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Text messaging turns 20, has changed the way we communicate, and slows in the...
Happy birthday SMS. The first text message was sent 20 years ago today, forever changing the ways we communicate. There are about 8 trillion text messages sent per year. Now the growth of text...
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The Moment as Social Tech Trend. Its Renaissance & Decline
‘The Moment’ as Tech Trend. Diffusing interaction points beyond the now and with the now. The transition of 2012 to 2013 is an age of subtle tech transformations, of substantive leveling not explosive...
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Facebook “Home”: Mobile Best & Social Phones
Facebook announces a new mobile presence, “Facebook Home,” which diffuses social across the mobile Android experience. Here are some angles to consider. It is not an operating system and is not the...
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News & Trailers via Video on Instagram & Vine, Some Analysis
Brands are using micro social video via Video on Instagram and Vine for movie trailers, announcements, and more. These media examples show how this confluence of social and multi media is taking...
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Google to Rent/Sell Textbooks
Google announced today that students will be able to buy and rent textbooks for consumption on their devices through the Google Play store in time for the new school year. The textbooks from these 5...
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Google Chromecast Shakes Things Up, Streams Web Content to the TV via Mobile
Google’s Chromecast streams web content to the TV via a flash drive like dongle controlled by mobile devices, and it is bigger content news then Google renting/selling textbooks that was reported...
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Bump App Bought by Google, Impact for Trend of Contact Mobile Device Sharing?
Bump has been acquired by Google. Are there implications for libraries or wider fields of interest? How about for the concept of contact sharing possibly expanding or disappearing under Google? Bump is...
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Google Japan now has vending machines in Tokyo for downloading mobile apps via near field communication (NFC) to bridge digital/physical access models – the same issue libraries are working with. 18...
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Amazon Delivery by Drones and Thoughts for Libraries
In a 60 Minutes interview, Amazon CEO & Founder Jeff Bezos dropped a marketing bomb by unveiling a plan to use unmanned aerial drones for ecommerce delivery. The plan wouldn’t come into reality for...
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Instagram Direct Photo Messaging and thoughts for Libraries
Today Instagram unveiled Instagram Direct, a way to send private photo/video messages to other Instagram users. With Instagram Direct, photo and video messages can be sent to your followers and to...
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