Archive for August 9th, 2010
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In Sep 2009, Google introduced "updated Keyword Tool" beta, which brought increased functionality and streamlined way to identify new keywords for AdWords account. Google now announced that they've "completed the final transition of "Keyword and Search-based Keyword" Tool into the updated Keyword Tool. Both of these tools will be available in their current forms through
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Google now allows you to "convert files already uploaded to your documents list into a Google Docs format. Previously, this option was only available on upload. This addition includes converting image and PDF files to text using recently added " Optical Character Recognition (OCR)" technology," informs Google.The
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Baidu, China's main search engine, is looking to expand its business overseas and is preparing to invest internationally, the company's ceo said. The company is facing a "window of opportunity" with the international market that it must grab, Baidu Robin Li said. "Going forward I think we should make this kind of move as early as
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Microsoft Research is working on a slate/tablet-related projects "RearType," including a way to add physical keys to the backs of these kinds of mobile-computing devices. Researchers have taken two halves of a QWERTY keyboard and rotated the keys in a way that user's thumbs remain on front of the surface and other keys are placed within
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Microsoft put up a new "PC vs. Mac" section on its Windows website describing the advantages of Windows PCs over Apple Macs, making some good points in the process, even as it overlooks many of the Mac's advantages. That's to be expected with marketing.But one of the omissions is downright comical
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Tawkon an Israeli company developed a mobile phone radiation measurement application that gives users information & tools to avoid mobile phone radiation as much as possible, with minimal disruption to normal phone usage. Once installed, the app provides an indication of the current rate of cellular radiation emitted by the cellphone in-hand.Tawkon produced a video embedded
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Microsoft is offering a new free resource designed to underline the importance of including technology into the educational process. The Windows 7 Optimized Desktop for Education Ebook is available online, but users will need Silverlight in order to access the contents, as Microsoft has leveraged its alternative to Adobe Flash in order to bring the resource
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Following the recent announcement of Google Apps for Government, the City of Wooster, Ohio, gove Google. Wooster, Ohio is a cozy community of approximately 26,000 people nestled in the center of Wayne County, home to some of the finest farmland in the state."Scalability, reliability, and usability forced the City of
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Albert Sun of the Wall Street Journal takes us behind the scenes in the creation of a recent news graphic titled: "Going the Distance: Comparing Marathons" powered by Google Maps API."To help people see this better, we decided to compare the San Francisco marathon to the big three US marathons: Boston,
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Comex, the guy behind JailbreakMe tool for iPhone 4 has come up with Adobe Flash rununing on jailbroken iPhone 4. RedmondPie published a step-by-step guide on how to run Flash/Frash on your iPhones.
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Apple has purchased worldwide exclusive rights to use materials developed by "LiquidMetal," a leading force in the research, development and commercialization of amorphous metals. Our revolutionary class of patented alloys and coatings form the basis of high performance material utilized in a range of military, consumer and industrial products manufactured by Liquidmetal Technologies.
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If your website has a check out lead generation process and you want to understand funnel abandonment by new vs. return visitors. You can now do this using a new "Conversion Tracking Application" built on Google Analytics API, it's all about insights and action. You simply register with PadiTrack, use secure oAuth to access your data,
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Following HP's Mark Hurd firing over "sexual harassment" charges. The "victim," one Jodie Fisher, has worked in sales for a Fortune 500 company, and also an actress and starred in an hit NBC show "Age of Love," a show that appears to be about cougars. Here's a quote from the press release:
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The much-anticipated 2010 version of Office Migration Planning Manager is now available. OMPM helps IT Pros discover and assess the compatibility of existing Office documents for conversion from the binary document formats (Office 97-2003: .doc, .xls, etc.) to OpenXML formats (Office 2007 and beyond: .docx, .xlsx, etc.). Additionally, OMPM 2010 adds features that assess macro compatibility
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Apple, the American multinational is to acquire Chinese web game firm Handseeing Information Technology Co., Ltd. in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, by 1 billion yuan ($147.62 million). Apple is in talks to buy Chinese software maker Handseeing, an executive at the Chinese company said, "We should have a decision in about one or two months," Tian Bo,
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