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Its a little Kim Family takes to Twitter to break news of Kardashian birth
The couple was keeping silent on Sunday in the wake of multiple reports that Kardashian gave birth over the weekend -- about a month premature. But Kardashian's sister Khloe appears to have let a rather cryptic cat out of the bag on Twitter. "I can not even begin 2describe the miracle that is now apart of our family. Mommy/baby are healthy &resting. We appreciate all of the ...
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Mysterious Facebook event sparks online buzz
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - A mysterious Facebook event set for Thursday has sparked buzz that the leading social network could be adding video to Instagram smartphone picture-sharing service.The leading social network invited the media to its headquarters in the Silicon Valley city of Menlo Park where "a small team has been working on a big idea," but remained hush about what will be ...
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Taylor Swifts feminist doppelganger takes off on Twitter
This June 12, 2013 photo released by Starpix shows singer Taylor Swift at The Fragrance Foundation Awards at Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall in New York. Swift was honored as Fragrance Celebrity of the Year at the Fragrance Awards. She has three signature fragrances, including the recently released Taylor by Taylor Swift. In 2011, her Wonderstruck was the top-selling celebrity fragrance. ...
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Google Webmaster Tools Warnings to Include Example URLs
Good news for webmasters who have been struggling to identify links and pages that have been trigger warnings in Google Webmaster Tools. Google will now include example URLs in their emails warning webmasters about manual spam actions. There are many cases where webmasters know they have manual web spam action taken against their site, but they can't figure out what is triggering the spam ...
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Snowden Facebook Google can resist NSA
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Whistleblower Edward Snowden on Monday said companies like Google Inc. and Facebook Inc. had an "ethical obligation" not to cooperate with the National Security Agency data-gathering program, arguing that the tech giants had enough clout to resist the ...
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Instagram Video Now a Possibility Facebook Announcement June 20th
Facebook is intentionally keeping the details surrounding its June 20 press conference under wraps, but according to one source, the social media giant may have plans to introduce a video option to ...
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Amanda Bynes Twitter Feud Starts With Modern Family Stars Boyfriend
"It's sad @AmandaBynes was a child actress who kids looked up to. Now she's just a lost soul in a plastic face. #gethelp," Prokop said during the exchange.Bynes responded by tweeting, "your girlfriend has an ugly face like you."This was the most recent outburst by Bynes on the social media site in a list that seems to be growing every day. But it is not just with ...
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Google Is Trying To Give The Entire World Internet Access With High-Flying Balloons
Project Loon will use these solar-powered giant devices hovering 12 miles above the ground to beam down Internet to places where they can't lay ...
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Guys Who Isnt Excited For A Facebook RSS Reader
Be honest--you barely give a crap about Facebook anymore. But here's why you should shelve your usual ambivalence about Facebook product launches and hope for the best on June 20: RSS could be the killer app that makes Facebook a power ...
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Social Media in the Public Sector
social media strategy, the company put together a team of 22 staff members and went from monitoring Twitter from 9-to-5 on weekdays to tweeting 15 hours a day, seven days a week. After 17 days of non-stop tweeting, PSE&G had gained about 47,000 Twitter followers, and management was reconsidering how it ...
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Twitter photos Rain postpones mens Lobstick golf tournament in Waskesiu
After approximately 125 millimetres of rainfall, the men's Lobstick golf tournament was postponed for the first time since 1935. The championship flight will now take place July ...
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The right tool for the job
After working on a recent website we had inherited, I began to ponder on using the right tool for the job, and whether a technique or technology has been used because it’s correct, or because it’s clever. Pixel Sheets A case in point is pixel sheets. Having been used by Amazon amongst others for quite a while, they are a fantastic way to save on HTTP requests and speed up the ...
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Hell is Other People Anti-social media to keep you alone
(Credit: Video screenshot by Nic Healey/CNET Australia) Like most social media, Foursquare is designed to connect people, but what if you feel like being alone? Web ...
