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Im Like Forced to. I Dont Know Why. Facebook Takes Up My Whole Life.
D. Hammonds Casey Schwartz, an eighth-grader in Millburn, NJ, is 14 years old. She got her first computer (a toy) when she was 18 months old. She got her first cellphone (a real one) when she was in the second grade. Casey now owns a white iPhone 4S -- a device she takes with her to school. And keeps on the table at meals. And carries around her house. And stores next to her pillow when she ...
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Smells like special session at Texas Capitol
Lawmakers have until Monday to wrap up their regular-session work. Texas Gov. Rick Perry is keeping quiet until the last moment on whether a special session will occur, but Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst has made it clear he wants one. At the start of May, Perry advised lawmakers that one of the best ways to avoid a special session would be to show him a budget with $1.8 billion of tax relief for ...
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Jell-O social media campaign plays with profane hashtag
Fat-Free Jell-o Pudding Snacks, Kraft Foods, Inc. products, photographed at a grocery store. Jell-O, a Kraft Foods Group brand, has launched a new social media advertising campaign thats raising eyebrows for its attempt to redefine a bit of profane Twitter shorthand. The web site jelloFML.com posts a live feed of tweets using the #FML hashtag and proclaims that Jell-O wants to turn the sentiment ...
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Wright-Patt Credit Union opens new branch
Doug Fecher is CEO of Wright-Patt Credit Union. The Dayton areas largest credit union is preparing for future growth by rolling out its latest technological innovation this week with the opening of its Springboro branch. Fairborn-based Wright-Patt Credit Union, which garnered national recognition for being a leader among credit unions in providing mobile access to its services, announced this ...
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Divergence had $71 million price tag according to report
Derek Rapp, who led Divergence at the time of its sale in 2011, joined Monsanto when the deal closed. Remember when Monsanto Co. bought local biotech company Divergence in an all-cash deal? Turns out the transaction was worth $71 million, according to Monsantos annual report. Admittedly, this revelation comes more than two years after a deal was announced between Monsanto and Divergence, a ...
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Live social media updates I-5 bridge collapse
The great thing about social media is that it's always changing and that makes it easy to miss something critical. Enter Tagboard. The Redmond-based startup creates "hastag hubs" that scoop up social media content into a Pinterest-like board. Read, then click the update button and you get fresh content. To create a tagboard, users register a hashtag with Tagboard. At the moment, any ...
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Google eyes Waze as Facebook circles hot Web maps property
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Social media spotlight Safelite AutoGlass
Safelite's Jaclyn Lipp, web marketing specialist, tells Business First about the company's social media presence. Ahead of Columbus Business Firsts Social Madness competition, which kicks off June 3, we are highlighting the social media presence of a handful of local participants. Whether a real estate developer, caterer, salon or clothing retailer, companies from all walks of business ...
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Sally Bercow learns the social media rules the hard way in McAlpine case | Joshua Rozenberg
Mr Justice Tugendhat concluded the reasonable reader would understand Sally Bercow's tweet about Lord McAlpine, right, as insincere and ironical. Photograph: ...
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Why B2B Marketers Still Dont Get Social Media--And 7 Steps For Fixing That
reported that while B2B social media spending increased 9.6% last year, the majority of B2B companies failed to integrate social media into their business practices. "The biggest challenge is that many companies see social media as a cute promotional activity when it can be a strategic marketing activity," says Christine Moorman, director of The CMO Survey and T. Austin Finch senior ...
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Google Facebook Launch Bidding War for Waze
Businessweek today reported that Google is one of multiple companies negotiating to buy Waze, which is said to have a $1 billion price tag. According to the report, Israel-based Waze is in talks with "multiple parties" concerning an acquisition, and is also considering whether to raise venture capital and remain independent. Google did not respond to a request for comment on the ...
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Interleukin on track to commercialize periodontal disease test
Interleukin CEO Kenneth Kornman It was a close call for Interleukin Genetics Inc. (OTCQB:ILIU), but the company said it is on track. The Waltham, Mass. diagnostics company received word that its University of Michigan study has been accepted for publication with just a week to go. The study, which showed the value of PST - a genetic test that measures the risk of developing periodontal disease - ...
