MC2 Post 1219 When Brave New Worlds Collide

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Over The Daily Transom

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SXSW:  The Homeless as an Antenna?   

 A Really Bad Idea...

    SXSW 2012: Ad Agency Under Fire for Using Homeless as Wifi Hotspots

   

UPDATED: BBH Labs has outfitted 13 homeless people with wireless routers as part of a “Homeless Hotspots” initiative.

    

Link:  http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/risky-business/sxsw-2012-ad-agency-under-298572

   

    TinyURL:  http://tinyurl.com/6ua268k 

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Why Netflix, Twitter and CNN wants to

 Expand their Social Footprint

1. Netflix:  Please Don’t Tell Me What You’re 

Watching on Netflix

Link:  http://allthingsd.com/20120313/please-dont-tell-me-what-youre-watching-on-netflix/?mod=googlenews_editors_picks

2.Twitter:  Twitter acquires blogging platform Posterous

Link:  http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9225131/Twitter_acquires_blogging_platform_Posterous 

3:CNN:  CNN Is Said to Be in Talks to Acquire Mashable

Link:  http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/03/12/cnn-in-talks-to-acquire-mashable-sources-say/

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Part 2

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Which are Real Vanguards of Innovation and which are more noise than signals.

    1.Kahn Academy on iPad

    Khan Academy launches on iPad: Is this education’s future?

        Sal Khan and his team at Khan Academy have a class — or roughly 3,000 classes — you might want to take.

    Link:  http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/innovations/post/khan-academy-launches-on-ipad-is-this-educations-future/2012/03/12/gIQA8ORm7R_blog.html 

    2.Space Upshots Get some traction

        The ISS Elevatory and the Rocket Train

    Japanese Company Aims for Space Elevator by 2050 

    Link:  http://www.space.com/14656-japanese-space-elevator-2050-proposal.html

    We already have the technology to send trains into space, at a fraction of the cost of rockets

    Link:  http://io9.com/5892333/we-already-have-the-technology-to-send-trains-into-space-at-a-fraction-of-the-cost-of-rockets   

    3.A Toasty-Hot Novel--ella of an Idea --
Amazon's numbers

        Amazon May Have Sold Two Million ‘Kindle Singles’, But Why’s That Impressive?

    Link:  http://gizmodo.com/5892767/amazon-may-have-sold-two-million-kindle-singles-but-whysthat-impressive?utm_medium=referralutm_source=pulsenews

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TV Done Right

    Masterpiece Classic:  Downton Abbey

    Also on Netflix Season One:  7 episodes 

   

    AMC's Attempts--Even the Failed Efforts

        Why Mad Men Matters: 

    Returns Sunday March 25th.

    Link:  http://www.amctv.com/shows/mad-men

        Breaking Bad is on Netflix:

        Season One:       7 episodes

        Season Two:     13 episodes

        Season Three:  13 episodes

    What the Ancients Knew

    Broadcast on Science Channel HD.

        The Greeks

        The Chinese

        The Romans

        The Eqyptians

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Part 4

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A Whole New Ballgame

    Pony League Style

    http://www.eteamz.com/walnutvalleypb/news/index.cfm?cat=295514

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Part 5

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Why is Google Asking for your Phone Number 

for Your Security?

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