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  • Government Uses Twitter, Facebook to Stop Swine Flu
    As we hear more and more about the millions of Americans that could be sickened by the H1N1 virus – aka swine flu – this winter, the government is using social media to educate the public about keeping its spread as minimal as possible.The Department of Health ...More
    August 29, 2009
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  • B/OSS Poll: What Buzzword Will You Be Most Sick of by the End of Summer?
    What buzzword will you be most sick of by the end of summer?(answers) ...More
    August 26, 2009
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  • Report: Apple Asked Palm for Illegal 'No Poaching' Pact
    In the tech industry, brain trust is everything, and Apple Inc. reportedly was willing to go to illegal lengths to protect its own.Two-year-old documents uncovered by Bloomberg reveal an exchange between Apple CEO Steve Jobs and then-CEO for Palm Inc., Ed Colligan, that ...More
    August 20, 2009
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  • Twitter, Facebook Skills Could Get You Hired
    A year ago, most people had never even heard of Twitter. Now, knowing the ins and outs of the site could be the difference between landing a job and staying unemployed.This is especially true if you’re in the communications field, including advertising and marketing, ...More
    August 11, 2009
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  • USAA: Deposit Check by iPhone
    Imagine being able to use your iPhone to snap a shot of a check, then upload it to a bank to make a virtual deposit. ATM? What’s an ATM?That functionality is exactly what USAA, the San Antonio-based insurance and financial services company for veterans and their ...More
    August 10, 2009
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  • FCC Looks Into Apple’s Ban on Google Voice
    It’s not a formal investigation, but it’s enough to show that Apple Inc. might have taken its rule-with-an-iron-fist approach to the App Store too far last week: The FCC has begun an inquiry on Apple banning the Google Voice application. Apple caused an uproar ...More
    August 3, 2009
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  • British Government Departments Told to Twitter
    Call it the BritTwit revolution: The government of the United Kingdom has published guidelines encouraging its departments to use the microblogging service Twitter on a daily basis.The 20-page document urges departments to tweet two to 10 times a day, in "informal spoken ...More
    July 28, 2009
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  • AOL Reclaims Stake Owned by Google
    AOL parent Time Warner Inc. (TWX) has repurchased a 5 percent stake in the dial-up ISP.Google Inc. (GOOG) bought the sliver for $1 billion in 2006; Time Warner got it back for $283 million earlier in July, the company said Monday. Time Warner is spinning off AOL into a ...More
    July 28, 2009
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  • Twitter Ready to Roll Out Paid Business Accounts
    Social networking site Twitter has been looking for ways to make money, and now it’s taken an official step toward doing just that.The company has announced Twitter 101, a tutorial of sorts for businesses, showing them how to use the site effectively. It includes ...More
    July 24, 2009
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  • AT&T Bashing All Wrong?
    AT&T has taken a lot of heat over the past couple of years for service problems and outages, much of it well-deserved. But you might want to stop and think about where we would be without the phone giant and keep in mind that the problems aren’t all ...More
    July 23, 2009
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