IBM Sics Cloud on Drug Patents
Posted by The TB on December 9, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Need to scour the world’s patent databases for a particular chemical compound? There’s a cloud for that. IBM has released the Strategic IP Insight Platform (SIIP), a cloud-based data analytics system designed to give a shot in the arm to businesses’ intellectual property efforts. The system searches the US Patent and Trademark Office, the European [...]
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YouTube’s Most-Shared Ads of 2011 [VIDEOS]
Posted by The TB on December 9, 2011 · Leave a Comment
If we’ve learned anything about viral advertising in 2011, it’s this — you can’t touch The Force. Also, people will always love crazy stunts and action-packed destruction — especially if there are Angry Birds thrown into the mix. Pop culture references, especially when Internet-related, also seemed to do really well this year. From the Royal [...]
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Hands On with Google’s Currents Newsreader App
Posted by The TB on December 9, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Google’s new newsreader app is out but bugs and a so-so interface hold Currents back. Today @ PCWorld
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High-Tech Adidas Soccer Shoe and App Track Your Performance
Posted by The TB on December 9, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Your days of phony hustling on the soccer pitch — appearing to exert maximum effort while actually conserving energy — are over, thanks to a new shoe and app recently introduced by Adidas. Released this month, the free miCoach Soccer app for iPhone and iPod touch collects and visualizes data wirelessly transmitted from a chip [...]
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GNOME 3 Wins Linux Journal’s Readers’ Choice Award
Posted by The TB on December 9, 2011 · Leave a Comment
msevior writes “Although Linus Torvalds and some Slashdot commentators may disagree, GNOME 3 has many admirers. GNOME 3 was awarded the Linux Journal Readers’ Choice award for 2011.” Though I’m one of the complainers, I hope to be converted with the help of Gnome Shell extensions. Read more of this story at Slashdot. Slashdot
Facebook Users Mostly Annoyed by Hidden Messages
Posted by The TB on December 9, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Facebook users have noticed their hidden “other” messages en masse and many of them are not happy. Under the Facebook Messages tab there is an “other” tab, which you very well may have never noticed. It hosts the messages Facebook has deemed less important, often meaning messages sent by events or users with whom you [...]
AOL Posts Third Quarter Loss, Teases New Social Tool
Posted by The TB on November 2, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Despite an 8% increase in global advertising sales, AOL‘s revenue was down 6% for the third quarter compared to last year. In a followup earnings call, AOL CEO Tim Armstrong alluded to a new social networking tool the company plans to unveil in the coming weeks, although he didn’t release any details on the product. [...]
The End of an Era: Internet Explorer Drops Below 50 Percent of Web Usage
Posted by The TB on November 2, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Internet Explorer’s dominance is coming to an end. Thanks to the rise of mobile and tablet browsing, where IE is noticeably absent, Microsoft’s once mighty web browser is now used by less than half of the web. Wired Top Stories
5 Top Celebrities to Subscribe to on Facebook
Posted by The TB on October 17, 2011 · Leave a Comment
1. Jessica Alba Oh, you know, Jessica just shared her photo album with me. No biggie. Actress Alba’s subscribe updates range from concert photos to complaints about her husband (don’t get too excited, guys — they’re harmless). She talks about heading to the gym (like she needs it) and explaining the word “ugly” to her [...]
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