Friday, May 1, 2009

External Link: NYC Apple Store Ranks Among Most Photographed Places. A research project at Cornell University has evaluated nearly 35 million photos from Flickr in an effort to automatically organize, label, and summarize large-scale collections of digital images. One interesting finding: the glass-cube Apple Store in New York City is the 5th-most photographed place in New York City, and the 28th-most photographed spot in the world.   Copyright © 2009 Adam C. Engst. TidBITS is copyright © 2009 TidBITS Publishing Inc. If you're reading this article on a Web site other than TidBITS.com, please let us know, because if it was republished without attribution, by a commercial site, or in modified form, it violates our Creative Commons License. ConceptDraw Office adds real business power to Microsoft Office and Apple's iWork. Whether you need project management, business graphics, or mind mapping, it's all easily created on your Mac! Buy today for only $499! <http://www.conceptdraw.com/tb>   By ace@tidbits.com (Adam C. Engst). [TidBITS: Mac News for the Rest of Us] comment []9:47:38 PM

Apple to reap reward of stronger consumer confidence, survey says. An uptick in consumer confidence -- the first in 17 months -- should be good news for Apple Inc.'s bottom line, according to market research firm ChangeWave. By gkeizer@ix.netcom.com. [Latest from Computerworld] comment []9:00:42 PM

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