://t.co/xSUm8emhR3
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Weddings Used To Be Sacred And Other Lessons About Internet Journalism
Editor's note: Sean Parker is the executive general partner at Founders Fund. Previously he was co-founder of Napster and the founding president of Facebook. He currently serves as a director of Spotify. My wife and I met 5 years ago and almost immediately began fantasizing about having a..