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News release: “Existing-home sales were down in May as temporary factors and financing problems weighed on the market, according to the National Association of Realtors®. Existing-home sales1, which are completed transactions that include single-family, townhomes, condominiums and co-ops, fell 3.8 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.81 million in May from a downwardly …
News release: “Major project to digitise up to 40 million pages from 1700-1870, from the French Revolution to the end of slavery – The British Library and Google today announced a partnership to digitise 250,000 out-of-copyright books from the Librarys collections. Opening up access to one of the greatest collections of books in the world, …
“How do the region’s chief executives stack up when it comes to their pay? For an answer, Capital Business commissioned Equilar, an executive compensation research firm, to analyze the annual pay of CEOs at 100 of the area’s largest public companies. Equilar examined the compensation totals for the chief executives serving as of the close …
Social networking sites and our lives How peoples trust, personal relationships, and civic and political involvement are connected to their use of social networking sites and other technologies, June 16, 2011 “Questions have been raised about the social impact of widespread use of social networking sites like Facebook, LinkedIn, MySpace, and Twitter. Do these technologies …
Short- and long-term benefits of cognitive training. Free via Open Access: OA – Combined PDF of article and Supporting Information – Susanne M. Jaeggi1, Martin Buschkuehl1, John Jonides, and Priti Shah – Department of Psychology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI. Published online before print June 13, 2011, doi: 10.1073/pnas.1103228108. “Does cognitive training work? There …
To Move or Not To Move: The Economics of Cloud Computing – Byung Chul, Tak Bhuvan Urgaonkar, Anand Sivasubramaniam, Computer Systems Laboratory Department of Computer Science and Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA “Cloud-based hosting promises cost advantages over conventional in-house (on-premise) application deployment. One important question when considering a move to the …
Emerging Trends in Real Estate® 2011, Urban Land Institute, PricewaterhouseCoopers “Washington, D.C., and New York City solidify ratings as the leading U.S. real estate investment markets, followed by San Francisco, Boston, and Seattle. All these metropolitan areas fit the Emerging Trends profile of 24-hour gateways along global pathways, which will continue to attract a large …
The Information Needs of Communities – The changing media landscape in a broadband age, Steven Waldman and the Working Group on Information Needs of Communities, June 2011 “In most ways todays media landscape is more vibrant than ever, offering faster and cheaper distribution networks, fewer barriers to entry, and more ways to consume information. Choice …
13% of online adults use Twitter Half of Twitter users access the service on the go via mobile phone, Aaron Smith, Senior Research Specialist, 6/1/2011 “Twitter adoption is particularly high among non-whites Non-white internet users continue to have higher rates of Twitter use than their white counterparts; indeed, the Twitter adoption gap between African-Americans and …
Bloomberg BusinessWeek: “Americans might complain about the high cost of living, but overseas the U.S. dollar is even weaker. Find out where it buys the least.” World’s Most Expensive Cities 2011 20 Countries With the Highest Proportion of Millionaires America’s Most Expensive Blocks
News release: “NOAA announced an $11.5 million, three-year award to Earth Resources Technologies, Inc. for cloud-based unified messaging services. The agency-wide transition will modernize e-mail and calendar infrastructure, integrate collaborative tools and facilitate synchronization with mobile devices to better support NOAAs mission and its nationwide workforce. As the largest federal agency to adopt cloud technology …
More Food Banks Offering Fresh Fruits, Vegetables – Melinda Burns, Miller-McCune “…the Kids Farmers Market Program, operates in 10 locations once a month, drawing from local Boys and Girls clubs, YMCAs and schools. It recently won the Child Program of the Year award from Feeding America, the nonprofit network of 205 food banks in the …
