Sorin Adam Matei
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Gang Signs on the Web creative commons image by JL! via Flickr Gang members use social media to organize payback missions or to snuff out snitches. A Washington Post article cited by Gawker and dugg 172 times reports that gangs regularly use…
The Looking into the past Flickr gallery and project uses a simple and effective trick. Take a period picture, find its location, go there, hold the picture at the right distance from the camera and from the landmark depicted in it, make…
A most powerful medium, of unknown abode and origin, summoned through dark arts the spirit of the Evil One himself, the Fuhrer Adolf Hitler, to ponder on iPad’s fate. This is what he had to say: Related articles by Zemanta The Meme…
The iPad launch video clip A roundup of Apple iPad reviewes The New York Times gave it ample space, asking however some pointed questions: Mr. Jobs, a consummate showman, presented the iPad to an enthusiastic crowd of around 800 employees, business partners…
Image by cattias.photos via Flickr The Apple iPad will be a glorified iTouch, with better connectivity. First off, it will have no camera. None whatsoever. (Although there are people who say that there are some camera kits available) Then, no GPS whatsoever…
Image via Wikipedia Lifehacker picks this little tid-bit of insight from Inc: You might think that involving a bunch of people in every company meeting and email keeps everyone on the same page. In reality, it's a productivity killer that hinders rather…
Chosen by MSNBC, the best 2009 YouTube videos include Susan Boyle at Britain got talent, whose Amazon.com CD was an absolute bestseller Dentist doped kid – David at the dentist Funny JK wedding dance YouTube’s 2009 star was Susan Boyle, the frumpy…
Business Week announces as almost sure that Apple prepares a new consumer device. A 7-10 inch, ITouch like tablet. The tablet might use the patents Apple just applied for this summer, which include off screen haptic controls and haptic feedback . Apple…
Image via Wikipedia Wikipedia articles that are controlled by a small group of editors that coordinate their work closely seem to be of higher quality. This is one of the main suggestions made by Kraut an Kittur, whose work was previously featured…