It’s bold, it’s brash, and it’s 25 pages long. Don’t worry it has a table of contents. If you’re short on time, read the TOC and you’ll be up-to-date. Otherwise, sit back and dig in for a feature rich update on your favorite computer. Apple’s traditional desktop computing business has suffered many indignities over …
Monthly Archives: July 2012
Newsmastering – or why it’s an incredible time to be a news geek
European news editor Robin Good used to write all the time about a concept he called Newsmastering. Newsmastering is the ability to identify, select, aggregate, filter and distribute/publish news and informatiom streams on very tight, specific themes/topics. Newsmastering is a new emerging and much needed network function allowing the huge news flow to be categorized, filtered, …
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Unemployment is not as important as we think, when it comes to predicting the next President
Make no mistake: the higher the unemployment rate in November 2012, the less likely President Obama is to win a second term. But we should be careful about asserting that there is any particular threshold at which Mr. Obama would go from favorite to underdog, or any magic number at which his re-election would either …
A century of Olympic posters
Images from the book “A Century of Olympic Posters” by Margaret Timmers: As snapshots through time, Olympic posters provide a fascinating record of our world, a lens through which we can explore links between sports and art, politics and place, commerce and culture. A Century of Olympic Posters offers an intensely visual representation of the modern …
National Geographic premieres new show – Comic Store Heroes
This is Comic Store Heroes, a wild and wacky adventure into the subculture of comic book super fans, where dreams are everything… and with a bit of faith and spandex, they really can come true. Amid the dark and dangerous shadows of New York, the real life Gotham City, shines a bright light that lures comic fans …
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A refreshing look at climate change in America – what are we doing about it?
A refreshing, well-balanced look at climate change in America. You don’t have to be a climate scientist these days to know that the climate has problems. You just have to step outside. The United States is now enduring its warmest year on record…Meanwhile, the country often seems to be moving further away from doing something …
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United States loans three satellites, worth $1 billion, to Mexico – MEXSAT
Did you know that America had an Export-Import Bank? The Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank) approved a $922 million loan guarantee to support the export of three satellites and related equipment to the Mexican government for the MEXSAT regional mobile satellite system. Mexico’s Secretariat of Communications and Transportation will purchase the …
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Which baseball team has the most fans on Facebook?
If everything is a competition, then which baseball team has the most Facebook fans: New York Yankees – 5.9 million Boston Red Sox – 3.7 million Chicago Cubs – 1.7 million San Francisco Giants – 1.5 million Texas Rangers – 1.4 million Data pulled from a great post on iStrategyLabs: As we cross the …
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Tourism – 11% of Egypt’s GDP – is on the rise
“No political force, political party, president or government working in a democratic, responsible framework, and therefore accountable to public opinion … could follow policies that harm tourism in Egypt,” he said. “Four million people work in tourism, while more than 14 million are impacted by it indirectly,” he added, saying Egypt had the potential to achieve, …
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