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Obama Has Never Used Twitter, Says Chinese Should Be Able To
techcrunch.com — President Barack Obama has one of the most popular Twitter accounts with over 2.6 million followers. It should be no real surprise that most of the time it’s not him tweeting from it, instead its various people within the White House communication team that use the account to send out information. (Submitted by jerryjamesstone) More…
Google's SPDY will speed up downloads
physorg.com — As part of its effort to speed up the Web, Google is experimenting with SPDY, a new application layer protocol, that it hopes will speed up the conversation between browsers and Web servers and enable Web pages to download up to twice as fast. (Submitted by WordsnCollision) More…
What happens when Google finally dominates the web?
ghabuntu.com — However, the problem arises when Google later becomes too powerful to be challenged by any other company on the web. That is, what happens to you and I when Google eventually becomes the Microsoft of the internet? (Submitted by akpanga) More…
President Obama - 'I Have Never Used Twitter'
nytimes.com — Barack Obama spoke to a group of Chinese students and was asked a limited number of questions. This was streamed live over his facebook page and of course, he was asked about the "Great Firewall" and whether people should have access to Twitter. His response - "I have never used Twitter" But find out what else he said. (Submitted by shakesmcgee1) More…
Great news — Zynga wants to license our EvilAd™ technology
fakesteve.net — FakeSteve: this guy Mark Pincus who is CEO of Zynga said he was ready to sign on the dotted line. FYI, this is the guy who got busted by TechCrunch for making money off scammy ads, then got further busted when TechCrunch dug up a video in which he talked about doing “every horrible thing” to make revenue... (Submitted by jamshid) More…
Tips to start your Social Media campaign
blog.opencircle.co.za — Social Media Marketing (SMM) is used to increase the visibility of your brand, services and products. It is all about the interaction with people that could be interested in anything that your company has to offer. (Submitted by AntonRSA) More…
Stephen Fry: Impressive Reflections on Social Media
blog.thoughtpick.com — There is always this pre-judgment imposed on the current generation of youth and the impact of social media on our children in regards to their social development and the long times spent daily on the web. (Submitted by spudsstuff) More…
Obama: "I Have Never Used Twitter"
readwriteweb.com — Barack Obama spoke to a group of Chinese students tonight at a town hall in Shanghai.Obama was asked by a student, "Do you know about the great firewall and should we be able to use Twitter?" His reply: "I have never used Twitter but I'm an advocate of technology and not restricting internet access (Submitted by anterpreet) More…
Comcast Bandwidth Meter Still A No Show
dslreports.com — Last year around this time, Comcast implemented a 250 GB cap for all of their users, which was a welcome change -- given they'd been expecting customers to guess what constituted "excessive use" for much of the decade. Last year, the company said they'd be providing users with a bandwidth monitoring tool in January of 2009. (Submitted by BradReason) More…
Take Note: Evernote Raises $10 Million
mashable.com — Evernote is the popular note-taking service that works across any platform: desktop, web, or mobile. On Monday morning, the always evolving service is announcing that they’ve raised $10 million in Series B funding, which follows their Series A round of $6 million. This round included participation from prior investors, led by Morgenthaler Ventures (Submitted by BuzzEdition) More…
Berners-Lee's foundation wants the Web to improve life
computerworld.com — The World Wide Web Foundation, Tim Berners-Lee's latest brainchild, is now officially open for business and involved with two initial projects, as it embarks on using the Web to empower people worldwide and bring about positive socio-economic change. (Submitted by Carpy) More…
New Real-Time Search Engine Specializes in Social Media
benbehrouzi.org — The Web has evolved. It used to be a place where people came to just search for simple information. Now it’s a place where people come to also share information. Information today that is multi-media and more complex. Information today that is real-time and social – recommended by people who know, and people you know. (Submitted by SixChamber) More…
Common Question & Answer about Storage Tank (part 1)
ndt-welding-inspector.blogspot… — Many times small tanks with diameters less than 10 ft. are specified for construction in accordance with API 650. A review of API 650, Section 3.6.1.1, shows the minimum thickness to be 3/16 in. and 3.6.1.2 indicates that the minimum shell plate width is 72 in. Appendix J states that the maximum tank diameter of a tank constructed to API 650 (Submitted by subahman) More…
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