Leon Benjamin

a new tool that allows media organizations to request, review and rebroadcast YouTube clips directly from YouTube users. Built from our APIs, this open source application lets media organizations enable customized versions of YouTube's upload platform on their own websites. Users can upload videos directly into this application, which also enables the hosting organization to easily review video submissions and select the best ones to broadcast on-air and on their websites. - Leon Benjamin from Bookmarklet

He proposes creating a central body--supported by cell phone networks, banks, and the government--that would manage a data identity system. Banks could provide pieces of data to a third party running a check on a person's identity, and individuals could use their own data for services such as apps on a smartphone. Pentland says such a system would be far more powerful than existing recommender systems. - Leon Benjamin from Bookmarklet

Cornell University and six other institutions will use a $12.2 million federal stimulus grant from the National Institutes of Health to develop a Facebook-style professional networking system to link biomedical researchers across the country. - Leon Benjamin from Bookmarklet

Google never says how many servers are running in its data centers. But a recent presentation by a Google engineer shows that the company is preparing to manage as many as 10 million servers in the future. - Leon Benjamin from Bookmarklet