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Google me? I'll Google you! Google has become the de facto public record these days but most people remain in relative obscurity there and/or fear of what past indiscretions Google will expose to people who search for them. (Read More)
: Am I the only one that thinks that this is NOT a good idea? Does George Orwell's "1984" ring a bell? WAKE UP PEOPLE, STOP BEING BLIND, THIS IS BIG BROTHER IN FULL EFFECT.
Inside Facebook
LivingSocial, the popular application for sharing lists of your favorite sports teams, beers, or almost anything else, has just surpassed Causes to become the #1 application on the Facebook Platform by total reach, with just over 20 million monthly active users.According to AppData, LivingSocial was reaching just 2 million (Read More)
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Il Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche insieme con l’Ivalsa ha progettato un edificio, interamente in legno, che potrebbe rivoluzionare il campo dell’edilizia e rappresentare uno strumento di difesa dagli eventi sismici. (Read More)
All Facebook
When Facebook released the Facebook developer platform two years ago, one of the greatest incentives to developing was the viral distribution of applications through application invites. Soon enough, invitations were limited as users began complaining about the massive influx of new application invites and developers began (Read More)
Silicon Alley Insider
More revenue for Twitter on the way: The company confirms -- for the first time we've seen, at least -- age-old theories that they'll sell commercial accounts to power users or companies using Twitter.In exchange for a fee, companies will get "more features" on Twitter, the WSJ reports. Twitter cofounder Biz Stone tells the (Read More)
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Un'aspra polemica ha coinvolto, recentemente, il Corriere, docenti e rettori di alcune università siciliane, Messina ed Enna. Abbiamo raccolto le dichiarazioni delle parti coinvolte. (Read More)
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Il presidente della Repubblica Giorgio Napolitano chiede che vengano ridefinite le riforme per l'Università. Gelmini: " Le preoccupazioni del Presidente Napolitano sono anche le preoccupazioni del Governo". (Read More)
Innovation in College Media
We recently complied a list of student media in the Twittersphere. This is an analysis of how those outlets are using Twitter and what we can learn from those who are doing it right.For simplicity, I tried to group all variations of Twitter use into five basic categories.The above chart is the breakdown of 50 student media (Read More)
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La ricerca sottolinea che, mentre il tasso di dispersione scolastica fra i 15 e i 18 anni è del 16,4%, in Campania la percentuale sale al 19,9%, e in Puglia e Sardegna è del 18%; solo l'Abruzzo è inferiore alla media nazionale, con il 10,8%. (Read More)
ReadWriteWeb
Facebook launched its first social widget for use outside of Facebook's own site today: the Comments Box. The Comments Box is a comments widget that was built on top of Facebook Connect, and that will allow bloggers and publishers to easily implement a Facebook Connect enabled commenting system on their sites. A number of s (Read More)
: "Facebook launched its first social widget for use outside of Facebook's own site today: the Comments Box. The Comments Box is a comments widget that was built on top of Facebook Connect, and that will allow bloggers and publishers to easily implement a Facebook Connect enabled comment system on their sites. A number of sites already used Facebook Connect to make it easier for their readers to sign in to their services and leave comments, but this is the first time that Facebook itself ventures into this business."