links for 2010-04-10

Touchpoints serve as the point of contact between a buyer and a seller. As the race to socialize commerce escalates, these touchpoints represent the nodes that define the human network, connecting people across the social Web and uniting them around common interests, themes, and movements.
While the technology to connect buyers and sellers on the social Web is universal, the architecture for true engagement is antiquated. Customers are flocking to the social web to not only connect with friends, family, and peers, but also the brands that attract their attention. However, there is a tremendous disconnect between the volume of potential customers and the brands who truly understand how to find and more importantly, how to establish mutually beneficial connections with them.

Fin 2009, des chercheurs français publient une avancée déterminante pour la fabrication d’un ordinateur quantique : un dispositif de lecture haute fidélité d’un "bit quantique" pour, un jour, parvenir à effectuer des calculs inaccessibles aux ordinateurs actuels. Tout ceci vous parait trop compliqué et forcément réservé aux initiés ? Un reportage pour démystifier l'informatique quantique…

Some internet pages previously blocked by the Chinese government may now be available in China following changes in the way officials censor what users can access. News stories and other pages that deal with sensitive subjects are among parts of the web that may now be accessible – as long as they do not include banned keywords in their page titles.

The team over at Flowtown has developed a pretty slick infographic which illustrates the demographics of 7 of the most popular social media sites. It’s an interesting chart that I thought was worthwhile to share with the readers. While there aren’t any quantitative data points listed, it’s definitely worth a quick glance to see how the various sites compare to one another.