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A New Way of “Going Viral”

December 20th, 2010 · No Comments · Knowledge, News

By Sven Larsen (@Zemoga)

In the digital world, we often talk about things “going viral” and how easy it is to track how users interact with projects online. Now scientists are starting to apply this same kind of logic to disease research. This recent article on PSFK’s blog talks about how researchers used RFID technology to [...]

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Tech Forecast: Geotracking

July 28th, 2010 · No Comments · Opinion, Trends

Image courtesy of Max Gladwell
By Bob Mason (@BobMasonPalio)
Foursquare, Gowalla and other mobile location-based apps are changing people’s behavior. “Checking in” is gaining momentum as individuals use these applications to discover new places, people and information. According to Comscore statistics, 14 percent of all mobile users, or about 80 million people worldwide, access maps on their [...]

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