Tuesday 13 March 2012

Facebook Pushes for More Female Engineers - But Still Has No Women on Its Board

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Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Facebook Pushes for More Female Engineers - But Still Has No Women on Its Board
Monday, March 12, 2012 11:57 PM
One Facebook engineer says she wants to get more women into tech. But why aren't there any women on the company's board? An engineering director at the company, Jocelyn Goldfein, told the Seattle Times today that she's "quite hopeful that...



How to Plan the Perfect Wedding Online
Monday, March 12, 2012 11:38 PM
When I began planning one of the happiest days of my life, I felt like a failure. I'm just not one of those people who had dreamt of getting married since the age of four. So, when a friend forwarded me her Pinterest inspiration board, I...



Man Beats Machines In DNA Alignment Computer Game [VIDEO]
Monday, March 12, 2012 11:20 PM
Here's one instance when man triumphs over the visually-impaired machine. The online game Phylo lets gamers solve the multiple sequence alignment (MSA) problem by finding the best possible DNA sequence match between up to eight species at a time...



iPhone App Proves Your Musical Coolness
Monday, March 12, 2012 10:52 PM
The Spark of Genius Series highlights a unique feature of startups and is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here. Name: Tastemaker Quick Pitch: Users place...



Latest Invisible Children Video Responds to Critics of KONY 2012
Monday, March 12, 2012 10:29 PM
The KONY 2012 campaign, launched by the non-profit Invisible Children to stop Ugandan warlord Joseph Kony, became an international sensation last week with its viral video, which has since become the most viral video in history, according to one...



Council Created to Regulate Aggregation, Bloggers
Monday, March 12, 2012 9:53 PM
Information hits the Web and just like that the news spreads like fire. Stories are frantically re-reported and some are missing an important detail -- attribution. David Carr, media reporter for The New York Times, wrote an article on Monday...



What Men and Women Really Want, According to Social Media [INFOGRAPHIC]
Monday, March 12, 2012 9:28 PM
As a fully-licensed and accredited man, I am wholly unqualified to discuss what women want or care about. That's what social data is for. Social media monitoring company NetBase analyzed a year's worth of online conversations -- 27 billion, to be...



Social Media Demographics
Monday, March 12, 2012 9:26 PM
Infographic courtesy of Online MBA.



The Internet Remembers the Japan Quake, Tsunami Anniversary
Monday, March 12, 2012 8:59 PM
March 11 was the anniversary of Japan's devastating earthquake and tsunami, and citizens worldwide commemorated the event. Not only did news outlets release countless stories assessing Japan's situation one year later, but people all over the...



March Madness Is Here! Twitter Reacts to Selection Sunday [CHARTS]
Monday, March 12, 2012 8:27 PM
With Sunday's announcement of the NCAA Tournament field, March Madness is officially upon us. As has been the case since before the Internet ruled our lives, Selection Sunday sparked a barrage of fan reactions and analyst prognostications. This...



Have You Occupied Wall Street? NYC Wants Your Twitter Data
Monday, March 12, 2012 8:08 PM
If you've taken part in Occupy Wall Street, then the New York County District Attorney's Office might want to take a peek at your Twitter data. The DA's office has sent subpoenas to Twitter asking for the data of a handful of people arrested last...



Austin's Homeless Become Controversial Wi-Fi Hotspots During SXSW [VIDEO]
Monday, March 12, 2012 7:53 PM
In what has become a highly controversial move, advertising agency BBH transformed some of Austin's homeless people into mobile hotspots during SXSW Interactive. Thirteen homeless from Austin's Front Steps shelter donning an "I'm a 4G hotspot"...



Jason Mraz Picks Instagram Contest's Best Snapshots [PICS]
Monday, March 12, 2012 7:28 PM
Singer-songwriter Jason Mraz gave a verbal thumbs-up to Instagram and printing services that bring the app's images to life during a recent New York City gallery event held for winners of his Instagram contest. Mraz challenged fans to visually...



SXSW 2012: Food Trumps Events on Social Media [INFOGRAPHIC]
Monday, March 12, 2012 7:14 PM
The weekend may be over, but SXSW's social media conversations are still happening. According to findings from the Meltwater Group, there were almost 330,000 conversations occurring in social spaces surrounding SXSW; 95% of those occurred on...



Google Confirms It's Working on Chrome for Windows 8
Monday, March 12, 2012 6:53 PM
Google says it's working on a version of Chrome that will run in the Metro environment. The news follows the revelation that Mozilla is building Firefox for Metro as well. A Google spokesperson told Mashable that the new version of Chrome would...



 
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