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i Assistant Editors Letter Social media and citizen journalism
Social media are playing an increasingly large role in news gathering - none more so than this week in the aftermath of the attempted beheading of the off-duty soldier outside Woolwich barracks and the incident involving a BA flight from Heathrow yesterday morning. "Citizen journalism" took over our screens on Wednesday, with footage of the two suspects in the aftermath of the murder ...
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Mass. teen accused of Facebook terror post denied bail
Cameron Dambrosio is arraigned in Lawrence District Court on charges of making a bomb threat on his Facebook page in Lawrence, Mass., Thursday, May 2, 2013. (AP Photo/The Eagle-Tribune, Paul Bilodeau, Pool) ...
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Dish draws scrutiny to SoftBank-Sprint security
Masayoshi Son, chairman and chief executive officer of Softbank Corp.,the Japanese wireless carrier bidding for control of Sprint Nextel Corp. Dish Network Corp. seems to have found some traction with its complaints of national security concerns surrounding Tokyo-based SoftBank Corp.s deal to buy mobile phone carrier Sprint Nextel Corp. Dish, the Douglas County-based satellite TV company, wants ...
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Tech Wildcatters hosts largest program in its 5-year history
San Francisco residents Ben Jorgensen, left, and David Martin of Klick Push chose to participate in the Tech Wildcatters seed accelerator program in Dallas because they felt the community was more willing to foster the tech startup. Dallas Tech Wildcatters this week hosted its largest program since the group's inception five years ago. The seed accelerator, which works to develop companies, ...
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Twitter Chat About Premature Births
. Because half a million babies are born premature each year, we asked parents of premature babies and experts in the field to join a conversation about innovations in care, what to expect at the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), and how parents have coped with the ups and downs of their child's health. The ...
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Twitter Launches Tool for TV Ads
Twitter is attempting to secure its position at the nexus between television and digital media, announcing a new TV ad- targeting programme along with a flurry of partnerships with media ...
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NuoDB co-founder and CTO departs succeeded by early employee
Seth Proctor, formerly a developer at NuoDB, has been named the company's new CTO. Cambridge-based NuoDB, developer of a database built to work in the cloud which aims to power the Web of the future, says co-founder Jim Starkey has retired from the CTO position at the firm. He has been succeeded in the role by company developer Seth Proctor. Starkey had spent three decades working in ...
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CORRECTED-Tiger Global invests $50 million in Automattics WordPress.com
SAN FRANCISCO May 24 (Reuters) - Automattic, the company that operates blogging service WordPress.com, announced a $50 million investment from hedge fund Tiger Global on ...
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Video Senators fans go pantless in Rihannaing Twitter trend
Rihanna's pantless pose on Twitter prompted Ottawa Senators blogger Eric Doty to create the "Rihannaing" hashtag. Now Sens fans are dropping their trousers for the ...
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Tables turned Facebook hit with social media campaign over sexist content
That's what's happening to American Express, Dove, Zipcar, Audible and more. (Screenshots of these images next to Facebook advertising have been posted online, it's extremely graphic content ...
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Is Google Angling To Outbid Facebook For Waze
Google Maps is a frontrunner in the mapping and navigation market for both traditional PCs and smartphones. However, startups have been known to edge in to take a little slice of the pie by offering unique features. Until Google tries to buy them. The search-engine giant is currently in talks to buy map software provider Waze Inc, ...
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Florida would provide parts to U.S.-produced Apple computer line
US-based Apple Mac line would include components from Florida, according to company CEO Tim Cook Florida got a bite of good news from Apple during Tim Cooks recent Senate hearing testimony on taxes, with the CEO announcing Florida would take part in a U.S.-based Mac line. He wasnt specific about where in Florida, but Cook did say Texas would be home base for assembling the Mac line. Illinois and ...
Calcutta Spotlight
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Stephen Court disaster: any lessons learned?
Over 700 buildings in Calcutta are not compliant with safety regulations with regard to the risk of fire, and the Stephen Court disaster was a tangible example of what can happen when a fire breaks out in an unsafe building. Following that disaster, the local government seems to be taking a harder line on fire safety.
At 2.30pm on the 23 March, 2010, a devastating fire, allegedly caused by an electrical short circuit, ripped through the iconic Stephen Court building in Calcutta, destroying a large part of the 150-year-old office and residential block and killing over 30 people. Read more
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