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The 'Facebook Open Graph Redirect' Google Chrome Extension: http://t.co/bLhvvbDh <= oh, this is brilliant!

Jon Stewart Ridicules CNN, Fox News For Getting Supreme Court Decision Wrong.

Google I/O 2012 Keynote, one of the best I have ever seen.

Project Glass: Skydiving Demo at Google I/O 2012.

Google launched a very interesting new 7-inch tablet, the Nexus 7, and a curious media center, the Nexus Q, that connect to the cloud.

Nexus 7 review - Google's Nexus 7 tablet is not exactly a surprise.

Adobe confirms it won't support Flash on Android 4.1, and stops new Flash installs from Google Play on August 15th. Flash is history. The only relevant place to use it now is in very specialized and controlled situations.

Brilliant article about why ebooks will be replaced by HTML5: Why e-books will soon be obsolete.

Also read my article about the same topic: Lies, Damned Lies, and Ebooks.

Responsive designed ebook experiment. This is works essentially the same way as what Apple iBookAuthor creates, except this one can be used anywhere!

EU Cookie / Privacy Laws: Implications On Data Collection And Analysis.

20+ examples of EU cookie law 'compliance'.

McDonalds posted a brutally honest explanation of why their press images looks better than the real thing: Behind the scenes at a McDonald's photo shoot

QR codes are so last year, the new hot thing is blinking colored dots: Casio PicapiCamera iOS app uses visible light communication.

If someone talks smack about you on social media, you smack 'em back with your brilliance!: https://t.co/Zaw4NfdL <= brilliant!

For my developer friends: Powerful New CSS- and JavaScript Techniques: http://t.co/9qV1XzAp <= awesome collection of tricks!

Watching the price of media fall: http://t.co/eTOd6e9N

This is absolutely fascinating: Trucking bees all over the US: http://t.co/TCevoTb9 ...because we are running out of bees

A Broken Lock Is Secure 100% Of The Time: http://t.co/gkzMCELd ...heh, that's a novel way to look at security :)

The global polarization of work: what we can do about it: http://t.co/ujrsZsY1

Infographic: If our consumption trends continue, when will our natural resources run out?: http://t.co/5mNCjdPZ

Delightful video: Adam Savage explain how he made the Raiders of the Lost Ark bullwhip he braided by hand: Inside Adam Savage's Man Cave: Indiana Jones Bullwhip

And finally, life is a game: https://t.co/8XLtEw5N

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Quote: Quantity is something you count. Quality is something you count on!

The Financial Times is the first newspaper to reach one million followers on Google+. Pretty good for a social network that many people (mistakenly) call a 'ghost town'.

First hints of a Facebook ad network: Sponsored Stories appear on Zynga

Great weekend reading: Letter to Emily White at NPR All Songs Considered.

Apple has 6.6 million likes and 62,000 people 'talking about' them on Facebook, but they have never posted anything.

Nike becomes first UK company to have Twitter campaign banned.

Study: Tablet users more likely to buy magazines, e-books than news, newspapers...but prefer mobile web.

eBook Revenues Top Hardcover http://flpbd.it/xZJWt

Google moves into physical workforce dispatch services. Great news for business, not so great for all these overly expensive systems that exists on the market today.

Facebook Adds App Subscription Payment Model http://ow.ly/1kHI7H

Microsoft reveals Skype & 3rd party VOIP integration for Windows Phone 8. Non-internet phone system might seen be a thing of the past.

Flipboard is now the best Google+ client on the iPad.

Reddit created fake users to make the site appear more active, and then talks about the importance of trust.

Seth Godin raised $40,000 on Kickstarter for his new book - in just 3 hours.Now up to $250,000.

Build your tribe before you need it, give the tribe something that they want, and make it easy for them to believe it's actually going to work.

Fabulous writeup on: The End of the World: The State vs. the Internet.

Microsoft's new tablet ...yes tablet (not table) - Surface by Microsoft. This actually looks pretty awesome!

Another very impressive demonstration of Leap - the new touch (or no touch).

Breaking Story So New Reporter Literally Has No Information ...too funny :) (and true for many breaking news reports)

And finally, this is the funniest thing I have seen all week. Tim Berners-Lee discovers that inventing the web is not enough to impress these kids.

