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When Mashable took a look at the English Premier League’s social media side last week, the main takeaway was that the 2012 season marked the big social push of the world’s most high-profile soccer league. 
ZME ScienceHow Robot Technology is Helping Blind People NavigateWall Street Journal (blog)So sophisticated technology has to be created to enable them to navigate round obstacles and to track their position. 
Torque NewsHonda developing tech that helps prevent traffic jamsAutoblog (blog)Honda, along with the University of Tokyo's Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, has developed on-board terminals that connect to cloud-based computing ... 
Editor’s note: Mitch Lazar is CEO of Taptu. He Founded CNN and Cartoon Network Mobile. He was a former journalist at CNN and one of the co-founders of CNN.com. Prior to joining Taptu, Mitch headed Yahoo! 
College is stuck in the past, and tech is always trying to tow it out of the mud. 
How would you go about finding out who really matters in your sector, who the people are you really need to read? Or for that matter what if you had to mine a totally new area? Here's a shortcut. (Who Are The Top 20 Influencers in Big Data? 
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Russian antivirus company says half the computers infected with malware designed to steal personal information are in the U.S. -- with 274 located in Cupertino. Read this blog post by Steven Musil on Security. 
Obama gets the big #data bug http://t.co/hiO4XAX6 Involves White House OST, NSF, NIH, DoD, DoE, DARPA & US Geological Survey (#science)... 
New innovation could be 20 times more efficient than recycling as it allows users to unprint. Any single Tweet may seem insignificant, but taken together billions of Tweets can unlock insights to our public health. Michael J. Paul and Mark Dredze analyzed two billion Tweets for relevance to health information and then compared the results to data from the Centers for Disease Control. They demonstrated that Twitter can accurately track the spread of influenza, the peak of allergies and predict how diseases spread and change over time. Their research suggests new uses for big data. Michael Paul was an intern at Twitter before returning to Johns Hopkins. Via Chaturika Jayadewa 
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From Kooora to Kijiji to VKontakte, alternatives to the web's US stars are overshadowing the big guys. |
Someone doing a survey calls and asks: "How many times a week would you say you exercise?" What do you tell them? And would it be different if the survey was being done via text rather than telephone? 
Social gifting, the new buzzword in e-commerceChicago TribuneWrapp has received $10.5 million in funding from Greylock and technology VC firm Atomico. 
Almost 50,000 projects have sought financing on Kickstarter since the site began on April 28, 2009. About half successfully reached their fund-raising goals. Each dot represents how much a project raised by its deadline. 
New York— When was the last time you bought a new car or truck? If shoulder pads were fashionable, you're in for a surprise when you walk into a new car showroom. 
Exclusive: world wide web inventor says personal data held online could be used to usher in new era of personalised services (#dataportability RT @kotarski: Tim Berners-Lee: demand your data from Google and Facebook http://t.co/rIn0RhuP... 
Scientists have created the first elementary quantum network based on interfaces between single atoms and photons. 
A guide to what data mining, how it works, and why it's important. 
‘Big Data’ is having its 15-minutes of fame. It is the hot term referring to the increasingly large datasets of information being amassed as a result of our social, mobile, and digital world. 
LG has announced it has started mass production of its electronic paper display (EPD) product, with a planned launch in Europe next month. 
The AtlanticGoogle Patents Technology to Serve Ads Based on Background NoisePCWorldThis could mean that if the Google technology detects the sound of the sea, advertisements for beach balls and towels could be served. 
Gamification for Improved Search Ranking for YouTube Topics http://t.co/vOIuyfyr... 
CBS LocalNew Technology Gives More Warning Time For TornadoesCBS LocalBut new technology may be able to give citizens just enough warning to maximize their chances of survival. It was 1 am when Mother Nature unleashed her fury on Branson, Mo. |
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