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Archive for July 6, 2008
Why e-leadership is necessary, especially for the rural areas
Jul 6th
Why e-leadership is necessary, especially for the rural areas
Daily Nation – Nairobi,Kenya
… he was in essence conveying the message that the digital economy is as important as, if not more important than, the traditional economy — farming, …
Elevator Pitch: Unchained’s plans to support independent retail
Media Guardian – UK
I marvel at the amount of businesses I hear about and come across who think they’re the next Gumtree and start an online business without any idea how …
OpenMoko – Open source phone
Jul 6th
OpenMoko – Open source phone
By Phillip Torrone
Openmoko, developer of the first open mobile computing platform today announced it will open the online store for purchase of the Openmoko Neo FreeRunner, a mobile device that the company says will help to enable ubiquitous computing …
Life Update
By Chris_Parsons(Chris_Parsons)
Specifically, I’ll be looking at how ubiquitous computing relates to the surveying of individuals and populations, and how collected data is gathered and used to sort social groups. We found an awesome place in Victoria to live that’s …
Basic Overview of Human Area Networking Technology
By lancee(lancee)
Human society is entering an era of ubiquitous computing, when networks are seamlessly interconnected and message is always accessible at our fingertips. Conductors and dielectrics may more be used in combination. …
Struggles With Koha
By Library Staffer(Library Staffer)
Main Title: Advances in ubiquitous computing : future paradigms and. directions / [edited by] Soraya Kouadri MosteÃŒ faoui,. Zakaria Maamar, George M. Giaglis. Published/Created: Hershey PA : IGI Pub., c2008. Description: xiii, 362 p. …
Free WordPress Google Adsense Theme
Jul 6th
Free WordPress Google Adsense Theme
PR-USA.net (press release) – Varna,Bulgaria
… is to focus on your own site (developing promotional banners buttons and content) creating an affiliate program and pay-per click advertising. …
Ashley’s EBay gambit is over
TheChronicleHerald.ca – Halifax,Nova Scotia,Canada
The controversial Cape Breton musician put his talent up for auction on EBay at the end of June, but the listing had disappeared by Friday. …
Canadian fiddler looks for quick payday via eBay
Canada.com – Don Mills,Ontario,Canada
TORONTO – A Canadian fiddler who is no stranger to controversy has put half his future music earnings up for sale on eBay, the auction website. …
Changes to eBay could favour Power Sellers over small sellers
Telegraph.co.uk – United Kingdom
Many people boost their income by selling unwanted property online, but eBay, the biggest internet auction site, may be about to change its rules and …
1 euro eBay baby goes home
CNET News – San Francisco,CA,USA
The German baby taken from his parents after they put him up for sale on eBay for one euro–apparently as a joke–is back home, according to the Associated …
eBay‘er Arrested for Attempting to Sell His Vote
Slashdot – USA
… Press reports that Max P. Sanders, 19 is charged with a felony for attempting to auction off his vote in the upcoming presidential election on eBay. …
Luxury Retailers Want eBay To Police For Knockoffs
NPR – USA
Morning Edition, July 4, 2008 · A French court ruled this week that eBay must pay Louis Vuitton more than $60 million in damages for allowing fake goods to …
Autonomy agrees license deal with eBay
Forbes – NY,USA
Plc., the infrastructure software provider, said it has entered into an agreement with eBay Inc. for the license of its software. …
eBay drops plan to force Paypal on customers – Australia forces hand
TECH.BLORGE.com – Sydney,Australia
By Dave Parrack eBay has shelved plans to force all of its customers to offer Paypal as the only payment option after Australian authorities did the right …
Australian eBay users won’t be forced to use PayPal
Current IT news from heise online – London,UK
eBay has failed in its plans to introduce a compulsory PayPal scheme for its Australian users. The company withdrew an announcement to that effect from the …
Jewelry Television Web site starts accepting PayPal
Finextra – UK
Jewelry Television (JTV) and PayPal announced today that Jewelry Television’s Web site, jtv.com, will now accept PayPal for purchases of jewelry, …
PayPal Recurring-Payments, Overstock and Blockbuster News
Auctionbytes – USA
By Ina Steiner PayPal made a number of announcements recently. The online payment service has added recurring-payments functionality for its Website …
Big resource for dog owners
Akron Beacon Journal – Akron,OH,USA
You can click and buy at deeply discounted prices, the site says, with processing and delivery via other established online retailers, including Amazon.com. …
Godfather Blu-ray Pre-Orders Strong; Cover Art Revealed
TheHDRoom – USA
Paramount’s The Godfather Collection: The Coppola Restoration on Blu-ray has enjoyed nothing but success since going up for pre-order at Amazon.com earlier …
Is Bill Miller Toast?
