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This tool shows how far you can travel in 10 minutes in ghostly splotches and tendrils. 
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The message arrives on my “clean machine,” a MacBook Air loaded only with a sophisticated encryption package. “Change in plans,” my contact says. “Be in the lobby of the Hotel ______ by 1 pm. Bring a book and wait for ES to find you.”
Farid Mheir's insight:
A very good story that reveals some new information about what Snowden knows and has done. Very informative and well written.
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From
qz
Technology has a lot to answer for: killing old businesses, destroying the middle class, Buzzfeed. Technology in the form of the internet is especially villainous, having been accused of everything from making us dumber (paywall) to aiding dictatorships. But Michael Harris, riffing on the observations of Melvin Kranzberg, argues that "technology is neither good nor evil. The most...
Farid Mheir's insight:
A most important story for anyone interested with digital disruption and transformation it has on business and life. I am particularly interested in those books that explore the extremes of the spectrum, in this case "what did people do before the Internet". Questions like these, I find, help me better understand what we should do, today, when in the middle of a digital transformation. Other than the book "The Shallows" I recommend the following read as well: - What are the implications of near zero marginal energy costs to my business or Industry? via @franckDiana http://sco.lt/6oeWHJ - Atos "No Email" Initiative Provides Valuable Lessons on Driving Big Change Through Social Collaboration http://gtnr.it/1l8GqPD
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When you build a community, you create supportive brand advocates. How do you find and nurture this group? Here are our favorite tools and strategies.
Farid Mheir's insight:
Another great reference where you'll learn - as I did - about intercom, mention, riffle and other tools to manage an online community.
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From
recode
Mary Meeker can synthesize trends, pinpoint interesting numbers and research, and deliver hundreds of slides like nobody's business.
Farid Mheir's insight:
As Mary Meeker says in her intro, this presentation probably violates all rules that communication experts drill into our heads, yet it is very effective because 1- the slides are made available for us to review after 2- we can pause and rewind 3- she stresses what's important: the rest we get by looking at the slides Love it.
Hamza Ali's curator insight,
June 6, 2014 11:03 AM
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From
www
The internet increasingly pervades our lives, delivering information to us no matter where we are. It takes a complex system of cables, servers, towers, and other infrastructure, developed over decades, to allow us to stay in touch with our friends and family so effortlessly. Here are 40 maps that will help you better understand the internet — where it came from, how it works, and how it's used by people around the world. Via Lauren Moss
Farid Mheir's insight:
no explanation required here.
Coolwired's curator insight,
August 31, 2014 10:04 AM
This informative site sheds light on the pervasive workings of the Internet. 
Mel Leggatt's curator insight,
November 20, 2014 11:36 AM
A really excellent visual resource for understanding how the Internet has and continues to evolve. 
Vincent Lahondère's curator insight,
January 4, 2018 6:06 AM
Cette série de cartes accompagnées de commentaires en anglais est absolument remarquable car elle permet de comprendre comment internet s'est imposé à travers le monde.
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From
storify
A digital essay completed by Heather Bailie as part of the assessment requirements of #INF530 Concepts & Practices for a Digital Age. Via Robin Good
Farid Mheir's insight:
some very useful charts and diagrams in the presentation. The rest is pretty straightforward...
Christoph Meier's curator insight,
August 11, 2014 4:20 AM
Hilfreicher Übersichtsartikel mit Links zu verschiedenen Beiträgen in peer reviewed journals. 
Mark Monsen's curator insight,
May 6, 2015 11:21 PM
All about curation, some great educational models
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Kleiner Perkins partner Mary Meeker's data dumps have become a highly anticipated event in the tech industry, as her research helps everyone else level..
Farid Mheir's insight:
Additional insights into the trends. To download the actual slides, go here: KPCB Internet trends 2014 via @KPCB http://sco.lt/621suH
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The slidesThe latest edition of the annual Internet Trends report includes: 1. Key Internet trends showing slowing Internet user growth but strong smartphone, tablet a...
Farid Mheir's insight:
The slides for yearly Internet trends reference.
