Thursday - March 11, 2010

 

New test allows BPOs to recruit workers faster

1. Private and public stakeholders of the Philippine business process outsourcing (BPO) industry recently launched a national standardized test for applicants, allowing firms to recruit faster and jobseekers easy access to open positions.

 

On latest guitar game, players strum real strings

1. NEW YORK - An upcoming musical video game lets players strum a real six-string electric guitar instead of tapping buttons on a fake instrument.

 

White House tweeting spreads Obama message

1. WASHINGTON - #wanttospinWHreporters? If you're PressSec - White House press secretary Robert Gibbs' username on Twitter - you join the powerful social media platform and push your message across the Internet, 140 characters at a time.

 

Apple iPad available starting April 3 in the US

1. Apple announced on Friday (Saturday in the Philippines) the availability of its highly anticipated iPad in the United States beginning April 3, with pre-orders to begin on March 12. Prices will start at US$499

 

Airport body scanners spreading across US

1. BOSTON - The Transportation Security Administration on Friday announced nine more U.S. airports that will receive body-scanning technology, as the U.S. heightens its effort to detect hidden explosives and other weapons amid a threat highlighted by an attempted airplane bombing on Christmas Day.

 

New Windows phones won't run current apps

1. NEW YORK - Microsoft Corp. has said its new software for smart phones, Windows Phone 7 series, is a "clean break" with the past. Now it's clear just how clean that break is: The new phones, expected late this year, won't run any applications written for older versions of Microsoft's phone software.

 

YouTube turns on captions on millions of videos

1. SAN BRUNO, California - YouTube is adding captions to millions of Internet videos.

 

Facebook, Omniture expand marketing partnership

1. NEW YORK - Facebook and Omniture, the Web analytics software maker, said Wednesday they are working together to help companies use the world's largest social network as a marketing channel.

 

RealNetworks will stop selling DVD copying product

1. SAN FRANCISCO - RealNetworks Inc. said Wednesday that it will stop selling technology that lets consumers copy DVDs to their computer hard drives, settling a handful of lawsuits filed against the company by Hollywood's six major movie studios.

 

Microsoft CEO: Google merits regulatory scrutiny

1. SANTA CLARA, Calif. - Microsoft Corp. CEO Steve Ballmer intends to keep the regulatory heat on Google as his company strives to lessen its rival's dominance of Internet search.

 

Apple sues rival HTC as phone competition rises

1. SAN FRANCISCO - As Apple Inc.'s iPhone faces stiffer competition in the lucrative market for smart phones, the company is going after one of its main rivals with patent lawsuits claiming theft of touch screen technology and other features.

 

Yahoo CEO indicates turnaround could take years

1. SUNNYVALE, Calif. - Yahoo Inc. CEO Carol Bartz says she hopes investors growing impatient for her to turn around the slumping Internet company remember how long it took for Steve Jobs to revive Apple Inc.

 

26% of Americans get news via phone-survey

1. NEW YORK - Just over a quarter of American adults now read news on their cell phones, according to a new report from the Pew Research Center.

 

Twitter wants users to update their personal info

1. Twitter is prodding its users to update their personal settings to create more ways for people to connect on its communications service.

 

Talking "bout a revolution: EDSA in the age of social media

1. In a Yahoo! Answers thread about the 1986 EDSA revolt, some young people said that the historic event is overrated, or that we were probably better off under Marcos. People who lived through those times disagreed.

 

Cablevision service lets customers see PCs on TV

1. Watching online video and other content on a television screen typically means buying a special device such as an Apple TV, or plugging lots of wires into the right holes on the PCs and TVs. Cable TV provider Cablevision Systems Corp. is testing a service that promises to eliminate that hassle.

 

Facebook looks to capitalize on Arab world growth

1. DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Facebook says it is teaming with a Middle Eastern digital advertising company as the online meet-up site looks to capitalize on its rapid growth in the Arab world.

 

Yahoo yodels new tune by joining tweeting craze

1. SAN FRANCISCO - Yahoo has something new to yodel about: tweets. In its latest attempt to make its Web site more compelling, Yahoo Inc. is plugging i

 

China microbloggers ask: Where has president gone?

1. BEIJING - Where is President Hu Jintao? That's the question online supporters were asking Tuesday after a user account for the stiff and formal politician disappeared from a Twitter-like microblogging site two days after it was discovered.

 

China launches strict new Internet controls

1. BEIJING - China's technology ministry moved to tighten controls on Internet use Tuesday, saying individuals who want to operate Web sites must first meet in person with regulators.

 

Four call center workers suspended over obscene messages

1. Four call center personnel in the Philippines have been suspended pending further investigation by local authorities after sending an obscene SMS message to a client's customers, according to the New Zealand Herald.

 

Advertisers advised to maximize potentials of social media

1. In a forum Thursday organized by the European Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines, experts said those who want to tap social media websites like Twitter and Facebook must not use the sites just to advertise but also to interact with consumers.

 

Tablets, smartbooks aim to fill PC-phone gap

1. If you've got a car and a bicycle, do you need a motorcycle too? Wireless carriers are betting that you do. They're making a big push this year for the motorcycles of the gadget world: devices that are bigger than a phone but smaller than a laptop.

 

Privacy group files FTC protest on Google Buzz

1. WASHINGTON-A privacy watchdog group complained to US federal regulators on Tuesday about Google's new Buzz social networking service, saying it violates federal consumer protection law.

 

Verizon to allow Skype calls over wireless network

1. Verizon Wireless will let customers use the Internet phone service Skype to make free calls on some phones, an application that wireless carriers have been slow to allow.

 

Fighting pandemics like swine flu in digital age

1. PHILADELPHIA - A tap on the HealthMap iPhone application brings up a cluster of red pins on a map, representing nearby cases of swine flu. Another tap brings up a form for ordinary Americans to add to the collection by reporting bouts they have or know about.

 

Love Detector device: can it help you find love?

1. Today is Valentine's Day and everyone is looking for love. But finding the right match is not an easy task. So, what if there was a ' Love Detector' designed to help you find the perfect one? Amir Liberman, the CEO of Nemesysco, based in Netanya, Israel, says his company has the perfect device, called the Love Detector.

 

Next chapter in digital book deal: Google vs. US

1. SAN FRANCISCO - Determined to create the world's largest digital library, Google Inc. is betting it knows more about U.S. antitrust and copyright laws than the government regulators enforcing them.

 

Google tweaks Buzz social hub after privacy woes

1. As it introduced a new social hub, Google quickly learned that people's most frequent e-mail contacts are not necessarily their best friends.

 

Google rebuts US objections to digital book deal

1. NEW YORK - Google will try to win court approval of a deal that would give it the digital rights to millions of books, despite legal concerns raised by the Justice Department.

 

NASA launches observatory to study sun

1. CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - The most advanced solar observatory ever built rocketed into space Thursday on a five-year quest to shed light on Earth's star.

 

Google to build ultra-fast broadband networks

1. Google Inc. plans to build a handful of experimental, ultra-fast broadband networks around the country to connect consumers to the Internet and ensure that tomorrow's systems can keep up with online video and other advanced applications that the search company will want to deliver.

 

Google e-mail gets social in Facebook face-off

1. SAN FRANCISCO - Google Inc. opened a new social hub in its e-mail service on Tuesday, leaving little doubt that the Internet search leader is girding for a face-off with Facebook.

 

 

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