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Facebook buys Instagram for US$1-billion
Ahead of its blockbuster initial public offering, Facebook bolstered its photo-sharing features Monday by acquiring photo-sharing mobile app Instagram in a US$1-billion cash and stock deal.
Mark Zuckerberg, who co-created Facebook from his dorm room at Harvard University in 2004, posted the following statement on his profile page:
“We think the fact that Instagram is connected to other services beyond Facebook is an important part of the experience. We plan on keeping features like the ability to post to other social networks, the ability to not share your Instagrams on Facebook if you want, and the ability to have followers and follow people separately from your friends on Facebook.”
![Matt Gurney: If RIM accepts it isn’t cool, it can still thrive
I always had a soft spot for RIM, and was an early non-corporate adopter. My first Berry was great. I could type emails easily, browse the web, play music – a vast improvement over my accidentally drowned Razor
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Matt Gurney: If RIM accepts it isn’t cool, it can still thrive
I always had a soft spot for RIM, and was an early non-corporate adopter. My first Berry was great. I could type emails easily, browse the web, play music – a vast improvement over my accidentally drowned Razor
Toronto school board to lift cell phone ban
Proponents of a freshly approved policy to allow cellphone use in Toronto classrooms say it will support “21st century learning,” an argument critics say ignores the unnecessary distractions the devices may cause.
The Toronto District School Board voted this week to rescind a four-year-old rule banning cellphone use, which was put in place to prevent everything from inappropriate photographs to electronic cheating.
“We’re trying to prepare them for 21st century learning, and how can we do that when there’s a ban?” said student trustee Jenny Williams, who helped bring forward the cellphone motion, which takes effect in September. (Credit: Fotolia )
GeoPollster and the National Post partner for upcoming Canadian election
The National Post has partnered with GeoPollster to conduct a social experiment in the run-up to the upcoming Canadian federal election on May 2. Foursquare users can register their accounts with GeoPollster Canada. Each checkin will count as a “vote” for their preferred political party.
A GeoPollster Canada page on the National Post site will track the votes by province, city and venue. Each party will have an opportunity to “seize control” of each of those divisions, giving people an idea of where the party stands — at least amongst foursquare users.
National Post enables voting via Foursqaure
Nerd Mobile Mayors across the country spread out to check-in for their party and colonize commercial and non-commercial establishments so as to colour the map and win not only the game, but possibly the nation. Silly, but somewhat neat if enough people actually choose to play. An accurate poll needs a sample of what, a thousand? What does a Foursquare election require? How many ridings will dominated by a couple of mayors, or none at all?
Check in and let’s find out - it’s an experiment on our part. And just like voting, your political preference remains anonymous unless you choose to reveal it.
Geopollster Canada
Welcome to GeoPollster Canada: Part real-world election game, part mobile polling experiment. Sign in with your Foursquare account below, choose the political party you support and start checking in to help it seize control of venues, cities, provinces and perhaps even the country as a whole.
Election 2011: Help your favourite party seize control with GeoPollster and Foursquare
If the election took place tomorrow, who would you vote for? It’s the go-to question for pollsters come campaign time. But with most traditional polls conducted by cold-calling random Canadians on landline telephones, it’s also a question that only a very few of us will ever get a chance to answer. It got us at the National Post thinking: What would polling data look like if anyone with a smartphone could answer that same question, anytime they wanted?
Follow the leaders: Day 12 on the campaign trail
After a day in part spent defending his tightly run campaign, Prime Minister Stephen Harper is back in Ontario courting the immigrant vote in battleground ridings he hopes to retain or usurp.
Foursquare + politics = GeoPollster Canada
Part real-world election game, part mobile polling experiment. Sign in with your Foursquare account below, choose the political party you support and start checking in to help it seize control of venues, cities, provinces and perhaps even the country as a whole.