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Keywords column: Computing things as close to the user as possible is going to be critical to making smart devices ranging from jet engines to refrigerators responsive enough. That's where 'fog computing' poses a challenge to 'the cloud.' Via Fred Thiel
Farid Mheir's insight:
New MEME: fog computing. The idea that cloud computing requires very fast (and low latency) networks to deliver useful processing in real-time. But even high-speed Internet is not fast enough in most cases, cellular networks are even worse. This is where fog computing comes in: push computing to the edge f the network, in routers and devices that are close to the user devices and let them perform some of the work. Great idea, kind of like the Content Delivery Networks that Akamai and others have built over the years. That being said, this does not appear to be a revolution but a minor evolution in the cloud computing era.
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This chart from Statista adds context to the debate around net neutrality. It shows what happened when Netflix paid for direct access to Comcast. The speed took off. Now, imagine this across the board for many other companies. They'll be stuck at a slower speed unless they're willing to pay for a speed boost. Those costs will end up being passed on to you by the companies paying for access to the high speed lane.
Farid Mheir's insight:
Many wonder what the "net neutrality" is all about and what the big deal is. This chart says it all, along with the comment by Jay. We have been blessed with uniform access no matter who we are (OK you have to pay to get high speed Internet access over dialup) but once you do, there is no limit.
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From
unbounce
If you’ve ever wondered “what’s the right length?” when it comes to all the things that go into your conversion marketing mix, look no further.
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Farid Mheir's insight:
Good to know: long pages for home pages and places where user not sure what he is looking for, short pages when action is clear.
Marteq's curator insight,
May 4, 2014 4:10 PM
Superb information to assist you with your editing. But as usual...TEST!
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This charts shows Facebook's recent revenue growth, broken down by segment.
Farid Mheir's insight:
mobile is important.
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The social networking site drives 7.10% of all Web traffic.
Farid Mheir's insight:
Interesting that Facebook remains very relevant (I guess the fact that teenagers are leaving FB is more than compensated with old folks getting into it). Pinterest value goes without saying, it is a huge visual catalog after all!
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If Netflix has to pay tribute to Comcast, then shouldn’t Comcast pay tribute to cloud storage firms?
Farid Mheir's insight:
Raises interesting questions regarding the expectation end users have of Internet speed and quality of service In a digital world, should we have different classes of Internet content, high speed and low speed, depending how much you pay and who pays for what?
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According to new data published by the Pew Research Center, direct visitors to news websites are much more engaged than those coming from search engines or social networks. While the latter two may be indispensable for news websites to be discovered in the first place, those (returning) readers that have a site bookmarked or consciously type in its address are the ones who are truly valuable to online publishers.
Farid Mheir's insight:
The message is simple: if your website is well made, people will come back to it directly and if they do they will be "Sold" to consume your content.
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Farid Mheir's insight:
We were not pioneers but freaking early bird techno geeks on the bleeding edge!
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The origin of the service that taps into humanity's collective psyche
Farid Mheir's insight:
A very good review of Google's invention that taps into the large database of information it collects about searches and makes it available to all of us to save time. I use Google autocomplete for other purpose than to simply save time. I use it for product research, trend analysis, and sometimes competitive analysis. I use it as inspiration and sometimes for guidance, when I am not sure exactly what to search for. An invaluable tool.
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While superfast Internet access is still scarce, average speeds worldwide inch up–and attacks rise, too.
Farid Mheir's insight:
Akamai State of Internet (SOTI) report always provides very interesting techno-geeky information regarding the traffic that is carried by Internet carriers worldwide. Released quarterly, it goes back to 2008 with stats and figures that can help you demonstrate your point with data - as we often have to do when considering digital disruptions.
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The Psychology of Online Checkout [Infographic] - infographic Checkout
Farid Mheir's insight:
Many other very useful insights in this infographics.
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Bot traffic is up to 61.5% of all website traffic. Is Google winning the war on spam?
Farid Mheir's insight:
I don't like the analysis as it makes it appears as if the web is being overtaken by hackers and impersonators. What is interesting is the steady rise of non-human traffic. With a larger and larger number of devices being connected to the Internet - from cars to watches to refrigerators - we can expect this trend to continue in the years to come.
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Great mashup (no one says that anymore I know) of maps + traffic data + travel algorithms.