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YouTube Gets a Makeover
YouTube announced on its blog today that the popular video sharing site has made changes to the homepage to improve user experience and present a cleaner interface. The emphasis is more on channels and playlists, with related videos coming more into the forefront in hopes that users will stay on the site longer. The video [...]
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Did You Check Out Socl Today?
Microsoft made its new social networking site, Socl, open to the general public today. Socl, which was originally designed by Fuse Labs, presents itself as a conflation of Google + and Pinterest. You can login to the site with your Facebook or Microsoft account. The site does not give you the option to simply sign [...]
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Drupal Commerce More Popular Than Ever
Good news for Drupal lovers out there. The popular CMS has announced that Drupal Commerce now powers over 20,000 websites. The e-commerce platform provides a flexible framework and the ability to create online payment, catalog, and customer service options. “We are so proud that there are now more than 20,000 unique sites using Drupal Commerce, [...]
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Facebook Powerball Lotto Prank – Greatest in history?
Who didn’t hear about the Powerball drawing last week? Chances were you had a ticket and were waiting just like I was to find out I just became super rich. I had even started to think about what I’d spend it on and what I’d give away. I think I settled on giving half of [...]
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Dell’s New Ultrabook Comes With Linux
Weighing in at just under three pounds, Dell has just launched a great contender in the battle of the best netbook. The new XPS 13 ultrabook Developer Edition has mobility of the XPS 13 with Ubuntu 12.04LTS to create a client-to-cloud solution for developers. This has been a long long time product in the making [...]
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What Are We Searching For?
You may have noticed a feature on search engines that Google calls “autocomplete” and Microsoft calls “autosuggest.” These anticipate what you are likely to ask based on questions that other people have asked. In a statement, Krisztina Radosavljevic-Szilagyi, a Google spokeswoman, wrote: “The search queries that you see as part of autocomplete are a reflection [...]
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Half of Americans Shop Online While at Work
Today is Cyber Monday. Do you know what your employees are up to? According to a survey by CareerBuilder, 50% of employees do their holiday shopping while at work. “Most companies assume their employees use some of their break time on the Internet for shopping, checking social networks, and other general browsing, but when [...]
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The Google Brain