News tagged with social
Microsoft websites top spots in September: comScore
Nov 07, 2009 |
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Industry tracker comScore on Friday released a study showing that Internet users in September spent more time at Microsoft websites that at any other online properties.
eStadium application brings multimedia sports features to smartphones
Nov 06, 2009 |
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The intimate and spirited quarters of a stadium offer perhaps the most ideal venues to experience an athletic event. Or do they?
Perceived parent-pressure causes excessive antibiotic prescription
Medicine & Health / Medications
Nov 06, 2009 |
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Antibiotic over-prescription is promoted by pediatricians' perception of parents' expectations. Research published in the open access journal BMC Pediatrics shows that pediatricians are more likely to inappropriately prescr ...
Professor: Fear, Shame Keep Homeowners From Defaulting
Nov 05, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Brent T. White, a University of Arizona associate professor of law, said policymakers must consider ways that emotions drive financial decisions.
Google wants businesses to ride Wave
Nov 05, 2009 |
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Google pitched its fledgling Wave communications platform as a way for businesses to turn routine email into collaborative exchanges that ramp up productivity.
Study estimates one in 91 individuals have autism
Nov 04, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are neurodevelopmental disorders marked by impaired social interactions, restricted interests, repetitive behaviors, and communication impairment, which persist throughout ...
Social networking meets ambient intelligence (w/ Video)
Technology / Computer Sciences
Nov 04, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Sharing small snippets of information about your daily life is a key feature of the online social networking revolution. Soon status updates and other social information could be generated automatically.
Study: Internet use leads to more diverse networks
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Nov 04, 2009 |
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(AP) -- A new study confirms what your 130 Facebook friends and scores of Twitter followers may have already told you: The Internet and mobile phones are not linked to social isolation.
New CReAM research on the factors that shape individual attitudes towards migration policy
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Nov 04, 2009 |
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A new research paper from CReAM (Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration at UCL) investigates the factors which determine individual attitudes towards migration policy.
Hormone that affects finger length key to social behavior
Nov 04, 2009 |
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The hormones, called androgens, are important in the development of masculine characteristics such as aggression and strength. It is also thought that prenatal androgens affect finger length during development in the womb. ...
Social media require 'Community Relations 2.0'
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Oct 30, 2009 |
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The rise of social media and real-time advocacy have re-written the community outreach rules companies followed for decades. But many American firms are dragging their feet as they approach "Community Relations 2.0," Boston ...
'Technology' plays large role in wealth inheritance
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Oct 30, 2009 |
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A new study reveals the important role inherited wealth plays in sustaining economic inequality in small scale societies. A team of 26 anthropologists, statisticians, and economists based at the Santa Fe Institute in New ...
North America automobile sector bottom of 'world sustainability league'
Oct 30, 2009 |
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North American car manufacturers have come bottom of the league in the largest ever international study of the global automobile sector's sustainability performance.
Web marketer ordered to pay Facebook $711M damages
Oct 30, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Facebook said Thursday a California court has awarded the social networking Web site $711 million in damages in an anti-spam case against Internet marketer Sanford Wallace.
How Parents Can Play a Role in a Child Injury
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 29, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- When a teenager suffers a sports-related injury, many times their agony is more mental than physical.
