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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

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

Video of Anne Frank Surfaces on YouTube

Friday, October 2nd, 2009

The only existing film footage of Anne Frank has been uploaded to YouTube by the Anne Frank House . The Amsterdam museum is hoping to bring attention to Anne’s story and diaries and reach a new generation who may be unfamiliar with her story.

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Video of Anne Frank Surfaces on YouTube

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

LUNCHTIME POLL: What’s Your Favorite Firefox Extension?

Friday, October 2nd, 2009

Alright people, crew up for today’s Lunchtime Poll ! If you’ve been following along, you’ll know we do a weekly poll to get the zeitgeist of what Mashable readers think about the topic du jour. We’ve had browsers on the brain a lot lately, with our favorite browser poll and the ultimate Firefox vs. Chrome faceoff.

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LUNCHTIME POLL: What’s Your Favorite Firefox Extension?

RUMOR: Apple to Launch New Touch-Sensitive Mighty Mouse

Friday, October 2nd, 2009

If you’re an Apple iMac owner, you’re probably familiar with the Mighty Mouse, Apple’s buttonless device launched in 2005.

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RUMOR: Apple to Launch New Touch-Sensitive Mighty Mouse

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

Twitter Begins Attaching Locations to Tweets

Thursday, October 1st, 2009

A little over a month ago, Twitter announced that it would be attaching locations to tweets in an effort to become a stronger geolocation tool. The company said that it would attach a latitude and a longitude to a user’s tweets, if they opted into the geolocation feature. But nobody knew when the feature would go live

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9 Successful Techniques for Making Money from Podcasting

Thursday, October 1st, 2009

David Spark ( @dspark ) is the founder of Spark Media Solutions , specialists in building industry voice through storytelling and social media. He blogs at Spark Minute and is a regular on Cranky Geeks and ABC Radio. For many, creating a podcast is something that’s done solely out of passion.

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9 Successful Techniques for Making Money from Podcasting

Virtual Neighborhood Watch: How Social Media is Making Cities Safer

Thursday, October 1st, 2009

The Smarter Cities series is supported by IBM. Read more about building a smarter planet on the IBM A Smarter Planet Blog . Social media tools like Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, and even email, instant messaging, and SMS have become the defacto way we communicate with each other

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Virtual Neighborhood Watch: How Social Media is Making Cities Safer