As part of Google efforts to go green, the giant took a big step by entering the energy business with the creation of a subsidiary called Google Energy. The request done to the federal energy regulatory commission includes buying and selling electricity on the wholesale market.
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It seems our social graph can influence are life in a much deeper way than we think. As social networks like Face book, Twitter and Myspace start reaching a massive audience researchers are discovering how powerful the influence that our digital connections can have over our lives.
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Net Applications has just published the Global browser market share figures for December 2009, unveiling several interesting surprises.
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One factor that made possible the great development of Google as a hub for innovation is their recruitment methodology used when hiring employees. That methodology has been able to built Google’s most important asset: Human capital.
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After a series of speculations about Google’s launching their own mobile, the company announced today in Mountain View, California, their new mobile phone called Nexus One, which is described as a fast moving, bright and connected.
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The success of Facebook, Twitter and others big social networks is showing sign of fatigue as the fad dissipates and digital natives started moving away from these crowded communities to more niche based sites.
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It seems that the use of social networking and collaborative applications for business purposes has skyrocketed in the last six month period. In the past six months, Twitter sessions established physically from companies has increased by 250% compared to those developed from a year ago.
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Only 13 percent of Internet users are willing to pay for news content online. At least that’s one conclusion that emerges from UANA survey commissioned by the newspaper The Wall Street Journal.
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Do you tweet while driving? Do you update your Facebook status at work or during vacation? Have you ever wonder how much time people spend on social networking activities like updating status, checking in on Facebook or posting a tweet on Twitter?
A recent study from Retrevo.com, a consumer electronics shopping site, tried to find the answers on how much control people have over their social media life.
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If we could turn back the time ten years and browse trough the World Wide Web, probably we would be shocked by the organizational chaos, primitive design and the lack of functionalities from most of the sites. Internet was not always an organized place, linked, personalized and rich in Multimedia content. We have traveled a winding road to be where we are today : The Web 2.0
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