Look for flu info – there’s an app for that (The Pinnacle)

January 29th, 2010

San Benito County residents can text the words “NO FLU” and their ZIP code to 3644 to receive flu-related information, including alerts and the nearest vaccination location.

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Look for flu info – there’s an app for that (The Pinnacle)

Top Social Media Author Taps Accolades Public Relations as Publicist (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)

January 29th, 2010

Author, Deltina Hay selects Accolades PR to promote “A Survival Guide to Social Media and Web 2.0 Optimization”

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Top Social Media Author Taps Accolades Public Relations as Publicist (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)

HOW TO: Build a More Beautiful Blog (Mashable)

January 28th, 2010

This series is supported by Webdesigner Depot, a popular web design blog covering tutorials, design trends, blogging and inspirational posts.

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HOW TO: Build a More Beautiful Blog (Mashable)

Google Proposes to Extend DNS Protocol, Optimize Speed of Browsing (ReadWriteWeb)

January 27th, 2010

Today, Google, along with a group of DNS and content providers, including Neustar/UltraDNS, published a proposal to extend the DNS (domain name server) protocol.

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Google Proposes to Extend DNS Protocol, Optimize Speed of Browsing (ReadWriteWeb)

Social Media Meets Online Television: Social TV Brings Television 2.0 To Your TV Set (MasterNewMedia.org)

January 27th, 2010

Social television is an emerging new media term used to refer to a new form of television technology that supports and integrates social interaction, recommendations, ratings, reviews and interactive participation among viewers via text chat, audio or even video-conferencing. Photo credit: Michele Piacquadio While the social element of TV is not new, the term social TV is relatively new and used …

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Social Media Meets Online Television: Social TV Brings Television 2.0 To Your TV Set (MasterNewMedia.org)

Windows 7: Upgrade better but still lacking (Daily Illini)

January 26th, 2010

With the release of Windows 7, the latest edition of Windows, Microsoft has not radically reinvented their OS. The taskbar still exists, Microsoft Paint still exists, as well as most features included in previous versions of Windows. Overall Windows 7 is more user-friendly.

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Windows 7: Upgrade better but still lacking (Daily Illini)