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Dead Media: My First PC!
Old-Computers.com description of the Osborne Executive
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Mobile Payments: Present and Future
Pew Internet: The Future of Money in a Mobile Age “Recent Pew Internet surveys find that one in ten Americans have used their cell phone to make a charitable contribution by text message, that more than one-third of smartphone owners have … Continue reading
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35th Anniversary of the Apple II
Today in 1977, on the second day of the West Coast Computer Faire, Apple Computer formally introduced the Apple II.
Posted in Apple, Computer history, This day in information
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The Internet Economy: 5.3% of G20 GDP by 2016
The Economist: In the G20 countries, the internet economy will grow at more than 10% annually for the next five years and by 2016 reach $4.2 trillion, or 5.3% of GDP—up from $2.3 billion and 4.1% in 2010, according to … Continue reading
Tipping Point for Internet Video vs. TV
According to Ypulse (via eMarketer), among high school and college students between the ages of 18 to 30, 70% reported watching Internet-streamed TV in a typical week, while 66% watched programs on a regular TV set. In contrast, among those … Continue reading
The Increasing Diversity of Online Access
Pew Internet: The ways in which people connect to the internet are much more varied today than they were in 2000. As a result, internet access is no longer synonymous with going online with a desktop computer: Currently, 88% of … Continue reading
The Internet of Things and People: Only Connect
The European Commission says that “the average person living within the 27-nation bloc has at least two devices connected to the net at present – typically a computer and smartphone. It expects the figure to rise to seven by 2015, with a … Continue reading
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The Titanic Regulation
“At 10:25pm on Sunday, April 14, 1912, a single message borought wireless, Marconi, and evantually [David] Sarnoff to prominence: The Titanic, fastest and most luxurious ocean liner of its time, was sinking in the North Atlantic. The catastrophe would serve … Continue reading
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Harper Lee on Reading
From a letter to Oprah Winfrey Harper Lee wrote in 2006: “Do you remember when you learned to read, or like me, can you not even remember a time when you didn’t know how? I must have learned from having been … Continue reading
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