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Apple Microsoft Facebook release new details on national security requests
Apple on Sunday released new details on U.S. government data requests. The tech giant joins Facebook, Google and Microsoft in asking for permission to release more information on national security requests, in an attempt to provide more transparency following allegations that the National Security Agency (NSA) had direct access to its ...
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Whos following Weiner on Twitter
Although he’d love to move past it, Anthony Weiner will forever be linked to Twitter, thanks to how his use of the social media site led to his downfall from Congress in 2011.Weiner’s Twitter account is again being watched closely, albeit for different reasons, since he announced his run for New York ...
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5 Social Media Deals That Make Waze and Tumblr Seem Like Steals
IDG News Service - Google buys Waze. Yahoo buys Tumblr. Facebook buys Instagram. Three recent social-media deals highlight a strange phenomenon: the $1 billion app that makes no money. It seems ridiculous at face value--how can cat GIFs and photo filters be worth that much?--but I took a look at tech's recent history to put these deals into context. Some of these gems might surprise ...
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Facebook to Unveil New Product Thursday
Facebook has invited journalists to a Thursday event, promising the launch of a "new product" without providing specifics. The invitation, sent out at the end of last week, said the event would take place at the social networking giant's headquarters in Menlo Park, California."A small team has been working on a big idea. "Join us for coffee and learn about a new ...
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Police Chief Takes Criminals To Task On Facebook
Criminals caught in one pocket of northeast Ohio are likely headed for public embarrassment at the hands of a small-town police chief and his many Facebook fans. Chief David Oliver has embraced his Brimfield Township department's Facebook page to communicate with residents, rant about various topics and criticize criminals, whom he calls "mopes." His mix of humor and blunt opinion ...
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Anti-social media app helps you avoid Foursquare friends
While Hell Is Other People is described as "partially a satire" by its creator, the Web app might be a blessing to those who just want to feel alone in a crowd.The app looks at your Foursquare friends' recent check-ins, calculates "optimal locations for avoiding them," and slaps everything onto a nice Google Maps interface. Follow its guidance while strolling through a ...
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Entries for the 2013 Social Media Leadership Awards
Sony Pictures Television Garners Five Daytime Emmy Awards Including Outstanding Talk Show/ Informational for The Dr. Oz Show and Outstanding Drama Series for Days of our Lives ; The Dr. Oz Show Garners Third Consecutive Win for Outstanding Talk ...
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You Should Follow Iran’s New President on Twitter
tweeted around 50 times, most of which were in English. The tweeting blitz coincided with a press conference, where he said he will work to end the sanctions that have devastated the Iranian economy by attempting to negotiate with the United States and its allies. He is expected to take office in early August. The Western-educated cleric is clearly attempting to get the attention of the outside ...
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Multiple Sclerosis Coalition debuts on Facebook and Twitter
MS programs and services. Representing the leading organizations in MS research, advocacy, education, and treatment, the MSC will provide information on the individual offerings of member organizations as well as collaborative efforts orchestrated through the Coalition itself. The MSC can be found on Facebook ...
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How to Report Organic Search Traffic Gains After Filtering Bad Traffic
Increased sales. Increase in "good" organic search traffic. No focus on "head" keywords. The site is so incredibly big that it's absolutely the "very long tail" that drives the ...
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Kardashians Break Social Media Silence on Kims Baby
The Kardashian Klan is finally opening up about their newest family member after the birth of Kim Kardashian and Kanye West’s baby girl on Saturday. ';I can not even begin 2describe the miracle that is now apart of our family. Mommy/baby are healthy &resting. We appreciate all of the ...
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Confidence in newspapers at near-record lows poll finds
Fewer than a fourth of Americans have confidence in newspapers, the lowest level in five years, a Gallup poll has indicated. The poll found only 23 percent of those surveyed had a "great deal" or "quite a lot" of confidence about what they read in newspapers, Gallup reported Monday. That's a drop from 25 percent in 2012 and 28 percent in 2011. The poll, which began in ...
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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