Tag Archives: MIT

What Facebook knows – about human behaviour and a lot more by mining its huge users’ database

Posted on July 20, 2012 by Stefano

Technology Review, published by MIT: if you still don’t know it you’re in trouble. Get a copy, now. I love it, it’s one of the very best publications around. Period. August 2012 issue features a cover story about Facebook and … Continue reading →

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Technology Review – March/April 2012 issue: interview with Drew Houston – Dropbox founder – on cloud storage

Posted on February 24, 2012 by Stefano

The latest issue of Technology Review features an interview with Dropbox‘s founder Drew Houston about cloud storage and the future. I love Technology Review and I’m definitely addicted to Dropbox so I’m writing this to spread the (good) news about … Continue reading →

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MIT now owns the majority of Bose – thanks to a huge donation

Posted on May 8, 2011 by Stefano

Massachusetts Institute of Technology has been given the majority of shares in the private audio technology company Bose by its founder, Dr. Amar Bose, a former MIT fellow and faculty member. Dr. Bose founded his corporation during his time as … Continue reading →

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