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Google Plus: Is This the Social Tool Schools Have Been Waiting For?
There seem to be three forces at play when it comes to education and social media. The first is a lack of force, quite frankly - the inertia that makes many educators unwilling and uninterested in integrating the technology into their classrooms. The second is the force of fear - the pressures on the part of administrators, district officials, and politicians to curtail and ban teacher and students' interactions online.Buzz Drops Auto-Following, Won't Automatically Connect to Google
After a week's worth of complaints and confusion, Google is updating Buzz to address many of the privacy concerns and annoyances raised by the new social networking service. The update brings three major changes. First, they've replaced the auto-follow feature with auto-suggestions , letting you choose who you follow individually rather than automatically following everyone Google thinks you'd want to. Second, Buzz will stop automatically connecting to public Picasa Web Albums and Reader shared items .
The Last Mile' Of Virtualization And Cloud Computing In Retail
There is no question, virtualization is here to stay and it is one of the most significant enabling technologies for efficiently delivering cloud computing. "So what?" you might ask. Whether you are the consumer of, or a supplier of computing technology within retail, cloud computing is the most significant technology game changer to hit the industry since scanning, and you should care because it is going to change the way IT gets done in this industry. You need to be ready.Enterprise cloud put to the test
The potential benefits of public clouds are obvious to most IT execs, but so are the pitfalls – outages, security concerns, compliance issues, and questions about performance, management, service-level agreements and billing. At this point, it's fair to say that most IT execs are wary of entrusting sensitive data or important applications to the public cloud. To continue reading, register here to become an Insider . You'll get free access to premium content from CIO, Computerworld, CSO, InfoWorld, and Network World.
Take Advantage of New Simplified Cisco Wireless Routers - PCWorl
Cisco today unveiled two new wireless router lines aimed at simplifying the process of configuring a wireless network for home, or small and medium office environments. The new wireless routers attempt to provide PC users with a wireless experience mirroring Apple's Airport devices. Cisco is an enterprise-grade company , with enterprise-grade equipment, and its used to working with enterprise partners.Yesterday, I covered HTML 5 and how it will change the web . Many companies -- such as Google (GOOG), Microsoft (MSFT), Apple (AAPL), and Adobe (ADBE) ?€" have strong financial interests in HTML 5's final form and when it eventually takes its place on the web. Other organizations and businesses have different interests, and they'll all throw elbows in a race to control what happens. As I mentioned in the previous post, HTML 5 is supposed to be the next version of the web language standard. It promises to do everything that Flash does, from delivering video and enabling slick user interfaces to providing a platform to develop small downloadable applications, without the need to download and install a browser plug-in.
HTML 5: Google, Microsoft, Apple, and Adobe Fight to Rule the We
As iPad day approaches, sales estimates are getting increasingly bullish. iSuppli said today it expects Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) to sell 7 million iPads during the remaining nine months of this year and 14.4 million next calendar year. Unbelievably, the market research firm calls its estimate “conservative” and says first year sales could be even higher if Apple adds Flash support.
Some Privacy Ground Rules For Location-Based Marketing: Why ‘Geo
Location in the Cloud (Part 2) - O'Reilly Radar
Social Location in the Cloud Building on his description, the other perhaps more popular "inside-out" check-in approach, which I call Social Location in the Cloud, leverages local smartphone location smarts on iPhone and Android to publish location data up and over-the-top of carrier pipes to Social Nets and Web services, where the data is often accessible via APIs for additional development. The check-in way of doing mobile location on the Web is crowded and without a clear leader.
I’m a guest blogger this week at the 2010 Where 2.0 conference. I’ve been working with mobile location services and systems since 2000. In lieu of a heavy focus on mobile at Where 2.0 this year, Brady Forrest invited me to write a few words and offer insights into a theme around two emerging areas of mobile location data access—Wireless Location in the Cloud and Social Location in the Cloud. This post is the first in a two-part series.
Location in the cloud (part 1) - O'Reilly Radar
Google Buzz Privacy Reset Coming Tomorrow
In an effort to address mounting criticism of the privacy issues surrounding Google Buzz , the search giant is going to ask all Buzz users to confirm or change their privacy settings tomorrow. In an announcement that will be coming soon, Google will admit that they “didn’t get everything right,” which has resulted in serious privacy tweaks since its launch. However, many users weren’t affected by these changes because they had activated Google Buzz before the privacy updates. Now in a renewed effort to correct its gaffs, the search company is going to ask all Google Buzz users to confirm (or change) their Buzz settings.
Two London designers decided to come up with a get-rich-quick scheme whilst waiting for a bartender to mix their drinks. The result? A kitchen appliance which could communicate through Twitter. And what kitchen appliance would any self-respecting Englishman choose?
Twettle: The Story of a Tweeting Kettle | Gadget Lab | Wired.com
The future of gaming: up the beanstalk and into the cloud
Many non-gamers and casual gamers who've heard the cloud computing hype might be surprised to learn that the cloud is actually changing the way we play games. From the ever-evolving Steam and Impulse to upcoming services like OnLive, the cloud has already had a serious impact on the games industry, and with a slew of new services on tap for later this year and next, that impact is slated to grow enormously. This shift to the cloud has implications far beyond the gaming experience—every aspect of the multibillion dollar business of gaming will be affected, from distribution and sales to quality assurance to anti-piracy controls. Steam releases the Cloud The gaming world got its first major taste of cloud-based gaming on November 18, 2008. Alongside the release of the highly anticipated co-op zombie shooter, Left 4 Dead , developer Valve also rolled out a brand new service: Steam Cloud.Britain’s biggest teaching unions have set a collision course with the Government after voting for further industrial action including strikes which could hit schools this summer. The National Union of Teachers will seek a one-day national strike before the end of June, while the NASUWT agreed that intensifying its own campaign was “essential” in the face of a “vicious and unjustified assault on teachers”. Continued industrial action was “the best means of protecting and safeguarding the interests of teachers and state education until the next general election,” said the NASUWT. Their vote raises the prospect of strikes in the autumn term. Both unions are protesting at changes to teachers’ pensions which they say will see their members paying more, working longer and receiving less. The NASUWT is also campaigning against job losses and an erosion of working conditions.
The web is a kid’s game and the big boys can’t have Chatroulette
Vietnam tersely rejected charges from Google that tens of thousands of Vietnamese-speaking PC users around the world were targeted by hackers. The country's Foreign Ministry published a statement on Saturday after fielding a question from the press about Google's blog post, which was published on its online security blog on March 30. "Such comments are groundless," said Vietnamese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Nguyen Phuong Nga.
Vietnam Rebuffs Hacking Claims From Google - PCWorld Business Ce
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Google Buzz has my vote for sure by waellerbe Jun 23