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Buried several hundred pages into a new World Economic Forum report on global tourism, past the sections on air travel infrastructure and physician density (by which they mean the number of physicians per capita, not the mass-per-cubic-meter of individual doctors), are some very interesting numbers. The WEF has compiled survey data from 140 countries estimating the attitude of each countries’ population toward foreign visitors. - Finland among more welcoming!
Via Ulla M. Saikku, ABroaderView
China will account for nearly one in four additional passengers while India will become second fastest growing aviation market by 2016.
Filmmaker Magazine: "Filmmaker Greg Pak (Robot Stories) has released his graphic novel Vision Machine as an iPad app and, in the process, is pointing the way towards new storytelling formats and new production and distribution partnerships."
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E.ggTimer.com is a simple, easy-to-use online countdown timer, or egg timer. Just set a time and bookmark it for repeated use. You can also create a count down to a specific date or time. Gust MEES Very interesting application which you could use also to monitor your online presence and Twitter Chats.... Read more: http://e.ggtimer.com/
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The start-up unveiled two new initiatives that, if they work as planned, will make Airbnb a destination for all things travel related.
A seismic shift is occurring in the field of evidence-based medicine that a rare few are aware of, but which will (and likely already does) affect everyone, as the standard of medical care today largely follows from this model.
Infographics on traveling planning ideas to make checklist in information graphics with travel articles, local tips, guides, reviews, videos and panoramic virtual tours...
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Guillaume, our CEO & Co-Founder, was invited to the Friday Hangout this morning with Social Media experts Janet Fouts and Steve Farnsworth. They talked about the role Content Curation has for Social Media Marketing and how it will help social media evolve from the social graph to the interest graph, something key for professionals who tend to have niche long-tail interests.
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A quarter of SMBs have no social media strategy: SensisMarketing magazine AustraliaInstead SMBs most commonly encourage consumers to make online comments, ratings or reviews in order to generate word of mouth and engagement with their brands.
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From the official press release: "This special Panda and Penguin report fully examines this issue with examples, videos, links and helpful information on the topic. A whole range of sources were used in gathering data for the report, including some YouTube videos released by Matt Cutts, a Google spokesperson. The report discusses many of the triggers or problems which could result in one's site being penalized by Panda or Penguin. The report also offers many different ways to recover from these updates, if one's site was affected. In addition, this handy report, looks at the broader issue of marketing on the web in the wake of Panda and Penguin. How webmasters and marketers must now adjust both SEO and marketing tactics if they want to prosper on the new web, especially if they have been penalized by these updates. For those affected by the Penguin and/or Panda Update, this report may prove very beneficial and helpful." Source: http://news.yahoo.com/special-report-entitled-marketing-google-panda-penguin-added-074743204.html ; Informative. Resourceful. 7/10 Full Report: http://www.bizwaremagic.com/web_marketing_after_google_panda_penguin_special_report.htm ;
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Sitting along Yankee Stadium’s third base line during New York University’s rainy graduation two years ago, Max Salzberg couldn’t focus. The phone in his pocket wouldn’t stop buzzing.
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Australia and India must reinforce their cooperation to boost tourism on both sides of the Pacific Ocean…...
Raphael van Lierop: "How & why to take a Transmedia approach to creating and nurturing entertainment IP, with a specific focus on video games and film."
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Fiona Milburn sits down with Ian Fowler and Holly Alexander of @radical.media to find out how audiences are driving the future of storytelling.
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"Over half a century ago, management guru Peter Drucker presented the concept of the knowledge worker. Compared to the manual laborer, the knowledge worker focused on quality over quantity and worked more independently as problem solvers." Over the many applications of Social Content Curation, Professional Development has been a strong trend. We keep observing it on Scoop.it but it's also been reported by Social Media influencers. As more and more of us become Knowledge Worker, it should be no suprise that Content takes a growing importance on our Professional lives. So here's our take on it and why we announced this new integration with LinkedIn earlier today.
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Robin Good: Ve.rbatim.com is a free web-based co-browsing tool which allows you to co-navigate with one or more people any web page, while being able to see the mouse cursor of your partner when desired. The web app is very easy to use. You just click on "Start a sesson" on this page http://ve.rbatim.com/ and the new page that opens up has a URL that you can share with anyone you want to cobrowse with. On this page you have an additional address bar in which you can input any url you want to cobrowse. An integrated text chat area is made visible by clicking on the large down arrow visibile on the top right side of your screen. Free to use. Check this video: http://youtu.be/XgeTWHSjhTQ Google Chrome Extension: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/mjiigdnknfcmjgaapnimjbmopdfbkech Try it out now: http://ve.rbatim.com/ ;
Via Robin Good, Dennis T OConnor, Gust MEES
Students can develop transferrable knowledge and skills as they engage in learning experiences that require them to construct knowledge. In order to facilitate these types of deep learning experiences, an adjustment in traditional instructional practices is necessary.
Via Nik Peachey, Jenny Pesina
Yesterday we gave you a fine BBC adaptation of Hamlet starring David Tennant (Doctor Who), not realizing that it happened to be Shakespeare...
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Geek Syndicate: "Collider is a new transmedia project under development which will culminate in a feature film. Leading us to that goal the team behind the project have sprinkled out an intriguing path of digital breadcrumbs consisting of a video game, web series and a six part comic."
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"The first commercial company in history to attempt to send a spacecraft to the International Space Station", Space X successfully launched the Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Dragon spaceship that will rendez-vous with the ISS. Commercial Space Flight anyone? Video shows launch at 2:02 and solar arrays opening at 13:37. Congrats Elon Musk and team!
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As the Philippines braces for anti-China protests today, India has stepped into the hottest South China Sea dispute to counsel restraint.
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