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• 1896: The Year We Did Linked Data Right

  
  The Phaneron — Authority: 91
  “The system of expressing propositions which is called Existential Graphs was invented by me late in the year 1896, as an improvement upon another system published in the Monist for January 1897.” -Charles Peirce 1906 If you didn’t attend this year’s International Semantic Web Conference (ISWC 2009) the ...
  16 hours ago

• How Press Releases Can Be Great For Search

  
  News of the world, updated hourly | Latest Breaking News — Authority: 158
  Press releases are not only great ways to spread the word about any announcements your business might have. They can also drive traffic, particularly from search engines. This is not news, but its a commonly overlooked fact. "Search engine rankings are arguably the most important small business marketing tool ...
  1 week ago

• More activity on semantic publishing

  
  Digital Curation Blog — Authority: 500
  If you saw tweets from @cardcc today, you might realise I’ve been very interested in a couple of recent developments in semantic publishing. I wrote earlier about linking data to journal articles, including David Shotton’s adventures in semantic publishing. David’s work was one of those included in the ...
  1 week ago

• Positions: Senior Researcher/Team leader & 4 Ph.D. scholarships in Semantic Web & Web Science

  
  beamtenherrschaft — Authority: 135
  Web Science is a novel discipline at the intersection of several sciences targeting a better under-standing of the Web and its users and at the development of new technologies in and for the Web. The Institute for Web Science & Technologies - WeST - focuses on Web research revolving around Web retrieval and social ...
  1 week ago

• Study suggests food and drug addiction not much different

  
  The Fitness Center — Authority: 428
  Even if you’re not a junk foodie, you have to admit there’s something good about Twinkies, Ho Hos and, well, junk food in general. It’s not uncommon that people struggle to give up high-fat, high-calorie foods when they’re on a quest to lose weight. A recent study found that an addiction to junk food isn’t ...
  2 weeks ago

• Watching YouTube Videos on Your Microwave

  
  News of the world, updated hourly | Latest Breaking News — Authority: 158
  Theres a microwave that has been getting some attention this week. Its called CastOven , and it plays YouTube videos while you cook your food. Not only does it play videos, but it plays videos specifically catering to the amount of time you have the microwave set for. The CastOven was created by two designers from ...
  2 weeks ago

• Lime Wire’s Plans for Working with the Music Industry

  
  News of the world, updated hourly | Latest Breaking News — Authority: 158
  Earlier this year, we spoke with Lime Wire CEO George Searle about the music industry and the companys future, as it offers one of the most widely used file sharing services. Now we have engaged in a Q&A with Zeeshan Zaidi, who came to Lime Wire as the companys Head of Global in July, with a background as a ...
  2 weeks ago

• AT&T To Urge iPhone Users to Use Less Wireless Data

  
  Impact Lab — Authority: 522
  AT&T is considering ways to encourage customers to use less wireless data as its network struggles to keep up with demand, a company executive said.  “What we are seeing in the U.S. today in terms of smartphone penetration, 3G data, nobody else is seeing in the rest of the planet,” Ralph de la Vega, president ...
  2 weeks ago

• PBS Adds NewsHour Channel To YouTube

  
  News of the world, updated hourly | Latest Breaking News — Authority: 158
  PBS has partnered with YouTube to create a channel for its long running nightly NewsHour program. The YouTube Blog offers more details. "The PBS NewsHour channel on YouTube  will host nightly reports from the NewsHour television broadcast, posted the same night the broadcast airs on PBS." The NewsHour will ...
  2 weeks ago

• Google Finds Moms to Be Search Pros

  
  News of the world, updated hourly | Latest Breaking News — Authority: 158
  Google recently partnered with BabyCenter on a joint research study looking at how moms use search. Google says they arrived at four truths about moms and search: 1. The stork delivers search 2. Moms become black belts in search 3. Search is Moms GPS to Store 4. Search is Moms back up brain. "These truths reveal ...
  2 weeks ago

• Google Goggles – Search The Web With Smartphone Pictures

  
  Impact Lab — Authority: 522
  Google Goggles is a visual search that works best on objects like books and DVDs as well as landmarksGoogle has launched an experimental product dubbed Goggles that allows smart-phone users to search for subjects simply by snapping a picture of them.  The free application is only available on mobiles using Google’s ...
  2 weeks ago

• Can You “Rank” in Google if Everyone Has Different Search Results?

  
  News of the world, updated hourly | Latest Breaking News — Authority: 158
  Google has extended its personalized search functionality to users who are not even signed in. This goes for Google users around the world, in over 40 languages. What this means is that when you search with Google, it will provide results that are aimed at higher relevancy to the individual user, as opposed to ...
  2 weeks ago

• Natl Geographic Takes Stake in ScienceBlogs

  
  NYConvergence - A digest of New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut digital media technology news — Authority: 565
  National Geographic Digital Media has cut what paidContent is calling a "strategic deal" with ScienceBlogs , the science-related blogging platform owned in part by NYC-based Seed Media Group and German publisher Hubert Burda .  Under the terms of the deal, National Geographic will take a minority stake in ...
  2 weeks ago

• Vevo Reaches Content Agreement With EMI

  
  News of the world, updated hourly | Latest Breaking News — Authority: 158
  Online music video service Vevo, has reached a content agreement with EMI Music on the eve before its Tuesday launch. EMI joins Universal Music Group and Sony Music Entertainment in what is being called the "Hulu for music videos." So far Vevo has not reached a licensing agreement with Warner Music Group. EMI will ...
  3 weeks ago

• Amazon Working on Accessibility Features for Kindle

  
  News of the world, updated hourly | Latest Breaking News — Authority: 158
  Amazon is making some enhancements to its Kindle electronic reader, aimed at improving the reading experience for people who are blind, visually impaired, or dyslexic. "Kindle is for anyone who loves to read—in fact, we’ve heard from thousands of vision-impaired customers and customers with learning ...
  3 weeks ago

• Web-Addicted Teens More Likely To Harm Themselves

  
  Impact Lab — Authority: 522
  A survey of Chinese adolescents found that teens who are addicted to the Internet are twice as likely to harm themselves as other teens.The survey of 1,618 students aged 13 to 18 who were living in the Chinese city of Guangzhou in Guandong Province found that about 16% said they had harmed themselves in some [...]
  3 weeks ago

• Google Shares Search Predictions

  
  News of the world, updated hourly | Latest Breaking News — Authority: 158
  This time of year everybody likes to start making predictions about where industries are heading. This is especially true in the search industry. My guess is that we will see quite a few pieces this month regarding where search is going in 2010. These can make for entertaining reads and get the mind going with regards ...
  3 weeks ago

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• Wikipedia on Staying Relevant to a Diverse World

  
  News of the world, updated hourly | Latest Breaking News — Authority: 158
  We recently reported on the notion that Wikipedia losing editors could lead to a decline in accuracy. Sue Gardner, Executive Director of the Wikimedia Foundation , which runs Wikipedia, tells WebProNews growth in editing has slowed, but the number of editors is just flat, and not declining. Do you think ...
  3 weeks ago

• Minds of the Media Gather to Discuss Future of News

  
  News of the world, updated hourly | Latest Breaking News — Authority: 158
  The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is hosting a 2-day workshop on "Journalism and the Internet Age" today and tomorrow. Featured at the event are a number of high profile media executives and gurus. The cast ranges from News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch to Huffington Post co-founder Arianna Huffington. The event ...
  3 weeks ago

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