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Reusable oil-absorbing nanosponges could soak up oil spills
Apr 17th
Last week we looked at the development of “ hydrate-phobic ” surfaces that could assist in the containment of oil leaks in deep water. Now, by adding boron to carbon while growing nanotubes, researchers have developed a nanosponge with the ability to absorb oil spilled in water. Remarkably, the material is able to achieve this feat repeatedly and is also electrically conductive and can be manipulated with magnets…
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BlackBerry Prices Drop in India
Apr 16th
A new print campaign in today’s newspapers suggest that Research in Motion (RIM) has dropped the prices of BlackBerry phones in India by as much as 27% making the devices even more affordable. Contrary to what some may think, BlackBerry is actually a very popular brand in India for two reasons – there’s BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) and the devices are generally good value for money. The god of Indian cricket, Sachin Tendulkar, also carries a BlackBerry though it’s a designer edition done by Porsche
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Google Surveys – A New Monetization Opportunity for Web Publishers
Mar 29th
Google has introduced a new do-it-yourself product called Consumers Surveys to help businesses, big or small, perform targeted market research using online surveys. For instance, if you are planning to introduce a new dish in your restaurant, you can create a survey targeting residents of your area and those in a particular income group.
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Google Surveys – A New Monetization Opportunity for Web Publishers
Google Surveys – A New Monetization Opportunity for Web Publishers
Mar 29th
Google has introduced a new do-it-yourself product called Consumers Surveys to help businesses, big or small, perform targeted market research using online surveys. For instance, if you are planning to introduce a new dish in your restaurant, you can create a survey targeting residents of your area and those in a particular income group
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Google Surveys – A New Monetization Opportunity for Web Publishers
Google Surveys – A New Monetization Opportunity for Web Publishers
Mar 29th
Google has introduced a new do-it-yourself product called Consumers Surveys to help businesses, big or small, perform targeted market research using online surveys. For instance, if you are planning to introduce a new dish in your restaurant, you can create a survey targeting residents of your area and those in a particular income group. The following video offers more details about the new Consumer Survey product.
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Laser un-printers could help save the trees
Mar 15th
If you’re concerned about deforestation, you likely blue-bin the no-longer-needed sheets of paper that have been run through your printer. You should keep in mind, however, that even though the recycling of that paper saves trees, the process still requires considerable energy, and most recycled paper still contains some virgin wood pulp.
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New tech could allow drone aircraft to recognize deck crews’ arm signals
Mar 15th
We’ve all seen footage of flight crews on the decks of aircraft carriers, directing taxiing planes using arm signals. That’s all very well and good when they’re communicating with human pilots, but what happens as more and more human-piloted military aircraft are replaced with autonomous drones?
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The Proper Way to Cite Tweets in your Paper
Mar 6th
When Twitter launched in early 2006, it was meant to be place where people would share “what they were doing” in 140 characters or less. That quickly changed and Twitter transformed into a communication channel where people would go to discover breaking news, companies would offer customer support or share product roadmaps, celebrities connected with fans and political activists living under oppressive regimes used Twitter to reach a global audience. No wonder these tweets, though still limited to 140 characters, regularly inspire news stories in traditional media, researchers cite tweets in their academic papers and authors have written complete books using curated tweets – see Tweets from Tahrir and The World According to Twitter
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The Proper Way to Cite Tweets in your Paper
The Proper Way to Cite Tweets in your Paper
Mar 6th
When Twitter launched in early 2006, it was meant to be place where people would share “what they were doing” in 140 characters or less. That quickly changed and Twitter transformed into a communication channel where people would go to discover breaking news, companies would offer customer support or share product roadmaps, celebrities connected with fans and political activists living under oppressive regimes used Twitter to reach a global audience. No wonder these tweets, though still limited to 140 characters, regularly inspire news stories in traditional media, researchers cite tweets in their academic papers and authors have written complete books using curated tweets – see Tweets from Tahrir and The World According to Twitter
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Netflix has no plans to make an app for BlackBerry devices
Feb 25th
Netflix has no plans to support BlackBerry devices in the future, Reuters reported Friday. That includes the recently updated BlackBerry PlayBook, Research in Motion’s beleaguered tablet released in 2011. As shown above, the company made its intentions, or lack thereof, clear in a response on Twitter to a disgruntled PlayBook owner on Thursday
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