C&B Notes: Technology
New York City Photo Archives
May 9, 2012
Almost a million images of New York and its municipal operations have been made public for the first time on the internet.
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A Simple Advance Aids Poor Farmers in Africa
May 6, 2012
Bill Gates shares a solution for a pest problem affecting a crucial protein-rich crop in Africa. Small, simple steps can create big gains.
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Power to the People
May 2, 2012
Economic growth and technological innovation are improving the quality of life for the poor in emerging markets. This is a powerful snapshot from rural India.
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Daily Life in the Holy Land at the Turn of the 20th Century
April 24, 2012
Fascinating photolithographs, which are made from adding color to black-and-white photographic negatives, from the Ottoman Empire-controlled Holy Land during 1890-1900.
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Threats to Web Freedom
April 20, 2012
In a recent interview, Sergey Brin warned of what he believes is the increasing encroachment on the Internet’s informal doctrines of “openness and universal access” that were crucial in its development. In addition to Brin’s primary concern of the suppression of Internet and information access by governments worldwide, he also notes the damage he perceives to these principles that Apple and Facebook create by having “walled gardens."
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Coca-Cola and Gesture-Based Marketing
April 16, 2012
Coke continues to innovate new ways to market, including working hard to tailor its message for different audiences/cultures. We enjoyed this example of positive brand association.
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Kenyan Development: Start-Ups & Mobile Technology
April 12, 2012
The increasing prevalence of mobile phones and their related carrier networks are creating opportunities for both for-profit and not-for-profit entities to improve quality of life for people in underdeveloped countries.
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A Microchip that Tracks Your Every Move
April 10, 2012
The growing ubiquity and increasing complexity of tablets and smart phones hint at a coming age of augmented reality.
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Welcome to Earth
April 9, 2012
This video mash-up shows that Earth is a pretty cool place to live.
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Google’s New Attempt to Disrupt the ‘Daily Deal’ Market
April 9, 2012
Google’s ‘Offers,’ its new foray into a market currently dominated by Groupon, has the ability to disrupt the still developing niche.
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Optical Delusion?
April 3, 2012
After a decade of distress and consolidation thanks to an oversupply hangover from the late ‘90’s, the optical fiber business is experiencing another building boom. We are hard-pressed to believe that the story will be much different this time around.
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Could Universities Follow Borders Bookstores into Oblivion?
March 22, 2012
We are passionate about the topic of education and think there is the potential, if not the probability, that over the coming decades the education industry could be disrupted like the newspaper industry has recently been. The consumers (i.e. students) are likely to be much better off, but in many cases we are not sure that current institutions will evolve quickly enough to survive.
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