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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Businesses Failing at Social Networking

Health Care Funding | Image Source : hometestingblog.testcountry.com BOSTON — Federal dollars being pumped into grant programs to spur students to enter IT careers in the health care industry should help to create between 45,000 and 50,000 jobs over the next five years, a top federal health official said on Thursday. Dr. David Blumenthal, National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, said a portion of $2 billion in discretionary spending under Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) is being targeted at education and training for electronic health record implementation.

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Health IT funding to create 50,000 jobs

HP buys Palm | Image : www.ubergizmo.com HP has announced that it will purchase Palm for about $1.2B in cash, which is about a 30% premium on the company’s market value when it was announced. For Palm, it simply means “survival”, but for HP, this could mean having a shot at controlling its own destiny in a very competitive market. In some sense, this acquisition might provide what Palm has always lacked: cash

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HP buys Palm, Acquires Key Smartphone Technology

Image Source : Web Google has published a detailed, 49-page report that rates the search engine optimization (SEO) on its various properties including the Google search home page. The result? It’s failing in a number of categories

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Google admits its SEO could use a little work

Intuitive 3D Desktop | Image Source : Bumptop.com BumpTop™ is a fun, intuitive 3D desktop that keeps you organized and makes you more productive. Like a real desk, but better. Now with awesome mouse and multi-touch gestures! Your desktop, your way Your desktop doesn’t have to be a boring graveyard for lost and forgotten files anymore! Transform it with BumpTop.

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Battle Pandemics in a Digital World | Image Source : Superstock.com People concerned about contracting the H1N1 virus, or any other potential illness now have some new tools to help them keep tracking of pandemics and stay healthy. In the age when digital devices rule, consumers and health organizations can now stay up to date on the latest flu-related information with a few taps of a button, thanks to the increasing number of iPhone apps, social networks and informative Web sites dedicated to the cause. Users can now share information and track other health threats instantaneously.

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Using Technology to Battle Pandemics in a Digital World

Barbie Computer Engineer | Image Source : Escapistmagazine.com Barbie is no longer the less-than-intelligent blonde she once was, now earning her keep as a professional geek. Barbie has had over 100 careers since 1959, taking on the work of firefighter to astronaut, and Mattel has just revealed her latest. Barbie’s 126th career will be computer engineer, establishing her as an official nerd.

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Barbie Finds New Career in Information Technology

nullA series of mysterious music clips uploaded to YouTube over the last week have been viewed hundreds of thousands of times and have bloggers excitedly guessing which artist is behind it. Is it pop princess Christina Aguilera? Scandinavian electronic duo The Knife?

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Who is iamamiwhoami? The making of a Web Mystery

Cleantech Smart Grid Market | Image Source : mercurynews.com Cleantech’s vast ecosystem includes a dizzying array of emerging technologies, from green building materials to electric vehicles, lighting and wind power. But as Silicon Valley reinvents itself as a global center of clean technology, two sectors — solar power and “smart” upgrades to the electric grid — already are reshaping the valley and changing the way energy is produced and used. The Bay Area is believed to have the nation’s largest concentration of cleantech jobs, and much of that job growth has been in solar and smart grid, technologies that leverage the valley’s formidable strengths.

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Silicon Valley Makes Big Push Into Solar and Smart-Grid Technologies

Digital Business Card | Image Source : mobilewhack.com By Elizabeth Woyke Dave Stevens is a consummate networker. As program and events manager for the Chamber of Commerce in Mountain View, Calif., he attends several events a week, collecting stacks of business cards. When he returns to his office, however, he pitches the cards, opting instead to add his new contacts on the corporate social networking site LinkedIn.

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Business Cards Go Digital