Weekly links round-up:
Real-Time
Expect a consistent flow of activity around this theme in the next month. To kick things off, enjoy this “easter-egg” hidden presentation from Google’s Marissa Mayer on “The Need for Speed” from a consumer satisfaction/reality perspective.
Android
Qualcomm launches augmented reality SDK in beta form, ready to rock your Android devices
Apple
- Apple goes into Q4 results conference, Oct. 18 with a lot to talk about
- Apple iPad adoption rate fastest ever passing DVD players
- Why Facebook’s new groups will change the way you use Facebook
- Facebook Groups and new privacy dashboard will change how you game
Social Media
- The rich get richer in Social Media. Some really good stats and graphs of Foursquare vs Gowalla
- NBC Local praises social media for traffic jump
- 40 most popular social networking sites of the world
Other News–Crowdsourcing
- 2010 is the year of late-bloomers – AOL Launches Groupon Clone ‘WOW!’ Risks Same Pitfalls, Only Bigger
- Interesting article – “Around half of CrowdFlower’s work involves virtual currency”