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Tweet Your Way Into Trouble Social Media Dilemma
Gulf News recently carried a roundup of recent cases of bloggers and tweeters in trouble around the Gulf and it’s an extensive and growing list. Flagged as being ‘with inputs from AFP’, 60% of the story is ...
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CA might look at social media policy
Chief executive James Sutherland says Cricket Australia might need to look at developing a social media policy in light of the David Warner ...
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Quarter of Australian children aged 8-12 are underage Facebook users
Australia A survey has found a quarter of Australian children aged between eight and 12 use Facebook, despite the minimum age for a user being 13.Tech company MacAfee surveyed 500 tweens - children aged between eight and 12 - and found more than two-thirds are on Facebook. The survey discovered that children found ways to get around the age restrictions, but in most cases they were given ...
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Experts want Indian social site to counter Facebook
cyber security experts are exploring the option of promoting a 'desi' social networking entity as an alternative to US-based sites. The idea is to have a parallel Indian social networking site -- possibly owned by a reputed domestic media house -- offer competition to Facebook and Twitter, putting the latter under pressure to be more amenable to Indian security concerns. Though China, ...
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Eminems publisher sues Facebook over ad
DETROIT -- Eminem's song publisher is suing Facebook and its ad agency, claiming they infringed the Detroit rapper's copyright. In the 12-page complaint, filed ...
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Google NASA Join Forces to Research Machine Learning
launch the Quantum Artificial Intelligence Lab that will allow researchers at the two organizations and a number of universities to research artificial intelligence using quantum computers. The lab will use a D-Wave 2 computer that is priced at around $15 million. D-Wave's computer, which for years ...
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Amazon wins key cloud security clearance from government
View Photo Reuters/Reuters - A zoomed image of a computer screen showing the Amazon logo is seen in Vienna November 26, 2012. REUTERS/Heinz-Peter ...
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ASU creates Mesa Technology Accelerator on Polytechnic campus
Arizona State University and the city of Mesa are working together to create the Mesa Technology Accelerator on ASUs Polytechnic campus in Mesa to help grow small technology companies. For more, click on the Phoenix Business Journal link ...
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Idaho couple sues Sun Valley Twitter
A central Idaho couple is suing the Sun Valley Co. and the Twitter Inc. social media site, asking a judge to bar the resort from using the handle ...
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Congress says Apple sheltered $44 billion from taxes
According to CNN, a report released Monday by Sens. John McCain, R-Arizona, and Carl Levin, D-Michigan, charges that Apple Inc. "used a complex web of offshore entities to avoid paying billions of dollars in U.S. income ...
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Former RatePoint customers launch startup Neal Creighton named chairman
Adam Robinson, CEO, Robly Inc. Anthony Robinson, a former RatePoint customer, together with his brother Adam and two others have launched a new email marketing and review startup and have tapped former RatePoint founder Neal Creighton to join as chairman. Robinson, founder and CEO of Relectric, was frustrated when he received an email alerting him that his RatePoint account would shut down in 7 ...
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Target partners with Facebook to draw sh
US store chain Target just friended Facebook, big time. In its boldest foray into digital retailing, Target recently launched a test version of Cartwheel, an ambitious collaboration with the world's largest social network that will allow users to earn savings via Facebook and then use their smartphones to redeem those savings in stores. Though retailers have used social networks like ...
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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, ...
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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