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Green shoots of #Freedom*

June 29th, 2009 by Fredo Martin | No Comments | Filed in Abuse of Power, International Affairs, Politics, Technology

#iranelection… one of many strings of characters that effectively broke the monolithic molds of perception over the entire planet; the people of Iran, albeit via the highly restrictive medium of 140 characters-only twitter, took on a third dimension, the dimension of living people just like you and I: people with yearnings for better days, aspirations for tangible elements of justice in their daily lives, people of this, our world. Iranians… Continue reading

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Apple and Google: leaping ahead… again…

June 3rd, 2009 by Fredo Martin | No Comments | Filed in Science, Technology

Apple’s iPhone revolutionized the smart phone industry by leaping far above and beyond the architectures and features available on the market when the new product was launched two years ago. On the first anniversary of the iPhone, the 2.0 version amazed us all with the AppStore, a truly unique innovation from which none of Apple’s smart phone competitors have yet recovered, as illustrated by the recent lukewarm launch of Nokia’s… Continue reading

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