08 February 2011
Bloggers will now be happy to know that they can blog on the go thanks to the recently released Google Android app. The Android market did already have some other Blogger apps available in the Marketplace; however this is Google’s first official release. Those using the app are now having the ability to add photos [...]
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08 February 2011
Everyone looks to save money and often reads reviews for a product before going ahead and making that purchase. If this describes you, then you may want to check out Google Shopper. The app used to only be available for the Android but now iPhone and iPod touch users are able to use this app [...]
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08 February 2011
Wednesday Google took a hit from Microsoft when they were accused of stealing Google’s search results to use for its Bing search engine and it also accused Google of launching a honeypot attack in which Google was going after Bing’s growth. The senior vice president for Microsoft’s Online Services Division, Yusuf Mehdi, wrote in a [...]
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07 February 2011
Some 54 new planets potentially providing habitable environments have been identified by the Kepler space telescope. The announcement brings the total number of exoplanet candidates identified by the telescope team to more than 1,200. Five of the new discoveries are Earth-sized. The Kepler telescope is designed to search for exoplanets in a small patch of [...]
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07 February 2011
Japanese steelmaker Nippon Steel Corp might acquire Sumitomo Metal industries in order to merge the two companies in a sole one that would be the world’s second largest steel making company. The move would come in a time when the Japanese steelmakers are fighting their Asian competition, while demand from domestic automakers shrinks and prices [...]
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07 February 2011
According to a report, released Thursday, the performance of the services sector in the United States increased greatly in the month of Jan 2011. This performance rate is the highest since the month of August of 2005. According to the Institute of Supply Management (ISM), its index for gauging the nation-wide non-manufacturing activity surged upwards [...]
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06 February 2011
The Island of St. Martin or St. Marteen can offer travelers more than a glimpse into the Caribbean culture. From French and Dutch influences, everything about St. Martin is special and unique. Back in 1493, when Columbus traveled for the first time to the New World, he discovered St. Martin’s Paradise. About 200 years later, [...]
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06 February 2011
The profit reported by Moody’s Corp, the bond rating company, for the fourth quarter has exceeded expectations, while the company also indicated that it expects its business to do even better this year due to debt issuance uptick. Moody’s has reported profit amounting $137.4m, $35.5m higher than the profit reported last year, which amounted only [...]
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06 February 2011
The International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) stated on Thursday that Iran could, if it wanted, to build a nuclear weapon in about 1-2 years. The institute said that the evidence indicating this is unquestionable and that the country could make a nuclear weapon if its leaders decided so. The IISS report entitled “Iran’s nuclear, [...]
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05 February 2011
Obesity is gaining ground around the world as one in ten adults are now obese, according to a joint UK-US study. Researchers at Imperial College London and Harvard used data on body mass index (BMI), cholesterol and high blood pressure collected between 1980 and 2008 to study obesity rates around the world. In 1980, 4.8% [...]
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Another 54 Potentially Habitable Planets Discovered
A Glimpse into Another Caribbean Paradise: St. Martin