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Google Analytics Custom Reports: Paid Search Campaigns Analysis. Another excellent article by avinash

the UN is considering an Internet tax. Not again ...this is all about skewing competition. But it's also another example of the problems with local Government in a global world.

Digital Convergence & Futuristic Family Reunions http://nyti.ms/LPkz8v ...pretty cool!

Scientists may be able to predict your location years in advance.

Millennials: They Aren't So Tech Savvy After All http://ow.ly/1kmZ5f

OnX - automate your life: http://youtu.be/qfLMTsIJsoo - interesting!

More than half of seniors are going online: http://post.ly/7erIz

Retailers 'Like' external JavaScript, but it doesn't always like them back.

Tim J. McGuire: This I believe about journalism, newspapers and the future of media.

Amazon acquires 62-year-old publisher Avalon Books.

Jane McGonigal: Truths & Myths in Gaming.

Link Building Means Earning "Hard Links" Not "Easy Links"

Prospectus for The Next Hot Tech IPO, Where Nothing Could Possibly Go Wrong. Funniest thing I have read all week!!!

Morning rant: The laggards in New Orleans.

And finally: The new Twitter logo upside down :)

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Three Things That Should Trouble Apple. Excellent article!

Google Street View at the Laguna Seca Raceway ...very cool!

Facebook Camera. My prediction: This is the new Instagram. The two will merge within 6-9 months.

Excellent interview with Conan O'Brien about how the media is changing.

Obama orders the US Federal services have to be mobile in 12 months, and be accessible anytime, anywhere.

Richard Branson urges you to keep a pair of scissors handy to cut people's ties off. You got to love that guy!

Yahoo! Axis - a new way to browse the web: http://axis.yahoo.com/ Interesting, but it's the web 10 years ago. It lacks the social graph.

Guardian's open journalism is a failed business model, says Brooke.

Dave Gray: The Connected Company.

Facebook's "Social Readers" Still Fading.

Failure Is Not An Option: Why Kickstarter Hides Failed Projects ...even to the point of deindexing from search engines

Behind the scenes of a failed Kickstarter project. Interesting.

The next generation interaction: waving your hands. Well, when I say next generation, I mean just like XBOX Kinect.

Why I think it is perfectly reasonable that newspapers have to pay actors for interviews.

Jonathan Ive interview: Apple's design genius is British to the core.

Readlists, from the makers of Readability, creates ebooks from URLs.

Handy list of sources for impact of speed on ecommerce: http://bit.ly/KFxp9Q - a little means a lot.

Facebook testing new timeline design (again).

Says it all about the USA these days: http://bit.ly/Jvb4f1 Senator demands same access to secret trade negotiations that corporations have

And finally, the most thrilling movie you will ever see.

Google's self-driving car is now legal and has been issued with the first license in the US (and possibly the world).

Top Gear presenter James May meets his virtual self. Is this the future of Tv presenters?

The American Who Quit Money To Live In A Cave. Very extreme, but it makes you think.

42 percent of Americans are using social media to shop (study)

The real threat to (big time) book publishing.

Pay To "Highlight" Your Facebook Status Updates To More Friends - A Reckless New Ads Test http://zite.to/M2wKmW

Nikki Usher: "Who Needs Newspapers?" It's fewer people than publishers seem to believe http://nie.mn/KAepZ5

How to tell when unpaid internships are opportunities, when they're an abuse http://flpbd.it/Umaoy

Chocolat, a mac text editor, changes the font to Comics Sans when the free trail expires = brilliant!

We want our readers to read our content and we focus on that. HOW they choose to read it is entirely up to them FT's Lisa MacLeod

What Does "Professional" Look Like Today?

Gotta give the WSJ some props for the idea of using a Facebook Timeline to tell the story of the company's IPO.

The Guardian: Yep, it was "major changes" by Facebook that caused drop in social reader traffic.

Okay...now you are supposed to have a personal relationship with your vacuum cleaner.

Is Facebook 2012 The Same As AOL 2001?

The flipping point http://flpbd.it/E74BE ...good point!

