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This is your brain on e-books
This Is Your Brain on E-Books | MIT Technology Review – This is your brain on e-books highlights how e-books are different. I had a similar experience to this is your brain on e-books that I called Kindle brain
Consumer behaviour
The broken record: vinyl, matter, memory and meaning – FACT Magazine: Music News, New Music. – interesting take on how the artifact of records (and other media) are as important as the content itself
McKinsey – Asian consumer insights – great set of reports
Economics
The Terrifying Reality of Long-Term Unemployment – The Atlantic
Statistical Yearbook for Asia and the Pacific 2012 by the UN
Finance
Iterations: How Five Real Economists Think About Bitcoin’s Future | TechCrunch
Six Reasons Why Chinese People Will Drive the Next Bull Market in Bitcoin
FMCG
Unitever’s Unbeatable branded media 《无懈可击之美女如云》,何润东,赵柯,清扬-搜狐娱乐
Innovation
Darpa’s New Navigation Tool Is Smaller Than a Penny | Danger Room | Wired.com
Media
Really, Microsoft? Your vision for the future of TV is… an HDMI cable? — Tech News and Analysis – they also sold their IPTV business to Ericsson in the past couple of days
With Google’s Help, ‘Glamour’ Monetizes Hangouts – interesting ideas
Yahoo, Apple Discuss Deeper iPhone Partnership – WSJ.com – this makes sense for both sides
Online
Google gains team behind Behavio, a startup that uses smartphone data to make predictions | The Verge – Google getting more user intent data and extending context into the real world to create the ‘web of no web’
Twitter Now Rivals Facebook as Teens’ Most Important Social Network
TripAdvisor Acquires Jetsetter for Undisclosed Amount | Betabeat
Why Marissa Mayer Bought A $30M Startup – Business Insider – summation and reinvention of search is the key
Security
Computer Security Legend Mudge Leaves DARPA for Google Job – AllThingsD – if you are unemployed for six months you aren’t going to get a job
North Korea Pirates Spy Tools and Porn on BitTorrent | TorrentFreak
Huge attack on WordPress sites could spawn never-before-seen super botnet | Ars Technica
Mozilla Wants to Eliminate Passwords With ‘Persona’ | Wired.com
IRS claims it can read your e-mail without a warrant | Politics and Law – CNET News
Software
My iOS 7 wish list — Tech News and Analysis
Facebook’s Android app can now retrieve data about what apps you use – The Next Web
Apple asks developers to localize apps, opens Chinese Support forum in international push
Opinion: Antitrust complaint against Android is an attack on open source | Ars Technica
Microsoft, others behind new Android EU complaint – Rethink Wireless
Technology
AAPL, DELL, HPQ: Bernstein Ponders Lengthening PC Cycle – Barrons.com
Google has a single towering obsession: It wants to build the Star Trek computer. – Slate Magazine
Telecoms
The fastest way to speedy networks: ignore Uncle Sam — GigaOM – internet infrastructure driving clusters of economic progress
Web of no web
You Lookin’ At Me? Reflections on Google Glass. – Jan Chipchase – Voices – AllThingsD – interesting analysis around consumer behaviour and the context for Google Glass
Wireless
Cell Networks Are Energy Hogs – Alexis C. Madrigal – The Atlantic
LG grabs third spot in global smartphone market|Economy|News|WantChinaTimes.com