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Getting data that’s generating these words from Gizmodo’s servers to your computer, requires a vast global array of networks. And, at one point along its journey, the data will likely pass through the Ethernet switches at 60 Hudson Street, one of the most densly-packed...How Hashtagging the Web...
Laura Larsell is the information ontologist at Trapit , a content discovery, personalization and curation platform currently in beta. Laura holds an M.A. in library sciences from the University of Texas at Austin. I rolled my eyes when the Library of Congress announced in the spring of...Patient Gets First Lab-...
Ever worried what would happen if we ran out of blood in hospitals? Fear no more! Because the first patient ever has been given lab-grown blood—and survived . More » Read more here: Patient Gets First Lab-Grown Blood Transfusion Ever...It’s 11:11 11-11-...
In binary, 1111 11 11 11 means “The world is ending right now and I’m still in bed wearing my Wolverine underpants.” Good bye my friends. More » See the original post: It’s 11:11 11-11-11! You Know What That Means [The...Hulu Plus and ESPN Scor...
The Amazon Kindle Fire app partnerships just keep coming. Amazon announced Friday that Hulu Plus and ESPN ScoreCenter are coming to the Kindle Fire next week. Earlier this week, Amazon announced that official apps from Facebook , Netflix , Rhapsody and Zynga will be ready to download and...World’s Fastest-Growi...
I became forever terrified upon discovering “ Take This Lollipop ,” an interactive video that launched two weeks before Halloween, yet still continues to haunt millions on the Internet. After giving the application permission to access my information (something my generation...Veterans Day 2011: Goog...
Google is remembering troops this Veterans Day by flying a yellow ribbon on its homepage. Its latest Google Doodle, a watercolor-style pastoral scene, swaps the “l” in the Google logo for a tree with a yellow ribbon tied to it. Displaying yellow ribbons is a tradition that...
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If you weren’t paying attention to anything but important news today you might not have noticed that Ashton Kutcher had turned over his tweeting privileges to the social media division of company Katalyst Media. “But why?,” you ask, because it’s late and...