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Where Is the Chrome in Your Strategy? - Umair Haque (21)
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Imagine what would happen if GM and Ford collaborated to invest in the components and architecture of a better public transport network -- and then licensed it for free to cities, states, and countries. Imagine what would happen if pharma players directly invested in better hospitals and clinics -- instead of in trying to own the relationship with doctors, and furiously outspending one another when marketing blockbusters. Imagine what would happen if Wal-Mart invested in ...Shared by Adam Crowe (8) Alex Mann (2) Aneel (31) atul (75) Clay (22) Denis Gobo (29) Eino (17) erhan (52) Fred Schechter (75) Gautam (14) James Socol (4) Jared Hanson (11) Josh (13) Macintoy (10) Mark Cheverton (2) Niranjan Tulpule (1) Roshan (21) Simon (33) Todd McKinney (2) Tommi Rissanen (9) Trevor Gerzen (8)- Clay said: I think that this is apples and organges. There is a huge cost, relative to open-source software development, to building public infrastructure such as roads and squares. Further, the benefits to Wal-Mart and P&G from such investments are questionable at best. Cars run on roads, and people like public squares, but the analogy doesn't hold for this new browser because it is enabling fundamentally new capabilities for GOOG. That is, control of its own destiny for web-based apps like GMAIL, GCAL, etc and the basis to compete with MSFT in the OS layer. Many future developers are going to skip the Windows layer and develop apps directly for the web on the back of Chrome and efforts like it.
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South Carolina sheriff buys tank to conduct raids (25)
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Don't even think about running an illegal bingo game in Richland County, South Carolina. The Richland County, South Carolina Sheriff's Department (that's them above) just obtained an armored personnel carrier, complete with a belt-fed, .50-cal turreted machine gun. Sheriff Leon Lott has charmingly named the vehicle "The Peacemaker," and insists that using a caliber of ammunition that even the U.S. military is reluctant to use against human targets (it's generally reserved for use against armored ...Shared by Alan Cheslow (49) Allen (11) Arion (19) Bruno (10) Dan (11) Drewcipher (4) drsoos (15) Gautam (14) Haltse (17) himangim (119) Inthenameofmine (406) Jim (38) Journ (5) Khairul (84) LUCCHINA (442) Michaelk (17) Mike (18) Nicolás (17) pericles (700) Piedro Molinero (293) Rob Schonberger (10) Ross V (415) Sam (23) Steven (111) Yerameyahu (21)- Haltse said: Protect and serve ? sure.
- Drewcipher said: I used to live in South Carolina and all I can say is that NONE of the local law enforcement should be allowed to have this kind of firepower.
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Winners of World's Best Presentation Contest (50)
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These are the winners of the Slideshare World's Best Presentation Contest. Notice the use of pictures and graphics, big fonts, and minimal text. Check them out! First Prize THIRSTView SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. (tags: crisis design) Second Prize Foot NotesView SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. (tags: design inspirational) Third Prize Zimbabwe in CrisisView SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. (tags: refugee hyperinflation)Shared by Alex (20) ambuj (3) Andrew (3) Andrew Mitry (23) Arun (33) Bob Potter (45) Brandon J. Mendelson (17) brokekid (134) Carmen Leilani (20) Christopher (41) Clay (41) corntoole (5) g9yuayon (7) Gautam (14) Gommit (28) gort581 (29) Goyal (13) IanMcKenzie (4) iBspoof (14) JenM (19) John-Michael Oswalt (10) JSB (16) Lara (22) Lech Ambrzykowski (20) llakumar (10) Marcus (32) Matt Williams (7) Michael (37) Michael Fidler (9) Michael Jensen (3) Michael Jensen (5) odeb (49) Paul Beaulieu (8) Paul Helmick (25) Paul Keen (2) RaynerApe (34) rexy (23) Riptide Furse or Krossbow (15) Rob (7) roger (11) Sergey Kapustin (12) Shamir (3) Shane Keener (9) Shinil Payamal (74) Stanton (8) Steve (13) Steven Correy (19) Taisha Rucker (10) Wyatt (10) zemaNORIS (15)- John-Michael Oswalt said: First one is good, and the topic is interesting as well. Foot notes is cool, but I'm not sure it would make a great presentation. It would be cool to have running before one though.
