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Social Media Helps Users Embrace Differences and Provide Support to One Another, MU Study Finds

By Guest PostJanuary 9, 2014Technologyafrica, asia, australia, Europe, Facebook, fan identification, google chat, holly willson holladay, hyunji lee, lady gaga, lady gaga followers, little monsters, melissa click, political system, skype, social media, statistics, tweets, Twitter, university of missouri, unusual behaviors, US, users, very positive thing

Lady Gaga enables followers to embrace their awkwardness while deepening the perceived relationship they feel they have with the celebrity

COLUMBIA, Mo. – According to recent statistics, more than 175 million tweets are sent daily, and 11 accounts are created every second on Twitter. One celebrity who boasts the highest amount of global subscribers is singer Lady Gaga who enjoys more than 40 million Twitter followers. Now, University of Missouri communication researchers have found that online social media gives users an outlet to embrace their differences and provide emotional support to others while deepening perceived relationships they feel they have with celebrities. (more…)

Yahoo Unveils New Products and Experiences for Smartphones, Web, Tablet and TV at CES 2014

By Guest PostJanuary 8, 2014Technologyaviate technology, digital advertising, new products, yahoo food, yahoo inc, yahoo tech

LAS VEGAS — Today at the annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Yahoo! Inc. unveiled new products and media sites across smartphones, tablets and the web, as well as a new suite of advertising technology to help advertisers, publishers and partners get more return from their online advertising campaigns. (more…)

So schafft die Werbung den «idealen» Frauenkörper

By Guest PostJanuary 7, 2014Media, Technologyfrauenkoerper, ideal, infosperber, models, photoshop, video, werbung

«Ich will meiner Tochter zeigen, warum die allgegenwärtigen Models mit der Realität nichts zu tun haben», sagt eine Mutter. In knapp 40 Sekunden zeigt dieses Video, wie ein normaler Frauenkörper mit Photoshop in ein unrealistisches, nicht existierendes Schönheits-Vorbild verwandelt wird. *Source: Infosperber

Smartphone as mentor: How tech could change behavior

By Guest PostDecember 31, 2013Technologybehavior, change, creativity, daniel lao, diana sussman, electric vehicles, feedback, harmony, jasprit singh, joggle, mentor, mindfulness, new delhi, nonconfrontational messages, psychological issues, radar, smartphone, social network, stream of vocabulary, tech, Technology, university of michigan, wellness, yoga devotee

ANN ARBOR — Funneling a steady stream of diversions straight to your pocket, smartphones are often cast as the ultimate distractors. But a University of Michigan engineering professor sees potential for them to be something quite the opposite.

What if they could act as mentors in mindfulness, helping users stay attentive in order to achieve particular goals? (more…)

Bei Google keine Daten hinterlassen

By Guest PostDecember 30, 2013Technologyanonym, anonymitaet der nutzer, Google, ip adresse, privatsphaere, schuetzt, suchmaschine ixquick, urs p gasche

Mit der holländischen Suchmaschine Ixquick kann man bei Google anonym suchen. Ein Tipp des Datenschützers Thür.

Der Schweizer Datenschutz-Beauftragte Hanspeter Thür empfiehlt die niederländische Meta-Suchmaschine Ixquick. Sie liefert Suchresultate von Google unter absoluter Wahrung der Privatsphäre – ohne Google Ihre IP-Adresse und Identität zu verraten. (more…)

New data compression method reduces big-data bottleneck; outperforms, enhances JPEG

By Guest PostDecember 30, 2013Technologyanamorphic stretch transform, applied optics, arts, ast, bahram jalali, big data, big problems, coarse feature, compression factor, data communication, data compression, data compression method, dispersive fourier transform, enhance, henry samueli school, ieee global conference, image quality, jpeg, mohammad asghari, new, physics, streaming fashion, stretch, time, ucla

New discovery is rooted in physics and the arts

In creating an entirely new way to compress data, a team of researchers from the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science has drawn inspiration from physics and the arts. The result is a new data compression method that outperforms existing techniques, such as JPEG for images, and that could eventually be adopted for medical, scientific and video streaming applications.

In data communication, scientific research and medicine, an increasing number of today’s applications require the capture and analysis of massive amounts of data in real time. (more…)

Abuse of Social Network sites: E-Safety for children

By Guest PostDecember 29, 2013Technologychild safe websites, cyber bullying, web surfing

Most parents will by now wonder how they can protect their children and direct them to child-safe websites. Fortunately a non-profit site, Quib.ly offers a forum where concerned parents, teachers and care-givers can seek out the advice of experts in the field of cyber technology as well as child development psychology. If you visit this site you may well find that your particular concern is shared by others. Experts in their respective fields will be able to steer you in the direction of child-safe websites and you will have the opportunity to share knowledge gained by parents in your position.
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Big data and how to use it

By Guest PostDecember 28, 2013Economy, Technologybank of america, big data, bintong chen, bruce weber, charles riordan, chitra dorai, consumer analytics, courtney smith goodrich, data analytics, david schweidel, emory university, era, hannah montana, ifsa, industry applications, information systems, jason van hulse, jpmorgan chase, magic, nate silver, pratap manyam, raj venkatesan, Science, sequencing, skyrocketed, Technology, university of delaware

UD Consumer Analytics and Industry Applications conference discusses big data

In the era of big data come big questions about how to use it. These questions and more were the backdrop of the recent Consumer Analytics and Industry Applications conference, put on by the University of Delaware’s Institute for Financial Services Analytics (IFSA).

“We are living in a big data world,” said IFSA director and professor of business administration, Bintong Chen. The institute is a collaboration between UD’s Alfred Lerner College of Business and Economics, the College of Engineering and JPMorgan Chase. (more…)

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