Pepsi As Confused As Ever http://flpbd.it/sTTPJ ...all those fancy meetings completely wasted.

Google+ Hangouts On Air: broadcast your conversation to the world.

The first backlit e-reader: Nook Glowlight.

Predictive Analytics: Using Real-Time Data to help transform Public Safety.

Samsung Galaxy S III Very nice looking.

LinkedIn Spends $119 Million on SlideShare, the YouTube of Slideshows - http://on.mash.to/IKfy5q

Can Barnes & Noble Balance Physical and Online Sales Without Killing Itself? http://ow.ly/1jo9KV ....hmm ...Not sure what to think of this

The last I will say about juice: http://tinyurl.com/d4ce3ae ...great story of our corporate controlled police state.

Technology has changed, doesn't it make sense customers have, too? 5 ways it happened: http://Ez.com/5waz

Discovery Communications Gets a Web Video Arm, Courtesy of Revision3.

Top 10 countries in Facebook adoption: http://flpbd.it/v0s2n ...I get really suspicious when a graph shows more than 100% adoption rate !!

Dropbox confirms Apple is rejecting apps that use its SDK. Will someone please sue Apple for anti-trust monopolistic bullying?

Amazon Studios Now Funding Original Content Series For Amazon Instant Video Service.

My small rant against journalists who think big news should be free.

Tax me, for !%&'s sake: Stephen King.

Johnston Press regional newspaper group moves to the cloud to support an all digital workflow.

Newspaper circulation rose in last six months, 5% on Sundays. Digital is now bigger than print for NYT

Operating Income: Microsoft divisions, Apple products and Google. http://twitpic.com/9g3fba

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Why do we just stand back and watch? Yahoo vs. Facebook: http://ow.ly/az63h ...this constant patent crap is more damaging than SOPA.

How Twitter broke its biggest story (study).

Average cost of traditional media story: $250. Average cost of online-only media stories: $10 /RT danalacey

Pay with cash on Walmarts online store ...yes, cash. How does it work, you buy online, walk to the physical store and pay there, walk back home again, and wait for it to be delivered by mail.

Fascinating data: The Invisible Borders That Define American Culture:

Absolutely brilliant post: Media: What's Past is Prologue.

There is no best practice for the perfect time to post on Twitter. The best time is when you have something of value to say. avinash

Adobe free presentation/report: Focus on what customers do, not what they say.

Strategy, Context, and the Decline of Sony.

Wired: What Your Klout Score Really Means.

Breakdown of Apple's online checkout process. Very nice, but that's a lot of steps!

Interesting Kickstarter project - turn your iPad into a Macbook Air.

In April 2005, the total internet population was 900 million, the same as Facebook today. (Internet pop today = 2.2 billion)

I tried to watch Game of Thrones and this is what happened - The Oatmeal.

Study: Clickthroughs don't matter for ads, but viewing doeshttp://flpbd.it/oGEMf

Success versus popularity http://flpbd.it/KGE6J - great post byscottmckain

Google launches Google Drive.

Apple Could Profitably Build Products In America " Report.

(Great presentation) The Interactive Brand Ecosystem.

Financial Times passes 2 million users for its HTML5 web app.

"Why I break DRM on e-books": A publishing exec speaks out.

If you didn't see it yesterday: Facebook's RAW numbers and focus areas.

Retailers losing 1 in 20 sales through lack of mobile-enabled sites.

The New York Times Company in 2015. Trendlines - as of right now - don't point to its demise.

Pinterest is for direct interactions. It should lead people to your point of sale.

How Tumblr plans to attract brands & their money http://bit.ly/JlDDN0 ...also focusing on in-stream advertising.

Netflix gets it: Arrested Development's 10 new episodes premiering at the same time http://wp.me/p1re2-1KQd <= interesting!

When life hands you cancer, make cancer-ade: via lemonade stand, 6yo boy raises $10K for dad's chemo.

Google is taking another step forward in ad measurements. Note to old media: This is why they are beating you!

Publishers Beware! More Creative Destruction on the Way: http://bit.ly/JFigTN

Couldn't attract VC funding. Kickstarter Pebble Watch up to $4.3m with 30 days to go.

