Will social networks be important in the politics of the future?
With social networks being a part of our everyday lives, it’s going to be interesting to see whether politicians and government will take an active role with the online world in policy making. We have read and heard that in countries where politics is a matter of life and death, social networks have played a significant role in investigations. If you take countries like China and India for example social networks are closely monitored as many hate groups can be created within a network, people misusing the simple tools provided, and Giants like Google are taken to court quiet
Will Google expand its Drug Info Search Results to the rest of the world?
Isn’t it annoying when we search for a specific symptom you see everyone on the Internet giving their own interpretations. You can get feedback right from a teenager to a mom telling you what that symptom could be. That can be nerve wrecking at times. Google on the other hand has now come up with the feature that allows people to search for a specific drug, which could be a generic name or a name brand. These results are shown in summary format as the first listings on Google. The summary offers a quick explanation about the drug along
How to sell your offerings with Social Media the Old Fashioned way
Picture the scene in the 1950’s where selling was an art, it had to be seductive in some shape of form where the sales person guy / girl had to have a persona effect. Though the presentation material had an impact it was the whole package where personality was key to closing the deal. Fast forward to the 21st century and you will get to see: Social media, twitter, facebook, linkedin, blah, blah and more blah. Yes being on search engines and that to on the 1st page of Google is important and so are social networks and social platforms. With all
How the web browser will appear in 2015 – The next big computing platform
The browser is spreading beyond the PC. Now with a browser alone you are able to do a lot more then when the Internet first started. According to a news report at PC world they stated that “The next big computing platform won't be a version of Apple's Mac OS, Google's Android, or Microsoft's Windows. It's the Web. AMD is working on a browser called Fusion Media Explorer, which is a 3D browser . It’s been released as a beta currently but with this browser users will be able to browse music , video albums stored on a PC,
The Vatican to use iPad App for Mass:
The free missal app developed by Rev. Paolo Padrini, an Italian priest who consults with the Vatican, launches an iPad app containing the complete Roman Missal. This is not the first application built by Rev. Padrini, previously he has developed an iPhone app called the iBreviary, which contains the book of daily prayers used by priests. 200,000 people have downloaded it as of date. iPads could start appearing on altars in the next few weeks which is the beginning of July 2010. The main purpose of building this app was to provide priests with the flexibility to have the
Could Nicholas Carr be right in his book – The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains?
Is the Internet actually making us think like idiots? Do you agree to this? Do you feel that your intellectual capacity has decreased over the years? Or have you noticed children perform poorly in their academic work at school due to the Internet. There has been a huge debate on this topic both online and offline especially since Nicholas Carr has highlighted points that may be concerning. The Shallows is an expansion of Carr’s 2008 cover essay in The Atlantic, “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” Most Individuals who are in love with the Internet pretty much curse the book
Facebook Movie – The Social Network launch their first official poster
Today the movie The Social Network based on Facebooks’ story has unveiled their first poster on their website. It’s an eye catching poster which has a personal touch to it in some fashion. Here is the poster The poster, features a close-up of actor Jesse Eisenberg (who is playing Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg). The poster features the tag-line “You don’t get to 500 million friends without making a few enemies.” The movie is schedule to play in the U.S. by October 2010. Looking at the poster you can see the minimalistic effects and presenting web2.0 simplicity
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How do you monitor your staff in today’s world?
Work for an organisation that values you as a human being and not as another unit in the process chain. Organisations need to realize that if people fear using their computers or fear being tracked the productivity will be lower than you think. With fear you get people trying to cover their footsteps. So how do you deal with Employees who are spending too much time chatting or browsing the Internet rather than getting some work done? Here are a few ways to get you started:-
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