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Amitai Givertz

12 Companies Targeting Early Tech Adopters | Family Learning Center - 0 views

  • 12 Companies Targeting Early Tech Adopters
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    12 Companies Targeting Early Tech Adopters
John Onwuegbu

Sneak peek at Unreleased Apps with 'Early Access' on Google Play | Questechie - 0 views

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    The "Early access" section is divided into games and apps, with new dedicated beta tab inside of the "My Apps & Games" section of the Play Store where you can check out which beta programs you've joined with full listing of all apps.
chelfyn Baxter

Management and Virtual Decentralised Networks: The Linux Project - 0 views

  • A mechanistic management system is appropriate to stable conditions. It is characterised by:The Organismic form is appropriate to changing conditions. It is characterised by: Hierarchic structure of control, authority and communicationNetwork structure of control A reinforcement of the hierarchic structure by the location of knowledge of actualities exclusively at the top of the hierarchyOmniscience no longer imputed to the head of the concern; knowledge may be located anywhere in the network; the location becoming the centre of authority Vertical interaction between the members of the concern, ie. between superior and subordinateLateral rather than vertical direction of communication through the organisation  A content of communication which consists of information and advice rather than instructions and decisions
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      This is very similar to many Web 1.0/2.0 analogies
  • Structurehierarchicalnetworked Scopeinternal/closedexternal/open Resource focuscapitalhuman, information Statestabledynamic, changing Directionmanagement commandsself-management Basis of actioncontrolempowerment to act Basis for compensationposition in hierarchycompetency level
  • However, "the Linux movement did not and still does not have a formal hierarchy whereby important tasks can be handled out ... a kind of self-selection takes place instead: anyone who cares enough about a particular program is welcomed to try" [54]. But if his work is not good enough, another hacker will immediately fill the gap. In this way, this 'self-selection' ensures that the work done is of superb quality. Moreover this "decentralisation leads to more efficient allocation of resources (programmers' time and work) because each developer is free to work on any particular program of his choice as his skills, experience and interest best dictate" (Kuwabara, 2000). In contrast, "under centralised mode of software development, people are assigned to tasks out of economic considerations and might end up spending time on a feature that the marketing department has decided is vital to their ad campaign, but that no actual users care about" [55].
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  • Industrial AgeInformation Age Focus on measurable outcomesFocus on strategic issues using participation and empowerment Individual accountabilityTeam accountability Clearly differentiated-segmented organisational roles, positions and responsibilitiesMatrix arrangement - flexible positions and responsibilities Hierarchical, linear information flowsMultiple interface, 'boundaryless' information networking Initiatives for improvement emanate from a management eliteInitiatives for improvement emanate from all directions
  • There is only one layer between the community of Linux developers and Linus: the "trusted lieutenants". They are a dozen hackers that have done considerably extended work on a particular part of the kernel to gain Linus' trust. The "trusted lieutenants" are responsible to maintain a part of the Linux Kernel and lots of developers sent their patches (their code) directly to them, instead of Linus. Of course, apart from Linus that has encouraged this to happen, this informal mechanism represents a natural selection by the community since the "trusted lieutenants" are recognised [by the community] as being not owners but simple experts in particular areas [57] and thus, their 'authority' can always be openly challenged. This does not mean that Linus has more influence than they have. Recently, "Alan Cox (one of the "trusted" ones) disagreed with Linus over some obscure technical issue and it looks like the community really does get to judge by backing Alan and making Linus to acknowledge that he made a bad choice" [58].
  • In 1991, Linus Torvalds made a free Unix-like kernel (a core part of the operating system) available on the Internet and invited all hackers interested to participate. Within the next two months, the first version 1.0 of Linux was released. From that point, tens of thousands of developers, dispersed globally and communicating via the Internet, contributed code, so that early in 1993, Linux had grown to be a stable, reliable and very powerful operating system. The Linux kernel is 'copylefted' software, patented under the GNU GPL, and thus, nobody actually owns it. But more significantly, Linux is sheltered by the Open Source (hacker) community. From its very birth, Linux as a project has mobilised an incredible number of developers offering enhancements, modifications/improvements and bug fixes without any financial incentive. Despite the fact that an operating system is supposed to be developed only by a closely-knit team to avoid rising complexity and communication costs of coordination (Brook's Law), Linux is being developed in a massive decentralised mode under no central planning, an amazing feat given that it has not evolved into chaos. Innovation release early and often: Linus put into practice an innovative and paradox model of developing software. Frequent releases and updates (several times in a week) are typical throughout the entire development period of Linux. In this way, Linus kept the community constantly stimulated by the rapid growth of the project and provided an extraordinary effective mechanism of psychologically rewarding his co-developers for their contributions that were implemented in the last version. On top of this, in every released version, there is a file attached which lists all those who have contributed (code). Credit attribution if neglected, is a cardinal sin that will breed bitterness within the community and discourage developers from further contributing to the project. According to conventional software-building wisdom, early versions are by definition buggy and you do not want to wear out the patience of your users. But as far as the Linux development stage is concerned, developers are the users themselves and this is where most innovation is created (Figure 8). "The greatest innovation of Linux is that treating your users as co-developers is your least-hassle route to rapid code improvement and effective debugging" (Raymond, 1998a).
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John Onwuegbu