Physical media is dead - long live the app ...but isn't an app yet another container?

Hulu to advertisers: pay only for completed video ad views http://ow.ly/amigY ...Digital = measurable results.

Artists Create Perfume That Smells Like Brand New MacBook Prohttp://bit.ly/HQdVNL <= Mmmm the scent of Chinese factories :)

Zuckerberg did $1 billion Instagram deal on his own http://ow.ly/amh1z ...kids with money...

The 2080 Census: The World As We (Don't) Know It http://ow.ly/amgQO

Software reveals what makes a catchy movie line: http://ow.ly/ambRZ <= interesting, but we need diversity.

Amazon extends '1-Click' payments to mobile: http://ow.ly/alhDa...Amazon vs Google, I'll bring the popcorn :)

Advertising is not looking good: Facebook Ad Engagement Down 8% in U.S, cost up 41% - http://ow.ly/aiZSR <= not just print anymore.

Netflix CEO calls out Comcast on net neutrality http://dlvr.it/1RZlZP

Berg Explores The Future Of Touchable Movies http://ow.ly/aiPa2 <= Future? This is the same as Quicktime VR ...from 1994

And finally some fun. What happens when you give your dad an iPad:

One to read! Multi-Channel Attribution: Definitions, Models and a Reality Check http://ow.ly/a1Wc0

Twitter Sues Five Major Spammers: http://t.co/w3pVsSUr <= about time!

Very interesting episode of Triangulation with VC Jeff Clavier: http://t.co/rvfnh2jk

The rise of e-reading. 21% of Americans have read an e-book, and ebook readers read more than non-ebook readers: http://t.co/b49RREpL

New Study: A Happy Workplace Really is Crucial: http://t.co/2bGQ5NPN

Would love to have these glasses - Google Project Glass: http://ow.ly/a54fd

What using Google Glasses would *really* be like: http://t.co/jGhlgPWn <= funny

2012 Update from the Larry Page (Google CEO) http://ow.ly/a6HOO

A new framework for innovation in journalism: How a computer scientist would do it http://ow.ly/a6HKZ <= interesting!

Yahoo plans to fire 2,000 people! As they say ...http://ow.ly/a4Uvs

I'm impressed by 'Paper' (iPad sketching app) http://ow.ly/a4vik

One of the largest newspapers in DK just launched Berlingske Plus: price $5/month - $49/year...now where have I seen that before? ))

My morning rant about 'list articles': http://ow.ly/a4lci

Visual on future of news: 8 primary and 19 secondary sources of value http://bit.ly/HWCP0n

STUDY: Facebook Timeline Doesn't Affect Engagementhttp://ow.ly/a2Nea

Verizon Wireless Online to Store Study: http://ow.ly/a2njT

Why Ford Believes in Google Plus http://ow.ly/a1Gq7

Scandinavian audience expressed distrust of the media (study): http://t.co/aSZjWW71 (in Norwegian) - translated: http://t.co/D8X6cJ9b

Arthur C. Clarke was a brilliant man - his predictions in 1974: http://t.co/slCM7KhT

RIM won't save itself by withdrawing from consumer markets: http://t.co/YZOlc2R8

"If publishers can overcome their fear of piracy they will have an enormous weapon to fight Amazon": http://t.co/bOWW0qba (Amen!)

Paper for iPad Hands-On: So This Is What Microsoft's Former Courier Employees Were Working On: http://t.co/SKSrIYsL

Google Unveils New Revenue Option for Publishers: http://t.co/5o4jAZiJ <= Crap!! You are asking people to sell their privacy for content.

If customers have bought much of the stuff they will ever buy will they make room for you?: http://t.co/RPVwQDUN <= great!

Tumblr hits 20 billion posts, nears 50 million hosted blogs:http://ow.ly/9WTel <= impressive!

Self-Driving Car Test: Steve Mahan: http://ow.ly/9WLZR - this is cool!! (hint: He is 95% blind)

What book publishers should learn from Harry Potter:http://ow.ly/9VgTO <= Interesting

An Indepth article of the problems with Cond Nast on the iPad.

Mobile and the news media's imploding business model.

