Author name: Agrippa

Cofounder and editor-at-large of thenoisecast.com. Descended from a quantum crisis that merged Zeus and Batman together momentarily, confusing them and making them impregnate a cloud of pure concentrated awesome. He was born defective however, and looks normal, except grotesquely obese.

Twitter may influence the spread of disease… or usher a new age of social science.

Discover the intriguing correlation between Twitter activity and flu vaccination rates. Researchers delve into 478,000 tweets during the 2009 swine flu epidemic, mapping sentiments to vaccination attitudes. Uncover the potential of Twitter in shaping public health campaigns and influencing opinions.

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Noisecast Roundup 10-13-2011: Everyone Love Ice Cream Edition

Dive into today’s bag of tech news, from Zynga’s choice of NASDAQ over NYSE to the Blackberry saga reaching interplanetary proportions. Lenovo claims the number 2 spot, Microsoft’s novel Android venture, Windows 7 surpassing XP, and a candid take on Verizon. Plus, a somber note on the passing of the Father of C Programming Language. Explore the tech world with wit and wisdom!

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Noisecast Roundup 10-11-2011: D.R.E.A.M. (dubstep rules everything around me) Edition

Dive into today’s tech roundup for a dose of humor and updates. Discover the US’s supercomputer ambitions with Nvidia, Amazon’s Kindle Fire facing patent trolls, California’s mobile device search bill veto, Nokia’s new ringtone, a drone virus cover-up, Virgin Atlantic’s low carbon fuel initiative, and the overwhelming number of wireless connections in the US.

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