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Facebook isnt the place to let off tension
At 60, Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong cannot be considered old-looking. At the official launch ceremony of a new building complex in Marina Bay, dressed in a plain black suit, he could easily convince many that he is much younger than 60. But compared to a few years ago, he has aged quickly. In 2010, he looked much younger when presiding over the completion ceremony of Royal Dutch ...
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Facebook eyes ad market revolution
A year after its disappointing stock market flotation, Facebook is aiming to convince big brand-name consumer companies that advertisements on a social network are as important - and as effective - as those on television. Facebook's stock finished its first day of trading just 23 cents higher than its 38 US dollars IPO price. It hasn't been that high since. Even amid the hype and ...
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Prayers For Oklahoma Tornado Victims Twitter Responds To Violent Storm
tornado that devastated a town outside of Oklahoma City, Twitter responded with prayers for the victims and hope for survivors. Here are a few of those prayers so far, please add your prayers below in the ...
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Oklahoma Tornado Carrie Underwood Ellen DeGeneres Address Tragedy on Twitter
"Growing up in tornado alley, you always know what could happen...it doesn't change how devastating it is when something does happen," the country superstar wrote on ...
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SoundBite Communication sold to Genesys in $100M deal
Jim Milton, CEO, SoundBite Communications SoundBite Communications (Nasdaq:SDBT), a mobile marketing and customer experience management company, has been acquired by Daly City, Calif.-based Genesys. Founded in 2000, Bedford, Mass.-based SoundBite was sold in deal worth $5 per share or $100.4 million, according to Genesys, a provider of customer engagement and contact center solutions. The ...
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Startup Watch 5 to follow May 21
As part of our weekly Startup Watch, Mass High Tech highlights five startup companies and their business goals and provides guest access to their company profiles in the New England Tech Directory. Each week Mass High Tech will highlight five startups selected by a team of editors. Each startup will be featured with links to a description of the company and more information about the startup. ...
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Yahoos Tumblr Deal Is a Bet on a Shift in Social Media
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Tellabs CFO resigns
Telecommunications equipment maker Tellabs Inc. said Chief Financial Officer Andrew B. Szafran has resigned from Tellabs for personal reasons. Naperville-based Tellabs (Nasdaq: TLAB), which has been struggling with continual losses and slowing sales, said Szafrans resignation was unrelated to Tellabs operations, financial reporting or business outlook. Tom Minichiello, Tellabs vice president, ...
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Tellabs CFO resigns
Telecommunications equipment maker Tellabs Inc. said Chief Financial Officer Andrew B. Szafran has resigned from Tellabs for personal reasons. Naperville-based Tellabs (Nasdaq: TLAB), which has been struggling with continual losses and slowing sales, said Szafrans resignation was unrelated to Tellabs operations, financial reporting or business outlook. Tom Minichiello, Tellabs vice president, ...
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Tellabs CFO resigns
Telecommunications equipment maker Tellabs Inc. said Chief Financial Officer Andrew B. Szafran has resigned from Tellabs for personal reasons. Naperville-based Tellabs (Nasdaq: TLAB), which has been struggling with continual losses and slowing sales, said Szafrans resignation was unrelated to Tellabs operations, financial reporting or business outlook. Tom Minichiello, Tellabs vice president, ...
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Tellabs CFO resigns
Telecommunications equipment maker Tellabs Inc. said Chief Financial Officer Andrew B. Szafran has resigned from Tellabs for personal reasons. Naperville-based Tellabs (Nasdaq: TLAB), which has been struggling with continual losses and slowing sales, said Szafrans resignation was unrelated to Tellabs operations, financial reporting or business outlook. Tom Minichiello, Tellabs vice president, ...
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Tellabs CFO resigns
Telecommunications equipment maker Tellabs Inc. said Chief Financial Officer Andrew B. Szafran has resigned from Tellabs for personal reasons. Naperville-based Tellabs (Nasdaq: TLAB), which has been struggling with continual losses and slowing sales, said Szafrans resignation was unrelated to Tellabs operations, financial reporting or business outlook. Tom Minichiello, Tellabs vice president, ...
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Tellabs CFO resigns
Telecommunications equipment maker Tellabs Inc. said Chief Financial Officer Andrew B. Szafran has resigned from Tellabs for personal reasons. Naperville-based Tellabs (Nasdaq: TLAB), which has been struggling with continual losses and slowing sales, said Szafrans resignation was unrelated to Tellabs operations, financial reporting or business outlook. Tom Minichiello, Tellabs vice president, ...
