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		<title>Get into Google+</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2012 22:39:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ You may have heard of them. Even if you already have other social networking accounts, you should sign up for Google+ simply because Google is going to be around for a very long time. It's almost impossible to avoid using Google products in your online life. Joining Google+ means you will be poised to take advantage of all that Google has to offer. From personalized search results to instant photo uploads, you will soon see the value of Google+ even beyond its main benefit: sharing and discovering content that you are interested in. Being familiar with Google+ and how it works is a good idea - and not just for your online social life. Increasingly, employers are hiring people who are comfortable using the Internet and social media - including Google+. Whatever your reason for joining Google+, you won't regret being familiar with the Internet giant's social network. Also with this free guide you will receive daily updates on new cool websites and programs in your email for free courtesy of MakeUseOf. Request Free! ]]></description>
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		<title>What Makes Great Infographics Great</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2012 09:06:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>opelrodker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Today’s culture is obsessed with data. We love approval ratings of presidents, how the public feels about prescription drugs, and the ratings of our favorite TV shows. So it’s no wonder that infographics have been all the rage online. If you’re not familiar with infographics, here’s the scoop: they are a way to visualize and absorb data quickly through graphics. But just like anything, there’s good and there’s bad infographics. Bad infographics don’t go viral. Great ones do. Here are some tips for creating and designing brilliant, wonderful, great infographics. Great infographics tell a story The whole point of an infographic is to stray away from boring data. How do you do that? By telling a story. Anyone can slap some charts and graphs on a canvas and call it an infographic, but great infographics establish an emotional connection through stories. Stories can make anything interesting. Even the boring topics. Take a look at this interview with Chairman and CEO of Mandalay Bay, Peter Guber, about how to use purposeful storytelling to engage audiences: Take a look at this bad infographic: By: The Economist Not only is it ugly and its data is misleading, but it tells no story. I may now know some percentage changes in violent crime rates, but I can guarantee I’m not passing it on. It didn’t connect with me. Now take a look at this one: By: Veracode It’s a battle! A clash of the titans on one of the internet’s most important subjects today: privacy and security. It makes me ask, “Who am I rooting for?” See the difference? By creating a narrative you can engage audiences, draw them in, and make them want to pass around your infographic. Great infographics are specific Imagine trying to sum up the Royal Wedding. Where would you begin? There just are far too many elements to include. But the social impact of the royal wedding online, now there’s a concept. By: iStrategyConference.com Great infographics use short text Shakespeare once wrote, “..brevity is the soul of wit.” There is far too little time in this world for it to be wasted. Make it brief and make it concise. If you don’t, you’ll lose us in your monstrous paragraphs. And didn’t we click on this infographic link because we thought we’d get it quick and dirty? This is not quick and dirty: By: MisconceptionJunction.com This is: By: ADT Great infographic titles say it all Now this infographic isn’t bad, but it’s unclear. The title “The Mobile Advantage” tells us nothing. Does that mean people with mobile phones have more friends? Do mobile phones make us more money? Do they make us sexier? I have no idea because the title doesn’t tell me. By: Nuance Now take a look at this infographic: By: Jobvine The title says it all. “What Does It Take to Get a Job at Google?” I know exactly what this infographic is about. It’s going to tell me everything I need to do in order to get hired by Google. Clear and informative. Much better than a title like “Google Jobs.” Great infographics use credible sources One source from Wikipedia isn’t going to cover it. Credibility is everything. Strictly from an ethical standpoint, you don’t want to mislead people with the wrong data. Plus they’ll find out &#8212; which they always do &#8212; and you’ll be torn to pieces. If you can’t find the data you need or collect it accurately, don’t do it. Find a new concept. Simple as that. Here are a few sources for finding reliable data: Census.gov &#8211; This is the data collected by the United States Census Bureau. Data.gov &#8211; Data collected by the United States government. Data.UN.org &#8211; Data collected by the UN. ]]></description>
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		<title>5 Tips for Communicating with a Robot</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2012 20:17:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Incurbacini</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Cool, I just added you on Facebook . If you, like Jeopardy contestant Ken Jennings, are ready to welcome “our new computer overlords,” chances are you won&#8217;t have to wait long. Progress in the field of artificial intelligence has advanced by leaps and bounds over the past few years, churning out incredible machines like IBM&#8217;s Watson, which soundly defeated Jennings and fellow player Brad Rutter at America&#8217;s toughest trivia game. Now, scientists at Georgia Tech&#8217;s Center for Robotics and Intelligent Machines (RIM) say they are within a decade of creating personal robots capable of cleaning our homes, taking us on guided tours and caring for our grandparents in nursing facilities. However, computer scientists simply won&#8217;t be able to program every robot to do all the things we will want them to do. This means we&#8217;ll have to tell robots what do to and how to do it. How