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Monthly Archives: December 2008

12.22.08 / Google Ads Now Displayed on Smart Phones

More people are using their cell phones to browse the internet instead of their desktop or laptop computers these days.  To keep up with the trend Google has created an option for advertisers to make their AdWords advertisements available on … Read more »

12.19.08 / Laid Off? Facebook is Here for Support.

Almost every day there is a headline about another company cutting hundreds of jobs.  BusinessWeek released a story claiming jobless people are turning to social networks like Facebook for comfort. Ian Schlueter, a former DHL employee, is an example of … Read more »

12.19.08 / The Dark Side of Social Networking: 1 in 5 Teens Have Uploaded Nude Images

Sex and Tech, a new report published last week by the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unwanted Pregnancy, revealed that 21% of teenaged girls and 18% of teenaged boys have sent or posted nude or semi-nude images of themselves.  … Read more »

12.18.08 / Coming Soon to a Theater—and a Living Room—Near You

DVDs that allow you to connect with other viewers via the internet, hosting digital movie content in the cloud, and glitzier, higher-tech movie theaters are just a few of the next big things for the motion picture industry, reports the … Read more »

12.18.08 / 68% of all Corporate IT Projects Fail

While a .320 batting average might get you a spot in the top of any Major League Baseball line-up, a 68% failure rate isn’t going to give you much of a return in the business world.  But a 68% failure … Read more »

12.17.08 / Nokia Introduces N-97 Smart Phone

Nokia is poised to introduce the N-97, a new smartphone, though the device won’t be available to be shipped until the first half of 2009, reports the Wall Street Journal.  The N-97 will come equipped with an Apple-like touch screen, … Read more »

12.17.08 / Google Trends Now Tracks Flu

Forget the weather and the traffic:  now you can use Google to track the flu. Just in time for flu season, Google has released Flu Trends, a free web service that shows if the number of influenza cases are increasing … Read more »

12.16.08 / Do U txt?

In today’s era of cell phones and text messaging a new language has been born: textese.  There has been concern that this short hand will create bad habits of spelling and grammar but Nenagh Kemp, a psychology lecturer proved this is not … Read more »

12.16.08 / Local Motors Borrows Web 2.0 Concepts to Design and Build Cars

Wareham, Massachusetts-based Local Motors, Inc., has embraced the Web 2.0 concepts of community, collaboration, and crowdsourcing in order to further its ambitious mission statement of rethinking the way automobiles are designed, built, marketed, and sold. “We want local people to … Read more »

12.15.08 / Facebook, MySpace Launch Connect Services

Facebook announced the general availability of its new Facebook Connect service, which allows Facebook users to log into other sites with their Facebook accounts, thereby eliminating the need for these users to log into these sites with multiple log in … Read more »