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Movers and Shakers A look at who in bio is coming and going
Moderna Therapeutics announced the appointment of John Reynders as the companys first chief information officer. The following personnel announcements at New England-area biotech companies have been made in recent weeks: Cambridge, Mass.-based Moderna Therapeutics announced the appointment of John Reynders as the companys first chief information officer, effective in July. Reynders held several ...
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Iron Bow awarded Coast Guard Standard Workstation contract
Chantilly-based Iron Bow Technologies has won a potential $108 million contract with the Coast Guard for workstations and associated information technology equipment, GovCon Wire reports. The Coast Guard Standard Workstation contract vehicle provides the Coast Guard headquarters, C4IT Service Center and all field units with a source for satisfying CGSW business requirements. Solutions include ...
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OMB sends agencies guidelines for securing smartphones tablets
The Office of Management and Budget is giving agencies security guidelines for protecting smartphones and tablets. The Office of Management and Budget sent agencies instructions that concentrate on safeguarding government-owned mobile devices, according to Nextgov. The 104-page compilation of controls all are not applicable for every mission was accompanied by a choose-your-own-adventure style ...
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Report Austin Ventures wants $450M to fund startups
Austin Ventures LP is reportedly going back to targeting the type of companies that helped it grow initially early-stage startups. The Austin investment firm plans to raise a $450 million fund to focus on those types of companies, Bloomberg reported Friday. Austin Ventures, the dominant investment firm in Texas, has been largely focused on less risky later-stage investments in recent years ...
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140 more characters to follow on Twitter
Who to follow on Twitter in Wichita This weeks Wichita Business Journal cover story gives you a place to start nine Wichitans we think excel at using Twitter to drive local, intelligent conversation. But we couldnt pick just nine. Below is a list of 140 characters one for each character allowed in a tweet who we think are also well worth your follow. Want to follow them all? Ive put together ...
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Another Peak Facebook Prediction
Facebook's popularity is slumping in the UK as users become fed up with being bombarded with advertising, a YouGov survey has revealed. In a report examining social media use among web-savvy Brits, the market research firm found a 9 per cent drop in Facebook usage since April ...
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In this weeks issue Jumping into action
Its impossible not to smile when you see Photo Editor Randy Siners cover image for the May 24 print edition of Albuquerque Business First. Its impossible not to smile when you see Photo Editor Randy Siners cover image for the May 24 print edition of Albuquerque Business First. The photo is of NDI New Mexico, our Education category winner in the Nonprofit of the Year awards. In the image, seven ...
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ITV News Twitter account hacked by Syrian Electronic Army
LONDON (Reuters) - Broadcaster ITV on Friday became the latest media outlet to have one of its Twitter feeds hacked by anonymous supporters of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, just days after Twitter beefed up security to prevent ...
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JELL-O Turns An Internet Profanity Into Twitter Fun
profane exclamation/meme that roughly translates to: Gee, what an unfortunate place I've come to at this particular point in my life." Instead, think "Fun My Life." Via a new campaign from CP+B, the dessert brand is asking the confounded to tweet @Jello about exactly what kind of ...
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Facebook brand design lead departs for startup
Paul Adams/Facebook ) Paul Adams, Facebook's global head of brand design, announced Friday that he has left the social network to join startup Intercom, which makes a social customer relationship management ...
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Aveo partner will not seek European approval for kidney cancer drug
Tuan Ha-Ngoc, president and CEO, Aveo Oncology Aveo Oncology (Nasdaq:AVEO) remained quiet Friday after the news that its partner to commercialize its potential drug for kidney cancer is giving up plans to seek approval for the drug in Europe, and wont pay for further trials. Shares in Aveo opened Friday down 17 percent, but by noon, had risen to $2.58 a share, about 4 percent below Thursdays ...
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Peabody taps analytics app to track worker productivity
Greg Boyce Peabody Energy has added a business intelligence platform at its Bear Run Mine in Sullivan County, Ind., to track when employees start working during shifts and how long they are gone during lunch breaks. The technology, which runs mostly on Walldorf, Germany-based SAPs BusinessObjects software, tracks employees late starts (measured by when the bucket of a shovel, excavator or ...
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Why you should use Twitters enhanced security measures
Do you use two-factor authentication with your Twitter account? I'm not a super geek. I didn't know what two-factor authentication was before I wrote a story about how security company executives approach their online security. But after I interviewed those folks for that story, I sure did two-factor authenticate my gmail account. It was fear, mostly. There were the well-publicized ...
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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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