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May 14, 2009May 14, 2009webproworld

Gmail Really Wants You to Switch Email Providers

Gmail will now let you import email and contacts from other email providers like Yahoo, Hotmail, and AOL (and a bunch more. Full list at the bottom of the article). This means that if you have an old account that you’d like to merge into your Gmail account, you can do so.

It also means (and this is what Google is pushing for) that users of other services can easily start new Gmail accounts without abandoning everything they have built up with another provider. Google is making the switch more enticing.

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May 11, 2009May 11, 2009webproworld

Bit.ly Switch Part of Twitter’s Realtime Search Strategy

URL shorteners sprang into sudden essentialness with the advent of microblogging, and especially with the advent of Twitter. Until yesterday, TinyURL was the shortener of choice, boosted by Twitter’s default shortener setting.

Twitter’s sudden switch to competing URL shortener Bit.ly not only was a surprise to many, but the move could spell an unforeseen and swift death for TinyURL. So what gives? What makes one URL shortener different from another?

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June 9, 2008June 9, 2008webproworld

T-Mobile Unhappy With Starbucks Wi-Fi Switch

The coffeehouse chain’s switch to AT&T to offer free wireless Internet to customers received a shot of criticism and a lawsuit from former partner T-Mobile.

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February 19, 2008February 19, 2008webproworld

Many Households Still Unready For TV Switch

Remember the 1982 tune "TV Party"? Black Flag saw the humor in television addiction, but on February 18th, 2009, some people could be singing the song’s last few stanzas without a hint of sarcasm. Less than a year is left before the switch from analog to digital signals takes place, and ten percent of American households remain unprepared.

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January 22, 2008January 22, 2008webproworld

Americans Confused About DTV Switch

Close to half of over-the-air households reject post-transition pay TV and plan to receive free, over-the-air digital television by buying a converter box or digital TV set according to the Association of Public Television Stations study. About 43 percent of over-the-air households said they would purchase a converter box or a digital TV between now and when the transition takes place on February 17, 2009, compared to 12 percent who would sign up for a cable or satellite service.

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January 2, 2008January 2, 2008webproworld

Coupons Available For Digital TV Switch

The government is now offering $40 coupons that people can use to apply towards the cost of a converter box that will allow analog TV to work when the switch to digital television takes place next year.

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December 7, 2007December 7, 2007webproworld

Americans In The Dark About Digital TV Switch

A good number of U.S. TV watchers are not aware that analog signals will change to digital in 2009, according to Leichtman Research Group’s "HDTV 2007: Consumer Awareness, Interest and Ownership" report.

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November 12, 2007November 12, 2007webproworld

Yahoo, Carnegie Mellon Switch On Supercomputer

The M45 supercomputer provided by Yahoo opened its ports to its partners at Carnegie Mellon University, where the initiative should help boost research that benefits the broader Internet community.

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May 25, 2007May 25, 2007webproworld

Best Buy’s Bait-and-Switch-Plus Plan Earns Lawsuit

Best Buy has a lot of ‘splainin’ to do about the company’s in-store look-alike Websites with different prices than what the customers found online. The company will have the opportunity to defend itself in a lawsuit filed by Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal.

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March 9, 2007March 9, 2007webproworld

FAA Ponders Switch to Linux, Premier Apps

Growing consumer disappointment with Windows Vista, coupled with the need of major businesses and government agencies to begin assessing long-term computing needs, seems to be forcing IT professionals to consider non-Microsoft alternatives for their operating system and office suite applications.

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