Official Google Blog: A new approach to China: an update

Seeded on Tue Mar 23, 2010 9:42 AM EDT (googleblog.blogspot.com)

Google has decided not to censor search results in China. Google has stayed within Chinese law by redirecting their users to the Google Hong Kong site.

google, technology, china, internet, censorship, search-engines

How Companies Are Using Your Social Media Data

Seeded on Tue Mar 2, 2010 1:31 PM EST (Mashable!)

Companies are farming information from publicly available social media feeds like blogs, Facebook and Twitter. They sell the information to companies looking to learn more about their customers.

technology, privacy, buzz, facebook, social-media, twitter

With Google Buzz, your closest circle of friends is wide open - washingtonpost.com

Seeded on Mon Mar 1, 2010 8:37 AM EST (The Washington Post)

Google Buzz is an interesting phenomena, you not only get alerts when friends post something new, you will get email alerts when friends of friends comment on your friend's post.

technology, buzz, facebook, social-media, googe, twitter

How to decline Facebook friends without offence - washingtonpost.com

Seeded on Tue Feb 23, 2010 1:25 PM EST (The Washington Post)

One man's opinion on Facebook etiquette, when and how it's appropriate to decline friend requests without offending the requester.

technology, facebook, social-media

Twitter, Facebook use jumps 82 percent - Holy Kaw!

Seeded on Tue Feb 23, 2010 1:15 PM EST (holykaw.alltop.com)

Nielsen data for December 2009 shows that the average Facebook and Twitter use per day is up to 5.5 hours per person. An 82 percent increase over December 2008.

technology, facebook, social-media, twitter

Obsessed with smartphones, oblivious to the here and now

Seeded on Mon Feb 22, 2010 9:04 AM EST (The Washington Post)

People are plugged into the digital world too much, so much that they are missing the real world by "checking out" when they are out and about in the physical world.

technology, smartphones, digital-world

Wal-Mart Slips On U.S. Dip

Seeded on Fri Feb 19, 2010 12:30 PM EST (Forbes)

Walmart's stock takes a 1.1% dive yesterday. Wal-Mart is relying on international revenue growth to offset falling U.S. sales, but that didn't thrill investors Thursday when the retailer's stock dropped on an otherwise positive day for equities.

business, stocks

Two students and Kernel photo adviser arrested at RNC : The Kentucky Kernel

Seeded on Wed Sep 3, 2008 11:54 AM EDT (KY Kernel)

During a demonstration at the RNC in St. Paul, Minn. a small group broke off and got out of control. Among the group arrested were a handful of journalists who were rounded up with the others although they were only there documenting the scene.

us-news, first-amendment

What You Will Find When You Step Inside a Mormon Chapel

Seeded on Thu Aug 21, 2008 10:12 AM EDT (newsroom.lds.org)

Meetinghouses for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are different from those used by many other religions. They include classrooms, offices, a font for baptisms, a kitchen and in many cases a cultural hall with an indoor basketball court.

mormon, religion, lds, latter-day-saints

Wii Controllers Get Tangled In Patent Fight - washingtonpost.com

Seeded on Thu Aug 21, 2008 10:00 AM EDT (The Washington Post)

Hillcrest Labs of Rockville, Md. has asked a U.S. trade panel to stop imports of the Nintendo Wii citing patent infringement. Hillcrest Labs claims that they own the patents to the technology found in the Wii remote controllers.

technology, video-games

Hundreds Of Motorists Line Up For Gas At 35 Cents A Gallon

Seeded on Tue Aug 19, 2008 10:55 AM EDT (your4state.com)

A gas station in Maryland offers gas at 35 cents per gallon as a going out of business gesture to the community.

gas, us-news

Drugstore stick-up with BB-gun

Seeded on Wed Aug 13, 2008 6:00 PM EDT (theledger | local)

A 12-year-old in Orlando robs a Walgreens with a BB gun to get some "stuff".

odd-news, crime

Twitter: The hottest Web startup - Aug. 6, 2008

Seeded on Wed Aug 13, 2008 5:51 PM EDT (CNN)

Twitter is not unlike other Bay-area startups over the past few years. Read all about the company and what Twitter is all about.

technology, twitter

Mountain air not so fresh | www.tennessean.com | The Tennessean

Seeded on Mon Jul 21, 2008 6:58 PM EDT (The Nashville Tennessean)

Great Smoky Mountains National Park rangers report high pollution levels in the air.

pollution, environment, science

Cow farts collected in plastic tank for global warming study - Telegraph

Seeded on Sat Jul 19, 2008 7:10 PM EDT (Telegraph)

Scientists in Argentina are strapping tanks on the backs of cows to measure how much methane gas they produce. They are studying the effect the cows are having on greenhouse emissions in the country.

global-warming, odd-news