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Library of Congress Established

Posted on April 24, 2011 by GilPress

Today in 1800, The Library of Congress was established by an act of Congress, with an appropriation of $5,000, when President John Adams signed a bill providing for the transfer of the seat of government from Philadelphia to the new … Continue reading →

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VC65: Funding Innovation

Posted on April 6, 2011 by GilPress

The Bush vs. Doriot models, Metcalfe and McCance

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InfoStory Quant: 1.2 billion in 2015

Posted on March 21, 2011 by GilPress

Research firm Radicati announced today that they expect the number of social networking users to rise from 798 million users in 2011, to over 1.2 billion in 2015. Since users typically have more than 1 account, they expect social networking … Continue reading →

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Mobile Phones and Privacy Concerns

Posted on March 18, 2011 by GilPress

Professor Michael Pupin on the value and application of the wireless telephone: 

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This Day in Information: The Mother of All Demos

Posted on December 9, 2010 by GilPress

Today in 1968, Doug Engelbart demonstrated the oNLine System (NLS) to about one thousand technology specialists at the Fall Joint Computer Conference held by the American Federation of Information Processing. The demonstration introduced the first computer mouse, dynamic linking, e-mail, … Continue reading →

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Web Marginalia

Posted on November 23, 2010 by GilPress

Marginize for Web publishers launched today on Boston.com, Xconomy.com, and eight other Websites.

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Metcalfe’s “Law,” Information Monopolies, and Facebook

Posted on November 15, 2010 by GilPress

Tim Wu in the Wall Street Journal today writes about Metcalfe’s “Law” (or what he calls “our convenience”) as what guarantees that the more things change in the information economy, the more the stay the same (new big monopolies for … Continue reading →

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Exploring Data Trails: Google’s Aaron Koblin

Posted on November 9, 2010 by GilPress

Aaron Koblin’s presentation (1-hour video) at MIT on data visualization. 

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This Day in Information: First Newsreel

Posted on October 28, 2010 by GilPress

Today in 1927, the first Movietone newsreel was shown at the Roxy Theater in New York, 22 days after the opening of the feature-length film that ushered in the era of the “talkies.” In The Jazz Singer, Al Jolson spoke … Continue reading →

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This Day In Information: World Day for Audiovisual Heritage

Posted on October 27, 2010 by GilPress

Today is World Day for Audiovisual Heritage. “To safeguard the world’s audiovisual heritage is to preserve our collective memory, and to ensure its transmission to future generations. We must understand the past to shape a common future founded on dialogue … Continue reading →

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