Facebook says it may launch legal action against employers who ask for user passwords : http://t.co/5uKP9i1B

Why Working More Than 40 Hours a Week is Useless: http://t.co/iXz0rHXj

Seesmic layoffs show a founder shaken but not willing to quit: http://t.co/8CDfUHDq

Another example of awesomeness HTML5: http://t.co/fzhZNg2J (scroll down)

Hierarchies of ebook design : http://t.co/DzTEIgH6 - very good!

Important lesson in page views: We crunch the numbers from Gawker's pageview-chasing experiment: http://t.co/MATODC0N. Article coming up next week.

A Retina Display Reckoning for Magazine Publishers. <= very interesting point: http://t.co/zKdPLXAL

Help! I'm Being Forced To Pirate Game Of Thrones Against My Will!http://zite.to/GFC3BG

The 5 basic rules of calculating fan (or follower) value: http://wp.me/pgFVN-1ld

Conde Nast now plans to give advertisers data on each new issue about 10 weeks after it comes out. http://ow.ly/9KqTW <= what a joke!!

The State of the News Media 2012 annual report on the status of American journalism. http://ow.ly/9K8dT

Fun picture and fabulous post! Solitude: My Comfort Zone: http://ow.ly/9J5S1

Mark Cuban to TV Networks: Start Charging for Content!: http://t.co/2M9nuDEn <= Mark Cuban to TV Networks: Start Charging for Content

Facebook adds new public data to page Timelines, lets businesses assess competitors: http://t.co/df6igtYH <= I like this!

Ebooks: The Giant Disruption: http://ow.ly/9jayk

Labels And Spotify Still Struggle To Convince Some Artists On Stream Rates http://ow.ly/9jAeh

AT&T's Dual-Sided Pipe is Bad for Developers...This got to be stopped! People do not need even more excuses to not pay.

Apple has rejected Seth Godin's new book: http://ow.ly/9kZwr...because it contains links to other books. And follow up with: An ebookstore is more like a web browser than a bookstore: http://t.co/zBT5emdy

Interesting new site: BBC Future.

3 in 10 display ads delivered are never seen http://bit.ly/zuEu0L

Print newspaper advertising revenue adjusted for inflation, 1950 to 2011

How Apple's top secret product development process works >> The Next Web http://tnw.co/wvA2Gq

Not the real iPad 3 ...but cool!

Study: Only 1% of Facebook 'Fans' Engage With Brands: http://ow.ly/9mQWA ...but I think they are looking at it wrong.

For Impatient Web Users, an Eye Blink Is Just Too Long to Wait:

There's always a story behind the work. http://flpbd.it/1iAeO <= excellent!!

Very interesting interview about social media monitoring + trends: http://t.co/9kodHU2W

If you are a publisher using Google Analytics, read this: http://t.co/gYiTXAlJ

Facebook's New, Entirely Social Ads Will Recreate Marketing: http://t.co/VGcXALGn

Trust Barometer and Its Implications for Social Media : http://t.co/rULAZwAU

A growing body of evidence suggests that the eight-hour sleep may be unnatural: http://t.co/9ICMDwar

Cond Nast Aims To Unify Tablet And Mobile Magazine Production: http://ow.ly/9dLVA <= constantly reinventing the wheel is not efficient

Mobile banking in the 'first world' is so, well, 'third world'.http://bit.ly/z5OEeg

The map has been replaced by the compass http://flpbd.it/HAWOb

Focus on 'intent' instead of 'past purchases. http://t.co/5SiCi0lc

The Biggest Mistake Web Analysts Make ...And How To Avoid It! http://ow.ly/9aO32

The Guardian Thrives in Facebook's Walled Garden: http://t.co/4MF9WRGH

Four Weird Things the Internet Is Doing to Our Understanding of Television: http://t.co/b0UOTXIP

Why Journalism Teachers Should Give Format-Agnostic Assignments: http://t.co/xpeABq5j

Note to businesses: if Cisco is worried about Skype, it's because you don't need Cisco's hugely expensive systems: http://t.co/IslzI8SM

"Twitter did/did not break news" is the new "bloggers vs journalists": http://t.co/YLmj9xP8 <= very good point!!

