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GigaOm  about an hour ago:

Report: one in four online teens now use Twitter -

What are teenagers up to on social media? Twitter use has grown dramatically since 2011, while Facebook stays dominant but shows flat growth.
GigaOm  just under two hours ago:

Considerations for rolling out an NoSQL strategy in the enterprise -

What are the likely trends in NoSQL, and what’s driving NoSQL adoption in the enterprise? Get answers to these questions and more when you join GigaOM Research and 10gen for an in-depth discussion on June 4 at 10 a.
GigaOm  2 hours ago:

Nvidia’s new Tegra superchip boasts 150 Mbps speeds, but it’s not LTE-Advanced -

Despite being late to the market, Nvidia is showing it can keep up with the latest technological advances in LTE technology.
GigaOm  2 hours ago:

Brrr: The chilly conditions that quantum computers need to run -

Quantum computers, which have recently been bought by Google and Lockheed Martin, aren't just sophisticated computers, they need to operate at near absolute zero temperatures to deliver their quantum effects, and that's a tricky problem.
GigaOm  3 hours ago:

Powermat marries PowerKiss, vows to use same wireless charging standard -

By the wireless power invested in me, I now pronounce you a couple. Two wireless charging companies combine and agree on a single power standard.
GigaOm  3 hours ago:

The future of propaganda: A Q&A with Sean Gourley about big data and the “war of ideas” -

During the Iraq war, the U.S. military used open-source data, from news reports to Facebook photos, to help detect patterns in the violence.
GigaOm  4 hours ago:

Six finalists in the book discovery Publishing Hackathon; winner to be announced at BEA -

The six finalists of the Publishing Hackathon held over the weekend in New York focus on discovering books in new ways -- whether it's by browsing book jackets or getting recommendations based on your web browser history.
GigaOm  5 hours ago:

Why one startup thinks laying a few bets could help companies convince employees to slim down -

A new startup is using financial incentives and penalties to help employers encourage their employees to lose weight and lower their risk for chronic disease.
GigaOm  5 hours ago:

Knewton teams up with Macmillan to bring adaptive learning beyond K-12 and higher ed -

Knewton, a New York-based adaptive learning startup, has partnered with education publisher Macmillan.
GigaOm  6 hours ago:

Why racist, nasty comments are better than none at all -

Many publishers treat obnoxious comments as a problem to be solved -- Above the Law takes the opposite approach, and embraces readers as they are.