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IBM Makes Another Acquisition in Social Media Management Space
The technology world is currently all abuzz over the recent judgment of the patent trial Apple brought against Samsung. The South Korean manufacturer was found guilty in copyright and trademark infringement of products made by the Cupertino, California tech giant that resulted in a settlement of $1.05 billion. The jury in the trial came to the conclusion that much of the innovative technology created by Apple was stolen by the South Korean company. According to reports, Google, which is the Android partner of Samsung, had warned the company not to copy the American company and use its patents. Although Apple originally sought $2.5 billion, the victory is still quite harmful to the competing company. Part of the lawsuit saw the Cupertino tech manufacturer demanding that the Seoul company remove the majority of its smartphones and tablets from the United States market. Attorney Harold McElhinny claimed that the South Korean manufacturer faced a “crisis of design” after the launch of the...
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Game developers came up with headsets to use with playing video games on computers for "hand-free gaming" - really cool, right? I mean, talk about sci-fi becoming reality! I remember "Firefox" a 1982 movie with Clint Eastwood, where he played a pilot who stole a super-secret Soviet plane that fired weapons using mind control by the pilot - in other words, all he had to do was to think a command, and the plane responded, firing the aforementioned weapon. Way out there, right? Well not so fast, Bippy - remember the pearl of wisdom from Napoleon Hill - "What the mind of Man can conceive, and believe, it can achieve" (probably not meant in this scenario, but it seems to fit). Leave it up to Video Game developers to come up with something to require even less physical activity, and we have "hands-free gaming" just think your commands using a headset which "reads" your thoughts, and BAM! you're annihilating your competitor with your MIND! OK on the serious note, researchers from Oxford,...
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"Brain Hacking" - Another Unintended Consequence of Technology
Brain Hacking - Another Unintended Consequence of Technology? Game developers came up with headsets to use with playing video games on computers for "hand-free gaming" - really cool, right? I mean, talk about sci-fi becoming reality! I remember "Firefox" a 1982 movie with Clint Eastwood, where he played a pilot who stole a super-secret Soviet plane that fired weapons using mind control by the pilot - in other words, all he had to do was to think a command, and the plane responded, firing the aforementioned weapon. Way out there, right? Well not so fast, Bippy - remember the pearl of wisdom from Napoleon Hill - "What the mind of Man can conceive, and believe, it can achieve" (probably not meant in this scenario, but it seems to fit). Leave it up to Video Game developers to come up with something to require even less physical activity, and we have "hands-free gaming" just think your commands using a headset which "reads" your thoughts, and BAM! you're annihilating your competitor with...
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Do Consumers Trust Your Web Site More Than Social Networks?
New Media Plus is now re-launching our blog on www.newmediaplus.net. During the next few weeks, you will notice our re-energized commitment to providing valuable information on all things relating to social media, website development and online advertising. We now will be providing information and an enhanced emphasis upon how public companies can more effectively manage their investor-related materials through social media and new media. We will be bringing our readers trends and new developments, industry news and best practices from sources to complement our own staff of contributors and experts. We are back, better than ever, and raring to go! The new content is on schedule to begin release in the next few days. We hope you like what you see, and that you will give us some feedback so that we can continue to improve things going forward. In addition, we would greatly appreciate it if you could help us by sharing articles and posts you like or find helpful to your business! As the saying goes, we are ramping up for success! Glad to have you join us!
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