SuperSecret.Com is a new PC on-line game targeted to tweens. It’s designed not only to entertain but also help foster social interaction with their peers.In the game, players can age from eleven to eighteen, earning more privileges and responsibilities while playing games, going on quests, buying their online selves new clothes, furnishing apartments and adopting pets.
(Link: SuperSecret New Game Lets Tweens Grow up | GeekDad | Wired.com)
Archive | August, 2009
SuperSecret New Game Lets Tweens Grow up | GeekDad | Wired.com
August 28, 2009
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Cellphone: A kid's other computer
August 28, 2009
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“about half” of US kids aged 12+ have cellphones, reports Alina Tugend in the New York Times, citing Yankee Group research
(Link: Cellphone: A kid’s other computer)
Pacific Metrics Corporation
August 28, 2009
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Pacific Metrics offers online assessment and delivery systems and software to state departments of education and other organizations that utilize large-scale formative and summative assessments. We provide psychometric, technology, and content services including test development, administration, automated scoring, reporting, policy consulting, and standard-setting.
(Link: Pacific Metrics Corporation)
BrainHoney – Know what your students know and be a better educator.
August 27, 2009
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Track grades, differentiate instruction, and monitor progress against state standards for classroom, blended, or online learning. BrainHoney is easy to use and free to join. Watch the intro then register today.
(Link: BrainHoney – Know what your students know and be a better educator.)
Knewton SAT Prep – Score 150 Points Higher on the SAT or Your Money Back
August 27, 2009
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# Adaptive learning engine that presents the material you need, when you need it
# Master Teachers earning the best pay rates in the industry
# Thousands of practice problems with detailed explanations
# Convenience and comfort of attending class from any location with an Internet connection
# Concept queue to constantly keep track of your topic mastery
# Progress reporting to gauge your development
# 36 hours of live, online classes with additional extra-help lessons
# Customized parental reporting functionality
# Bring-a-friend referral discounts
# Industry-best Money-Back Guarantee
(Link: Knewton SAT Prep – Score 150 Points Higher on the SAT or Your Money Back)
CHART OF THE DAY: Actually, Kids Don't Hate Twitter Anymore!
August 27, 2009
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While Twitter’s user base historically favored older users, people between ages 12-24 have been Twitter’s fastest growing age group of late. And now that age group is actually disproportionately visiting Twitter, according to comScore.
(Link: CHART OF THE DAY: Actually, Kids Don’t Hate Twitter Anymore!)
Unify: update now | The simple, in-browser website content editor that anyone can use.
August 27, 2009
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Unify is the simple, in-browser content editor that anyone can use.
Edit website content right on the page …in a browser.
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* No CMS
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* No Backend Interface
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(Link: Unify: update now | The simple, in-browser website content editor that anyone can use.)
How NBC brought the Olympics from Beijing to New York to You.Network Performance Blog, Network Performance Management News, Tutorials, Resources – Network Performance Blog
August 27, 2009
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# In 1996 Atlanta, NBC had 172 hours worth of coverage. In 2000 in Sydney, they brought CNBC and MSNBC on board and covered 442 hours. In 2004 for the Athens games, with the addition of USA, Bravo, Telemundo, and Universal HD, they covered 1,219 hours – 70 hours of programming content for any 24 hour period in Athens. But in Beijing, they covered over 3,600 hours, using online distribution, for 211 hours of coverage for any 24 hour period in Beijing. This included clips and highlights, as well as live streaming on NBCOlympics.com.
# There were 1.3 billion pageviews, 50 million unique visitors, 31.5 million hours of videos viewed, 35 million mobile views, 130,000 peak streams and 3.4 petabytes of video delivered. In context, if you stacked 3.4 petabytes in data on 1.44M floppies, then laid the stack down on the ground, you’d reach from New York to L.A. “Simply put, it was the largest media event in television history.”
(Link: How NBC brought the Olympics from Beijing to New York to You.Network Performance Blog, Network Performance Management News, Tutorials, Resources – Network Performance Blog)
How Big Is the Apple iPhone App Economy? $2.4 billion a year
August 27, 2009
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According to mobile advertising startup AdMob, there are some $200 million worth of applications sold in Apple’s iPhone store every month, or about $2.4 billion a year
(Link: How Big Is the Apple iPhone App Economy? $2.4 billion a year)
The Hosting Provider Time Machine: Paying 2006 prices in 2009
August 27, 2009
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I hadn’t recalled Slicehost ever increasing the Slice storage requirements or decreasing their fee. Are they really charging the same thing as they did years ago for the same type of hardware? Thanks to the Way-Back-Machine, I could easily find the answer. Their Sept 2006 and Sept 2007 page shows that yes, Slicehost is indeed charging the exact same price for the exact same hardware requirements.
(Link: The Hosting Provider Time Machine: Paying 2006 prices in 2009)
