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Smarter Healthcare: How Social Media is Revolutionizing Your Doctor Visits

Monday, October 5th, 2009

The Smarter Cities series is supported by IBM. Read more about building a smarter planet on the IBM A Smarter Planet Blog

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Facebook Voice Chat App Now Live in Beta

Monday, October 5th, 2009

A few weeks ago, we learned that Facebook was going to get voice chat . The new feature wasn’t going to be powered by Facebook itself though, but rather through Vivox , a well-known voice chat provider for video games and the Second Life virtual world. Today, Vivox Voice Facebook app has launched in beta

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Facebook Voice Chat App Now Live in Beta

Women Rule the Social Web

Saturday, October 3rd, 2009

…at least according to an infographic put together by Information is Beautiful .

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Women Rule the Social Web

YouTube Down, Facebook Wonky

Saturday, October 3rd, 2009

YouTube is having a less-than-reliable Saturday as unscheduled downtime is preventing video pages from loading.

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YouTube Down, Facebook Wonky

Facebook Wave: Why Facebook Should Clone Google Wave

Saturday, October 3rd, 2009

History is littered with good ideas that didn’t work out because they were ahead of their time. Tablet PCs didn’t work out a decade ago, but with technology advances, they’re poised to make a comeback . Microsoft’s local information web site Sidewalk.com was a bust in 1997, but now sites like Yelp and Google Maps offer local information that many people couldn’t fathom living without.

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Facebook Wave: Why Facebook Should Clone Google Wave

Print Publishers May Create a “Hulu for Magazines”

Friday, October 2nd, 2009

As print publishers struggle to transition to the digital age (and essentially, survive ), Time Inc.

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Print Publishers May Create a “Hulu for Magazines”

A Posse Ad Esse: Facebook Now Supports Latin

Friday, October 2nd, 2009

Facebook’s been on a multilingual tear recently. Ever since Facebook launched its Facebook Translations app , where Facebook users could help translate the social network into the world’s many languages, Facebook has added support for everything from Hebrew to Persian to even Pirate Speak

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A Posse Ad Esse: Facebook Now Supports Latin

3 Great Social Media Policies to Steal From

Friday, October 2nd, 2009

This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum , where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business. As social media continues to become more mainstream, the chances that your employees will use these online tools for personal and professional purposes are high.

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3 Great Social Media Policies to Steal From

LIVESTRONG Day: 5 Ways to Get Involved

Friday, October 2nd, 2009

Today, Friday, October 2, 2009, is LIVESTRONG Day 2009. The event is a part of the LIVESTRONG Action campaign designed to bring together people from all over the world to celebrate survivorship, commit to fighting cancer, spread the word, and work towards a world without cancer. The goal of the day is to make cancer a global priority, and to get everyone not just talking about change, but actually taking action towards cancer prevention, treatment, and care

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New Apple Multitouch Patent Enables Typing on a Large Screen

Friday, October 2nd, 2009

Most sci-fi fans remember the movie Minority Report , and the scene where Tom Cruise manipulates data on a large, vertical, virtual screen using only his hands and fingers. Although I prefer to do my computer work sitting down, it was the stuff geek dreams are made of, and now Apple has applied for a patent that sounds eerily similar. AppleInsider has the details , but the gist of it is this: Apple’s multitouch functions currently implemented on the iPhone and on Macbook trackpads are nice enough, but aren’t good enough for a larger screen (a larger screen on a mythical Apple tablet device, that is).

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New Apple Multitouch Patent Enables Typing on a Large Screen