A new video making the virual rounds shows the Nokia Lumia 900 not only getting hit with a hammer and nail on its screen but also being used as a hammer on a nail.
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7 stories to read this weekend
Has Facebook fatigue set in? Are you sick and tired of seeing Mark Zuckerberg’s face all the time on blogs, in newspapers and on television? Relax, I have some good reading material for you and  it doesn’t have anything to do with Facebook.
- When train engineers talk telco. Trains were the Victorian Internet, and the early networks were built when we strung wires next to the train tracks. The Internet’s cables sneak around, next to train tracks. So when I read that post, I knew I had to share it. I am satisfying my inner telecom nerd, but it is actually a good post, even for non-telecom people.
- The hierarchy of innovation. You may or may not like Nicholas Carr. You may or may not agree with him. But, you have to read him. Check out his latest rant about innovation and how it is changing.
- The sweet spot of personal search: Tuhin Kumar works for Pulse, the iPad news app. He writes about the emergence of personal cloud tools, the need for personal search and why a lot of work needs to be done.
- TV is not TV anymore. I guess others are catching on to what I have been saying since 2007 when we launched NewTeeVee. Nevertheless, Mark Harris breaks it down for mainstream readers in this New York magazine article.
- A singularity hits venture capital. The whole venture capital industry is on the verge of being disrupted and that is a good thing, says Fred Destin.
- What makes a 21st century mom? Good question. I don’t know the answer, but this post is enlightening. For whatever it is worth, I like my mom, old-fashioned and 20th century.
- A moment of clarity in pursuit of happiness. Majd Taby’s sweet and happy post. I don’t have anything to add — just read it.
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A wireless 3 Gbps transmission on the Terahertz scale
Japanese researchers achieve a new hi-speed record for data transmission over a wireless link. The proof-of-concept tech could bring even far higher data throughput, the researchers say. Read more…
Foursquare gears up to make money with new revenue chief
Foursquare, as we reported recently, is getting its revenue story in order in hopes of making money through promoted check-in deals. Now, the company is recruiting some talent to lead the company’s big financial effort with the hiring of Steven Rosenblatt, the former director of advertising sales and strategy at Apple’s iAd. Rosenblatt will serve as Foursquare’s chief revenue officer, according to Ad Age.
Rosenblatt, who was Quattro Wireless’Â SVP of advertising sales before it was bought by Apple, told Ad Age that the new paid product will appear mid-summer. He said there will be more ad products launched that will build off a newly redesigned app, set to appear in June.
“A special (offer) is one tactic that could be used by a merchant, but there’s lots of other ways to drive loyalty between merchants and consumers, and that’s what our goal is,” he told Ad Age.
The hiring shows that Foursquare is really working on figuring out the big monetization question that’s been hanging over the location-based service. Foursquare has eschewed traditional banner ads, but like a lot of social networks and publishers, it’s looking for non-obtrusive ways for brands and advertisers to reach out its 20 million users.
With the updated offers product, Foursquare will allow merchants to pay for special placement of personalized local offers. It will also use its Explore technology to better target the offers to users, who will check-ins to redeem them. Currently merchants can list special offers for their location for free, but the new ad product will ensure they can get better reach for their offers. Foursquare also recently announced it would charge merchants $ 10 to instantly verify their business instead of doing it through the mail. Ultimately, Foursquare is hoping that it can be a paid resource for merchants, helping them draw in new customers and keep them loyal.
Foursquare still has a lot to prove in showing how it can turn its network into a money maker. But with a team that’s well over 100 people now, Foursquare seems to have decided it need a few veterans to lead the charge.
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Gmail update adds contact details and more
A new update for users of Gmail adds a way to see the contact info of the people who have emailed you, along with more integration with the circle features in Google+. Read more…