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The Social Media Services Gap

Okay, so clearly a lot of debate remains about how and where social media should fit in a communications program, but there are two things the PR community seems to largely agree on: First, that the best programs, by today's standards, are those that blend/bridge traditional media plans with social media strategies and tactics and secondly, that a degree of specialization and acuity is still…

Google Mashes Up Real Estate

Hunting down "homes for sale" through a typical Google search returns extra search boxes for location and listing type; using those search boxes brings up a mashup of Google Base and Maps with listings for available properties.

New Tablet Lenovo Outed By the French

Warning: This could be just a rumor. Lenovo's been pretty quiet about the inevitability of a move to include tablet computing capabilities into its recently released ThinkPad X60 line. But the bloggers at Core Duo say they've found the smoking gun.

Linotype Calls Segoe UI A Ripoff

Linotype has won a judgement from the EU against Microsoft, declaring MS's trademark of the Segoe UI font invalid, because it is virtually identical to Linotype's Frutiger LT 45 Light font.