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Social network asks city to reduce posts
Costa Mesa's official use of Nextdoor.com has been scaled back following recent resident concerns about the frequency of city announcements. The messages posted on neighborhood pages within the private social networking site were apparently too many...Tags: Culture, Arts and Culture
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Yahoo's Flickr to offer massive 1 terabyte of storage for free
Yahoo followed its purchase of Tumblr, a cool, hip brand, with a fresh revamp for Flickr, another cool and once beloved start-up that has struggled to retain its luster since it was acquired. The Sunnyvale, Calif., company said it was redesigning...
Tags: Social Media, Culture, Google Inc., Apple iPhone, Arts and Culture
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Bold move: Yahoo makes $1.1 billion bet on Tumblr, Internet whiz kid in bid to be hip again
AP Technology WriterSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — After falling woefully out of fashion, Yahoo wants to be cool again while catering to the capitalistic demands of its shareholders. That goal led CEO Marissa Mayer to make a $1.1 billion bet on online blogging forum Tumblr in...Tags: Online Advertising, Social Media, Marketing, Media Industry, Software Industry
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Report: Suburban Poverty Rises Sharply But CT Regions More Stable
The Hartford CourantMetro Hartford's suburbs have among the lowest poverty rates of the largest 100 U.S. urban areas and is in the middle of the pack in growth of suburban poverty, a new report shows. But the region, which includes Hartford, Middlesex and Tolland counties,...Tags: Tolland (Tolland, Connecticut), Social Issues, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Poverty, New Britain
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Yahoo takes big leap with $1.1B deal for Tumblr
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Yahoo is buying online blogging forum Tumblr for $1.1 billion as CEO Marissa Mayer tries to rejuvenate an Internet pioneer that had fallen behind the times. The deal announced Monday is Mayer's boldest move since she left...
Tags: Social Media, Marketing, Media Industry, Software Industry, Forrester Research Incorporated
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Why Maker Faire may be Silicon Valley's most important export [video]
This weekend I attended the eighth annual Maker Faire with my son in San Mateo, Calif. The Maker Faire and the Maker Movement have gotten so large, it's easy to take them for granted. In fact, after going four straight years, I almost skipped this year...Tags: Computer Hardware, Book, Culture, Arts and Culture, Computing and Information Technology Industry
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John David Dyche: Summer reading for conservative students
Rush Limbaugh frequently makes bombastic radio references to his Institute for Advanced Conservative Studies. One wishing to learn about conservatism can occasionally glean a morsel of wisdom from Limbaugh’s talk, but there are better teachers....Tags: Libertarian Party, Culture, Ronald Reagan, Arts and Culture, Rush Limbaugh
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Google vows to support Voice within new Hangouts app
Google last week introduced Hangouts, a new app meant to integrate all of the company's messaging services into one, but a key service was glaringly left out: Google Voice. Voice is a communication service Google introduced in 2009 that gives users a...
Tags: Google+, Social Media, Culture, Google Inc., Arts and Culture
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Yahoo, Tumblr take to social network to confirm $1.1-billion deal [video chat]
Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer and Tumblr CEO David Karp both took to Tumblr Monday morning to confirm what we all suspected: Yahoo is buying Tumblr. Mayer's Yahoo will be paying $1.1 billion for Tumblr, most of it in cash, but the social network will continue...
Tags: Social Media, Marissa Mayer, Culture, Corporate Officers, Arts and Culture
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Library brings musical side of Lincoln to life
Enjoy a truly unique musical role-playing experience with General Grant and President Lincoln. Will and Bernadine Boyce have spent years perfecting their impersonations of General and Mrs. Grant (along with other Civil War personalities) and Dr. Duke...Tags: Wars and Interventions, Havre de Grace, Music, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Culture
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This week in government
Scheduled meetings this week of the Washington County Commissioners, Washington County Board of Education, and Hagerstown Mayor and Council: WASHINGTON COUNTY COMMISSIONERS Hager Hall Conference and Event Center 901 Dual Hwy., Hagerstown Tuesday,...Tags: Charles Street, Business, Water Supply, Rentals, Science and Technology
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Avon Free Public Library Hosts Display On Battle Of Gettysburg
The Avon Historical Society will present an exhibit on the Battle of Gettysburg at the Avon Free Public Library starting in June and going through July to cooincide with the 150th anniversary of that pivotal Civil War battle, according to an...Tags: Wars and Interventions, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Culture, Abraham Lincoln, Unions
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