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Uche Amaechi

Flash Mobs Take Violent Turn in Philadelphia - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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shared by Uche Amaechi on 25 Mar 10 - Cached
  • Uche Amaechi on 25 Mar 10
     
    Flash mobs turning violent. Original creator is 'surprised'. c'mon, it's a technology--or a use of one (which can be correctly conflated) people will use it as the wish. And as the tech gets more mainstream more diverse ways (both 'good' and 'bad') will arise
Parisa Rouhani

iPad Already Changing the Way Web Sites Are Built - Yahoo! News - 0 views

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shared by Parisa Rouhani on 01 Apr 10 - Cached
  • Several major companies have already developed iPad-ready Web sites which will run alongside their current Flash-based sites for computer users. The New York Times will have an iPad version of its site.
  • changing the layout of their content to better fit the iPad's screen
  • There has been a push to convert to HTML5 for a couple years and for several reasons, less Flash dependence being one of them
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  • HTML5 will make it possible for many other devices, most notably the iPhone and other smartphones, to view full Web pages without Flash. That would eliminate the need for many companies to maintain separate sites for mobile devices.
Jennifer Jocz

How 'Avatar' may predict the future of virtual worlds | Geek Gestalt - CNET News - 0 views

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shared by Jennifer Jocz on 03 Feb 10 - Cached
  • After Second Life took the world by storm in 2005 and 2006, introducing many to a 3D environment in which they could create nearly anything they wanted, there hasn't been a major next step forward.
  • One could argue that virtual worlds have even taken a technological step backward, as most of the energy in the space these days is being put into building 2D Flash worlds for kids, or Facebook games played by the masses. It's big business, but hardly cutting edge.
  • The biggest danger at the moment for those who want to see rich, 3D virtual worlds take off right away is the massive popularity of social networks like Facebook and Twitter.
  • Jennifer Jocz on 03 Feb 10
     
    What i found most interesting about this article was the idea that the popularity of Facebook games has caused a "technological step backward"
Chris Johnson

Kubbu - Make Educational Games, Online Activities and Quizzes - 2 views

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shared by Chris Johnson on 01 Feb 10 - Cached
  • Chris Johnson on 01 Feb 10
     
    Kubbu is a new site that allows teachers to create activities to aid the learning process. Teachers enter the data and deploy it via several different activity types. They can then track the usage and results from these activities. In this sense, Kubbu is very similar to Quia.
Brie Rivera

Adobe Flash evangelist: 'Go screw yourself Apple' | Web Crawler - CNET News - 0 views

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shared by Brie Rivera on 12 Apr 10 - Cached
  • Brie Rivera on 12 Apr 10
     
    Go screw yourself apple!
  • Brie Rivera on 12 Apr 10
     
    Go screw yourself apple!
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