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...group of users and effectively create and control an enormous market. In the computer industry, IBM dominated the first commercial platform with its expensive mainframes and operating systems, aimed at corporate users. Seemingly overnight, IBM was supplanted by Microsoft and its Windows operating system as the PC revolution took hold. Windows, in turn, is now losing its power as the Web - owned by no one, accessible to all - becomes the dominant platform. (Yes, the Web is nothing more than a big layer of code; all those websites we visit are merely applications that sit atop...
...That's precisely what has happened at Facebook during the past year. A kind of gold rush took hold as developer after developer started writing simple applications. As of June 1, some 24,000 programs - ranging from simple social gestures, like the ability to virtually poke a friend, to fully formed games like Scrabulous - were available to Facebook's users. Expect loads more. Facebook has given out its API keys - the code that developers need to access Facebook's platform-an astounding 400,000 times, many more than even Zuckerberg expected...
...Much of the new program’s success will depend on whether the committee is able to “hold their nerve” and reject proposals that do not fit the criteria, Simpson said. In doing so, it will preserve the desired differences between Gen Ed and the Core...
...Although Harvard chose to accept a reduced number of individuals initially, it was nice to know that the wait list candidates who were left with undecided fates could still hold realistic hope,” Lodha added...
...scandal plays out mostly in the media and the political arena, the Swiss public remains largely unmoved. "In general, Swiss people trust their government and hold it in high regard," says Egli. "The feeling is that if the government destroyed the documents, they surely had valid reasons to do so. It really doesn't affect their lives one way or another...