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The Obama Campaign's Technology Is a Force Multiplier Leaders of the technology team in the Obama campaign explain that the big payoff from powerful new computing tools was to strengthen its decisive... The Obama campaign used big data, social, open-source, and Amazon Web Services, during the election: http://t.co/Nk4k5WCs

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Twitter / nickbilton: Eating @starbucks nuts and ... Instantly connect to what's most important to you. Follow your friends, experts, favorite celebrities, and breaking news. Eating @starbucks nuts and cranberries while writing and ended up chewing on this rock instead. #myToothHurts http://t.co/TFqZxl9P

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How to Devise Passwords That Drive Hackers Away It’s a good idea to be a little paranoid about password theft, and there are several ways to strengthen your defenses. How to devise passwords that keep hackers at by, by @nicoleperlroth (who as a piece of tape over her computer camera) http://t.co/HpaoMOy2

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Police Seek Suspects In World Series Beating Death Police need your help finding the five men who allegedly took part in beating to death a man celebrating the World Series win in the Upper Haight.... Police seek 5 suspects who beat a man to death in SF while he celebrated the World Series win: http://t.co/thV8BJ1Q

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Twitter Kills the Fail Whale, One Tweet at a Time Twitter shattered a number of records on Tuesday as people took to the social network to talk about the elections. Twitter Kills the Fail Whale, One Tweet at a Time: http://t.co/wZ477bNS

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Obama's Diverse Base of Support A survey of the groups responsible for the President’s re-election. How Obama Won Re-election. Another amazing graphic from the NYT showing shift to the right: http://t.co/KmLe8DTJ

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Instagramming the Election A selection of readers’ photos of Election Day scenes, portraits and objects, submitted via Instagram. Tag your own on Instagram with #NYTelection. Glued to this stream of Instagrams: A day in the life of America on election day - http://t.co/SlotzsSz #NYTelection

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nickbilton on Instagram Boom! My Instagrizam page is live: http://t.co/LNIxwoe1

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For Bravo Start-Ups Show, Crash Test Dummies In Silicon Valley, which day-to-day can be quite a boring place, Bravo's new reality show, "Start-Ups: Silicon Valley," has had to manufacture... Start-Ups should be a documentary on PBS, not a weekly reality show on Bravo. "Crash Test Dummies." http://t.co/JIXY2F85

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Grey Area | "I STILL LOVE NY" Hurricane Sandy relief T-Shirt GREY AREA is the undefined space between art and design where art is made functional and the functional is made art. Very smart "I ♥ NY" Hurricane Sandy t-shirt with all profits going to relief: http://t.co/k2ymi20j http://t.co/jMm2Fwax

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In Sight of Manhattan Skyline, a Population Lives Forlorn... In New York’s “outer boroughs,” accusations of neglect seemed colored by a growing belief that the recovery from Hurricane Sandy has split along... In the Rockaways, when the "Empire State Bldg winks on each night, those lights feel almost like a punch in the gut." http://t.co/DctLAGju

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TWiT Live - netcasts you love, from people you trust I'm on TWiT Live with @leolaporte @shwood & @baratunde #TWiTLive http://t.co/8LegLSxF

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Disruptions: Twitter's Uneasy Role in Guarding the Truth During Hurricane Sandy, social media both delivered and distorted the story. Disruptions: It's not Twitter's job to decipher right from wrong. It's yours. "The Gantlet of Truth." http://t.co/FHVwRG3R

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From the Editors Following Hurricane Sandy, an improvised newsroom was soon up and running, with 32 editors, photo editors, designers, and production specialists. The trenchant @nymag cover this week. "The City & the Storm." http://t.co/ZcWO03Lb http://t.co/wIb1HbTH

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Twitter / nickbilton: The award for Best Costume, ... Instantly connect to what's most important to you. Follow your friends, experts, favorite celebrities, and breaking news. The award for Best Costume, goes to this guy, who dressed up as "50 Shades of Grey" for Halloween. http://t.co/ebA1G46P

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512 Paths to the White House Explore the routes through the electoral battleground and plot victory for either side. Stunning graphic. Obama has 431 ways to win the presidency; Romney has 76 paths to win; 5 ties: http://t.co/0VsSr8f9

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Twitter to Add Photo Filters to Compete With Instagram In the coming months, Twitter plans to update its mobile applications to introduce photo filters that could compete with Instagram, according to... NYT scoop: Twitter to Add Photo Filters to Compete With Instagram - http://t.co/Lt2vlEh3

