l_w_gresham
storyteller exploring crowd behavior change. strategy & operations consultant. intra/entrepreneur. author of Blades of Venisium. boarder/blader/skier.
Mac sales zigged as Windows sales sagged in Q4. Apple is the only bright spot in the industry's worst quarter in a decade Source: Gartner.
Chart: PED Fourth quarter personal computer numbers for the U.S. market came in from Gartner and IDC Wednesday and for the second quarter in a row, Apple (AAPL) sales grew like gangbusters while the Microsoft (MSFT) Windows PC market actually shrank. Apple sales in the U.S. were up 20.7%, according to Gartner, while HP (HPQ) was down 21.6%, Dell (DELL) fell 4.5%, Toshiba shrank 2.2% and Asus sagged 11.4%. Next quarter will be even worse for the broader PC market, according to both Gartner and IDC, as the effects of the floods in Thailand and the hard drive shortage fully kick in. Twitilist. Fixing the Reputations of Reputation Managers. ReputationChanger.com and Elixir Interactive are among dozens of companies that promise to help businesses and individuals control what Web searchers find when Googling a name.
Search for Reputation Changer, though, and in some parts of the U.S. the first results page contains a link to a post saying the company “makes false claims.” Google Earth Deletes Rumored Lost City of Atlantis. The lost city of Atlantis — rumored to be discovered in a Google Earth map — is once again lost, thanks to a maps update from the search giant.
A grid-like pattern on a Google Ocean — a Google Earth extension — map raised speculation in 2009 that Google had discovered the sunken streets of the legendary city. However, considering the science, that seems highly unlikely. Overlapping data sets, which created the pattern many thought to be Atlantis, commonly occur in the sonar method oceanographers use to map the ocean floor. Scientists bounce sonar (sound) waves off the bottom of the ocean to measure its topography.
The pattern supposedly resembling Atlantis was located off the coast of north Africa and covered more than 100 miles — much larger than the scope of any ancient city. Scripps says the next Google Ocean update will come later in 2012 and will provide depth calculations that are twice as accurate as the ones currently used.
Pinterest's Obvious Secret. The Emergence Of The Content Creation Class. Visible-light communication: Tripping the light fantastic. Report: iPhone 5 to Have NFC Capabilities. Following the likes of BlackBerry and Android, Apple may be including an NFC chip with their next iPhone.
Fast Company recently spoke with MasterCard chief emerging payments officer Ed McLaughlin regarding the state of NFC initiated payments through mobile devices. In the interview, McLaughlin stated that he doesn't "know of a handset manufacturer that isn’t in process of making sure their stuff is PayPass ready. " Brian Caulfield - Shiny Objects. How to Lose Your Followers in One Easy Lesson. Tweet of the Day: Chad Ochocinco Is Worried About John Boehner - David A. Graham - Politics. Teach What You Know: How to Make a Living on Skillshare. Nate Cooper is an independent academic and co-organizer of Reboot Workshop, an un-conference for nontraditional workers.
Skillshare is a platform for instructor-led, in-person classes. You can search for classes to take or propose to teach a class topic. As the name implies, Skillshare is a community of experts and entrepreneurs; therefore, the best teachers are some of the most intrepid students. Get Hired: The Best Way to Hire and Get Hired. New Career Website Lets Job Seekers Upload Video Resumes. Get a custom brand page for your tweets. A Place of Record: Let The World Know Everyday people from all over the world register hashtags with Twubs.
Registration provides you with a record of your claim that can be used in any trademark or other legal challenge. Beatbully's Modern Anti-Cyberbullying Campaign Uses Avatars As Demonstrators. Beepl Adds a Personalized Twist to Q&A. The Spark of Genius Series highlights a unique feature of startups and is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here. Name:Beepl Quick Pitch: Beepl is a Q&A site that automatically surfaces relevant questions for each user. Cicloturismo: a new way to explore Chile’s Maule Region. The Public Sector, Disrupted. In October 2001, Apple introduced a little white box called the iPod.
Today, the way consumers share, purchase and listen to music bears very little resemblance to pre-2001. In 1999, Netflix launched a subscription service offering unlimited movie rentals with a low monthly cost and no late fees. As a result, video-rental stores have become as rare as a bikini shop in Alaska. Airline travel was once largely unaffordable for many business travelers and most families. Then along came Southwest Airlines and other low-cost carriers, and now air travel is often cheaper than taking the train. Re-Re-Reinventing Government. Again. In the spring of 1936, Franklin Roosevelt put two dozen fresh-from-school PhDs in a room in Washington, with orders to find ways to bring a rapidly growing federal government to heel.
The idea was to make the bureaucracy run more efficiently—which is to say, to make it answer more directly to the President. Roosevelt wasn’t worried about runaway government spending but about losing control. “We have got to get over the notion that the purpose of reorganization is economy,” the President told Louis Brownlow, the man in charge of the PhDs. “The reason for reorganization is good management.” On Jan. 13, Barack Obama became the latest in a long line of Presidents to try his hand at bringing good management to the capital. Am. The gun that killed Clausewitz… « Sovereign Complexities. To be clear, I am open to criticizing papers or journalists I would normally agree with.
It’s just you won’t see me doing that with The Economist often. Call it Anglophile loyalty, if you like. But a recent article in the paper concerned me. A hollow budget « Sovereign Complexities. This isn’t the first time that the defense budget has commanded headlines or the defense industry has perceived itself a victim of policy.
But today two different narratives exist. The Pentagon – pressured by a government faced with severe economic austerity – has been asked to reduce spending. Its objective is to cut costs but maintain capability. Iran's Flying Saucer Downed U.S. Drone, Engineer Claims. India’s identity scheme: The magic number. L'illusion d'optique, technique de séduction dans le règne animal. Dans le règne animal, l'art du trompe l'œil est une affaire de mâles. Pour attirer les femelles, le jardinier à nuque rose, un oiseau australien, recourt à une illusion d'optique originale : la "perspective forcée". Le Monde.fr | • Mis à jour le | Par Soren Seelow L'illusion d'optique comme technique de séduction ne date pas du soutien-gorge push-up, ni même du corset. Elle n'est pas l'apanage de l'espèce humaine, et encore moins des femmes. Dans le règne animal, les rois du trompe l'œil sont les mâles.
B Corps: Firms with benefits. It's a Man vs. Machine Recovery. Business in America: Glass half empty. Davos 2012: Working to prevent a 'lost generation' 26 January 2012Last updated at 13:23 ET. Behind an expat's wine startup success. Thousands of British skiers trapped in Austria after 10ft snowfall. Silicon Valley's Newest Billionaire: Wireless Wonder Robert Pera - Forbes.com. Israeli technology companies: What next for the start-up nation? No More Angling for the Best Seat; More Meetings Are Stand-Up Jobs. Collaborative Consumption Reaches the Garage. Storing Data In The Cloud Raises Compliance Challenges.
François Hollande esquisse son programme. From Amdahl to Zuckerberg: 10 laws every geek should know. SOPA Resistance Day begins at Ars. Google: The thrill is back - Big Tech. Rocket Man - Forbes.com. Guinea Pigs Row Tiny Boat - Easier Way to Save - GEICO commercial. Having it your way at home: Taste-testing Burger King delivery - Rosenwald, Md. Toyota: It's Reinvented - Extended. Swedish Man Survives Two Months Inside Snow-Covered Car.