November 2011
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“Soon there will be 2 kinds of people. Those who use computers, and those who use...”
– Apple Slogan from the 1980’s
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“Reading is to the mind as exercise is to the body”
– Richard Steele (1672 - 1729)
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Is Egypt on the verge of a second revolution? →
Last week, traders in Cairo’s Tahrir Square were selling chintzy pharaonic souvenirs and the odd t-shirt alluding to the Springtime ousting of Hosni Mubarak. Now, they’re back to flogging scarves, gas masks and safety goggles.
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Alpha-ville Festival 2011: LIVE in review →
Review of Alpha-ville Festival LIVE events, covering three packed days of performances in September, 2011
Old Apparatus were the first act to open Alpha-ville 2011 at Rich Mix Cultural Foundation and as the first bass frequencies hummed through the dark upstairs space, there was a real sense of anticipation and excitement. Old Apparatus set matched visuals sourced from dated scientific and...
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Google+ Pages →
Google+ launches its rival to Facebook Pages by universally inviting brands, companies and celebrities to develop a place for their fans to interact and connect on their platform.
So far Google+ Pages look broadly similar to Facebook Pages, with a key difference that they are easily searchable in natural search results using Google’s search engine by adding a “+” before typing...
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“The life in Italy is the life of a wealthy country: consumptions haven’t...”
– Il Cavaliere in his own words
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“He’s running and running and goes off the cliff, and as long as he...”
– Patrick Chovanec, a professor at Tsinghua University’s School of Economics and Management, Beijing comparing the Chinese economy to Wile E Coyote. 