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After more than a month since Gmail first added an option to send SMS from Gmail Chat and quickly removed it to fix some bugs, it's now available again. You'll find it in the crowded Gmail Labs, where it's called "Text Messaging (SMS) in Chat".After enabling the feature, mouse over a contact from Gmail chat box, click on "V (Read More)
: At some point, the virtual phone number could be the same as the GrandCentral number and Gmail could become a centralized communication system, where you can send email messages, SMS, make phone calls, use video chat, share files and archive your entire communication flow.
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TOKYO: A strong earthquake measuring 6.3 on the Richter scale
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A powerful tremor has shaken China. Measured 7.8 on richter scale, the earthquake has impact as far as Hanoi. There is no update of any damage or casualities as of now.
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Note from ifindtrends:I just want to notate a couple of things that I found interesting about this story since it's below the fold.
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An oil pipeline has exploded in Lagos, Nigeria's capital, killing at least 100 people.
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"An Imminent Victory for ‘Net Neutrality’ Advocates By Vindu Goel When Comcast admitted last fall that it was blocking — or slowing down, as the company preferred to call it — certain file transfers by customers, a lot of people complained that the company...read more. (Read More)
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If you were not involved in the last Now Public Lunar Eclipse Roundabout then here is your chance. Only this time it is a solar eclipse. There is enough info below to keep you busy.Make sure you send in your pictures in. If you do, add your city/area in the...read more. (Read More)
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[q url="http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/10/04/oj.simpson.verdict/index.html"]LAS VEGAS, Nevada (CNN)
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AMSTERDAM, July 14 (Reuters) - The International Criminal Court's (ICC) prosecutor looks poised to seek the arrest of Sudan's president on Monday for alleged war crimes in Darfur in a move Khartoum warns could set fire to the region. (Read More)
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The latest numbers are in, and Twitter is apparently growing at a torrid pace. According to stats just released from Nielsen Online, Twitter recorded 2.3 million unique visitors in August (US-only), an increase of 422% from the same period last year. (Read More)
: @michaelfidler I think we are watching a big change. With CNN using Twitter, they are force feeding it to the masses. The masses are on Facebook, and were probably wondering what all that stuff on the feeds was. Be prepared, and be warned, tech people have strong opinions, but I am curious how the conversations change when everyone joins.
: I don't mean to seem arrogant but I will miss the early-adopter-bloggers who peopled the earlier Twitter posts. I am not looking forward to a homogenized Twitter stream.
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A new software approach from researchers at Carnegie Mellon University could make it easier to identify a person's face in a low-resolution video. The researchers say that the software could be used to identify criminals or missing persons, or it could be integrated into next-generation video search engines. (Read More)
: Not that long ago we started getting worried about GPS chips being inserted in mobile phones, and so creating the possibility for you to be tracked wherever you went. Now Google Images and other technologies show how face recognition can sift through photos and video to locate people. With security cameras saturating London and more and more cities, live cams deciphering license plates, who needs to talk of babies implanted with GPS chips to express worry about a rising surveillance society?