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Businesses Failing at Social Networking

Wed, 21 Jul 2010 00:43:07 +0000

Image Source : studenthacks.org Companies are doing a poor job of using social networks, such as Facebook and Twitter, to engage their customers and employees. In fact, 70 percent of consumers want to interact with businesses via social media, but only 30 percent of companies are equipped to handle it. The grim news comes from a study by research firm Yankee Group, commissioned by Siemens Enterprise Communications.

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Google Operating System: Google and the Value of Social Networking

Mon, 19 Jul 2010 17:20:39 +0000

Image Source : developies.wordpress.com Many people wonder why Google didn’t manage to build successful social services. Orkut’s success is limited to Brazil and India, iGoogle’s social gadgets aren’t popular, Friend Connect isn’t widely used, Google Buzz has a lot of potential, but not much success. Aaron Iba , a former Google employee, thinks that Google failed to realize the value of social networking: I worked at Google in 2005 and briefly on the Orkut team

Smart cars with black boxes

Tue, 06 Jul 2010 13:52:16 +0000

London: Computer scientists in the U.S. are developing technology that will transform cars into intelligent vehicles fitted with aircraft-style black boxes that can record information about driving behavior during accidents. The car, which is being developed by researchers at computer chip giant Intel, will record information about the vehicle speed, steering and braking along with video footage from inside and outside the vehicle, The Telegraph reported.

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Warner Brothers Accused of Using Pirated Anti-Piracy Technology

Tue, 01 Jun 2010 01:39:16 +0000

Image Source : WarnerBros.com The movie giant is being sued after allegations that it stole DRM intellectual property from another company. In an effort to combat cyberspace piracy, movie companies have begun aggressively going after both the sites that provide access to illegal downloads and their customers as well. In their latest efforts, some are incorporating digital rights technology to help restrict the use of their digital content online

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Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) is the next-generation Internet Protocol

Sat, 29 May 2010 03:45:02 +0000

Internet Protocol version 6 | Image Source : veed.in Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) is the next-generation Internet Protocol version designated as the successor to IPv4, the first implementation used in the Internet that is still in dominant use currently[update].

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‘Use Communication Technology for Better Health Services’

Sat, 01 May 2010 03:59:55 +0000

Health Technology | Image Source : zunia.org NEW DELHI – Use of communication technologies like mobile phone, toll-free helpline numbers and internet portals can help in providing better health care services, recent research on the information needs of health care professionals suggests. The study titled “Understanding health information needs at the state, district, block and village levels” was conducted by Knowledge for Health (K4H) and John Hopkins School of Public Health Center for Communication Programs in Uttar Pradesh, funded by United States Agency for International Development (USAID). It focused on the information needs of “ASHA” nurses who number 130,000 in Uttar Pradesh alone.

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Technology cool the planet

Fri, 30 Apr 2010 02:17:31 +0000

Technology Cool the Planet | Image Source: www.salon.com Why desperate scientists are considering outlandish ideas, from brightening clouds to dumping iron into the ocean? These days, it’s hard not to feel disillusioned about the fight against global warming

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Kuala Lumpur Sentral Photos, KL Sentral, Kuala Lumpur Sentral …

Sun, 11 Apr 2010 13:48:17 +0000

Kuala Lumpur Sentral Photos, KL Sentral, Kuala Lumpur Sentral Railway Station, Pictures, Images, Kuala Lumpur Photo Gallery

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Irate parents in Pa. say schools use ‘peeping tom technology’

Mon, 22 Feb 2010 01:56:20 +0000

MacBook Spying Case | Image Source : Appleinsider.com FBI investigates, federal prosecutors subpoena documents in MacBook spying case, say reports. The parents of a Pennsylvania high school student have asked a federal judge to bar school district personnel from switching on cameras in school-issued MacBook laptops, calling the security feature “peeping tom technology.” In their motion Friday, Michael and Holly Robbins of Penn Valley, Pa., asked U.S. District Court Judge Jan DuBois to issue a restraining order preventing the district from remotely activating the webcams on student notebooks.

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Google closes On2 acquisition for $124.6M

Sun, 21 Feb 2010 03:42:29 +0000

On2 Video Compression Technologies | Image Source : On2.com Google has finished its acquisition of video-compression-technology vendor On2 Technologies, boosting its efforts in online video. The deal closed after gaining approval from On2 shareholders and was valued at $124.6 million, Google said in a brief statement late Friday.

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