What benefit does this give a country?
Fewer pesky comments on your failures? Fewer suggestions on how to
improve your products and services? Fewer job offers?
"An Indian court given the
green light for the
prosecution of '21 social networking sites.' The list features
10 foreign-based companies, and
could affect websites provided by Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Yahoo,
and YouTube. The recent development is part of an ongoing
argument between the companies and India over whether
content should be regulated (read: censored) in the country. The
approval was actually made on December 23, 2011, but was only
revealed yesterday. India warned these websites it
can block them just like China can."
Now that we have them addicted, let's
charge them $1 a month...
Prediction:
1 billion Facebook users by August
Planning future classes...
"Every January, it is
traditional to compare the state of programming language usage as
indicated by the TIOBE index. So what's up and what's down this
year? The top language is still Java, but it's slowly falling in the
percentages. Objective-C
experienced the most growth, followed by C# and C. JavaScript
climbed back into the top 10, displacing Ruby. Python and PHP
experienced the biggest drops. If you like outside runners, then
cheer for Lua and R, which have just entered the top 20. However, I
have to wonder why Logo is in the top 20 as well. I know programming
education is becoming important, but Logo?"
Considering the tools for tomorrow?
eReaderLookup.com
eReaderLookup.com is a database of
ebook reader devices that has quick filtering and comparison
capabilities.
… This site offers you facts about
ereaders and allows you to easily find the devices that match your
parameters. Some of the information is being obtained from device
manufacturers and reviews; some is being contributed by website
users.
… Using the site is easy: narrow
down your search by using the filter form on the home
page and then compare the devices.
(Related) Want everything on your
Kindle?
Kindle
simplifies PC document transfers
Amazon released "Send
to Kindle" today that let's users transfer personal
documents from their PC to a Kindle. It seems that the divide
between tablets and
computers is ever shrinking.
Once downloaded and installed, the way
the plug-in works is users can right-click on one or more documents,
select print, then choose "Send to Kindle." The
document will automatically be converted into a PDF. This
plug-in can be used with any application that connects to a printer.
However, with Kindles having only
between 2GB
and 8GB of available storage, this plug-in isn't really intended
for people to transfer their entire PC to their Kindle. So, part of
the plug-in's capability is that it lets users archive documents in
their Kindle Library, where they can re-download later if needed.
A worthwhile tool?
There are web highlighter
tools and then there are citation tools. Both are different
types of study aids. A new Firefox plug-in, or let’s accurately
describe it as a Firefox toolbar combines the two and gives us a
personal research organizer and citation recorder called Citelighter
(Beta).
[The video:
http://www.citelighter.com/page/how-we-work
Will this be a quick win? Lots of
geeky Star Trek fans have been thinking about this for years...
X
PRIZE Foundation and Qualcomm Foundation Set to Revolutionize
Healthcare with Launch of $10 Million Qualcomm Tricorder X PRIZE
… The $10 million top prize will be
awarded to the team that develops a mobile platform that most
accurately diagnoses a set of 15 diseases across 30 consumers in
three days. Teams must also deliver this information in a way that
provides a compelling consumer experience while capturing real time,
critical health metrics such as blood pressure, respiratory rate and
temperature.
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