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Research/SEARCH - foursquare (website) Foursquare is a location-based social networking website for mobile devices, such as smartphones. Users "check in" at venues using a mobile website, text messaging or a device-specific application by selecting from a list of venues the application locates nearby.[3] Location is based on GPS hardware in the mobile device or network location provided by the application, and the map is based on data from the OpenStreetMap project. Each check-in awards the user points and sometimes "badges". Foursquare is the second iteration of the same idea, that people can use mobile devices to interact with their environment. Features[edit] Showing a user's Foursquare profile from a Foursquare app for Android. Foursquare is a web and mobile application that allows registered users to post their location at a venue ("check-in") and connect with friends. In addition, a history page allows users to search a list of their past check-ins, which is broken down by month and year. Mayorship[edit] Badges[edit]

Le blog officiel de Google France 100+ Google Tricks That Will Save You Time in School – Eternal Code [via onlinecolleges.net] With classes, homework, and projects–not to mention your social life–time is truly at a premium for you, so why not latch onto the wide world that Google has to offer? From super-effective search tricks to Google hacks specifically for education to tricks and tips for using Gmail, Google Docs, and Google Calendar, these tricks will surely save you some precious time. Search Tricks These search tricks can save you time when researching online for your next project or just to find out what time it is across the world, so start using these right away. Convert units. Google Specifically for Education From Google Scholar that returns only results from scholarly literature to learning more about computer science, these Google items will help you at school. Google Scholar. Google Docs Google Docs is a great replacement for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, so learn how to use this product even more efficiently. Use premade templates. Gmail Use the Tasks as a to-do list.

Places To Visit, Trip Planner, Travel & Vacation Ideas Research/SEARCH - Anti-Facebook Social Network “Unthink” Launches To Public Scrappy outsider startup Unthink.com, which bills itself as the “anti-Facebook,” is opening up its doors today, allowing in its first round of beta testers. The Tampa-based company with $2.5 million in funding from DouglasBay Capital sees itself as a more open, more honest form of social networking – one where its users are the owners of their data, and not the product being sold to advertisers. Unthink is the kind of startup that could only come from outside of traditional tech hotspots like Silicon Valley or New York, as there’s a certain level of audacity, and perhaps even ignorance, that you need in order to think you have a shot at displacing social networking giant Facebook and all of its 800 million users. And taking down Facebook is the core of Unthink’s marketing campaign. She explained that the idea for Unthink came to her when her son wanted to sign up for Facebook and she read the terms of service. (Above: a profile after sign-up) On Unthink, user data isn’t sold to brands.

Les 10 plus grosses acquisitions de Google Le géant Google ne s'arrête jamais. Avec plus de 100 acquisitions à son actif en à peine plus de 10 ans, la société californienne vient de battre un nouveau record en se lancant dans le rachat de Motorola Mobility pour 12,5 milliards de dollars. L'occasion de faire un petit retour sur ses 10 plus grosses acquisitions jusqu'à aujourd'hui, en regardant ce qu'elles sont devenues : 10/ dMarc Broadcasting Janvier 2006 - $102 millions Régie publicitaire spécialisée dans la diffusion radio Intégré dans Adsense 9/ On2 Technologies Février 2010 - $133 millions Conception de codecs vidéo Utilisé pour optimisé le format vidéo WebM 8/ Slide.com Août 2010 - $182 millions Applications MySpace, Facebook... 7/ Admeld Juin 2011 - $400 millions Optimisation de publicité en ligne Intégré avec DoubleClick et Invite Media 6/ Postini Juillet 2007 - $625 millions Sécurité internet Apport du cloud computing et du filtrage des spams dans Gmail 5/ ITA Software 4/ AdMob 3/ YouTube 2/ DoubleClick 1/ Motorola Mobility

30 Funny Illustrations about Simple Truths of Life While surfing Internet the I came across the blog of Alex Noriega an illustrator from Barcelona, he has some interesting life lessons that our parents and teachers may have forgotten to tell us and he presented them in the form of some really funny illustrations. In this post I am posting 30 Funny Illustrations about Simple Truths of Life that I have picked from his blog. Hope you all will enjoy this post.

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À propos de Google 10 principes fondamentaux 1. Rechercher l'intérêt de l'utilisateur et le reste suivra Depuis sa création, la société Google concentre ses efforts sur le confort d'utilisation des internautes. Dionisios Solomos's 216th Birthday Amusants, surprenants et parfois imprévus, les doodles sont des variantes du logo Google qui célèbrent des jours fériés, des dates anniversaires ou la vie d'artistes, de pionniers et de scientifiques. Afficher tous les doodles

Blog Announcing Woopra iOS App Version 4.0 The wait is officially over – Version 4.0 of Woopra’s iOS app is now available in the app store! So what’s new in the app? Version 4.0 has been completely rebuilt and redesigned for optimal performance. OpenSSL Heartbleed Fix Heartbleed is a bug in OpenSSL v1.0.1 through 1.0.1f that allows a remote attacker to access private memory on the target server. 5 Startups to Watch from Ad:tech SF We recently had the opportunity to demo at ad:tech as part of the conference’s Startup Spotlight Series. Meet Us at Ad:tech Next Week! The Woopra team is gearing up for next week’s ad:tech conference and we’d love to meet you! Finding Your Biggest Conversion Killer There is often one area in your funnel that causes more lost sales than any other part. What Companies Really Want From Marketing Automation Like customer analytics, marketing automation is a key component in customer experience. Woopra’s New, Customizable Dashboard Finding Your Best Customers

Zotero Review On its website, Zotero is described "is a free, easy-to-use Firefox extension to help you collect, manage, and cite your research sources." Even though it’s been out for a while, I somehow didn’t run into it until a few months ago. I’ve used it for a while and have switched over from using Endnote because I like it that much, below is my review. Here is my two sentence review of Zotero: If Evernote and Endnote had sex and made a baby, Zotero would be that baby. If that is all you need to know, go ahead and try it out, it's free for crying out loud. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Overall, I’m quite happy with Zotero, and I find myself saving more papers than before and doing literature searches a lot faster and a lot more efficiently than before, which is a plus. What do you think of Zotero?

7thDwarf Gold | The 7thDwarf - Mining Gold for Your Business Clear: Why This Simple To Do List App Has Everyone Talking Clear, the heavily-anticipated touch-based to-do list app, is launching in the iTunes App Store tonight. And by heavily anticipated, I mean this app was getting tech blog coverage based on demos, previews and teaser videos. Why the big draw for what’s typically been a rather ho-hum app category, the lowly to-do list? Clear is pure eye candy, for starters. But it’s also representative of a major leap forward in smartphone app design, as it’s been built from the ground up for the touch interface. If your current to-do list app needs are complex, you may not be in the market for Clear. The app is unique in that it forgoes common navigational elements – like buttons positioned either at the bottom of the screen or towards the top – in favor of an all-gesture interface. Somewhere, Steve Jobs, no fan of buttons (obviously – look at the iPhone, there’s just the one) is smiling. That’s it. But is the world ready for a buttonless app? “Yes!” He’s got a point.

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