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Picasa Refresh Brings Facial Recognition (76)
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In the anticipated release of Google’s new and improved Picasa, the company will offer facial recognition technology to help you identify friends and family in your pictures without requiring you to tag them by-hand each time you see them. Launching at noon PDT today, Picasa’s facial recognition technology will ask you to identify people in your pictures that you haven’t tagged yet. Once you do and start uploading more pictures, Picasa starts suggesting tags for ...Shared by Aaron (25) Amihai (24) Andy Beal (23) Archit T (15) Benedict Lee Zhi En (163) blakeneven (27) Brenton (3) Brian (2) Brian (26) Brian Cuban (1084) broepke (19) Brooke Adcox (9) Carl (5) Carl Dunn3 (15) CHRISTIAN (23) Christopher (50) Chuck LeDuc (6) cuqui (20) Dan Persson (1) Daniel (13) Daniel (9) DarK FlameS (64) David Sasaki (4) dffrnt (27) dknowles (19) Drew Olanoff (144) Edo (21) eschnou (11) Gautam (14) GerardM (25) Gil (158) Gil Creque (8) godlaugh (10) Gommit (28) Guy (702) guy (626) Hagdahl (29) HollowMarkeD (65) Icefreez (18) James (11) James Forbes Keir (19) Jeffrey (26) Jeremiah (19) Jimmy (27) joekwon (18) Joey Doll (14) JohnMu (12) jonmower (21) Jrod (68) Kevin (28) kpoirier (4) Lantash (10) Leonid (20) lucky13cxc (6) Martin Dahl Pedersen (2) marxwang (43) mfelkins (8) Michael V (4) Mike F (456) ModernBizzle (5) Murali (10) Nick (10) Nick Cobb (474) Oudi Antebi (25) patrice (7) PMinze (28) potentato (25) Powera (23) Ritu (631) Rob (17) Sigalon (35) SMC (204) surftheair (8) Techboy (17) webtime (476) 猫影 (14)Explore read eight notes- DarK FlameS said: Picasa agora com reconhecimento facial...
- Jrod said: boom
- Oudi Antebi said: worked very nice for me!
- Hagdahl said: Picasa med ansiktigenkänning måste vara det ballaste på länge! Det kan bli hur enkelt som helst att söka efter olika personer i bildarkivet.
- Icefreez said: Wow, that will be nice. They already developed the technology somewhat for Google maps why not develop it a bit more and release it for free :D
- Jeffrey said: interesting - this would make life a lot easier on facebook... firefox plugin anyone? =P
- Joey Doll said: google is on a tear
- kpoirier said: sounds cool.
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Seth's Blog: Reaching the right people (68)
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Here's a great idea. What if your new rock group appeals to fans of the B52s? Or if your new book is just perfect for people who like Brad Meltzer? If you have a CD or a book or an idea that will appeal to a certain psychographic, it might not be so easy to reach just those people. Dave came up with a super idea: go buy a bunch of B52s CDs. Then list ...Shared by Avinash Kunnath (22) adang001 (9) Aditi (10) Alen3000 (5) Alex (102) Andrew M (6) Andrew Peek (25) AnilG (24) Anthony DelleCave (3) Ben Corman (6) billspaced (9) Blaise (46) BluesForPablo (18) Brandon J. Mendelson (17) burkinaboy (141) Carl Fyffe (5) Cem (2) chrisbrogan.com (24) Christian (3) Daan (9) Darin R. McClure (48) David (Dave) Bakker (3) Del (12) derrickkwa (10) Dr. Ernie (58) elroy (14) Fred Schechter (75) Garrett Eastham (1) Gauravonomics (39) Gautam (14) Howard Yermish (3) Jared (14) jb (13) Jeff McIntire-Strasburg (86) Jeff Schmidt (29) Jim (17) John (17) John (10) Jon of SMA (8) Kareem Sultan (3) Kartik Agaram (3) Kris (50) Lorraine (17) Mark (9) Mark Dykeman (28) Marshall Sponder (24) Martin Thörnkvist (2) matthew hunt (23) Mihalcea Razvan (299) Nigel J (23) p0ps (34) Pirkka (6) Pito Salas (2) plindberg (12) Richard (2) Riku (6) RoyBlumenthal (4) seanness (3) smackaysmith (3) subbu (27) theCan (8) Theo (18) Tibor (41) Todd (10) Travis (12) wrburgess (4) Xdroot (31) Zee M (37)Explore read six notes- chrisbrogan.com said: This is actually pretty clever.