Facebook to Release Timeline for Brands This Month <= this could seriously disrupt the use of tabs: http://t.co/8xsVU9ai

Boost in digital subscribers for the Times and Sunday Times: http://t.co/gtotBigB

I missed this last month, but Google is now punishing sites that overload pages with ads.: http://t.co/Oau4s7dS

Tablet Owners: More e-Commerce In Digital Magazines: http://t.co/tMsRIaKP

Toyota Under Fire For #CamryEffect Twitter Spam Superbowl Promotion: http://t.co/pwNSV9Ez <= brands, don't fall for the more exposure trap!

After a Year, Murdoch's The Daily Is a Struggle: http://t.co/xEHgNpvS

Newspaper Extinction Timeline: Infographic of which year they will go in each country: http://t.co/or9uIdfQ

Brian Solis interviewed by Jay Baer - about social media and Brian's new book: http://t.co/iJQfj8Xf

Procreastination: http://t.co/OwPmNl68

Three lessons news sites can take from the launch of The Verge: http://t.co/oPV9fsW6 - good analysis

Amazon's Lending Library is launching without participation from the US' six largest publishers: http://t.co/olJnirQO

Social Consumer Sharing (in case you missed it) infographic: http://t.co/D95IZIJ3 Interesting stats.

I'm not complaining about Google Reader. I use Feedly as a Google Reader "viewer": http://t.co/6i7b9M99 It's excellent!

The true cost of commuting: http://t.co/CgZbONtz

Newspapers: It starts with "why": : http://t.co/cFKi2cpG

3 Future Waves of Innovation in ECommerce for Fashion: http://t.co/e5s4dLFh

iOS and Android apps fighting for retention, not discovery: http://t.co/v1FVRlNr ...I think they are fighting for both

Top trending: I Would Rather Have Bacon Than Klout: http://t.co/dIIZ61uw

Google updates Google TV to version 2: http://t.co/itXqlHVf

New study adds nothing to the world whatsoever: http://t.co/q2L7zXlf ...Apply this to virtually all social media studies out there.

Email Viewing Habits: Where Do You Read Your Email?: http://t.co/HP52ODec

The challenge of Newspaper Next: How do you get newspapers to produce something other than the paper: http://t.co/0jyRjlmL

Using Google+ for Google Apps? Your admin has access to all of your data: http://t.co/O9m96dVK

Low-cost electronic tablet proves worth in Indian classroom: http://t.co/R6LACRqo

Google+: Popular posts, eye-catching analytics, photo fun and ...New features: http://t.co/V1KmuBVd

Google+ finally ready for Google Apps users: http://t.co/Vpbxon9U--migrations tool coming for gmail users

Google turns Google Map API into a paid-for system (above 25,000 views): http://t.co/WjgZAZiA--the era of free is coming to an end

Is it time to admit that journalists are human beings?: http://t.co/6AlinnVD

See all 40+ presentations from Content Marketing World 2011 on demand now: http://t.co/DLQnc4Ie #CMWorld

The definite guide to B2B Social media: http://t.co/Sun7LbFC (haven't read it yet, but sounds interesting)

This looks to be a great tool, but it's out of date already: http://t.co/fnmgLRKU It creates design for just one screen in one orientation.

"The ugly cousin" no more: inside Android's beautiful new design: http://t.co/yO2SxRVS

How a novelist bypassed his publisher and raised $11,000 on Kickstarter: http://t.co/S7H7T8wK

The secret behind Facebook's obsession with fan pages: http://t.co/1iIRaXUm

The tablet revolution (new *big* study): http://t.co/YwzuYLsO

Introducing: The Shift, From Print to Digital...and Beyond: http://t.co/Y6pv0gwK #theshift

Brilliant article about newspaper app designs: http://t.co/5FP4pNpr

Stats on % of consumers that browse in-store & buy online from another vendor: http://t.co/MbF3gCBm

A better way to price the future takes hold: http://t.co/ZLeg5Vf0

Amazon Helps Cement HTML5's Place in the Future of Publishing: http://t.co/PxgC4sWY--yeah! But I have a sense of browser HTML deja vu