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Tellabs CFO resigns
Telecommunications equipment maker Tellabs Inc. said Chief Financial Officer Andrew B. Szafran has resigned from Tellabs for personal reasons. Naperville-based Tellabs (Nasdaq: TLAB), which has been struggling with continual losses and slowing sales, said Szafrans resignation was unrelated to Tellabs operations, financial reporting or business outlook. Tom Minichiello, Tellabs vice president, ...
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Tellabs CFO resigns
Telecommunications equipment maker Tellabs Inc. said Chief Financial Officer Andrew B. Szafran has resigned from Tellabs for personal reasons. Naperville-based Tellabs (Nasdaq: TLAB), which has been struggling with continual losses and slowing sales, said Szafrans resignation was unrelated to Tellabs operations, financial reporting or business outlook. Tom Minichiello, Tellabs vice president, ...
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Tellabs CFO resigns
Telecommunications equipment maker Tellabs Inc. said Chief Financial Officer Andrew B. Szafran has resigned from Tellabs for personal reasons. Naperville-based Tellabs (Nasdaq: TLAB), which has been struggling with continual losses and slowing sales, said Szafrans resignation was unrelated to Tellabs operations, financial reporting or business outlook. Tom Minichiello, Tellabs vice president, ...
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Lad provokes cops on Facebook Catch me if u can ... and they do
When Sam Greenwood saw his face in a wanted ad on his local police department's Facebook page, he wrote in the comments: "Catch me if u can." When a U.K. police station posted a fugitive's mugshot on its Facebook page, the cheeky lad wrote in from his personal account: "Catch me if u can." "In the past it's taken us several weeks to get a hold of ...
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Social media reaction to mile-wide tornado hitting Oklahoma City area
This photo provided by KFOR-TV shows homes flattened outside Moore, Okla., Monday, May 20, 2013. A monstrous tornado as much as a mile wide roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods, setting buildings on fire and landing a direct blow on an elementary school. (AP ...
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Eminems Music Publisher Suing Facebook
The complaint filed in Michigan federal court not only accuses the popular social network of lifting one of Eminem's songs for the April launch of a new application called "Facebook Home," but tells the story of how Facebook's advertising company attempted to use Eminem to attract the liking ...
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Parents turn to Internet to help daughter charged with sex with girl minor
ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - Thousands of people have protested against the prosecution of an 18-year-old Florida high school senior after her parents launched an Internet petition claiming she was charged with sex crimes only because her lover, a then 14-year-old schoolmate, was another ...
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Fox family moves into den on Facebook campus
A Facebook fox lounges in the sun on the company's California campus. Caution: What you are about to read may incite office envy.Facebook employees are enjoying an unusual office perk -- the chance to watch a fox family that has made its home on the company's Menlo Park, Calif., campus.The California gray foxes, a mother and her three little ones, even have their own Facebook ...
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Why the Tumblr-Yahoo deal has one Portland startup excited
Dan Coe's BlkDot helps brands sell their wares on Tumblr. Portland entrepreneur Dan Coe has had a long, healthy relationship with Tumblr. He expects that to only deepen with Yahoo's planned $1.1 billion acquisition of the microblogging site. Coe's previous startup, Coexist Digital, developed a commerce platform that essentially allowed brands to sell their wares on Tumblr without ...
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YouTube Celebrates 8th Birthday With 100 Hours of Video Every Minute
YouTube has been serving its clips of animals, planking, people falling over and monkeys in sheepskin coats for eight years. The video streaming website launched eight years ago with a single ...
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DST tries something new mutual funds for everyday investors
Eddie Franz of DST Market Systems models the latest in TreeSwing app T-shirts. DST Systems Inc. is attempting to appeal to a larger audience with a new effort aimed at giving regular consumers access to mutual funds. DST still is waiting for approval on the mobile investment app, TreeSwing, from the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority. But later this spring, the Kansas City-based ...
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Stop the hate on Twitter
>Editor's note: Dean Obeidallah, a former attorney, is a political comedian and frequent commentator on various TV networks including CNN. He is the editor of the politics blog The Dean's Report and co-host of a new CNN podcast "The Big Three" that looks at the top three stories of the week. Follow him on Twitter @deanofcomedy. (CNN) -- For some, Twitter is a social media platform that ...
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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