Underfunded Scientists Hit Up the Web for Cash (Successfully)
July 12, 2011 by publisher · Leave a Comment
Crowdsourcing is nothing new, but as a way of funding investigative research at a public institution of higher learning, well, it does constitute a somewhat marked departure from the traditional path to financing. The New York Times is claiming to have found the first example of such an occurrence. The scientists (biologists) in question have
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Facebook CEO Asks FB Aspirants Out on a Nature Walk
July 10, 2011 by creative · Leave a Comment
Lately, very similar tales have been springing up. Would-be Facebook aspirants have begun — anonymously, because of non-disclosure agreement niceties — to divulge the courting rituals of Facebook’s top brass for the recruitment of new talent. It all begins with an unexpected, but enormously welcomed, of course, email from the top man himself, CEO Mark
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Video Calling Now at Facebook
July 7, 2011 by admin · Leave a Comment
Recently, Mark Zuckerberg had been talking about how Facebook would be “launching something awesome” very soon; today everyone found out what that “something” was: video calling. The new product was revealed this morning at a “news event” the company held in Palo Alto, CA. Video calling will be integrated into every user’s Facebook in the
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Get Ready #askobama; Twitter Town Hall Set for July 6
July 3, 2011 by creative · Leave a Comment
If you’re expecting your hit of pronounced patriotism to continue beyond Monday night’s firework spectaculars, try coming up with some good questions to ask the President a few days after the barbecue. Save the date for the first ever Twitter Town Hall; it’s happening Wednesday, July 6, 2011, at 2pm Eastern Time. Live from the
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MySpace Sold for $35 Million, but Still Cool Enough for Justin Timberlake
July 1, 2011 by admin · Leave a Comment
Back in 2005, News Corporation paid $580 million to acquire MySpace. At the time, the pioneering social media site received, in the United States alone, 20 million unique visitors monthly. Today, what’s left of the network was just sold for a not-so-cool $35 million.
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MySpace Sold for $35 Million, but Still Cool Enough for Justin Timberlake