The Kindle Fire, Reviewed

Monday, December 5, 2011 The Kindle Fire, Reviewed The French author Antoine de Saint Exupery once wrote that "Perfection is attained, not when no more can be added, but when no more can be removed." In taking on the iPad, Amazon's Kindle Fire tablet certainly seems to be trying to achieve perfection by removal, not addition. 7 Social Apps To Help You Find Friends Scientists Discover Planet With Earth-Like Characteristics Former HP Chair Dies At 58 Facebook Announces Big New Buy OOPS: Leaked Documents Reveal Some Apple Secrets BLOG POSTS Deb Roy: Best of TEDTalks 2011: The Birth of a Word We are creating learning systems to interpret the intended meaning of social media comments made "in the wild." We call our television dataset the TV Genome. Seth Shostak: Last Chance to Be Special? Scientists connected with NASA's Kepler space telescope have announced the discovery of a planet orbiting a Sun-like star that may resemble our own world. Its name is Kepler-22b. Dean Baker: The Stop Online Piracy Act: Class War in Cyberspace The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) would place an enormous burden not just on Internet giants like Google and Facebook, but any website that allows people to post content or includes links to other sites. Don Tapscott: Looking Back on My 2011 Projections A year ago I published "10 Big Themes for 2011" -- related to how the digital revolution changes business and society. It's helpful to review what actually occurred. Below are my projections and some 20-20 hindsight editorializing. Dr. Patricia Fitzgerald: e-Patient Dave: How an Empowered Patient Recovered From Stage IV Cancer and Found a Higher Calling Dave deBronkart, "e-Patient Dave," was diagnosed with stage IV kidney cancer in 2007. Thanks to the help of an online network for patients with his disease, he quickly learned about treatment options and found support for his recovery.

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