will we do that? Tip 1: Use English Scientists want our interaction with robots to be as intuitive as possible, so that means designing them to process our natural language. Usually, computers are programmed using math-based languages, but most people don&#8217;t want to earn a degree in computer science just to tell a machine to vacuum the floor. With this in mind, scientists are developing programming languages based on English syntax rather than mathematical symbols, which is no small feat. Math-based languages allow for only one means of expression, while natural languages like English can phrase a single thought in half a dozen ways. When programming in a natural language, scientists must factor in all, or most, possible phrasings of input commands—a tedious task, but one that won&#8217;t leave future citizens guessing for the exact phrasing that will get robots to take out the trash. Tip 2: Throw Away that Keyboard Though almost anyone can type a command into a computer, that kind of input method will prove impractical when granny needs her robot to help her out of the bathtub. Scientists know that personal robots will be expected to operate on voice commands for ease and efficiency of use. Some of this technology is already available through mediums like the iPhone&#8217;s Siri software, which allows users to make phone calls, send texts and search the Internet by voice. However, tomorrow&#8217;s robots will need to do more than just process simple voice commands; they will also need to learn the tasks their owners want them to do. This will require them to have electronic brains capable of being programmed with both visual and auditory information in the human-like process of “active learning.” RIM&#8217;s Maya Cakmak, Ph.D., is bringing this advanced technology to life by programming a robot named Simon to learn new tasks by asking questions. Her study on the subject, entitled “Designing Robot Learners that Ask Good Questions,” was recently presented at the 7th ACM/IEEE Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI). Cakmak&#8217;s work will someday allow ordinary people to program robots without ever touching a keypad or phrasing commands in seemingly bizarre ways. However, you may still have to demonstrate for your robot exactly how to line up your collectible action figures. Tip 3: Teach It to Ask the Right Questions Robots can&#8217;t ask just any kind of question if they are to learn and communicate effectively with their human masters. People don&#8217;t want to spend all day teaching their robots how to hang up a jacket, for instance. So, what kinds of questions should a robot ask to facilitate a smooth robot-human interaction? Surprisingly, humans have provided the answer. In an experiment, Cakmak asked a group of people to pretend to be robots bent on learning a new task. The questions participants asked in the course of their learning were sorted into three categories: label query, demonstration query and feature query. Cakmak found that 82 percent of the questions fell into the feature query category. When Cakmak asked the group to then rate which questions were “smartest,” 72 percent chose feature queries. Since humans seem to overwhelmingly prefer feature queries, this is the type of question learning robots will ask in the future. A feature query seeks to define the features a particular task. The example given in Cakmak&#8217;s study was, “Can I pour salt from any height?” Technically, anyone can pour salt from almost any height, but it may not be appropriate or desirable to do so, especially when the flavor of your mashed potatoes is at stake. This differs widely from a label query (“Can I pour salt like this?”), which simply yields a &#8216;yes&#8217; or &#8216;no&#8217; response. Tip 4: Observe the Subtle Cues There&#8217;s more to communication than just verbalizing. Eye contact, hand gestures, tone of voice and body language are all part of the equation, and things that robots will have to master to truly integrate into our world. “Other human beings understand turn-taking,” says Aaron Bobick, chair of Georgia Tech&#8217;s School of Interactive Computing. “They understand that if I make some indication, they’ll turn and face someone when they want to engage with them, and they won’t when they don’t want to engage with them. In order for these robots to work with us effectively, they have to obey these same kinds of social conventions.&#8221; In the future, robots will be able to wave, beckon and communicate in other non-verbal ways. They&#8217;ll also be able to analyze their masters&#8217; social and physical communication cues and respond to them appropriately. Researchers at Georgia Tech found that when they equipped their robot Simon with cameras, it could predict with 80 percent accuracy whether or not it had attracted a person&#8217;s attention with a simple mechanical gesture. Talking to a socially conscious robot means you won&#8217;t feel the urge to scream to make your wishes understood. Tip 5: Remember, It is Still a Robot Scientists are working hard to give robots more human-like qualities, such as smooth movements and somewhat random behavior. The purpose in doing these things is to make human-robot communication as natural and productive as possible. Someday, people may even be able to learn tasks by observing how robots perform them. No matter how human they seem, though, they&#8217;re still machines incapable of acting beyond their programming. This is especially important to remember if you ever find yourself in a hospital about to get a sponge bath from Georgia Tech&#8217;s &#8220;Cody.&#8221; No, the robot isn&#8217;t touching your arm to comfort you. It doesn&#8217;t have that capacity. You can climb down from the ceiling, now. ]]></description>
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		<title>B2B Social Media Marketing: Are We There Yet?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2012 03:31:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ According to the Pew Internet &#038; American Life Project half of all adults in the US use social networking sites. Despite its obvious appeal as a marketing channel, social media is far from achieving “equal citizenship” status among the marketing mix, particularly for Business-to-Business (B2B) marketers. This benchmark report will examine the pressures and challenges social media presents for B2B marketing, and the path taken by top performing companies to achieve success. Aberdeen's research shows that top performing companies have integrated social media marketing with existing, core marketing channels and processes. Request Free! ]]></description>
