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  1. new dw2blog post "Super-technology and a possible renaissance of religion" dw2blog.com/2012/06/03/sup…
  2. Telenor viewpoint "feature phones will be key to combat diseases" (rather than awaiting greater smartphone adoption) mobilehealthlive.org/articles/telen…
  3. @drogersuk @AjitJaokar @ericssonlabs See also slideshare.net/EricssonFrance… an Ericsson presentation from Dec 2009 (as referenced in my blogpost)
  4. "...expect a series of sovereign defaults, the biggest banking crisis in world history... we don't have many options" businessinsider.com/raoul-pal-the-…
  5. Audacious 'Mars-One' plan to achieve human presence in Mars in 2023: youtu.be/6QoEEGySGm4 "Habitable settlement will be awaiting the humans"
  6. artist's impression of what's being built in the massive "New Ludgate" site next to Accenture's Old Bailey premises: landsecurities.com/london-portfol…
  7. Congrats to Rory Mac Sweeney, @SenseiRoar, for getting lucid dreaming into the top 10 most popular list on BBCnews site bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-…
  8. engaging, credible survey of audacious @JCVenter vision of synthetic biology "Craig Venter’s Bugs Might Save the World" nytimes.com/2012/06/03/mag…
  9. encouraged by rapid early sign-ups for July 14 London #Futurist Meetup "Transhumanist Religions 2.0 with Giulio Prisco" meetup.com/London-Futuris…
  10. short Keytree Labs video youtu.be/CsNuwHITwuU shows what can be achieved by combination of Augmented Reality + Microsoft Kinect + SAP HANA
  11. reading blockbuster @michaelmace review "Why Windows 8 Scares Me -- and Should Scare You Too" mobileopportunity.blogspot.ca/2012/05/fear-a… -worth spending time over
  12. "SMS will remain more popular than mobile messaging apps over next 5 years" fiercemobilecontent.com/press-releases… From 5.9T messages in 2011 to 9.4T in 2016
  13. blogpost by @CLindholm, #openmobile Wellness panellist, re Nike Fuelband christianlindholm.com/christianlindh… "crossed line from personal to intimate tech"
  14. @disruptivedean Regret missing this TfL session. Based on the final 1 min I saw, and on other tweets, I was in the wrong #openmobile stream
  15. @AndyTravers But there are many companies creating interesting peripherals to "attach" to phones / tablets. #openmobile #HardwareInnovation
  16. Orange's Daniel Gurrola attributes delays in #joyn #rcs to needs for "carrier grade" quality. But weren't these needs foreseen? #openmobile
  17. @AndyTravers Is all VC money looking at rapid returns these days, instead of patiently pursuing longer-term big bets? #openmobie
  18. @mikebutcher @andyoakes I'm glad to see I'm not the only person who is struggling to hear the remarks from the panel #OpenMobile #NotDeafYet
  19. The #openmobile panel on "Future of devices: Changing landscape" so far sounds like a rehash of topics from 5-10 years ago #NoLeadershipHere
  20. @AKposthuman His claim was that there's little remaining scope for hardware innovation. #openmobile But I disagree. See businessweekly.co.uk/hi-tech/14088-…