Category: Information Visualization

  • Why Apple, Google and Microsoft are not doomed

    Contrary to media frenzies, Apple is not giving up on innovation (it is actually becoming a more efficient, responsible, transparent and happier place to work). The Year of Doom For Microsoft, Google and Apple Haydn Shaughnessy, forbes.com 2012 was the year of the doom mer­chant in busi­ness. In the fan­ta­sy world of dying plan­ets earth…

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  • T Mobile as an alternative to iPhone mobile carrier contract lock in

    (via NYC and 13 more cities get T-Mobile’s iPhone-friendly upgrade — Apple News, Tips and Reviews) Related articles You Can Finally Change Your iPhone’s Carrier Logo Without Jailbreaking (cultofmac.com) Life After The iPhone: How AT&T’s Bet On Apple Mobilized The Company (forbes.com)

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  • TMobile offers real 4G on iPhone for half the price

    (via T-Mobile expands 4G network, sort of offers 4G iPhone | Dialed In – CNET Blogs) Related articles ScrewMat for iPhone 4 Repair, iPhone 4S Repair, and iPhone 5 Repair Now Available in Canada with Wi West Wireless (prweb.com) Seattle iPhone carrier recommendation (ask.metafilter.com) Apple working on iPhone 6 running on iOS7: Report (ibnlive.in.com)

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  • T Mobile to make iPhone plans more affordable

    (via T-Mobile to offer cheapest iPhone 5 in 2013 – Tapscape)

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  • Lifehacker top iPhone apps

    Most Popular iPhone Apps and Posts of 2012 Thorin Klosowski, lifehacker.com 2012 was an interesting year for Apple’s iPhone and iPad. We got a new operating system with iOS 6, and that came with a fair share of problems. Still, lots of new features, apps, and fixes came along. Here are the most popular iOS-related…

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  • Holiday Shopping Tips From Behavioral Economists

    Cass R. Sunstein, bloomberg.com Behavioral economists study human errors. People don’t always make the best choices for themselves, so there’s good reason to doubt whether they will always make the best choices for others. RT @BloombergNews: Don’t end up getting someone a useless gadget: Holiday shopping tips from a behavioral economist | http://flip.it/aqLw8 http://flip.it/uXoyK Holiday…

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  • The Cash-Only Doctors Club

      businessweek.com Concierge doctors don’t take insurance, but do make house calls. Once an option only for the rich, they may change health care for everyone RT @BW: Is concierge medicine the future of healthcare? | http://flip.it/0htzp #longreads http://flip.it/fHvQI The Cash-Only Doctors Club Related articles Paul Hsieh on Concierge Medicine (healthcarebs.com) Dear Congress: Listen to…

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  • Japan explores remote, virtual workforce after disasters

    After a Disaster, Japan Looks for Alternatives to the Office bloomberg.com Cour­tesy Soco­co Think your boss is stub­born about let­ting you work from home? Try going to Japan. Telecom­mut­ing is sim­ply not built into the busi­ness cul­ture there. Just 12 per­cent of Internet-connected Japan­ese office work­ers woul… RT @BloombergTech: After a disaster, Japan looks for…

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  • Calculating a College Degree’s True Value

      businessweek.com Some states are posting their graduates’ salaries online RT @BW: What’s a college degree really worth? | http://flip.it/TbD8l http://flip.it/wx3kw Calculating a College Degree’s True Value Related articles Is the value of a college degree dwindling away? (bizjournals.com) Is this the ‘definitive guide’ to the college grad job market? (costofcollege.wordpress.com)

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