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Entries for November, 2008

Some Thoughts On Wordpress

Many of the bloggers that I know started on the free Blogger.com (or Blogspot) platform, but then moved over to Wordpress after learning more about it. I would say that these days, Wordpress is the clear favorite platform of most serious bloggers. It’s very customizable, having almost no restrictions, which allows bloggers and webmasters the [...]

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Nokia Pulling out of Japan

The world’s largest mobile phone manufacturer, Nokia is planning to stop making phones for the Japanese market.
The Finnish phone maker announced that production would stop for theĀ JapaneseĀ NTT DoCoMo and Softbank Mobile, however it will continue manufacturing its luxury Vertu brand.
Due to the economic crisis, Nokia decided to stop targeting Japan-specific products.
Nokia has a 40% global [...]

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Twitter Nixes Outbound SMS For Those Up North

I’m sorry to report a little bit of bad news for Canadian Twitter enthusiasts — they will no longer be able to receive outbound SMS updates from the service. This is largely due to the large cost involved, and, in fact, Twitter has stated in the past that it can cost over a thousand dollars [...]

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Self-Diagnosis on the Internet

Microsoft researchers recently published the finding of a study looking at health-related web searches using the Live search engine and the company’s employees.
The research indicates that self-diagnosis by a search engine often leads to the worst conclusion by individuals about their health.
The idea behind the study was to add features to Microsoft’s search service to [...]

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Retailers Use Social Sites to Catch Shoplifting

Retailers in Cape Breton, Canada are utilizing social network websites to fight shoplifting during the Christmas season and beyond.
A newly formed retailers association is encouraging its members to log into websites such as YouTube and Facebook to identify the thieves. This technology is used since security camera video isn’t producing sufficient results.
It is not uncommon [...]

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