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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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Smarter Healthcare: How Social Media is Revolutionizing Your Doctor Visits

FTC to Fine Bloggers up to $11,000 for Not Disclosing Payments

Monday, October 5th, 2009

Bloggers now have up to 11,000 reasons to disclose when they are being paid to review products. The FTC has updated its Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising for the first time since 1980, and among the changes, a requirement that “bloggers who make an endorsement must disclose the material connections they share with the seller of the product or service.” Fines for violating the new rule will run up to $11,000 per post. Some more details from the FTC’s announcement : “The revised Guides also add new examples to illustrate the long standing principle that “material connections” (sometimes payments or free products) between advertisers and endorsers – connections that consumers would not expect – must be disclosed.

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FTC to Fine Bloggers up to $11,000 for Not Disclosing Payments

Augmented Wikipedia Reality Has Arrived on the iPhone

Saturday, October 3rd, 2009

A month ago, we covered Wikitude , an augmented reality app for Google Android. Augmented reality takes virtual data, places it on your phone, and allows you to interact with it using your compass, camera, and GPS. The end result is the ability to see virtual items and information in the real world

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Augmented Wikipedia Reality Has Arrived on the iPhone

Setster: Easy Appointment Scheduling for Your Website

Friday, October 2nd, 2009

This post is part of Mashable’s Spark of Genius series, which highlights a unique feature of startups. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here . The series is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark.

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Setster: Easy Appointment Scheduling for Your Website

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”

In Case You Forgot: IE6 Still Holds 25% of the Browser Market

Friday, October 2nd, 2009

Time flies fast, and new browsers replace old ones. Firefox , Chrome , Safari , Opera and, of course, even Internet Explorer have been upgraded and updated countless times in the last couple of years.

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Guy Gets Mad at iPhone, Threatens To Shoot It. With a Real Gun.

Friday, October 2nd, 2009

OK, we know the iPhone, as wonderful as it is, can be a troublesome device. It can freeze, and the apps can get all weird, and then you can’t play Zynga Poker or whatever it is you like to do with it. But going into an Apple Store, asking for the phone to be fixed, then revealing a gun and threatening to shoot the device is probably not the best way to vent your frustration

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HOW TO: Get Real-Time Traffic Reports on Your iPhone

Friday, October 2nd, 2009

This post is part of Mashable’s Spark of Genius series, which highlights a unique feature of startups. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here . The series is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark

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HOW TO: Get Real-Time Traffic Reports on Your iPhone

Want a Google Wave Invite? There’s a Website for That

Thursday, October 1st, 2009

Still hunting for a Google Wave invite ?

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LinkedIn Launches Profile Organizer, Enters Salesforce Territory

Thursday, October 1st, 2009

The business social network LinkedIn is not just a way to connect with your business contacts.

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LinkedIn Launches Profile Organizer, Enters Salesforce Territory