- Lorraine said: One more way to make Fee Sell!
- matthew hunt said: great tip!
- Richard said: Interesting
- Carl Fyffe said: It amazes me how many kickass ideas this guy comes up with. Extra amazing is that most are actionable.
- Mark Dykeman said: as the saying goes: this is so crazy that it just might work.
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Tomorrow's Teachers (1)
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Shashi Tharoor in the Times of India writing on the teacher's of today and tomorrow:In five days we will be celebrating Teachers' Day — on the birthday of our great teacher-president, Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, September 5. But our ritualistic honouring of the great profession of educators will do nothing to conceal the fact that, in India, teachers are too often underpaid, under-appreciated and therefore under-motivated. No wonder we have a nationwide shortage of 25 lakh ...Shared by Gautam (14)Contribute comment -
The Backyard Revolution (1)
onMadhav Chavan,a co-founder of Pratham, has an article in Outlook Business on "getting local communities to manage schools...[to] revolutionize our moribund primary education system."Shivpur is a small village in Dehri block of Rohtas district in Bihar. The efforts of Ram Pyare Singh, a locally-educated son of a landless labourer, have led to something close to a miracle here. I am convinced that although the entire miracle cannot be fully replicated, large elements of it can ...Shared by Gautam (14)Contribute comment
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Random Acts of Kindness: A Social Site I’d Love to See (59)
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“If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.” - Dalai Lama I don’t think anything like this exists yet, so if you’re looking for an idea for a website/service, I’ve got one for you: Random Acts of Kindness: A Social Site to Create Happiness This site would be a way to do nice things for other people, and get rewarded for it. Here’s how I envision ...Shared by Adam McDonald (29) Alex (0) andy (3) Atomic Bombshell (8) Calvin Robinson (19) CannonGod (220) Casper (71) Ch (111) d0t (8) Dion Rodrigues (35) Ditto Rahmat (15) DrFu (22) Elina Kamaeva (0) flaminglacer (9) frank barry (5) Gautam (14) George Syson (15) Greg (3) Hassan (26) Houston (0) Ivy (61) J. James B (41) James Andreasen (4) Jawa Buddhavarapu (29) Jay Springett (20) Jeanne-Erin (0) jenni ripley (21) Jeremy Neal (32) John Rust (4) Jon Scheiber (2) Jordan (406) Joyce (17) jwisser (5) Kajivar (33) Kcrystina (38) Keith (10) Kerray (3) Kevin (32) Kristen (218) Lu Tao (21) Marcus Mattsson (6) MeghnaK (320) Michelle Thompson (2) Mike Nayyar (178) Paul McEnany (3) Rami Taibah (445) Richard (42) rorowe (8) sadiq kassamali (41) sampsa (29) Shane Coffey (84) Shankar Ganesh (59) Surround|ed| (23) Syng Shin (105) Tal Siach (474) tharik (36) Thinh (187) Tyson Williams (58) Zak M. (578)Explore read four notes- Surround|ed| said: Spread some love
- rorowe said: Great idea! Sorta like "I owe your a beer" for Twitter.