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		<title>Scrappy Information Security &#8211; This $9.99 Value eBook Expires 3/14/2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Mar 2012 21:23:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Modern corporations do their best to hammer home the message of security through training, communications, and outright begging. The message often falls on deaf ears, not because employees want to make their workplaces unsafe, but rather, because the topic is so complex and wide-ranging that it simply is overwhelming. As an information security professional, it is their charge to make the online world safer for all of us. None of us tolerates a crime spree in our neighborhood. Likewise, we should not tolerate the current crime wave that is sweeping the Internet, one which truly threatens to stifle the e-commerce and e-communications that we have come to know and rely on. Prepared by Scrappy About; Sponsored by Scrappy About Request Free! ]]></description>
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		<title>Confirmation Bias Is False, Says Study</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Feb 2012 04:29:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>KochegarTUWhh</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Ever since cable news outlets that displayed a pronounced partisan slant became available, observers have voiced concerns that political partisans from both poles will immerse themselves in outlets that offer only reinforcement of their own beliefs, blocking themselves off from conflicting opinions (also known as &#8220;confirmation bias&#8221;). With the advent of online news sources with frankly partisan outlooks, that fear has only grown. A new study from researchers at Ohio State University suggests that such concerns are unfounded. They discovered that even the most partisan readers visit mainstream news sites, as well as partisan sites that express views that oppose their own. In fact, as visits to partisan sites increased, the researchers noted a corresponding increase in visits to sites that represented the opposite extreme, as well as more mainstream, general news sources. The study, led by assistant professor of communication R. Kelly Garret, is slated for publication in the journal Political Behavior . According to Garret’s results, those who push for legislation requiring the expression of opposing viewpoints on partisan websites and broadcasts can relax. Although the proliferation of partisan websites would make it easy for surfers to avoid ever encountering an opposing viewpoint, people do not appear to be immersing themselves in sites that only reinforce their own opinions. The Ohio State academics analyzed data taken from multiple Pew surveys and a survey from the National Science Foundation that was led by one of the current study’s researchers. The surveys were conducted between 2004 and 2008 and interviewed from 600 to 2,500 respondents each. Participants were asked questions about their personal political leanings and about the frequency of their use of websites that use a particular ideological slant. Using a variety of different approaches, the surveys asked questions designed to elicit information on how often survey respondents accessed politically conservative or liberal blogs or news outlets, major mainstream news outlets and online newspapers. The investigators determined that around 14 percent of the respondents go to websites that reinforce what they already believe. However, they do not stick to the same old sites, nodding mindlessly in response to ideas and viewpoints that they already hold, as many who fear confirmation bias have speculated. These respondents are also more likely to access mainstream news sites and online newspapers than respondents who report that they do not access sites with any partisan slant. This raises the possibility that individuals at both political poles are actually exposed to more viewpoints that oppose their own than those who hold more mainstream views. Garret and his teams determined that a person who accessed sites with a particular political orientation had a nearly 80 percent chance of also accessing one of the major mainstream news outlets’ websites. This is slightly more than double the odds for a person who never visits sites that exhibit a partisan bias. The analysis showed that the more frequently a respondent went onto sites that agreed with their own political views, the more frequently they also went onto sites that presented the opposite view. Perhaps even more significantly, those with strong partisan views don’t tend to rely upon biased sites for the bulk of their political news. Nearly 70 percent of them visited sites that provided information and commentary that challenged their established political beliefs. Although critics may be quick to speculate that people who hold strong political opinions may be more likely to access a variety of news and political information sites simply because their interests lie in that area, Garrett was quick to reassure readers that his team ruled out this possibility. According to Garrett, the study’s results hold true whether participants showed a great deal of interest in politics or only a little. ”Whether you’re very interested in politics or only casually interested, if you visit websites supporting one political view, you’re more likely to visit sites supporting the opposing view,” he said. One of Garret’s co-authors, Dustin Carnahan, considers the study good news about the way Americans use the internet to gather information on politics. The results contradict conventional wisdom, which holds that the voting public is resistant to opposing viewpoints and that those on the far ends of the spectrum are particularly closed-minded. Instead, he said, voters appear to be much more willing than many had thought to consider political ideas and beliefs that do not reflect their own. Garret pointed out that this willingness is the crucial first step towards looking at both sides of an issue and achieving an eventual compromise. He acknowledges that it takes more than mere exposure to prevent people from lapsing into a confirmation bias. “Of course, it is not enough to simply look at what the other side has to say. But it is at least a start,” he said. Related posts: In the Media, Protests More Influential than Presidents [Study] Trusted Sources Lend Credibility to Online Portals [Study] ]]></description>
