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The Future of Search is Mobile, Autonomous & Serendipitous, Says Google CEO

Google CEO Eric Schmidt, speaking to the audience at the TechCrunch Disrupt conference in San Francisco this week, said that his company expects mobile to dominate search at some point in the future. http://readwrite.com/2010/09/29/the_future_of_search_is_mobile_autonomous_serendipitous_says_google_ceo_eric_schmidt
Posted by Tom Foremski - December 7, 2010 [For much of this year I have been working with Pearltrees, which offers a visual web site curation service based on the visual metaphor of 'pearls' please see below for an example.] Pearltrees this week launched a "Team" version of its curation service that allows groups of people to collaborate on curating a topic.

Curation Becomes Social: Pearltrees Launches 'Team' Version

http://www.siliconvalleywatcher.com/mt/archives/2010/12/curation_become.php

LittleBigPlanet

LittleBigPlanet , commonly abbreviated LBP , [ 1 ] is a puzzle platformer video game series created by Media Molecule and published by Sony Computer Entertainment across multiple PlayStation platforms. The series follows the adventures of Sackboy and has a large emphasis on gameplay rather than being story-driven. All of the games in the series put a strong emphasis on user-generated content and are based on the series' tagline "Play, Create, Share". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LittleBigPlanet
<img class="alignright size-full wp-image-40154" style="margin: 10px;" title="WeAreAllKhaledSaid" src="http://www.wired.com/images_blogs/dangerroom/2011/02/WeAreAllKhaledSaid.png" alt="" width="386" height="509" /> Cairo’s Tahrir Square is a war zone , thanks to Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak’s goon squad . But the crackdown isn’t limited to physical spaces where the protest movement congregates. Ever since Mubarak restored internet service on Wednesday, the most important dissident Facebook page has seen a curious flood of pro-regime Wall posts, sowing disinformation.

Trolls Pounce on Facebook?s Tahrir Square | Danger Room

http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/02/trolls-pounce-on-facebooks-tahrir-square/
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