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Tech items we, Adolfo Foronda (@nerdstalker) & Greg Viloria (@socialgreg) find for our weekly podcast http://www.nerdstalker.com/ or Like us on FB https://www.facebook.com/NerdStalker
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The Better than Best of 2011, Best of 2011 Nerd Stalker Picks

The Better than Best of 2011, Best of 2011 Nerd Stalker Picks | Nerd Stalker Techweek | Scoop.it

Adolfo’s Best of 2011 Picks

Evernote Clearly
Hack Education Blog
Amazon Wishlist Browser Plugin
The Verge Podcast - Josh Topolsky, Nilay Pitel
Google Calendar
Blogger
Twitter
Mac OSX
Jquery Mobile
iPad2
iPhone 4s
Macbook Air
HTML5 and the rise of Javascript
Chrome

Social Greg’s Best of 2011 Picks

Windows 8
Steve Jobs
Android & More
Tablet ( iPad2 / Android Tablet )
Death of Adobe Flash mobile
Social Change: Google+ / Facebook changes
Natural Disasters Change Tech: Tohoku Earthquake Tsunami Impact & Thailand Flooding Impacts HDD
Google Motorola buy
ICANN changes the Web
Meg Whitman / HP
Netflix / Changes / PR Disaster
Solar Impulse Plane

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Transmedia Storytelling Using Social Media - Prezi

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Picking a social media channel for transmedia storytelling requires an understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of each channel. Writing for Twitter is a very difference experience than writing for a blog. A transmedia story published using Twitter must deal not just with the 140 character limit, but how the audience uses the platform.

 
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Walmart Experiments With iPhone App Checkout System

Walmart Experiments With iPhone App Checkout System | Nerd Stalker Techweek | Scoop.it
The iPhone app would streamline the process of using self-checkout terminals for in-store shoppers and takes another step toward the MCX mobile-payments network.
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Top 10 Android Apps Discovered on Drippler This Month

Top 10 Android Apps Discovered on Drippler This Month | Nerd Stalker Techweek | Scoop.it
Apps are discovered on Drippler millions of times a month. These are last month's top 10!
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Ever wonder what’s in your smart phone?

Ever wonder what’s in your smart phone? | Nerd Stalker Techweek | Scoop.it
With the explosive growth of smartphone users, especially in Korea, people are more connected with each other than ever.
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Startup Weekend advice for participants from 5 former SW prize winners

Startup Weekend advice for participants from 5 former SW prize winners | Nerd Stalker Techweek | Scoop.it
Startup Weekend Hsinchu kicks off in 2 days and we thought it be useful to leverage the contacts we’ve made from participating to create some useful advice for participants: Steven Thomas - co-founder of Vetter, which took 2nd place at the Taipei...
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"Surfers" Make the iPad Their Primary Computer

"Surfers" Make the iPad Their Primary Computer | Nerd Stalker Techweek | Scoop.it
In three years, attitudes towards the iPad have shifted significantly.
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Dropbox investigating possible security breach

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Dropbox, the popular cloud-storage service, is investigating whether a security breach is to blame for a recent wave of spam e-mail sent to users.
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Why content creators need #RiteTag to add reach with #SSO not #SEO

Why content creators need #RiteTag to add reach with #SSO not #SEO | Nerd Stalker Techweek | Scoop.it

Ritetag for Nerd Stalker, and for businesses and groups: July is free SSO seminar month! Just ask for one, we'll do it by G+ hangout - me and up to 9 of you and your group/company/etc.

RiteTag is free for beta-testers, and even after we go live to the public, searching on some networks will remain free for a limited no. of searches.

http://osakabentures.com/2012/07/ritetag-beta-video/

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POPSHOP A Free Open Source WordPress Theme for Social Commerce

POPSHOP A Free Open Source WordPress Theme for Social Commerce | Nerd Stalker Techweek | Scoop.it
At Syzygy (London/Frankfurt-based digital agency), we've just released a free open source WordPress theme for 'pay-with-a-share' social commerce called POPSHOP.
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Mucker Lab and Mozilla Team-up on Open-Source Startup Accelerator Program

Mucker Lab and Mozilla Team-up on Open-Source Startup Accelerator Program | Nerd Stalker Techweek | Scoop.it
Mucker Lab and Mozilla's WebFWD partner on joint accelerator program aimed at open source ventures and projects.
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Richard Branson's Tweet Scored An 18-Year-Old's "Virgin" Startup $1 Million In Funding

Richard Branson's Tweet Scored An 18-Year-Old's "Virgin" Startup $1 Million In Funding | Nerd Stalker Techweek | Scoop.it
Last year, eighteen year-old Stacey Ferraira saw the following tweet by Richard Branson:

 

Enjoy intimate cocktails with me in Miami on June 15th - $2,000 to charity.For details email: Community.investment@fly.virgin.com

— richardbranson (@richardbranson) June 10, 2011

 

Even though Ferraira was too young to accept a cocktail she decided to jump at the chance to meet her idol and soak up as much knowledge as possible.

