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8-bit Prince of Persia takes on the real world | The Verge Prince of Persia in real life… easily the best thing I’ve seen all week. Video: http://t.co/EKsPzMfw tags: twitterfav Weekend Diversion: Fighting on the Internet : Starts With A Bang Quite a lot of interesting graphics, and as Calvin said â€As far as I’m concerned, if something is so complicated that you can’t explain it in 10 seconds, then it’s probably not worth knowing anyway.†– explains trolls pretty well. tags: internet argument comics Mobile Sites vs. Apps: The Coming Strategy Shift (Jakob Nielsen’s Alertbox) Interesting piece on usability & situations in which each is applicable: “Apps may remain better for tasks that are intensely feature-rich applications, such as photo editing — whereas mobile sites will be better for design problems like e-commerce/m-commerce, corporate websites, news, medical info... (more)

Iran Policy Committee: Responsibility to Protect Iranian Dissidents in Iraq

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A humanitarian tragedy unfolds as the Iraqi military and police harass and threaten 397 Iranian dissidents relocated to Camp Hurriya, a former American military base. They are the first of 3,400 residents of Camp Ashraf. How Iraq, UN, EU, and the United States act is a litmus test for whether the rest of the residents of Camp Ashraf relocate. Professor Raymond Tanter, former member of the National Security Council staff in the Reagan-Bush White House and President of the Iran Policy Committee, stated, "The UN shares with Was... (more)

Security in the Cloud Is All About Visibility and Control

Thor Olavsrud 18.02.2012 | CIO.com When it comes to security in the cloud, organizations are confident in their cloud providers, but also and reluctant to expose certain types of data and applications, according to IT industry association CompTIA. Security vendors maintain the problem is one of visibility and control, and each has a solution. It’s an oft-repeated mantra: Organizations engaged in or investigating cloud computing in any of its many flavors are concerned about security. In fact, concerns about security, data privacy and data residency are often cited as inhibitors... (more)

Truth in (Round) Numbers?

Statistics matter, not only in business, but increasingly also in our social life - well, at least in our social media life. Some of the statistics I noticed this week were round numbers, like 1000. With 1000 representing both the number now showing under "followers" in Twitter and the revenue number for research (that's excluding events, consulting and other items) we grew to in 2011. And on my blog I saw - a bit to my surprise - it has been a full 10 weeks since my last post! That's however more a case of blogger's block than writer's block, as I did (co-)author the round numb... (more)

Mobile Health News Weekly – February 13, 2012

The Mobile Health News Weekly is an online newsletter made up of the most interesting news and articles related to mobile health that I run across each week.  I am specifically targeting information that reflects market data and trends. Also read Enterprise Mobility Asia News Weekly Also read Field Mobility News Weekly Also read M2M News Weekly Also read Mobile Commerce News Weekly Also read Mobile Marketing News Weekly Also read Mobility News Weekly Also read Mobility Charts Weekly The worldwide mHealth market will grow to a revenue opportunity worth $23 billion by 2017, according to ... (more)