Oct 6, 2009 6:44 AM

Gary's Social Media Count

*A bit of infoviz sleight-of-hand from Gary Hayes here: it's not like some AugmentoPanopticon actually COUNTS the people breaking open their iPhones, second by second.

*At least -I hope not.

http://www.personalizemedia.com/garys-mobile-industry-count/

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