Technology News Briefs | Gizmo zaps the sting

WSUV program links technology with community
The Columbian
Dene Grigar, head of the Creative Media and Digital Culture program at Washington State University Vancouver, wants the program to help cultivate homegrown technology in Clark County. By Gordon Oliver By Steven Lane Andrew Chen, from Quail Homes, ...
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Technology News Briefs | Gizmo zaps the sting
Louisville Courier-Journal
The Therapik is the ideal product for people who think technology can provide solutions to all problems, big or small. This particular product aims to reduce the discomfort one feels after being stung by a bee, bit by an ant or stung by a jellyfish. ...
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Changing technology means changing etiquette

Technology: Asus' tablet is worth gushing about
Indianapolis Star
I went a shade past 6 hours before the battery pooped out, an impressive showing that suggests the slate will fare much better under more "normal" use. Edward C. Baig writes about personal technology for USA Today.
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Changing technology means changing etiquette
Daily Camera
As technology continues to play a more important and prevalent role in our society, it transforms our perceptions of etiquette, as well as our behavior norms. Hannah Grosser helps her daughter Addie, 3, pick out a dessert during a Boulder Moms Connect ...
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Caught in the Web Hindu Business Line

Envy Social Club Launches Online Community for Small Business Owners
WebWire (press release)
Envy Social Club soft-launches online social network for small business owners. This business networking club is offering free memberships to help fine tune the site prior to its official 2012 launch. Small business owners are encouraged to join. ...
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Caught in the Web Hindu Business Line Those who support monitoring argue that content on social media network should be scanned because the users are not responsible enough. California-based media commentator Andrew Keen blames the Internet users in a book called The Cult of the Amateur ... See all stories on this topic »

Facebook Acquires Location-Sharing Service Gowalla

Facebook Acquires Location-Sharing Service Gowalla
eWeek
Foursquare competitor Gowalla gets snapped up by Facebook for an undisclosed sum, according to a CNN report. Social networking giant Facebook is snapping up the location sharing service provider Gowalla, a key competitor to FourSquare. ...
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Government asks Microsoft, Google, Yahoo and Facebook to screen user content
Economic Times
The Indian government has asked Internet companies and social media sites like Facebook to remove disparaging, inflammatory or defamatory user content from India before it goes online, three industry executives say. Top officials from the Indian units ...
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Plextek Selects Cambridge Pixel Radar Tracking Technology for Blighter ...

MorphoSys Unveils Next-Generation Antibody Technology Ylanthia®
Reuters (press release)
MorphoSys AG / MorphoSys Unveils Next-Generation Antibody Technology Ylanthia® . Processed and transmitted by Thomson Reuters ONE. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. MorphoSys AG (FSE: MOR; Prime Standard Segment; ...
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Plextek Selects Cambridge Pixel Radar Tracking Technology for Blighter ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Mark Radford, director of security products at Plextek, said: "We opted for Cambridge Pixel's tracking technology because it is a mature product that had all the capabilities we required at a commercial rather than defence market price. ...
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MyHealthTeams Launches Social Network For Parents

Online uproar as India seeks social media screening
Reuters
By Devidutta Tripathy and Anurag Kotoky NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India has urged social network companies including Facebook, Twitter and Google to remove offensive material, unleashing a storm of criticism from Internet users in the world's largest ...
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MyHealthTeams Launches Social Network For Parents Of Children With Autism
TechCrunch
MyHealthTeams says that MyAutismTeam is the first social network catered specifically for parents of children with autism, with the aim of helping parents connect with other who have had similar experiences. Parents can share recommendations of local ...
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Social Media Use in the 2012 Elections

Social Media Use in the 2012 Elections
New America Media (blog)
Through the use of social media, information travels faster than ever before and more and more organizations, politicians, communities and people are turning to Twitter and Facebook to communicate their messages. Twitter users are sending an average of ...
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