Design for networks: http://t.co/QIq9TgeK

324.000 digitale subscriptions NYtimes: http://t.co/SEEyvD27

"The Shift" (new book) is now finished. Will publish on Monday! Subscribe to Plus to get it for free: http://t.co/I1WbkjFQ

When is Google going to really disrupt the news business?: http://t.co/357GryRZ ...why Google News is a place for old media

Mary Meeker's latest internet trends report: http://t.co/WFNBY3XZ

The latest on the future of journalism: where value creation means jobs: http://t.co/UC2OQHl2

95% Of Facebook Wall Posts Not Answered By Brands: http://t.co/SLTcsBD1

A fresh start for Google presentations: http://t.co/fsGMCldc

In Depth: E-books edging out traditional print: http://t.co/tdc1QVfc

How dropbox is going to spend that $250 million infusion it got today: http://t.co/qyHPWUsz

Not That Many People Play Facebook Games After All: http://t.co/UirHqaGz <= Useful analytics instead of just counting activity.

How to make a mobile commerce site for $200: http://t.co/sPLiro1B

Now It's Just Getting Ridiculous: http://t.co/WfY2aWbM ...Samsung, using iPhone screenshots in your marketing material won't help your case!

Getting 'digital first' right in the 'newsroom': http://t.co/YeGiLCPJ

and finally, "More revenue solves all known problems." My perspective: http://t.co/y9tp1L7c <= brilliant!

When Groupons are bad for small businesses: http://t.co/bdUMNBLA

Some useful downloads on this Consumer Futures 2020 from Forum for the Future: : http://t.co/AbbADr1x

Death Spiral: if you are losing customers, be sure not to mask it with promotions: http://t.co/wqRmvSJM

Presentations from the World Newspaper Congres and World Editor Forum: http://t.co/xd78UDK3

Top trending: Print to Digital Is Not A Two-way Street: http://t.co/sFEgqpAM

Thinking Visually (presentation): http://t.co/7lS2S74x

And finally, What kama sutra looks like in the 21st century: http://t.co/zAMcPlG4 ...(safe for work!)

If you have to announce that you quit your job, on Facebook, this is how to do it!: http://t.co/BpQcUdst

This is such a good idea. Startup replaces dreaded CAPTCHAs with short ads.: http://t.co/JrK2FUej

L'Oreal Hikes Digital Ad Spend: http://t.co/k4OJTOzl <= read: They are only spending 10% on digital. Not impressive--average is 33%

QR Codes and Mobile Phones: 3 Marketing Blunders to Avoid MarketingProfs Daily Fix Blog: http://bit.ly/nkG4Pg

I do not even know what to think of Steve Jobs getting 1.3 million likes on Facebook ...since he passed away: http://t.co/UfWzT5GM

iOS 5 Cache Cleaning: http://t.co/Qec1zfeY ...hmmm

For those of you who watched Mythbuster's Wednesday, here is another take on The Mystery of Walking in A Straight Line: http://t.co/EbUlx7Wk

RIM Founder and Co-CEO Mike Lazaridis apologizes for the loss of Blackberry service: http://t.co/LmCeYE9c

What I Wish I Knew the First Year About Networking and Community Building: http://t.co/ZppPgxMO DannyBrown

And finally, If you had tough week, here is something to make you smile: Bobby McFerrin teaches us "involvement": http://t.co/p2ZtZwqX

Google Engineer who published the above rant explains why you were not supposed to see it: http://t.co/BxxwhQ9g

And ...The Mythical Man-Month: http://t.co/mytQib99 ...why Google Wave failed

Note: It seemed to be Google Rant day today.

70% of Companies Ignore Customer Complaints on Twitter: http://t.co/I4O5tWSh

Real bloggers and real blogs always trump Robot Armies: http://t.co/Sh3yPh5o

Facebook shows how to monetize the Like button: http://t.co/n4Yop0Vt (haven't seen it yet, but I like the title :))

"Question Everything Generally Thought to be Obvious": http://t.co/av0AXYTz ...good list!