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		<title>Making Knowledge Management Central to High-Tech Customer Service</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Feb 2012 01:32:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Customer service is no longer about someone sitting at a desk answering the phones. Although still a crucial element to success, it is not the only channel we have today. We have the internet, social media, email and much more, they all revolve around the same mission of satisfying the customer. In this webcast, focusing on web customer service, you'll learn about the necessary elements for success and where knowledge management fits into the equation. Michael Maoz, Research VP/Distinguished Analyst with featured analyst firm Gartner, Inc. and Tim Hines, VP of Product Management and CRM with Consona will walk you through core key components of knowledge management and channels that have the biggest impact on service and support, while providing insight into what approaches other organizations are taking with implementation of these channel components. Request Free! ]]></description>
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		<title>Exposure to Mass Media Improves Diet [Study]</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 05:58:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>samneasexia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Television’s bad influence on viewers’ eating habits has long been a source of concern for health experts and parents. However, a new study by researchers in Italy shows that the more exposure to newspapers, television and the Internet people have, the healthier they eat. The study, conducted by researchers at the Fondazione di Ricerca e Cura &#8220;Giovanni Paolo II&#8221; in Campobasso, Italy, found that the more participants used television, newspapers and the Internet as a source of information, the more closely they adhered to a traditional Mediterranean diet. The Mediterranean diet is the eating pattern that was historically followed by inhabitants of the lands surrounding the Mediterranean Ocean. It has long been considered the ideal diet for humans. The current pattern of eating that is prevalent in Europe and North America is known as the Western diet. It is considered one of the least healthy diets and is known to lead to both short-term and long-term health problems. In recent decades, the Western diet has spread across many parts of the globe along with Western clothing, pastimes and entertainments, including television. Often, observers have placed part of the blame for the spread of unhealthy eating habits on television viewing. Some experts had assumed that the spread of other forms of mass media would have a similar effect. The new study, however, highlights the folly of lumping all use of television or other media together and assuming the consequences will all be negative. The results suggest that the effect of mass media, like most other things, often depends upon how and why it is used. The research, which is the first of its kind to look closely at the types of media accessed and to take into account how they are used, was published in the International Journal of Public Health . Previous studies analyzed only the impact television viewing had upon watchers’ health and generalized the results to include other types of media. The investigators studied 1,000 participants in the largest Moli-sani Project, a famous epidemiological study that involves 25,000 inhabitants of Molise, Italy. The goal of the Moli-sani Project is to determine the effect of environmental and genetic factors on the development of cardiovascular disease and tumors. As part of the larger study that included gathering information on individual dietary habits, participants were asked to answer questions regarding their use of mass media. The data was plugged into a specially created instrument designed to measure participants’ exposure to mass media information, and then the results were analyzed. According to researcher Americo Bonanni, “Results have shown that people most exposed to information delivered by any mass media source reported higher adherence to the Mediterranean-like eating patterns. “In particular, people…reported higher consumption of some key foods of the Mediterranean diet pyramid, such as fruits and fresh fish, and a lower consumption of less healthy food such as animal fats.” The researchers concluded that health experts should stop viewing mass media, including television, as the enemy and begin figuring out how to use it to get better information to the public more effectively. Related posts: For Teens, Early Sex and Media Exposure Not Linked Body Image and the Media [Videographic] UW-Madison’s joint mass communication degree ranked top in nation ]]></description>
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		<title>YouSpeak: Combating Piracy on the Internet</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 00:54:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two Congressional bills designed to curb pirated content on the internet were stopped dead in their tracks earlier this month after a massive protest by Wikipedia and other websites persuaded lawmakers to take a closer look at the legislation. This week’s “YouSpeak” asks, “Should the government regulate the internet?” Read the full story on BU Today: http://www.bu.edu/today/2012/youspeak-combating-piracy-on-the-internet/]]></description>
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		<title>Get Found By More Prospects And Convert More Of Them Into Leads And Customers</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 19:39:18 +0000</pubDate>
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