Daily Archives: October 14, 2008

Spinning a Web of Lies at Digital Speed

Posted on October 14, 2008 by Tyler Knowlton

Via the New York Times By NOAM COHEN Published: October 12, 2008 “A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is still putting on its shoes.” — attributed to Mark Twain. Enlarge This Image Lefteris Pitarakis/Associated Press Oprah Winfrey … Continue reading →

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Expectations and technology don’t align in smart classrooms

Posted on October 14, 2008 by Tyler Knowlton

Via ARS Technica By John Timmer | Published: October 13, 2008 – 01:19PM CT The governmental sales branch of the giant technology vendor CDW apparently got interested in how its wares were being deployed in the classrooms of US college campuses. To … Continue reading →

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Study: Social Media Transforming Our Influences on What to Buy

Posted on October 14, 2008 by Tyler Knowlton

Via Mashable October 13, 2008 – 12:36 pm PDT – by Tom Smith6 Comments For the last two years I have been running global research atUniversal McCann that tracks the usage of social media. The results of which have clearly demonstrated the … Continue reading →

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Africa News Empowers Citizens to Report Online

Posted on October 14, 2008 by Tyler Knowlton

Via Media Shift y Sokari Ekine, October 13, 2008 Over the past couple of months I have been following a new African news portal, Africa News, the latest in the 12-year history of African online news media. Africa News goes much further … Continue reading →

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How to Manage Your Social Profiles and Create Virtual Business Cards

Posted on October 14, 2008 by Tyler Knowlton

Via Mashable  October 13, 2008 – 2:58 pm PDT – by Doriano “Paisano” Carta How many online profiles do you think you have right now? I know, too many to even count! Such is the case with anyone that uses Web … Continue reading →

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11 More Sites Plan to Add Meebo Community IM

Posted on October 14, 2008 by Tyler Knowlton

Via Tech Crunch by Mark Hendrickson on October 13, 2008 Meebo has disclosed that 11 more sites have committed themselves to integrating Community IM, its forthcoming out-of-the-box service that adds Facebook Chat-like instant messaging capabilities to the bottom of any website. The newest enlistements include … Continue reading →

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Brightcove 3: Released and Reviewed

Posted on October 14, 2008 by Tyler Knowlton

Via Mashable October 13, 2008 – 11:26 pm PDT – by Mark ‘Rizzn’ Hopkins Today marks the announcement and release of Brightcove’s Platform 3, the latest release of their online video distribution service. They’ve rebuilt the service completely and comes with the … Continue reading →

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Siri Raises $8.5 Million for Personal Artificial Intelligence

Posted on October 14, 2008 by Tyler Knowlton

Via http://mashable.com/2008/10/14/siri/#mce_temp_url# October 14, 2008 – 2:32 am PDT – by Mark ‘Rizzn’ Hopkins Who says there isn’t innovation going on? I’ve been waiting for quite some time to talk about a company I’ve known about for several months now. The project … Continue reading →

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