Washington Post – United States
In 1999, he made a poor decision to buy shares of Amazon.com in the $50s. He loved the franchise and saw its growth potential. You know what happened next: …
Bill Me Later available on Amazon.com
ePaymentsnews Network (subscription) – Toronto,Ontario,Canada
Amazon.com now accepts payments made with the online payments service Bill Me Later. Additionally, Amazon is also now a featured store on the Bill Me Later …
Amazon Com Inc (AMZN) holdings reduced by Banced Corp
Mffais.com – Long Beach,CA,USA
LONG BEACH (Mffais.com) – Banced Corp sold -67 (-1.48 %) of their shares in Amazon Com Inc (AMZN), bringing their current holdings to 4444 shares as shown …
Search Engine Optimization Plagiarism Runs Rampant on Blogs
Jul 6th
Easy shredding of IE, Firefox, and Opera history, cache, cookies …
PC Magazine – USA
Search engine optimization (SEO), optimized electronic press releases, e-mail promotions, newsletters and incentives can radically increase traffic to your …
Startup: Vital signs of a young regional company
The Oregonian – OregonLive.com – Portland,OR,USA
The service: Search engine marketing (SEM) and search engine optimization (SEO) for midsize companies. Goal is to make it easier for people to find clients’ …
Search Engine Optimization Plagiarism Runs Rampant on Blogs
Search Engine Roundtable – USA
Jill Whalen (whose birthday is today — wish her a happy one!) wrote a very logical article at High Rankings about the problem of SEO plagiarism. …
Yahoo! Stampede parade kicks off ‘greatest outdoor show on earth’
CBC.ca – Toronto,Ontario,Canada
More than 300000 people — and about the same number of cowboy hats — lined the streets of Calgary to catch the Stampede parade on Friday. …
Economy casts pall on Sun Valley media fest
Reuters – USA
O: Quote, Profile, Research) withdrew its offer to buy Yahoo was an anticipated delay in obtaining regulatory approval ahead of a new administration, …
Google finds itself playing catch-up
San Jose Mercury News – CA, USA
By Elise Ackerman Making good software for mobile phones is hard – even for a technically adept company like Google. Indeed, it’s so difficult that the …
On Day Care, Google Makes a Rare Fumble
New York Times – United States
By JOE NOCERA Two months ago, Google held a series of secret focus groups with employees who have children in Google’s day care facilities. …
MSFT’s acquisition of Powerset is not about search
ZDNet – USA
The reason Yahoo is outsourcing some of its advertising to Google is that GOOG is better at contextual advertising in than Yahoo. …
Week in review: Microhoogle intrigue
CNET News – San Francisco,CA,USA
The US Department of Justice plans to gather information from third parties in a probe of the advertising deal struck last month between Google and Yahoo. …
Ending tussle, Google adds privacy link to home page
Los Angeles Times – CA,USA
Google has made peace with privacy advocates, and it did so without cluttering up its famously sparse home page. The search giant had drawn criticism over …
Google Faces More Privacy Woes After Ruling on Viacom, YouTube
Bloomberg – USA
By Stephanie Bodoni July 4 (Bloomberg) — Google Inc., owner of the YouTube video-sharing Web site, may be exposed to heightened privacy complaints from …
Google Changes Home Page, Adding Link to Privacy Policy
New York Times – United States
By Saul Hansell The word “privacy†now appears on Google’s home page, with a link to the company’s privacy policy. With that one word, the Web search giant …
Don’t underestimate the Icahn Factor
Globe and Mail – Canada
Jerry Yang, Yahoo’s co-founder and his board, have not entirely quashed the speculation and has since proposed a linkup with Google, a move that gives the …
Google Talk for iPhone
Techtree.com – Mumbai,India
After having created iPhone-focused versions of nearly all Google applications, Google has finally come out with a Google Talk application for iPhone. …
MS Office and Google Apps: a happy couple
Newmobilecomputing.com – USA
by irbis (2.6) on Thu 3rd Jul 2008 21:01 UTC MS Office (or OpenOffice) and Google Apps don’t compete but rather complement each other quite nicely. …