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IBM, MIT Attach Dollar Signs To Online Connections Syndicate content

Two very reputable organizations - IBM Research and MIT's Sloan School of Management - recently collaborated on a report that's in part titled "Value of Social Network."  And managers and employees everywhere should know that, according to said organizations, social networks can be quite valuable indeed.

YouTomb Tracks Videos Pulled From YouTube Syndicate content

YouTomb, a site focused on tracking all the videos that have been removed from YouTube for copyright violation, is a research project at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.The people who created the site are the MIT Free Culture student group. YouTomb says it,"Continually monitors the most popular videos on YouTube for copyright-related takedowns. Any information available in the metadata is retained, including who issued the complaint and how long the video was up before takedown."

YouTomb Picking Up YouTube's Scraps Syndicate content

YouTomb is a research project by the MIT “that tracks videos taken down from [Google-owned] YouTube for alleged copyright violation,” as the site explains.Comments 
News Tags: YouTube, YouTomb, MIT, Video

Student Entrepreneurs And StartUp Companies Syndicate content

I'm going to be giving the keynote presentation at an upcoming event organized by and focused on student entrepreneurs being held on the MIT campus this Saturday (May 3, 2008) from 12:00 - 4:00 p.m.. Student entrepreneurs from MIT, Harvard, Babson, Olin and Boston University and other Boston area academic institutions will gather to talk about startups. I could not hope for a better group to interact with.

MIT Students Power Supercomputer With Their Feet Syndicate content

You've likely heard about crank-powered laptops.  But pedal-powered supercomputers?  The SiCortex SC648 got some brief mentions a couple of months ago, and is back in the news today after MIT students used it to set a world record for human-powered computing.

Almost Half of Search Queries Are Repeats Syndicate content

Forty percent of all search queries are repeat queries from users trying to find information they have found before, according to a new study. But if there has been a change in search result rankings since the last time the query was entered, it significantly hinders the searcher from re-finding the information they seek.

MIT Venture Capital Conference Videos Syndicate content

As I noted a couple of weeks ago, I was a panelist on one of the sessions in the 2006 MIT Venture Capital Conference in Cambridge, MA.

20 Second Life Tips for Marketers Syndicate content

Prokofy Neva of the Second Thoughts blog brings us 20 do's and don'ts for big business entering Second Life.

MIT's Speech Recognition Baby Syndicate content

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) may be on the verge of a revolutionary development in speech and video algorithmic technology. Their test subject: a 9 month-old baby boy, who is the center of a project called "The Human Speechome Project."

Missing Children Gain Awareness on Flickr Syndicate content

Yeah, I've got Flickr on the brain, but this is an important post. MIT Advertising Lab points us to the best use of Flickr yet.
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