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Using Social Media To Market

Yahoo has some suggestions for using social media to market one's website. With a little planning, the Diggs and Flickrs of the…

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Google Translate Gains Dictionary Info

I’ve taken classes in Spanish, French, and Latin (not by choice), and each of them sent people scrambling for various translation aids.  Unfortunately, many of those aids were horrible (“the cow climbs up the tree”).  Now Google’s stepping forward - alas, a little late for me - with new dictionary translations for Google Translate.

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German Government To Give Wikipedia A Boost

This is a stereotype, but at least it’s a positive one: the Germans are an efficient and precise people.  Now, for less of a stereotype and more of a fact: Wikipedia can be far from precise.  You may be surprised to learn, then, that the German government is going to give resources to the German version of the site.

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Google Explains Itself, BS-Detectors Wail

It's not often Google publishes 1,200 words-worth of defense for making an acquisition. Though I'm not positive, I don't remember a time in the last two plus years. Maybe Microsoft's antitrust and sour-grapes opposition to Google's purchase of DoubleClick was enough incentive to get Google talking.

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Spock Shines Despite Limited Reach

The reviews are rolling in, and they’re largely positive; Spock, it seems, is good.  But the reviews also suggest that this people search engine needs to find a more effective means of gathering information.

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