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5 ways the iPhone changed our lives

5 ways the iPhone changed our lives | Nerd Stalker Techweek | Scoop.it
Five years later, the phone's dramatic impact can be seen in our daily lives, schools, factories and boardrooms.
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49+ Resources to Create Free Facebook Cover Photos

49+ Resources to Create Free Facebook Cover Photos | Nerd Stalker Techweek | Scoop.it

List of websites and applications you can use for creating FREE Facebook Cover Photos for your timeline.

 

(Infographic by Jon Loomer http://www.jonloomer.com/2012/03/07/dimensions-for-facebook-timeline-for-pages-infographic/)

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The Cooper Journal: The best interface is no interface

The Cooper Journal: The best interface is no interface | Nerd Stalker Techweek | Scoop.it

Creative minds in technology should focus on solving problems. Not just make interfaces.
 

As Donald Norman said in 1990, “The real problem with the interface is that it is an interface. Interfaces get in the way. I don’t want to focus my energies on an interface. I want to focus on the job…I don’t want to think of myself as using a computer, I want to think of myself as doing my job.”

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Google's New Super Fast Internet Service May Not Reach Low-Income Residents

Google's New Super Fast Internet Service May Not Reach Low-Income Residents | Nerd Stalker Techweek | Scoop.it
When Google unveiled its new Internet service in Kansas City last month, the company said customers would receive speeds so fast they would no longer need to wait for videos to buffer or websites to load.
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“We're coming for you, bitches!” 500 Startups' Dave McClure

“We're coming for you, bitches!” 500 Startups' Dave McClure | Nerd Stalker Techweek | Scoop.it
VC, a startup accelerator based in Mexico City, announced today it is merging with 500 Startups to source and fund a growing number of promising Spanish-speaking startups. The two programs have been working together ...
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One Startup's 'Free Food Truck Fridays' Experiment - Businessweek

One Startup's 'Free Food Truck Fridays' Experiment - Businessweek | Nerd Stalker Techweek | Scoop.it
One Startup's 'Free Food Truck Fridays' ExperimentBusinessweekOne afternoon each month, dozens of programmers in Redwood City, Calif., partake in what Kiwoba Allaire calls Free Food Truck Fridays.
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Radian lets you use your camera, iPhone or Android device for time lapse (video)

Radian lets you use your camera, iPhone or Android device for time lapse (video) | Nerd Stalker Techweek | Scoop.it
In Insert Coin, we look at an exciting new tech project that requires funding before it can hit production.
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500 Startups Backs First Middle Eastern Startup, Jeeran, A Yelp For The Arab World

500 Startups Backs First Middle Eastern Startup, Jeeran, A Yelp For The Arab World | Nerd Stalker Techweek | Scoop.it
Earlier this year, young venture capital fund and startup accelerator 500 Startups announced some changes that indicated its intent to move beyond adolescence into adulthood, and expand its scope beyond the U.S.
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Louis CK's direct-sales concert: $6MM+ and running, and scalping all but extinguished

Louis CK's direct-sales concert: $6MM+ and running, and scalping all but extinguished | Nerd Stalker Techweek | Scoop.it
A report from Louis CK's no fees, no scalpers direct-sales concert tour: Mr CK is up more than $6 million, and scalping is down to less than one percent (compared with 25 percent for his other, traditional-sales events).
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Technology News: Mobile Tech: Put That Old GSM Dongle Back to Work

Technology News: Mobile Tech: Put That Old GSM Dongle Back to Work | Nerd Stalker Techweek | Scoop.it
If you've been accumulating redundant, carrier-locked communications hardware like
phones and data cards, and have been stuffing them all into a drawer likely never to be used again, you can repurpose some of it and realize some cost savings.
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2007 9 Million Americans owned a smartphone, Today - 110 Million

2007 9 Million Americans owned a smartphone, Today -  110 Million | Nerd Stalker Techweek | Scoop.it
In July 2007, barely 9 million Americans owned a smartphone – representing just 4 percent of the entire mobile market.
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Six Signs You Need a Break From the Startup Grind

Six Signs You Need a Break From the Startup Grind | Nerd Stalker Techweek | Scoop.it
Here, reminders you need to start now to take (at least a little) time out for yourself to prevent burnout.
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Startups use Kinect to solve problems in surgery, retail, filmmaking and more

Startups use Kinect to solve problems in surgery, retail, filmmaking and moremsnbc.comWalking the floor at Microsoft's conference center in Redmond, Wash., yesterday for the conclusion of the company's three-month Kinect Accel...Microsoft ...

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The App Economy Is ~$3.5 Billion and the stores are getting 30% of it!

The App Economy Is ~$3.5 Billion and the stores are getting 30% of it! | Nerd Stalker Techweek | Scoop.it
Big, but not nearly as big as you might think.
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