- jwisser said: I really like this kind of idea. I still want to implement my "Something Nice" idea.
- Michelle Thompson said: Like this concept a lot.
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Cliche busting: worth its weight in gold? (7)
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The monetary density of things...or what substances are worth their weight in gold, including $50 bills, LSD, and antimatter. People have been saying that the new industrial grade swimsuits like the LZR Racer are worth their weight in gold. As you can see, this is clearly inaccurate. But such a suit is worth its weight in marijuana or industrial diamonds. Using a FAQ at NASA, I calculated that a pound of aerogel is worth about ...Contribute comment -
Dear Economist: Is it wise to marry a career woman? (1)
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I remember reading that men shouldn’t marry career women because such wives were more likely to have affairs and/or seek divorce. Is this based on research? Not that I am facing an imminent choice of marriage partner.Eligible Bachelor, London Dear Eligible Bachelor, You may be thinking of an article in Forbes, published two years ago, which caused a stir by summarising academic research suggesting that professional women are “more likely to get divorced, more likely ...Shared by Gautam (14)Contribute comment -
Inside India's CAPTCHA solving economy (30)
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Staying on top of the latest in software/hardware security research, vulnerabilities, threats and computer attacks.Shared by ~C4Chaos (84) acacio (22) Anand Sharma (10) Antonio Volpon (27) Awab (23) Brent (43) Dan MacKinlay (25) Dave (5) Deepak Sharma (0) Dileepa (25) Drew Harry (5) ehu4ever (87) Gautam (14) Graham (3) gregory lent (6) Halo Efekti (59) haynes (2) Inetgate Writer (20) Iulian (9) Julia (2) Leo Laporte (8) Matt (26) Mike F (456) Miles E (19) MMS (6) Moderated AppSec Feed - OWASP Foundation (20) Noah (34) Phil (14) Shahriar (2)Contribute comment -
Five Innovations Corporate India Needs (7)
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While Western economies are slipping into a recession, India 's own economy is showing no sign of fatigue and is poised to expand at 7.5-8% in 2008. As a result, all the Indian CEOs I interact with are actively seeking to innovate and transform their products, services, processes, and even business models in order to drive global competitive advantage. And they are willing to harness cutting-edge technologies to fine-tune their market offerings, operating models, and ...Shared by Bertrand Duperrin (6) colladude (1) Gautam (14) Gonzalo Jimenez (21) IanTW (17) Just Mohit (19) Umang Saini (6)- colladude said: india innovation
- Umang Saini said: I don't think they left anything out :-)
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Off Topic: Why People, Not Technology, Matter (5)
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I know this is a technology blog rather than a political or personal blog, but two things are weighing on my mind. First off is Obama’s speech last night. Regardless of your political leanings, his call for people to come together and take action for the greater good was inspiring. The second is Hurricane Gustav. These two events have the potential to reinforce the power that individual people have. For as long as I’ve been ...Contribute comment -
http://cosmicvariance.com/2008/08/29/the-thousand-best-popular-science-books/ (18)
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Over at Cocktail Party Physics, Jennifer has cast a baleful eye on the various lists of the world’s greatest books, and decided that we really need is a list of the world’s greatest popular-science books. I think the goal is to find the top 100, but many nominations are pouring in from around the internets, and I suspect that a cool thousand will be rounded up without much problem. We played this game once ourselves, ...Shared by adam (972) Avi (598) Cat (10) christideli (32) christina (10) David Gaw (13) Felix Bredoteau (56) Franklin Bishop (26) Gautam (14) Ian (3) Kate (314) kebernet (84) lakshmi (5) Nick Cobb (474) Quinny (36) rebrse (156) Ricardo Cabral (12) w0lfh0und (697)- Quinny said: A great list!