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Hurricane Sandy: The Aftermath - In Focus - The Atlantic As the remnants of Hurricane Sandy dissipate over northern Canada, the full scale of the damage left in her wake is becoming apparent These photos show the enormity & devastation of Sandy. (# 16 is especailly shocking.) http://t.co/CBrhqNJt

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http://instagram.com/p/ROexEBh14k/ vilcsak's photo on Instagram Seen outside Zynga's headquarters: a sign in a car that reads, "$194k Lamborghini, FOR SALE." (Pic by @vilcsak) http://t.co/Wc8go4zV

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Apple Shake-Up Could Lead to Design Shift A decision to fire Scott Forstall, the leader of mobile software development, means the departure of a high-ranking proponent of the visual design... Apple Shake-Up Could Mean End to Skeuomorphic Design, by @nickwingfield and me. http://t.co/y5QPC1O4

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Hurricane Sandy: View From Above Watching the storm from the 51st floor of the New York Times building. Here's the NYT graphics photo time-lapse of the storm. (Mon. into Tue. morning is intense.) http://t.co/79NfduBE

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The Carousel - Nick Bilton "The Carousel." http://t.co/z1XGmdxp (For everyone in NYC, who I've been thinking about all week.)

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In case of emergency (gear for this one or the next) Some people in New York are fine, some are not. I don't know that this list of helpful emergency gear will be helpful this late, but I figure it's... An exhaustive list from The Wirecutter of tools & gadgets that can help you through a natural disaster. http://t.co/SeW6N61E

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Time Hired Five Photojournalists To Instagram Hurricane... An interesting take on photojournalism through social media .@Time hired five photojournalists to shoot the storm on their smartphones & then share on Instagram. Filters and all. http://t.co/UgsxaCJy

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Facebook Stock Continues Fall as Employees Sell Facebook's stock fell by as much as 4 percent on Wednesday, as employees got a first chance to sell 234 million Facebook shares that had been locked... Facebook employees were supposed to be millionaires and billionaires. Instead, they will be half that. http://t.co/6UOXMQUs

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Manhattan 10/30/12 Taken from Williamsburg, Brooklyn showing Manhattan on 10/30/12. Lower Manhattan is in the dark for a second night in a row. I've been in NYC when it's this dark & it the 2nd night is scarier than the 1st: http://t.co/oSNDjV3z /Via @mortigitempo

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Twitter / nickbilton: Fade to black: The moment the ... Instantly connect to what's most important to you. Follow your friends, experts, favorite celebrities, and breaking news. Fade to black: The moment the power went out @ 9:00pm EST - grabbed from the NYT Webcam. http://t.co/Z5upS5KC

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Hurricane Sandy’s Lethal Power, in Many Ways In its howling sweep, the storm claimed at least 39 lives, expressing a full assortment of lethal methods. "The storm found them all." Sobering story: In 39 Storm Deaths, Mystery, Fate & Bad Timing - http://t.co/xpIw2yze

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http://instagram.com/p/RbIJzWLPd5/ flexxx's photo on Instagram I surfed here for years :-( RT @carr2n before & after pix of Rockaway Beach, one of my fav spots in NY: http://t.co/aG8FXepE

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Twitter / nickbilton: Embarcadero & Mission St. ... Instantly connect to what's most important to you. Follow your friends, experts, favorite celebrities, and breaking news. Embarcadero & Mission St. in SF shut down with Bomb Squad b'cos of a "suspicious package." http://t.co/v1i8xHun

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Fox Point Hurricane Barrier Update NBC 10's Alison Bologna reports live from the Fox Point Hurricane Barrier in Providence. New Internet meme in 3, 2... Brown student giving storm commentary to NBC (at 0:30): http://t.co/3N27M72S /Via @kevinroose

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the day after yesterday the day after yesterday Stunning picture right now of NYC. "The day after yesterday." http://t.co/KiJUAw5g by @noahkalina

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Hurricane Sandy: After Landfall - In Focus - The Atlantic Last night, Hurricane Sandy -- the largest Atlantic tropical system on record -- made landfall just south of Atlantic City, New Jersey, bringing winds... A big-picture collection of photos from @TheAtlantic of Sandy & her aftermath. http://t.co/Q2EyTOI7

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Sandy_ConEd Explosion The initial explosion at the Con Ed Plant, E14th and FDR in New York City. For licensing please contact www.globalimageworks.com © 2012 TrillianMedia Wow!!! This is the video of the NYC ConEd power transformer exploding: http://t.co/xkqmqa7l (Starts 18 seconds in.)