Mozilla: Web As a Platform for Gaming - 3 views

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    Epic Games is among the early birds in the Mozilla project, teaming up with the open source giant to leverage the scale of the web to distribute stunning and performance intensive games to billions of web users without the additional costs associated with third-party plugins.
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anonymous

Eye-popping Midnight Delivery of Valentine's Gifts from Infibeam - 0 views

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    Lovers hardly go to bed before midnight as they love to indulge in long romantic dialogue with their partners for hours together. And this is a good opportunity for each other to send Valentine gifts at midnight. Infibeam.com provides midnight delivery for those nocturnal creatures, who hate to hit the bed early. Chocolates, teddy bears, pink roses, yellow roses, red roses, cake and chocolate hampers are some of the coolest options as Valentine gifts.
Janos Haits

BetaBait | Find Beta Users and Testers | Find Beta Web, Mobile and Social Apps - 6 views

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    A place for startups to connect with early adopters who love new apps.
anonymous

Branded Timex Watches At Its Lowest Price Ever At Infibeam.Com - 0 views

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    Now each one needs to have good-looking character and branded watches add status to your character. In early days Timex watches brands were available lots of model in the market. Infibeam.com offers you a great quantity of discount on Timex watches for both men and women.
John Onwuegbu

Yahoo partners with Yelp to deliver locally relevant contents | Questechie - 5 views

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    The deal specifics, however, are still unclear and seems to outsource Yahoo's local search efforts to Yelp, which service may be launching as early as next couple of weeks.
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    Wow! If this thing pushed through yahoo and yelp will totally make a difference in search engine management.
Clif Mims

Mnemograph: Web Based Timeline Software - 0 views

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      This web application could be used with the following: -Research/ Reports in any content area -Lab reports -Data collection/ analysis (research journal/ log, data trail, notes, formation of ideas and early possible findings, etc.) -Pre- and post-assessment -Ogranizer -Group or whole-class projects -Self-paced instruction -Journal writing exercise spanning an extended timeframe -Group/ Project management
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    This web application could be used with the following: -Research/ Reports in any content area -Lab reports -Data collection/ analysis (research journal/ log, data trail, notes, formation of ideas and early possible findings, etc.) -Pre- and post-assessment -Ogranizer -Group or whole-class projects -Self-paced instruction -Journal writing exercise spanning an extended timeframe -Group/ Project management -In IDT 7/8052
Diego Morelli

Wolfram Alpha Computational Knowledge Engine - First Official Demo - 0 views

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    Two days ago Stephen Wolfram gave an early preview of his "computational knowledge engine" Wolfram Alpha at a talk at Harvard University. The video of the whole presentation (1h 45min long) is here above, while down below you can find some highlights I transcripted from his speech.
Elio Assuncao

The Best and Worst in Web Design - 0 views

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    In the early days of the Internet, web sites looked awful, really really awful! Back then there was a great excuse for the poor and blind standards, nobody knew any better.We have a selection of trendy web interfaces from Deviantart.
LeapFish Living the Web

Will The Real Time Web Take Off? - 0 views

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    You might have heard over the last few months: the Internet is entering what many are referring to as "The Real-Time Web". In other words, where static pages were all the rage in the 90's, and blogs, social networks and interconnectivity became popular in the early part of the new millennium, we're now entering a phase preoccupied with what's happening now. As in right this minute. One salient example where this played a critical role was in the controversial Iranian presidential election, where Twitterers on the ground were able to get reports out live, without any help from the press.
Janos Haits

Livestream | TweetTrader.net - 5 views

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    TweetTrader.net strives to be the most innovative forum for stock microblogs. It is still in the early stages of development. Follow us on Twitter or Facebook to receive updates on new releases and features of our website.
awqi zar

Cloud link collection « citizen428.blog() - 20 views

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    In late 2009 and early 2010 I worked on a very interesting cloud computing project. In the process I accrued a fairly comprehensive link list on the topic, which I already briefly mentioned here. The list was also published on the blog of my back then employer, but since the company doesn't exist anymore and their site is offline, I figured I might as well put it up here. The gist where I originally collected this is still on GitHub, feel free to fork, add etc.
Rohit Yadav

Samsung Galaxy S5 on sale early, in Korea - GadgeToq - 2 views

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    The Samsung Galaxy S5 is on sale now in South Korea, which is two weeks before the scheduled date of S5 worldwide launching. S5 is originally set to go on sale on April 11, in over 150 countries. But the South Korean carrier SK Telecom has made the phone available today for around 866,800 won.
shiv0040

Motorola RAZR foldable phone to be launched on November 13 - 0 views

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    We've heard a lot about Motorola RAZR's comeback in a foldable form and it could go official as early as next month. The company is sending out invites for a November 13 where it is likely to unveil the phone. The invite doesn't mention the RAZR name but it has enough hints to get us excited.
Janos Haits

Digital Photo Gallery - 16 views

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    Digital Photo Gallery is an online system for storing, organising and distributing full resolution images. If you came here and you're not part of the private beta it might not be clear what is going on. Don't worry, you're just a little early!
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Janos Haits

StreamGlider - Early 2011 - 14 views

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    is a breakthrogh mobil app for tracking your interests
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