Lower Manhattan and palm trees?

Lower Manhattan and palm trees?

thepoliticalnotebook: The Twitter account of the Muslim Brotherhood (@ikhwanweb) has been hacked and is tweeting out pro-revolution messages, with phrases like “the Egyptian revolution lives” and praises of the blood of martyrs like Khaled Said, whose photograph has been uploaded as the Twitter account’s profile picture. Since this hack was appropriately timed for the Egyptian election, check out Al Ahram’s visual breakdown of voting results. Amid the ongoing run-off election, third-place candidate Hamdeen Sabahi is charging the front-runners (the Muslim Brotherhood’s Mohammed Morsi and former Mubarak prime minister Ahmed Shafiq) with vote-rigging. [@ikhwanweb]

thepoliticalnotebook:

The Twitter account of the Muslim Brotherhood (@ikhwanweb) has been hacked and is tweeting out pro-revolution messages, with phrases like “the Egyptian revolution lives” and praises of the blood of martyrs like Khaled Said, whose photograph has been uploaded as the Twitter account’s profile picture.

Since this hack was appropriately timed for the Egyptian election, check out Al Ahram’s visual breakdown of voting results. Amid the ongoing run-off election, third-place candidate Hamdeen Sabahi is charging the front-runners (the Muslim Brotherhood’s Mohammed Morsi and former Mubarak prime minister Ahmed Shafiq) with vote-rigging.

[@ikhwanweb]

thepoliticalnotebook

I think we are at the start of a very interesting revolution in the way that consumer products are getting started up,” says Isaac. “This reminds me of what it was like with software in the early ’90s. You can now build things, real things, and do it with a small team.
-Steven Isaac, hardware developer. Part of a very smart piece on Kickstarter’s rejuvenation of the DIY hardware industry by my friend Sarah Kessler. Read it over at Mashable.

Internatonal Space Station crew holds a live press conference on board the recently berthed Space X Dragon, the first privately-owned spacecraft to connect with the station.

Read more at Mashable.

What we did at work today.

What we did at work today.

SpaceX’s Dragon completes berthing with the International Space Station, becoming the first privately-owned spacecraft to do so.

White House Unveils Plan to Bring Government Into the Mobile Age

The White House wants third-party developers to build web and mobile apps with its data and APIs.

inothernews: No, really — the Obama campaign’s emails are a bit jarring sometimes.

inothernews:

No, really — the Obama campaign’s emails are a bit jarring sometimes.

inothernews

It’s going to be people under 30 that solve this generation’s problems,” said Farrow. “Our principle at the State Department has been, ‘How can we turn to young people using these new technologies and tap them for their solutions?’
Ronan Farrow, Secretary Clinton’s Special Advisor on Global Youth Issues, on his work helping young people improve their communities with technology. Read more at Mashable.
Chinook at night, via Reddit.

Chinook at night, via Reddit.

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