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The Birth and Growth of Scientific Journals
Today in 1665, the first issue of the Journal des sçavans (later renamed Journal des savants), was published in Paris. It is widely regarded as the first scientific journal but a more apt description would be a journal for men of … Continue reading
Posted in Data growth, Information diffusion, Science
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How Professors Use Social Media
Source: Best Colleges Online
Posted in Education, Infographics, social media, Social Networks
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Machine of the Year, Thirty Years Ago
Today in 1983, Time magazine put on its cover the PC, calling it “machine of the year.” Roger Rosenblatt wrote:“Inventions arise when they’re needed. This here screen and keyboard might have come along any old decade, but it happened to pop up when it … Continue reading
Posted in PCs, This day in information
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Can Tablets Take the Place of Teachers?
Source: BachelorsDegreeOnline.com
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The Last (Old) Telephone Call
June 15, 2018 will be the day in which the last telephone call will be made using the 140-year-old circuit switching network, established in 1878. IEEE Spectrum: “…a huge number of phone calls [today] start out as Internet packets and … Continue reading
Posted in Analog, Digitization, Telephone
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The End of the Map
“Among the many mistakes found in Apple Maps was a rather elegant solution to the continuing dispute between Japan and China over the Senkaku islands. Japan controls them; China claims them. Apple Maps, when released, simply duplicated the islands, with … Continue reading
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Photography, Then and Now
Twenty years ago we took a photograph, had it printed, and kept it safe in an album we brought out once a year. Now we snap a photo, or more likely a dozen, share them online on the spot, and … Continue reading
Posted in Analog, Digitization, Photography
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Nielsen Creates New Twitter Monitor
The Wall Street Journal reports on the expansion of “The National People Meter” to the Twitterverse: Earlier this month, Nielsen published its 2012 Social Media Report, finding that “consumers continue to spend more time on social networks than on any … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, Internet Economy, Measurement, News, Pinterest, Social Networks, Television, Twitter
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Census Bureau’s Statistical Abstract Honored for 133 Years as Premier Reference Book
The Reference and User Services Association (RUSA) presented its Lifetime Achievement Award to the U.S. Census Bureau for the Statistical Abstract of the United States — acknowledging the abstract’s role as one of the premier reference sources for the past 133 years. … Continue reading
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