2010: we should have been travelling to Jupiter by now
One of my favourite movies of the 1980’s is the film 2010. It is the sequel to the classic Stanley Kubrick film 2001: A Space Odyssey which ended with its …
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The whole trouble with ‘teleportation’
The concept of teleportation was popularised in the cult (and later hit) 1960’s TV series Star Trek and its subsequent spin-offs. In Star Trek, teleportation (executed at the renowned command …
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Content without curation is just noise
Buzzword alert! “Curation” is the new ‘in’ activity on the Web it seems. Consultants are rushing in to cash in on the new challenge encapsulated by the term. The Web …
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First manned space flight turns 50 on April 12!
On Tuesday, the 12th April is the 50th anniversary of the first manned space flight. Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin blasted off on that day to embark on a 100-minute voyage …
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Convergence in digital messaging: Facebook is on top of it
Convergence is sweeping the social networking world. Facebook recently implemented an across-the-board consolidation of all its messaging services, bringing them all together within one page stream. These are now accessible …
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Is there more to social-media commerce than advertising revenue?
I noticed in an article in CNN.com listing The 10 most innovative Web companies that the only reference to a specific revenue generating activity is Twitter’s selling “Promoted Tweets and …
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Are younger computer users more technologically savvy?
Remember the old days when you had to know how to program a computer in order to use one? Nowadays using a computer is like watching TV. We use it …
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What does one use an iPad for?
Always on and ready for use, lightweight, slim, clean-lined, and sexily minimalist. You can read books and magazines on it, play games, and do other media-rich stuff. Even when it …
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