Web2.0. BBC Nature - How social huntsman spiders live and hunt together. 14 June 2011Last updated at 09:42 By Victoria Gill Science reporter, BBC Nature The spiders share meals with the rest of the colony Most spiders are web-building, solitary creatures. So the social huntsman spiders, which live in webless "retreats" with hundreds of other spiders, are very unusual. Now, a detailed study of this spider species, Delena cancerides, has revealed exactly how the huntsman work together. Not only do large "mother spiders" defend the colony from invading predators, but spiders occassionally bring spoils back from a hunt for other spiders to share. The spiders are native to Australia, where they make their homes beneath the bark of trees. The team installed plastic windows to peer inside the spiders' tree retreats Eric Yip from Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, US who led the study, created windows into the spiders' retreats, replacing sections of bark with transparent plastic.
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While most social media-savvy businesses undoubtedly have an online presence, the ability to then monetize online efforts is still in its infancy. The usual suspects — Facebook, Twitter, Foursquare — have already proven to be great ways to engage with an audience and promote a brand, but what are the next steps in using these social networks to earn real money for your small business? Soothsaying necessarily has its limitations. In order to peer into the future of small businesses and social media we took a step back and tried to build cases based on the evolution of trends and some successful examples. New Platforms. ::.. APInfo - O ponto de encontro dos profissionais de Informatica..:: Two Strands of Connectionsim. One strand of massive connectionism is currently called social media.
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