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  • Twitter beefs up security with two-step login Twitter beefs up security with two-step login

    NEW YORK - Aiming to tackle recent high-profile breaches, popular micro-blogging site Twitter is introducing an optional two-step login for users to beef up security. The new system would try to ensure "it's really you" when a user signs in to Twitter, which transmits some 400 million messages a day. The move follows recent attacks into the twitter accounts of news organisations' such as ...

  • Facebook doesnt excite teens anymore

    The interest of teenagers is moving away from social networking platform Facebook, and they prefer "parent-free" platforms, according to a survey. The survey, conducted by Pew Research Center, indicates how teenagers' enthusiasm for Facebook is diminishing. The authors of the Pew report wrote how Facebook is now a "social burden" for teenaged users. "While Facebook is still deeply integrated ...

  • Sally Bercow learns the social media rules the hard way in McAlpine case | Joshua Rozenberg

    Mr Justice Tugendhat concluded the reasonable reader would understand Sally Bercow's tweet about Lord McAlpine, right, as insincere and ironical. Photograph: ...

  • Why B2B Marketers Still Dont Get Social Media--And 7 Steps For Fixing That

    reported that while B2B social media spending increased 9.6% last year, the majority of B2B companies failed to integrate social media into their business practices. "The biggest challenge is that many companies see social media as a cute promotional activity when it can be a strategic marketing activity," says Christine Moorman, director of The CMO Survey and T. Austin Finch senior ...

  • Google Facebook Launch Bidding War for Waze

    Businessweek today reported that Google is one of multiple companies negotiating to buy Waze, which is said to have a $1 billion price tag. According to the report, Israel-based Waze is in talks with "multiple parties" concerning an acquisition, and is also considering whether to raise venture capital and remain independent. Google did not respond to a request for comment on the ...

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Dragonfly [DVD]

Dragonfly [DVD]

Dragonfly is a silly--though it takes itself very seriously--supernatural mystery-thriller about a man who believes his recently deceased wife is trying to communicate with him from beyond the grave. It attempts to take its place in the recent cycle of eerily dramatic ghost stories epitomized by the The Sixth Sense (1999) and The Others (2001), both of which are far su ... ...

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  • Interleukin on track to commercialize periodontal disease test

    Interleukin CEO Kenneth Kornman It was a close call for Interleukin Genetics Inc. (OTCQB:ILIU), but the company said it is on track. The Waltham, Mass. diagnostics company received word that its University of Michigan study has been accepted for publication with just a week to go. The study, which showed the value of PST - a genetic test that measures the risk of developing periodontal disease - ...

  • Movers and Shakers A look at who in bio is coming and going

    Moderna Therapeutics announced the appointment of John Reynders as the companys first chief information officer. The following personnel announcements at New England-area biotech companies have been made in recent weeks: Cambridge, Mass.-based Moderna Therapeutics announced the appointment of John Reynders as the companys first chief information officer, effective in July. Reynders held several ...

  • Iron Bow awarded Coast Guard Standard Workstation contract

    Chantilly-based Iron Bow Technologies has won a potential $108 million contract with the Coast Guard for workstations and associated information technology equipment, GovCon Wire reports. The Coast Guard Standard Workstation contract vehicle provides the Coast Guard headquarters, C4IT Service Center and all field units with a source for satisfying CGSW business requirements. Solutions include ...

  • OMB sends agencies guidelines for securing smartphones tablets

    The Office of Management and Budget is giving agencies security guidelines for protecting smartphones and tablets. The Office of Management and Budget sent agencies instructions that concentrate on safeguarding government-owned mobile devices, according to Nextgov. The 104-page compilation of controls all are not applicable for every mission was accompanied by a choose-your-own-adventure style ...

  • Report Austin Ventures wants $450M to fund startups

    Austin Ventures LP is reportedly going back to targeting the type of companies that helped it grow initially early-stage startups. The Austin investment firm plans to raise a $450 million fund to focus on those types of companies, Bloomberg reported Friday. Austin Ventures, the dominant investment firm in Texas, has been largely focused on less risky later-stage investments in recent years ...

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