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Can One Researcher & a Lot of Bots Manipulate Social Movements on Twitter?
Twitter was concerned a boon for protesters in Iran and Egypt who used the social networking service to communicate. We have a tendency to presume that the movement was widespread — that all protestors were using digital services equally. Of course, that was not quite the case and researchers at th
Is It Too Soon to Use the Japanese Earthquake for a Videogame?
A 25-year old Japanese modder has taken a chosen an unusual (or perhaps expected) form of homage for the earthquake that struck five weeks ago. A modded version of Fallout 3 takes us to the site of the ruins of Fukushima Dai-ichi, the ill-fated power plant. While some have taken umbrage, it’s not so
Israeli Telco Launches Interactive Facebook Concert
As a band, it must be strange to play in an empty room in front of thousands of people on the Internet. But hey, Kill Screen does that every night via air guitar and Chatroulette. But seriously, there’s finally a way to pester your favorite bands with “Free Bird” requests from a far. Seriously, ser
April 13, 2011, 4:00 pm
PAUSE: Grand Theft Animal Crossing. [via]
Art Exhibit Meets the World of Sword & Sworcery
Melbourne-based Anna Schwartz Gallery is featuring the art of British sculptor Antony Gormley. The works reminds us a lot of our recent fave Sword & Sworcery: EP which also features angular models in contorted positions. For the gallery site on the show titled “Memes”: “A Meme is a cultural analogu
Inventor of Programmable Cartridge Passes Away
Jerry Lawson, inventor of the programmable cartridge, has passed away at age 71. He is known for creating the Fairchild Semiconductor videogame console which featured removable cartridges, rather than having games built into them. The sad thing is that Lawson’s contributions were not noted until an
April 13, 2011, 2:00 pm
“Play is training for the unexpected.” — ecologist Mark Bekoff
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