How, When And Where Do People Socially Share?: http://t.co/FBzF19Wr--most sharing is done via copy/pasting the URL

Caring About Your Customers Only When You Have To: http://t.co/5zjP9wif

Study of Facebook News Feed Changes: Page Post Comments Up 21%, Likes Up 9%, Impressions Down 25%: http://t.co/9fwIoDzD

Planning a paywall? Maybe you should sell some e-books instead: http://t.co/jU0N2VXZ ...no, not instead. Do both!

What If We Had a Nutrition Label for the News?: http://t.co/Qkg5eZDQ

And finally, Apple's Siri is quite impressive: http://t.co/cAStlLd5

7% of U.S. Web Traffic From Handheld Devices: http://t.co/vkNT4dom ...but they are only looking at traffic to websites, not traffic to apps

Basic guide FB's new insights: http://t.co/162yJkHb ...Note: I'm writing an article this week, taking you beyond the numbers

For Adobe, the Future Is in the Past: http://t.co/3IDhOcU5

Twitter will soon reformat all links with t.co regardless of length -: http://t.co/uPsu7J3j ...finally. Important for real referrer stats

Social Media-Fueled Swarms Don't Need a Leader: http://t.co/apUfDQWy

Using HTML5? USE THE LOGO! : http://t.co/PHsoGNxU

Discovery orders Steve Jobs documentary with 'Mythbusters' hosts: http://t.co/GhUMhYwl ...airing this Sunday

Why Silk won't be silky smooth for Amazon: http://bit.ly/nlulJH

Facebook Makes Its Move: Brings Viral Channels to HTML5, iOS Apps: http://bit.ly/oBPk62

And finally, Everyone has to adapt to the new connected world: http://t.co/9oFVkNxx

Almost all Apple rumors turn out to be false--only 22% were true: http://t.co/B74lJEtQ

Amazon to book publishers: Welcome to the jungle, baby: http://t.co/sGTtrCk2

Are you sure you have time for a meeting?--New Post: Will someone just put out the fire already?: http://t.co/JLQmMtLc

Seth on "Sales per book": http://j.mp/qQKHCD--this is happening within all aspects on digital media. Same total sale, bigger crowds.

Netflix kills Qwikster plans, backtracks on DVD separation: http://j.mp/oRHwHY ...okay, now Netflix just looks weak. **Be the leader!!**

Top trending: Dissecting a Print Magazine: http://t.co/VJbNOgzz (PLUS)

12 common mistakes on brands' Facebook pages: http://bit.ly/oejnQj

The Guardian has been listening to Kennedy: http://j.mp/nzq3Hd ...ask not what we can do for you, ask what you, the reader, can do for us.

Even Demand Media is realizing that, in a world of abundance, more is a terrible business plan: http://t.co/xp48gWAP

Initial Reaction to the iphone 4S: http://t.co/SfqEHrh6 ...it's extremely popular.

What newsrooms can learn from open-source and maker culture: http://j.mp/qio0q7

10 lessons learnt at news:rewired: http://j.mp/r7ZxE0

The End of the Future: http://bit.ly/n9yHOf ...I disagree, but interesting article.

Finally, A Clear Explanation Of What The Wall Street Protesters Are So Angry About: http://t.co/bQeKit6x

"It's a Magical Life": http://t.co/OGAbTQJX won the Porsche film festival. Congrats majekpictures

The New Value of Text: http://j.mp/n9q1wR

Elgan: Easy automation for Google+: http://j.mp/ngwCDQ

Sex, sleep, and power: A conversation with Chelsea Handler and Arianna Huffington: http://j.mp/oWF7SH

Dissecting a Print Magazine: http://t.co/VJbNOgzz

Publishers: Tablet Business Is Picking Up: http://t.co/jkk8DKec

Videos from #dconstruct: bridging the gap between physical and digital: http://t.co/7phEvOHp <= very interesting!

Italian Wikipedia Shuts Down In Protest Of Proposed Law: http://t.co/WqHHI5HT

Measuring The Facebook Effect: Are Content Services Gaining From New Apps?: http://cnt.to/pdk

And a bit of Friday fun: Creepiest Optical Illusion you will EVER witness.: http://t.co/Y9P3QNQ7 <= this is cool!