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http://instagram.com/p/RYwzK9wIt-/ georgeweld's photo on Instagram There's a power plant near the East River, this is reportedly a pic of one of its transformer exploding amid floods: http://t.co/FmfGbl7N

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Hurricane Sandy: View From Above Watching the storm from the 51st floor of the New York Times building. Half of NYC has now completely lost power: http://t.co/iwkcuDii + NYPD & FDNY scanner completely inundated: http://t.co/evGdNj3l

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http://instagram.com/p/RYq4oAK6yd/ time's photo on Instagram An @Time pic of fireman searching for people trapped in vehicles on 14th St & C amid fierce floods: http://t.co/uCepT9bQ

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Is that really a picture of Hurricane Sandy descending on... No.... Before you RT that epic pic of Sandy attacking NY, check here to see if it's fake, cos it probably is: http://t.co/LP4padlZ

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Disruptions: You Know You Can't Live Without Apple's Latest... Each new Apple product makes the previous generation look old. How else could the company persuade people into replacing their perfectly fine iPhones,... NYT Columns today: Me on Apple's Planned Obsolescence: http://t.co/XgYMnXcb and @carr2n on Chasing Lance Armstrong: http://t.co/9wSwIv6B

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Hurricane Sandy: View From Above Watching the storm from the 51st floor of the New York Times building. NYT set up a stunning high-res Webcam at the top of our NY building as Sandy approaches: http://t.co/iPdKPskS

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Twitter / nickbilton: I lived through 5 World Series ... Instantly connect to what's most important to you. Follow your friends, experts, favorite celebrities, and breaking news. I lived through 5 World Series wins in NYC & never heard chaos in the streets like my SF hood right now. http://t.co/o3UnRELS

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Twitter / nickbilton: As the storm approaches my ... Instantly connect to what's most important to you. Follow your friends, experts, favorite celebrities, and breaking news. As the storm approaches my brethren in New York, rest assured that the weather in SF is ghastly too. http://t.co/KCUiDipi

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Kickstarter The @Kickstarter "Meet the Team" page is pretty wonderful - drag right: http://t.co/IrxLY7GW

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Bryan Cranston It’s not easy for ShortList to shake hands with Bryan Cranston. This isn’t down to clammy palms or a finger-crushing grip. No, it’s because,... A Q&A with Breaking Bad's Walter White, who says the show will likely "end badly" with "an ugly, horrific mess." http://t.co/qC94fEUa

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In Contest for Rescue Robots, Darpa Offers $2 Million Prize The Pentagon's advanced research agency will offer a prize of $2 million to the winners of a contest testing the performance of robots that could be... Darpa Offers $2m Prize for Rescue Robots. (Not sure I'd want the scary robot in the video rescuing me.) http://t.co/1x2SjIvc

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Move to the Cloud in the Least Expensive iPad Mini Apple charges $100 more for storage when you buy the the 32- gigabyte iPad Mini over the 16-gigabyte model. But if you take the time to move your... Which iPad Mini should you buy? Easy: Move to the cloud in the least expensive one: http://t.co/tbbZ3EsO

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Street View and Beyond: Google’s Influence on Photography... Google-based imagery has moved well beyond Street View and has become a photographic genre and aesthetic all to itself. LightBox asked a selection of... "There is a tension between the indifferent robotic camera & the human gaze." Street View photography: http://t.co/5Xa2nGDr /by @Time

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Cyberattack on Saudi Oil Firm Disquiets U.S. American officials believe a virus unleashed on an oil giant was a return volley in a conflict begun by the United States and Israel with software... Scary A1 story about a virus unleashed on a Saudi oil giant that erased computers: http://t.co/mYNbvAgW by @nicoleperlroth

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Apple Has Only One Place to Go: Your Wall Apple sells screens that range from 2.5-inch iPods to 27-inch iMacs. Could an Apple-branded television be the next screen from the company? Apple now only has one place to go: Your living room wall. http://t.co/1i0F0m6O

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Twitter / nickbilton: People are now milling about ... Instantly connect to what's most important to you. Follow your friends, experts, favorite celebrities, and breaking news. People are now milling about the iPad Mini petting zoo. http://t.co/ONyL0UcQ

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