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Groupon Changes Everything?
It turns out Groupon is indeed worth at least $6 billion. But Leo Laporte and Jeff Jarvis “don’t get it” (they think it’s because they are men and don’t understand shopping). Paul Kedrosky insists Groupon cannot scale. John Battelle gets … Continue reading
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Lost and Found and Digitally Preserved: The Cairo Genizah
A hundred years ago today, The New York Times Sunday Magazine published an article titled “Important Jewish Manuscript Older than Gospel.” It tells of the debate between two scholars regarding the meaning of a fragment of a Hebrew manuscript:
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Why the Ball Drops in Times Square?
According to Wikipedia, every year up to one million people gather in Times Square to watch the ball drop, and an estimated 1 billion watch the video of the event, 100 million of them in the United States. According to … Continue reading
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Lost and Found: Civil War Coded Message
News from the Museum of Confederacy in Richmond, Virginia: “A glass vial stopped with a cork during the Civil War has been opened, revealing a coded message to the desperate Confederate commander in Vicksburg on the day the Mississippi city … Continue reading
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InfoStory Quant: Information Wants to be Paid For
According to a new Pew Internet report, 65% of internet users have paid to access or download some kind of digital content. Music and software are the most common kinds of content purchased. A typical user pays about $10 per … Continue reading
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This Day In Information: First Transmission of Opera in HD
Today in 2006, the first transmission of live HD broadcast from the Met Opera, to 100 movie theaters across North America plus others in Britain, Japan and one in Norway. The 12 transmissions of the 2010-2011 will be presented live … Continue reading
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This Day in Information: First Movie Screening
Today in 1895, the first public screening of films at which admission was charged was held by the Lumiere brothers at the Salon Indien du Grand Café in Paris. It featured ten short films, including their first film, Sortie des … Continue reading
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This Day In Information: First Feature Film
Today in 1906, the world’s first full-length feature film, The Story of the Kelly Gang, is shown at the Melbourne Town Hall in Australia. The film traces the life of the legendary bushranger Ned Kelly (1855–1880). In 2007, the film … Continue reading
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TDII Extra: Digital Tipping Points for Notebooks/Desktops/Smartphones
Today in 2008, market research firm iSuppli estimated that shipments of notebook computers have exceeded shipments of desktop computers in the third quarter of 2008 for the first time in history. Matthew Wilkins, principal analyst for computer platforms at iSuppli, … Continue reading
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This Day In Information: Phonograph Patent Application
Today in 1877, Thomas Edison applied for a patent for a Phonograph that uses tin foil cylinders to write and playback music. Steven Lubar in InfoCulture: “With the invention of the phonograph, music had changed. It had become a commodity, … Continue reading
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