Recuerdan aquellas zapatillas con ajuste automático que en salieron la película “Volver al Futuro” llamadas Power Laces? Pues una joven geek aficionada a la serie y a los “do it yourself” se ha propuesto producir en masa este curioso gadget para los fanáticos. La joven Blake Bevin que reside en San Francisco, California; no tuvo mejor idea que realizar un prototipo de estas zapatillas como parte de un proyecto de Arte y subir un video del mis..   show all text

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Twitter es, en cierto modo, como el juego del “teléfono roto“….pero con el teléfono arreglado. Y ésto es así gracias a una de sus funciones básicas, el Retweet (RT), equivalente al Forward en el correo o al Share en Facebook, que nos permite compartir con nuestros followers un contenido que entendemos interesante, consiguiendo, en ocasiones, la ansiada viralización de un contenido. Quizás así explicado no te dice nada si..   show all text

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It may not be the most socially acceptable way to check in, but Vlingo has created a way for Android app users to check in on Foursquare with their voices. It’s a speech-to-checkin feature that will save time, even if it does raise a few eyebrows. With the new app, Android users can speak a simple “check in to [insert place name]” command after tapping the home screen button. The command will prompt Vlingo to automatically pull up the location in question, and other nearby ven..   show all text

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Ping, Apple's new social network, is the standout feature in iTunes 10, the most recent update to Apple's music management application. Within Ping, you can find and follow your favorite bands and your friends as well as recommend or leave notes about the music you listen to. Ping adds a new layer to iTunes - a social layer focused on discovery, not only of new tracks you'll want to buy (as is the obvious goal), but it also lets you discover news from artists you care about, including concert u..   show all text

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Banksimple has just raised $2.9 million in a Series A round to fund their ambitious alternative online banking startup for full-service, fee-free banking. The round includes investments from First Round Capital, IA Ventures and Village Ventures, a collection of industry veterans with extensive startup portfolios. Banksimple’s mission is to reinvent the way consumers bank, both online and off. In 2011, the startup will offer bankers an online-only banking solution designed to eliminate tra..   show all text

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Excited about your new Facebook page but don’t know what’s next?  What does a truly advanced company look like in social business?  They can say yes to seven or more of these ten criteria. We’ve been interviewing the most sophisticated brands in the world when it comes to social business for our upcoming report on “Enterprise Social Strategists Role”.  We’ve come to learn which companies are advanced and why.  Secondly, I meet a variety of..   show all text

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Alexander Hotz is a freelance multimedia journalist and public radio junkie based in New York City. Currently he teaches digital media at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism. Follow Alex on Twitter at @hotzington. With another long hot American summer coming to a close, many students are scrambling to get back into “learning mode” before school starts. One of the simplest ways to ease that transition is with podcasts. Whether your passion is American History or..   show all text

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En un día común, ¿más o menos cuántas veces revisas tu correo? Por lo menos en mi caso, es lo primero que hago antes de levantarme de la cama, y lo último antes de irme a dormir. Gracias a nuestros dispositivos móviles, nos damos una escapadita furtiva a la hora de la comida, del café o en el gimnasio para revisar si nos ha llegado algo a la bandeja de entrada. Admitámoslo: por más que intentemos zafarnos un poco del trabajo,..   show all text

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[Updated at 1:05 p.m.] Mariner Energy, owner of the production platform, said in a press release that no hydrocarbon spill has been reported after an initial flyover of the incident. "Mariner has notified and is working with regulatory authorities in response to this incident," the statement said. "The cause is not known, and an investigation will be undertaken. During the last week of August 2010, production from this facility averaged approximately 9.2 million cubic feet of nat..   show all text

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Los jóvenes en China están empezando a olvidar los caracteres de sus escrituras nacionales. Al parecer, el uso constante de teclados basados en el alfabeto occidental está provocando amnesia de caracteres. Los resultados del estudio arrojar que 83% de los 2,072 encuestados admite que ya no recuerda cómo escribir algunas letras en su idioma original. "Puedo recordar la forma, pero no recuerdo los trazos que necesitas para escribirla", menciona Li Hanwei, una..   show all text

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Google and AOL have signed a deal that extends the search and advertising partnership between the two companies for another five years. The agreement also includes mobile search and adds a content sharing partnership with YouTube. In a statement, AOL CEO Tim Armstrong said, “After nearly a decade-long partnership in search, we’re looking forward to expanding our global relationship to mobile search and YouTube. All aspects of our partnership will be improved by this deal.” The..   show all text

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Mashable is excited to announce MashBash BlogWorld, the opening party for this year’s BlogWorld & New Media Expo in Las Vegas on October 15-16. To kick off the Expo, we’ll be hosting the first night’s official party at Haze at Aria Hotel. We would love for you to join us, so we’re giving away passes to BlogWorld. To enter, answer the following question — “What is the future of blogging?” — in the comments below. Readers with the best answers w..   show all text

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Radiohead no para de trasgredir reglas preestablecidas durante mucho tiempo por la industria discográfica quienes, hace solamente algunos años, manejaban la música que se escuchaba o se dejaba de escuchar. Eso cambió gracias a internet y uno de los impulsores fue Radiohead, allá a fines del 2007, cuando la banda inglesa le permitió a sus fanáticos descargar In Rainbows pagando lo que quisieran e incluso permitiendo que lo bajaran gratuitamente. A..   show all text

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• Physics, not creator, made Big Bang, new book claims • Professor had previously referred to 'mind of God' God did not create the universe, the man who is arguably Britain's most famous living scientist says in a forthcoming book. In the new work, The Grand Design, Professor Stephen Hawking argues that the Big Bang, rather than occurring following the intervention of a divine being, was inevitable due to the law of gravity. In his 1988 book, A Brief History of Time, Hawking had seeme..   show all text

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Entre todas las novedades de Apple anunciadas ayer por Steve Jobs está Ping, una nueva red social que permite que cualquier usuario que tenga una cuenta de iTunes pueda compartir sus gustos musicales, lo que han comprado, reseñado y votado ...en iTunes, (valga la redundancia). Ping llega al espectro de las redes sociales musicales; creo mucho que el futuro social en internet, al igual que los contenidos, se basa en nichos, en temáticas específicas que reunen personas..   show all text

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