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CNET has some good ways to send and share large files

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"If you're going for pure storage space, options like Streamfile, Glide's gDrive, Humyo, and File Dropper all offer the most, with all but Streamfile doing it for free. Again, the caveat here--at least for Streamfile and Glide--is that you can't move these big files without first installing a little bit of software on your machine. That said, it's not always a burden to do this, since these programs can often keep the uploads from slowing other browser tasks, and can resume a large upload if there's a problem with the connection." [Josh Lowensohn]

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Posted March 9, 2010
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Washington Post’s Sheikholeslami on "online vs. mobile"

—Online vs. Mobile: “We do treat them as separate platforms, I think that the users’ expectations are different on the two platforms and we want to make sure we build for the mobile platform. We’re focused on the fact that it’s a different screen size, people are usually sort of in transit, on the go, also, on the iPhone in the app store, the expectation from customers to pay for digital content is there as well. It also gives us a place where we can experiment. We do think that readers and users will pay for content that’s unique and customized, valuable experiences.”
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Filed under  //   cross-platform   digital+media   mobile   Online   paidcontent   washington+post  
Posted March 4, 2010
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More Data On PayWalls From Harris Interactive [CNET]

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"The poll also revealed what many newspapers have already experienced--that readership of traditional news is steadily dropping. Just 43 percent of the people surveyed said they read a newspaper each day, either in print or online. Around 72 percent read a paper once a week, while 81 percent read only once a month. And 10 percent said they never read a newspaper."

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Posted January 13, 2010
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Time Travel Closer to Reality | By Melik Kaylan

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"...Assassin's Creed II is as close as we've managed to get to real time travel. The grown-ups can lap it up as a kind of virtual tourism. For the high schoolers, still the main audience, the video offers a kind of education by stealth."

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Posted January 11, 2010
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Stalking in the Digital Age : Discovery News

In an average year, 3.4 million Americans over the age of 18 are stalked, and one in four victims reported some sort of cyberstalking such as email (83 percent) or instant-messaging (35 percent), according to the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS).
via news.discovery.com

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Posted January 11, 2010
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RSS Feeds From Your Favorite Bands With Roadie [RWW]

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Filed under  //   Last.fm   music   Online   Roadie   RSS  
Posted January 6, 2010
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Zappos Retails Its Culture [BusinessWeek]

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"More than 95% of Zappos' transactions take place over the Web, so each actual phone call is a special opportunity. "They may only call once in their life, but that is our chance to wow them," Hsieh says."

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Posted January 3, 2010
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Poisson Rouge Sounds Like A Good Site For Kids [GeekDad]

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"Kids can wander through the alphabet, play with colors, phonics, opposites, puzzles, dot to dots, make and listen to music, play games, appreciate and make art, learn about optical illusions, tell time, do some coloring in, learn constellations and play with many other activities. There are even activities to help kids practice using a mouse."

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Posted December 22, 2009
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WikiLeaks.org Wants To Help You Expose A Scandal Or Local Issue

But the time has come for WikiLeaks, which calls itself “the first intelligence agency of the people,” to think locally, says Daniel Schmitt, a German computer engineer who is a full-time unpaid spokesman for the Web site. “We are trying to bring WikiLeaks more directly to communities,
via nytimes.com

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Posted December 20, 2009
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Email, Like It Or Not, Is Quite Alive

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Filed under  //   email   emarketer   facebook   Online   social+networks   stats  
Posted December 17, 2009
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