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London From Above, at Night [PICS] (295)
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With the end of the Olympics in Beijing, all eyes turned for a moment to London, site of the upcoming 2012 Summer Olympics. While looking for good photographs of London, I was contacted by London photographer Jason Hawkes, who had some wonderful images of London, seen from above at night (from a helicopter, to be exact) - some of which which he's agreed to let me share here. From Jason: "Shooting aerial photography during the ...Shared by 1only (78) Abdullah Cetin CAVDAR (52) adam (972) Adam Howes (0) Adam R. (17) Adam Ramshaw (22) Addam Hardy (1) Alan (1) Aleksey Maksimov (1) Alessio Bragadini (12) Alex Lomas (4) Alex Robar (17) Alexander13 (467) AlexandrosM (7) alireza (79) Alix (2) Amy Sample Ward (4) Ana Valdés (7) andre (19) Andrew Acomb (8) ani625 (85) Anibe (3) Anna (25) Anna Lynn (5) Arpine (4) Art (22) Ash Matadeen (4) azin (12) B.M. (9) Benjamin (19) berenike (26) Bernardo (11) bittin (194) Bjoern (3) Brad (2) Brad Brooks (10) Brendon Wadey (32) Brent (5) Brenton (5) Brian Sullivan (15) brownpau (47) bucks14 (1) Cai Chen (995) Carol (148) Carren (0) Chad (171) Charles (27) Charli Wag (31) charris1980 (47) Christopher (50) Chronistin (6) Class4 (3) ClinicalCases (47) craig (58) Craig Lee (1) Cristian Conti (4) Dan (1) dan (14) Daniel Hartmann (0) Daniele (2) Dave (2) Dave (36) Daver (45) David (5) David (5) David (15) Dean Clark (134) Demi Pietchell (88) deniman (19) Derek (5) Dmitry Sumin (0) dobata (366) Doug Stewart (28) DVD (1) Dylan Thomas (49) Eduo (52) Edward Platero (0) Eebs (23) egon (6) Elmer Thomas (141) Emrecan (16) epmiali (1) Eric (7) Eric Chen (114) Erik Stattin (34) eunice (9) Eyki (17) Felix Bredoteau (56) Fernando Johann (10) Firethorn (11) Florian (4) Fourbin (17) Frank Lynch (3) G. (27) Garret (5) Gaurav (11) Gautam (14) Geeee (1) GodFather (17) Graeme Shaw (1) Graham (20) Grant Mead (7) Greg Loesch (37) Guillaume Foutry (60) Hadi (14) Hamid11771 (14) Hannes Trapp (5) Harold (21) hasamba (36) Hayden Booth (5) hikikomori (55) Hristo Hristov (20) IBCmass (177) Iceman (7) Ihar Mahaniok (5) ionela (238) Jake (14) jamesjbigler (9) Jana (13) Jared Cherup (1) Jarques (3) Jarrod Taylor (14) Jason (14) Java Cola (3) Jay Liew (11) jborneman (20) Jean Ruaud (2) Jeff (48) Jeff (19) Jeff Crump (30) Jeffrey (9) Jeffrey (34) Jeremiah (19) Jeremy Cabantous (8) Jeroen (2) Jess (4) Jesse (7) Jesús Dugarte (3) jezarnold (12) Jodi Church-Wagner (21) joel (6) Joey Doyle (11) John (4) John Ager (6) John LeMasney (4) Jon (2) Jon (5) jose (14) jose87 (13) Josip Lisec (2) Juan Diego (38) Julien Tartarin (2) JulioHM (30) Julius (13) Justin Levy (10) Kalu (12) Kamran Hashmi (86) Karan (8) Kelicia (0) Kerry (0) Kévin (5) Kevin De Mulder (24) Kevin Fanning (4) Kevin Grandia (34) Kim (14) Konstantin Weiss (15) Krazy (146) Kristo (13) Kurt Vermeersch (12) Kyle Bamford (15) LadyBanana (1) Laura Lessa (2) Leena (1060) lizunlong (7) Luke (20) Mahdi Ebrahimi (28) Manuj Darshan (9) Marcelo (10) Marcus Beagley (19)
