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The Emotional Breakdown is a web tool that uses facial recognition to detect the mood of people in pictures.
By default, The … Read More >>
Uh Oh, Groupon, Wired Had To Pull Its IPO After Similar ‘Employee Email’ In 1996
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Did Groupon just shoot its IPO in the foot?
Maybe so.
Earlier, we speculated that, after having a detailed memo about its … Read More >>
Hurricane Irene: Social Media Shows Calm Before the Storm [PICS]
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As Hurricane Irene churns through the North Carolina coast on its way to points north, New York City stands ready for the … Read More >>
Now Can We All Agree That The “High Quality Web Content” Experiment Has Failed?
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It’s hard to imagine anything more perfect that Slate’s decision to lay off its respected media critic Jack Shafer. Not perfect … Read More >>
Eric Schmidt: If you can’t use your real name, don’t use Google .
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At the Edinburgh International TV Festival, NPR’s Andy Carvin asks Google Exec. Chairman Eric Schmidt about privacy, nymwars, … Read More >>
Why Am I Wearing This Glove? Oh, It Controls My Robot Hand, That’s All
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If you’ve never thought about describing a robotic limb as sleek and sexy then you’ve never met Handroid. The … Read More >>
MIT Unravels the Secrets Behind Collective Intelligence – Hint: IQ Not So Important
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When it comes to a successful group, the easiest way to ensure victory may be placing women on the team. […] Read More >>
The Joke Matrix: Inside Pandora’s Science Of Humor
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What makes a joke funny? The head of the Internet radio site’s team of comedy analysts shows us the inner workings of its new … Read More >>
Gospel Lessons In Marketing From "The Book Of Mormon"
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I recently saw The Book of Mormon and, like most every person who has gone through the shock-awe-amazement-happiness … Read More >>
Bristol street art exhibition transforms Ballardian brutalist street
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Tim sez, This weekend saw the final unveiling of the the See No Evil project in Bristol; Europe’s largest street art … Read More >>