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2015 Will Be The ‘Summer of Minecraft’
nprplays: If there is one video game that parents the world over support more than any other, it has to be the building game Minecraft. Since its launch it has become a behemoth in the industry, last year selling to Microsoft for $2.5 billion. But the worth of Minecraft can’t just be calculated in dollars,…
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Mapping the Sneakernet
thenewinquiry: By AN XIAO MINA Digital media travels hand to hand, phone to phone across vast cartographies invisible to Big Data I stood at the corner of Market Street and 4th Avenue, at the edge of San Francisco’s technology-startup neighborhood. An older Chinese woman—let’s call her Fei—approached my friend and me, asking for directions in…
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Logic is not the way to answer these issues: human behavior is the key. Avoid the engineer’s and economist’s fallacy: don’t reason your way to a solution — observe real people. We have to take human behavior the way it is, not the way we would wish it to be. Simplicity Is Highly Overrated –…
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We felt that the issues that women are dealing with are so distinct, right? It’s often related to the woman’s appearance, it’s very much related to the woman’s being as a sexual person — determining whether or not they are interested in having sex with that woman, and that’s her only value. I really wanted…
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Here’s how it went down: Schmidt, Isaacson and Smith were onstage together for a panel called “How Innovation Happens.” One of the recurring themes of their hourlong talk was diversity in tech, and how the U.S. government and companies like Google can get more women and minorities involved. Both men interrupted Smith several times —…
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syfycity: Easy Ice is in my stub.
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“It’s a $1 billion gadget…”
“It’s a $1 billion gadget…” parislemon: Cliff Kuang: A few years ago, the CEO of Vertu was showing me the company’s newest $8,000 phone, bragging that the gadget was far more substantial and well-made that any $500 iPhone could hope to be. I stopped him short, pointing out that the iPhone isn’t a $500 gadget.…
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valentinedelandro: Bitch Planet sketchbook: Working out ideas for the Non-Compliant symbol.
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