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April 15, 2008 Breaking News
Social data at its finest
Tue, 15 Apr 2008 18:20:33 PDT
Today, Facebook launched a few new features including chat and something called Feedcrawler. But the most interesting release today is called Lexicon. Think of it as Google Trends but for social data. One of the Facebook engineers working on the projects sent me the above query, but the possibilities are endless. This tool will be useful in the next coming months when the presidential election is going on.
S. Korea's Lee could bring U.S. good news on beef (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:48:12 PDT
South Korean President Lee Myung-bak could bring President George W. Bush good news this week about a long-running beef spat that has held up a free trade pact between the two countries, a U.S. business leader and senior Bush administration official said on Tuesday.
Daily News Brief: Who’s Courting Circuit City?
Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:08:11 PDT
Spring is in the air, and companies are not being shy when it comes to courting one another. While Microsoft's busy pining over Yahoo, Blockbuster yesterday announced an infatuation with Circuit City, offering $6.00 per share in cash.
TELUS Mobility launches TELUS mobile TV on its national 1X network
Fri, 26 Aug 2005 10:35:45 PDT
TELUS mobile TV is powered by MobiTV, the world's first network and platform providing live television on wireless phones. clients watch live, real-time programming on seven channels: CBC Newsworld, Fox News, G4 Tech TV, Le Reseau de l'information (RDI), MeteoMedia, The Shopping Channel and The Weather Network.
Tier1 Research: Several New Trends Help Managed Hosting Sector Experience Tremendous Growth in 2007 (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
Tue, 15 Apr 2008 07:00:00 PDT
NEW YORK----Analysts at Tier1 Research find in a new report that the managed hosting sector has experienced tremendous growth in the past 12 months - in excess of 30% - driven by several trends.
Seahorses Return to Thames River - Good News Network
Tue, 15 Apr 2008 16:08:22 PDT
Seahorses were once extinct in the Thames, or nearly so. Now they've come back and they may even be thriving (along with 100 or so more species of pisceans). More here, plus a nice video...
Community colleges online enrollment surge, report says
Tue, 15 Apr 2008 18:50:14 PDT
A recent report reveals online community schools are now getting the highest enrollment in online education. The news was very impressive since it said that online education is now getting noticed by many people – even in third world countries of the world. The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and the Babson Survey Research Group reported an enrollment of nearly 3.5 million post secondary students in Philadelphia in just one online class alone. Of this, the community colleges have the highest increa
2008 Trends to Watch - Managed - Ad-Hoc-News (Pressemitteilung)
Tue, 15 Apr 2008 18:20:33 PDT
Today, Facebook launched a few new features including chat and something called Feedcrawler. But the most interesting release today is called Lexicon. Think of it as Google Trends but for social data. One of the Facebook engineers working on the projects sent me the above query, but the possibilities are endless. This tool will be useful in the next coming months when the presidential election is going on.
S. Korea's Lee could bring U.S. good news on beef (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:48:12 PDT
South Korean President Lee Myung-bak could bring President George W. Bush good news this week about a long-running beef spat that has held up a free trade pact between the two countries, a U.S. business leader and senior Bush administration official said on Tuesday.
Daily News Brief: Who’s Courting Circuit City?
Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:08:11 PDT
Spring is in the air, and companies are not being shy when it comes to courting one another. While Microsoft's busy pining over Yahoo, Blockbuster yesterday announced an infatuation with Circuit City, offering $6.00 per share in cash.
TELUS Mobility launches TELUS mobile TV on its national 1X network
Fri, 26 Aug 2005 10:35:45 PDT
TELUS mobile TV is powered by MobiTV, the world's first network and platform providing live television on wireless phones. clients watch live, real-time programming on seven channels: CBC Newsworld, Fox News, G4 Tech TV, Le Reseau de l'information (RDI), MeteoMedia, The Shopping Channel and The Weather Network.
Tier1 Research: Several New Trends Help Managed Hosting Sector Experience Tremendous Growth in 2007 (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
Tue, 15 Apr 2008 07:00:00 PDT
NEW YORK----Analysts at Tier1 Research find in a new report that the managed hosting sector has experienced tremendous growth in the past 12 months - in excess of 30% - driven by several trends.
Seahorses Return to Thames River - Good News Network
Tue, 15 Apr 2008 16:08:22 PDT
Seahorses were once extinct in the Thames, or nearly so. Now they've come back and they may even be thriving (along with 100 or so more species of pisceans). More here, plus a nice video...
Community colleges online enrollment surge, report says
Tue, 15 Apr 2008 18:50:14 PDT
A recent report reveals online community schools are now getting the highest enrollment in online education. The news was very impressive since it said that online education is now getting noticed by many people – even in third world countries of the world. The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and the Babson Survey Research Group reported an enrollment of nearly 3.5 million post secondary students in Philadelphia in just one online class alone. Of this, the community colleges have the highest increa
2008 Trends to Watch - Managed - Ad-Hoc-News (Pressemitteilung)
2008 Trends to Watch - Managed Ad-Hoc-News (Pressemitteilung), Germany - 14 hours ago This brief offers a comprehensive take on the most significant trends in the managed application hosting market. The brief details five key trends, ... |
Last night's CMT Music Awards�the country-music television network's version of its sister network MTV's Video Music Awards�veered into "a little more than slightly excruciating" territory when co-host Miley Cyrus tripped her way through a Taylor Swift intro in which she talked about texting the glittery-guitar-hoisting country protege incessantly, an endless setup to what would be one of many "ha ha, Dad, I'm paying your bills!" zingers that the Hannah Montana star sent in the direction of her father/svengali, "Achy Breaky Heart" singer Billy Ray Cyrus. (Yes, he performed the line dance that sent him and his mullet to stardom back in 1992, the same year his cash cow was sired.) The opening skit, in which Trace Adkins and his really greasy mop tried currying favor with everyone from Donald Trump to the three remaining Presidential candidates in order to get passes to the show, also mined that route; its final punchline was that Billy Ray was making extra scratch by scalping tickets, which were of course hot properties because of his daughter's presence. That girl is going to be so messed up in three years. Full list of winners�which includes three awards for Kellie Pickler, two for Taylor Swift, and one for that super-creepy video where Jon Bon Jovi and Leann Rimes make out�after the jump.
