Harvard & Stanford Want Your Ideas for a Better Internet

Got ideas for improving on the old the ‘series of tubes’ we call the Internet? If your idea meets the following criteria, students from Harvard and Stanford might actually implement it:

• Does the solution meaningfully contribute to building a better Internet?
• Does it enhance openness,
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The Obama Campaign Goes Mobile

I have been watching the mobile space carefully the last few months, so as candidates have announced their interest in running for President  I’ve paid close attention to their mobile strategies.   So far, there really hasn’t been much to see as far as I can tell.

Enter Barack Obama,...

.@BarackObama Launches 2012 Campaign with…Windows7?

In case you somehow missed the flurry of Facebook wall postings, President Obama launched his re-election campaign today with a remarkably scaled down, almost Spartan website and a introductory video that is remarkably similar to another much hyped launch….for Windows7?

To be fair, in the email announcement the President writes “We’re doing this now because the politics we believe in does not start with expensive TV ads or extravaganzas…”

Mission accomplished?...

Analyzing Our Mobile Stats

We’ve all seen the stats.  Globally, there are 4 billion mobile phones – 1.08 billion of which are smart phones.  On average, Americans spend 2.7 hours a day socializing on their mobile devices.  By 2014, more people globally will access the Internet via a mobile device than a desktop computer. ...

Facebook is kind of a big deal

Great video showing how utterly massive Facebook has become.  Sample stat: “48% of 18 to 34 year olds check Facebook right when they wake up.” <via @katieharbath>

The World Is Obsessed With Facebook from Alex Trimpe on Vimeo....