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June 24, 2008 Breaking News

Social network for language learners launches Video and Skype

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 09:23:04 PDT
I know today the buzz has been all about the new Skype that's coming and bringing a bigger slant on video. That's interesting, but I can't afford the early adopter madness that I've been reading about today. It's clearly not ready for prime time. This news release hit my mailbox yesterday, and I like this a lot. And it's ready to roll. What a great use of a technology like Skype to mashup the pleasure of social networking with learning a new language. Social network for language learners launch

Local Search Behemoth InfoSpace Cashed Out

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 08:53:35 PDT
Last year when InfoSpace decided to sell off Switchboard, other directories, and their mobile services, I wondered if they were just cashing out. Yesterday’s New York Times article, “Once an Internet Giant, InfoSpace Dismantles Itself“, would appear to verify that they did indeed cash out. (more…)

Photographer Lies About Lost Amazon Tribe.

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 07:17:57 PDT
A few weeks ago we linked to this HUGE news story about a lost tribe in the Amazon. Well, guess what? It was all a hoax! Awesome!The story was made up by photographer Jose Carlos Meirelles. Why did he make up the story?

World's News Headlines Still Reeling with Doom and Gloom, but Economic and Business News Strongly Upbeat, New Metric Finds

Thu, 03 Jan 2008 00:00:01 PST
Although news organizations around the world worked to bring their audiences a good mix of stories and feature articles, on balance, the news for the first day of 2008 featured more negative stories...

On Bad Seeds

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 08:57:45 PDT
I've been worried about Ten. Never having been a ten-year-old boy myself, I have watched him as he's grown rude. And worse, sneaky. Sneakiness has always troubled me. Sneaky people seem to lack something essential. Call it what you will -- I imagine it to be something like conscience. I want to believe that Ben is guided by a moral compass, one whose arrows, and the directions they point, have been shaped and lengthened by us, his parents. I was beginning to wonder whether my husband and I ha

Celebrity & Entertainment News

Sun, 09 Mar 2008 09:49:40 PDT
Entertainment News, Celebrity News, Movie News, Music News, TV News - AOL News,World News

Net Impact Europe: Can Business Make a Positive Difference?

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 08:27:19 PDT
Net Impact held its first conference in Europe last week, achieving a major milestone while paying tribute to the intense interest on the part of European and international MBA students in using business tools to make a positive social impact. The ability of corporations and business tools to drive social change is still a hot topic, and the participants at this conference brought diverse perspectives on the issue and some challenging questions, all related to the conference theme of “Sustainab

Google News torpid growth not keeping pace with other Google sites - CNET News


Google News torpid growth not keeping pace with other Google sites
CNET News, CA - 2 hours ago
The New York Times is reporting that Google News, the world's eighth-ranked news site, is struggling to maintain a 10 percent growth rate, far behind that ...
At Google, Slow Growth in News Site New York Times
Acceptance, Not Dominance, for Google News RedOrbit
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WHERE I BELONG - CBC.ca


CBC.ca

WHERE I BELONG
CBC.ca, Canada - Jun 23, 2008
... National Film Board of Canada (Winnipeg). It is a winner of the NFB's Reel Diversity Competition, a national initiative in partnership with CBC Newsworld.



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