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Apple’s Massive Numbers And Some Context
Mg Siegler, techcrunch.com

Sim­ply look­ing over the num­bers, it might be hard to wrap your head around what Apple just announced for their Q1 2012 results. A com­pa­ny this big is not sup­posed to be able to near­ly dou­ble rev­enue year-to-year. Nor are they sup­posed to…

Ou porque o SOPA e o PIPA, até de um ponto de vista absolutamente capitalista, são rematadas asneiras. “RT @ericspiegelman: Apple’s NET last QUARTER was $3 billion more than all of Hollywood’s GROSS box office receipts last YEAR.”

I may drive a Jeep because I’m a Colorado boy at heart, and I may own a charcoal grill because I like things “pure”, and I may own Apple gadgets because I have an affinity for fine software. So yes, you can tell a lot about me by the things I own. But they are just that — things. They can be stolen, broken, taken, and lost. They should never become distractions to the things that matter most, nor should I ever allow them to define my character, my relationships, and my beliefs.

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AVISO: o raciocínio abaixo não é piada. Ele foi elaborado por um psicólogo da Fox pra referendar N.Gingrich

1) Three women have met Mr. Gingrich and been so moved by his emotional energy and intellect that they decided they wanted to spend the rest of their lives with him. 2) Two of these women felt this way even though Mr. Gingrich was already married. 3 ) One of them felt this way even though Mr. Gingrich was already married for the second time, was not exactly her equal in the looks department and had a wife (Marianne) who wanted to make his life without her as painful as possible. Conclusion: When three women want to sign on for life with a man who is now running for president, I worry more about whether we’ll be clamoring for a third Gingrich term, not whether we’ll want to let him go after one.

Famous Photogs Pose With Their Most Iconic Images
By Jakob Schiller, wired.com

Muito interessantes essas metafotografias.

A história pode não ser verdadeira, mas é sensacional:

After his retirement he was cruising the Mediterranean on an Italian cruise liner and some Italian journalists asked why an ex British Prime Minister should chose an Italian ship. “There are three things I like about being on an Italian cruise ship” said Churchill. “First their cuisine is unsurpassed. Second their service is superb. And then, in time of emergency, there is none of this nonsense about women and children first”.

Pages e o Keynote em um único aplicativo. Pode parecer estranho, mas há muito tempo sonhava com um aplicativo como este. Uma idéia do que ele é capaz pode ser vista aqui ( http://events.apple.com.edgesuite.net/1201oihbafvpihboijhpihbasdouhbasv/event/index.html) 

Imagine as possibilidades para além do mercado de livros-texto. Eu já estou fazendo isso.

Curating is the next trend on the Web, but US$ 12,50 per month?! That’s pure greed

Churchill used to say: “In England, everything is permitted, except that which is forbidden. In Germany, everything is forbidden, except that which is permitted. In France, everything is permitted even that which is forbidden. In the USSR, everything is forbidden, even that which is permitted.”

DMCA is England; the Movie Industry thinks it’s France and wants us to be in Germany but this could end up in the USSR.

More on why this matters for curators on the Scoop.it blog. Join the debate and make your voice heard!

O que a Apple lançará amanhã e NY? que tal uma app que unifique e simplifique o iWork e o faça produzir ebooks? algo como um papel digital para tudo. A ver. 

Saving face and saving peace in the Gulf
Anne-Marie Slaughter, aljazeera.com

The nature of Iranian politics means that the West should seek new solutions to prevent instability in the Middle East.

Ali Khamenei is report­ed­ly con­vinced the US will use force to achieve regime change in Iran…

That’s the secret “It is time for third parties to step in and facilitate solutions that allow Iran to save face while significantly and credibly reducing its supply of enriched uranium.”

Legal. Eis a primeira página do Jornal do Brasil no dia em que nasci. Problemões o mundo tinha…

Começando a leitura. Há muito tempo eu queria ler esse livro.

They did it! Imitation is indeed the sincerest form of flattery. Take a look at this video posted on Kickstarter more than one year ago which made the headlines for its record breaking success, and that Android version. In my opinion it’s the difference between elegance and some sort of Dick Tracy unusable gadget.

Primeiro o Stuxnet, depois o assassinato a bomba de cinco cientistas envolvidos no programa. Se fosse contra uma nação do ocidente receberia o nome de terrorismo, como chamaríamos se é contra o Irã e, aquela pergunta clássica para encontrar os autores: a quem interessaria?

Interessante. Conhecendo a habilidade urbanística (melhor dizendo, higienista e imobiliária) da classe política nas grandes cidades, não tenho porque achar que o vídeo tenha incorreções. Aos meus amigos paulistanos uma recomendação: assistam.