Facebook’s Graph Search Isn’t That Great | MIT Technology Review

For years, we’ve been shoveling data into Facebook’s maws by way of status updates, photo uploads, comments, “likes,” and check-ins. Until this week, though, there has never been a way to really sift through any of that data. Graph Search, unveiled on Tuesday and currently available to only a smidgen of Facebook’s billion users, lets [...]

Weekly Movies in Puerto Vallarta during January | Vallarta Escapes

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Travel to Puerto Vallarta, See an International Film. Every Tuesday Films January Schedule 7:00 PM Showtime Paradise Community Center via Weekly Movies in Puerto Vallarta during January | Vallarta Escapes. Related articles Have you heard, Nuevo Vallarta? | Vallarta Escapes Twitter Power Users in Puerto Vallarta | Vallarta Escapes Welcome to Spring Break Puerto Vallarta [...]

New Storify website is all about relevancy

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Storify users discovered a completely redesigned website on Tuesday. The social curation platform now sports a radically different homepage featuring the top links, tweets, images, and videos collected by members. Click the arrow at the top of each item to reveal stories and comments. New Storify website is all about relevancy – Canada Social Media [...]

SXSWi Award Winners Include Pinterest, Storify and a Few Surprises [PICS]

Via Scoop.it – Social Media Curated South by Southwest Interactive officially drew to a close Tuesday with the 15th Annual Interactive Awards. The awards honored not only well-known sites and services from the past year such as Pinterest and Storify, but also highlighted sites, services and apps that you may have never heard of. While [...]

Eurozone approves new $173B bailout for Greece

Via Scoop.it – internetbillboards Eurozone finance ministers sealed a deal Tuesday morning for a second bailout for Greece, including €130 billion ($173 billion) in new financing.The finance ministers from the 17 nations that use the euro, known as the Eurogroup, gave Greece the funding it needs to avoid a potential default next month. While this [...]

7 Steps to Incredible Personal Productivity

Practical advice to turn an average workday into an incredibly productive day. Occasionally you need to go the extra mile. Sometimes you need to complete a major project, tackle a task you’ve put off, or just knock out a ton of work in one day. Here’s the best way to turn a normal workday into [...]

StartupBus Europe hits the road: Here’s how you can get involved

This morning in central Amsterdam, I joined 26 bleary-eyed entrepreneurs, developers and designers in boarding a bus that will become our home for the next three days.Yes, StartupBus Europe has hit the road for a journey that is partly a hackathon, partly a tour of some of Europe’s hottest tech cities, and partly a really [...]

YouTube bets on mobile, content curation and paid-for movies

Via Scoop.it – internetbillboards If 10 media executives were asked to name the world’s biggest broadcaster, how many would say YouTube? Google’s video-sharing site is growing its audience faster than anyone and it’s adding new content at a rate no one can match. And we should pay close attention to this: the site’s stats show [...]

Google takedowns around the world: lèse-majesté yes, police brutality no

Via Scoop.it – internetbillboards For the last two years, Google has released comprehensive reports twice a year on the frequency of takedown requests and government data requests received in countries around the world. The latest data, released on Tuesday, focuses on the first half of 2011. The statistics show that the United States continues to [...]