Catégorie - Facebook
How Facebook got me through cancer
I've been a Facebook refusenik for years. I'm as umbilically linked to the internet as the next working mother – Sainsbury's online, tick; Amazon, tick; BBC iplayer, tick. But as a way to communicate with my friends? Absolutely not. The first Facebook wave passed me by completely, and by the time all my younger colleagues were gaily posting holiday pictures and taking "which movie character are ...
2009-11-18 -
Independent
First Working NVIDIA GF100 Video Card Pictured
NVIDIA's Senior PR Manager Brian Burke has uploaded the first picture of a working GF 100 video card on the company's Facebook page. For those of you in the dark, GF 100 is the codename for the first GeForce GPU based on NVIDIA's Fermi architecture. The card is running Unigine Corp's DX 11 "Heaven" benchmark on a Dell monitor. It seems as though NVIDIA is trying to reassure consumers that Fermi ...
2009-11-19 -
Overclockers Club
Tap into need to be connected
Each time someone mentions Facebook, I cringe. Last week it was announced that Facebook has reached 300 million subscribers globally and its popularity is increasing exponentially daily.
2009-11-23 -
The Edge Daily
23 février 2009, 11:17
Wow. Grâce à la magie de Facebook, je viens de visionner un épisode absolument surréaliste de l'édition française de La roue de fortune . Je vous invite donc à faire la ...
2009-12-01 -
Voir Estrie
UK doctors told to beware advances on networking sites
Doctors in the UK have been warned that responding to patients who make advances to them on Facebook could seriously harm their career. The London-based Medical Defence Union (MDU) said it was aware of cases where amorous patients have tried to proposition doctors through Facebook.
2009-12-04 -
Taipei Times
Doctors Should Avoid Flirty Patients On Facebook
Physicians should not respond to amorous advances from patients on social networking sites like Facebook, according to the Medical Defense Union (MDU), a British association that provides legal advice and support to doctors, Reuters reported.The MDU, which calls itself the UK's leading medical defense organization, said it is aware of a number of cases where patients have attempted to ...
2009-12-02 -
redOrbit
Social networks boost online holiday sales
Despite dismal holiday sales forecasts, online sales are surging this season and retailers are using social networks and iPhone applications to maintain momentum. Brick-and-mortar retail stores including Macy's Inc., Best Buy Co., J.C. Penney Co. and Staples Inc. are using Twitter, Facebook and YouTube to generate online buzz, luring shoppers to their stores and Web sites with special sales and ...
2009-12-11 -
The Washington Times
Yahoo's interface with Facebook to grow
Yahoo Inc. will lean more heavily on Facebook's popularity as it tries to give people more reasons to stay on its Web site. The expanded partnership will enable Yahoo users with Facebook accounts to blend material from the two Web sites without having to leave one destination for the other.
2009-12-12 -
Louisville Courier-Journal
The Top 10 tech trends of 2009
Engineers didn't make huge improvements to technology in 2009. The year's big tech names -- Twitter, Facebook, Google, Apple, Amazon -- all existed before January.
2009-12-22 -
CNN
Biz Quiz 2009: Test your memory of business happenings
What will you remember from 2009? The big dip in the value of your retirement portfolio? Its subsequent recovery? The ubiquitousness of Facebook and Twitter? Or government incentives like the first-time homebuyer credit and Cash for Clunkers? Here's a quiz to see how much attention you've been paying to the local economy in 2009. Give yourself credit for how many answers you get right. Answers ...
2009-12-27 -
The Champaign News-Gazette