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14 DEC 09
3 New Forms of Search That Google is Working on Now SAVE
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"Imagine what it would be like if there was a tool built into the search engine which translated my search query into every language and then searched the entire world's websites," Mayer told the Telegraph. "And then invoked the translation software a second and third time - to not only then present the results in your native language, but then translated those sites in full when you clicked through."TAGS
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13 DEC 09
Global Voices Online » Iran: Men in Hijab to Support Jailed Student SAVE
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"Hundreds of Iranian men have dressed as women in Hijab to support Majid Tavakoli, a student activist who was arrested on December 7. Iranian authorities claim Mr. Tavakoli was dressed as a woman to escape after delivering a speech in Tehran on Student Day."TAGS
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11 DEC 09
Map of social media access and use worldwide. SAVE
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Map of social media access and use worldwide.TAGS
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10 DEC 09
Center for History and New Media » Essays SAVE
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A really interesting list of essays on history and new media. [via Evgeny]TAGS
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09 DEC 09
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Microkhan by Brendan I. Koerner SAVE
Upon being presented with the map above, the first question that pops to most minds is, “Why is the incarceration rate in the United States so absurdly high?” But given our proclivity for the esoteric, we now find ourselves wondering, “Why is the incarceration rate in Indonesia so darn low?”TAGS
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Joho the Blog » FCC moving on “white spaces” to make more spectrum usable SAVE
I'm very interested to see how this is implemented.TAGS
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Climate change and civil war – Chris Blattman SAVE
"I find the past temperature-conflict link compelling (and frightening) but wonder if past responses to marginal changes can be so straightforwardly extrapolated to future, non-marginal shifts in temperature. To me, the global political environment is key. Brokered agreements, peacekeeping interventions, and heavy-handed threats from the great powers have brought more than half of all wars to a close in the last decade. If this international system can be sustained, or extended, I’m hopeful climate change need not mean more war."TAGS
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Official Google Research Blog: Automatic Captioning in YouTube SAVE
I think that the whole point of Google Voice was actually to create this. Just imagine, if they keep recordings of our voices then over time they can also implement automatic dubbing.TAGS
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Failed Predictions - The Long Now Blog SAVE
“It will be years –not in my time– before a woman will become Prime Minister.” –Margaret Thatcher, October 26th, 1969.TAGS