January 2012
NYC Digital: Outside? Thirsty? There are 1,985... →
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Google Plus now boasts over 90 million users
bitshare:
On a recent Google earnings call, Google CEO Larry Page said that Google Plus reached a new milestone. On the call he said that Google Plus now has 90 million users globally. Well over double what he announced just three months ago. 90 million total users is a high amount, given the age of Google Plus which just launched in June of 2011.
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“Later, he referred to Airbnb riding a ‘third wave of the Internet’. Chesky...”
– DLD 2012 – Brian Chesky: “Average Airbnb Host In NYC Pockets $21,000 A Year” | TechCrunch (via likesandlaunch)
“A well-organized, well-funded, well-connected, well-experienced lobbying effort...”
– David Binetti
The week the web changed Washington - O’Reilly Radar
(via fred-wilson)
“As American consumers ogle over shiny new gadgets at this week’s Consumer...”
– Foxconn Is Still a Hard Place to Work - Technology - The Atlantic Wire
The most important story of the day.
(via firthofforth)
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“He talks to both factory workers and businessmen, gathering chilling information about the situation at the factory, discovering suicide nets,...
WatchDreamwork China - A Short Film Talking With Foxconn’s Teenage Workers
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/dreamwork-china-foxconn-2011-10#ixzz1jfz8Ows5
“Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it...”
– via @sarah_ross
“The effects of piracy within the United States are mainly redistributions within...”
– How Copyright Industries Con Congress (via cacioppo)
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Oh hell yes!
We’ve found just the thing to replace those cheesy inspirational posters in principals’ offices. Oh Expletive is a series of clever illustrations by graphic designer Safwat Saleem, each depicting that “Oh $@#!” moment familiar to anybody who’s ever had the odds stacked against them. Except in this case, the odds are represented by awesome things like...
