February 2009
15 posts
Texting 'improves language skill'
Texting ‘improves language skill’ Text speak, rather than harming literacy, could have a positive effect on the way children interact with language, says a study. Researchers from Coventry University studied 88 children aged between 10 and 12 to understand the impact of text messaging on their language...
Is Hulu Changing Its Distribution Strategy?
Is Hulu Changing Its Distribution Strategy? Saturday, February 21, 2009 - by Jennifer Johnson Earlier this week, Hulu announced decisions to pull out of TV.com and Boxee. According to sources close to the company, Hulu’s managers were motivated by very different reasons in each case. Regardless of the reasons, these announcements deliver a blow to online...
Statistiques Facebook Mondiale : Croissance de 38%...
Statistiques Facebook Mondiale : Croissance de 38% en six mois Voici les dernières statistiques de Facebook. Comme on peut le voir, Facebook commence à s’essoufler dans les pays où son adoption a été précoce comme aux; Canada, Angleterre et en Corée du sud. L’Italie trône dans ces 6 derniers mois avec une fulgurante augmentation de 829% dû fort probablement à la...
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Ma musculature (fév09)
Autant j’étais déçu de moi le mois de janvier dernier, autant je suis en feu au mois de février.
Je l’ai déjà dit, et je le répète, l’entraînement, c’est comme tout dans la vie, c’est cyclique. Il faut savoir accepter, regarder de l’avant et continuer quand ça va mal.
Parce que ce mois-ci, ça torche en sale.
J’ai des gains en force, en masse et en poids...
Mark Zuckerberg's answer to Facebook New Terms and...
On Facebook, People Own and Control Their Information by Mark Zuckerberg Today at 14:09 A couple of weeks ago, we updated our terms of use to clarify a few points for our users. A number of people have raised questions about our changes, so I’d like to address those here. I’ll also take the opportunity to explain how we think about people’s information. Our philosophy...
Facebook: All Your Stuff is Ours, Even if You Quit
February 16, 2009 - 8:24 am PDT - by Stan Schroeder 61 Comments The Consumerist has noticed a seemingly slight but very important (and disturbing) change in Facebook’s terms of service, regarding user-generated content. In short, all of the content you’ve ever...
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Ne travaille pas ton tricep si t'as du gras à...
C’est la phrase de la semaine:
“Ne travaille pas ton tricep si tu as du gras à perdre.”
Ce dimanche, je fais mes poids au gym. Y’a un gros lard qui entre. Je le connais de vue. Il a 60 livres en trop. Pis il pue.
Pendant une heure, ce patapouf a travailler ses triceps.
“Bravo. T’as une énorme bédaine, tu vas exploser dans ma face, mais tout ce que tu trouves...
CRTC fee for carriage in plain English
Posted by Cheryl Binning on Tuesday, December 09, 2008. Categories: Articles It’s doom and gloom on the Canadian television landscape. In recent weeks there have been a series of lay-offs, hiring freezes, and program cuts. A few companies even cancelled their Christmas parties. As the axe fell, broadcasters such as CTV and Global pointed to the economic downturn and...
Online video's new model - Hulu
Hulu who? Feb 5th 2009 | SAN FRANCISCO From The Economist print editionAfter much confusion, it is becoming clear what works in online video IN THE spring of 2007 Jason Kilar was trying to beef up the video offerings of his employer, Amazon, the world’s largest online retailer, when he got a call from a headhunting firm. Would he consider running Hulu, a new joint venture by two...
Top 15 Most-Visited Canadian sites
Vancouver’s Suite101.com published the first readership index of Canadian-owned websites today titled “Where The Online Readers Are”. The Index was created to show which Canadian-owned websites get the most traffic and highlight what’s popular online. The inaugural January index shows that content-related sites dominate - ten of the fifteen highest traffic,...
Facebook: du succès mais pas d’argent
EMMANUEL BARRAUD | 06.02.2009 | 00:00 Facebook? On aime ou on déteste, mais, cinq ans tout juste après la création de ce réseau social sur Internet, personne n’ignore plus de quoi il s’agit. Mais avec 150 millions d’internautes inscrits, l’entreprise fondée par Mark Zuckerberg, alors âgé de 19 ans, le 5 février 2003 n’est toujours pas rentable. Et ce, en dépit...
How Facebook Connect Could Make Facebook Millions
Posted by Nick O’Neill on February 3rd, 2009 2:31 PM This afternoon while walking around the OnMedia conference in New York City, I got into a conversation with the founder of a company that is looking to extend their service through Facebook Connect. Without getting into the details of the individual product, the main service they’d like to add is the ability to add Connect...
Why Things FAIL!! - Pcitures (haha)
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User-Generated Content Draws Fans - 5yrs...
Six out of 10 US Internet users view user-generated content. The number of people who consume user-generated content exceeds the number of creators. This is true in any content loop—more people are always spectators than active participants. But because user-generated content is affordable, accessible and amenable to mass participation,...
Vancouver fourth on list of world's most...
“The cost of buying a home in Canada contrasts significantly from coast to coast. Some of the world’s least affordable cities are on the West Coast, while some markets in Eastern Canada remain relatively inexpensive, according to a survey of cities worldwide released Wednesday. According to the fifth annual Demographia International Housing Affordability Survey, Vancouver sits...