Wednesday, June 27, 2007

Blogpulse/BuzzMetrics: iPhone Buzz Heavy!

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  1. Blogpulse/BuzzMetrics: iPhone Buzz Heavy! - 2007-06-25 14:03:34-04
    Unprecedented Pre-Launch Buzz Sets High Expectations for iPhone Sales and Customers, Nielsen BuzzMetrics Reports If there weren't a lot of blogosphere buzz, that would be the big story. What follows is interesting but expected. According to Nielsen BuzzMetrics, the global measurement standard in consumer-generated media, the buzz around the forthcoming iPhone was 33% higher the week [...]
  2. Several Google Execs Head to Paris to Give Presentations at Google Press Day France - 2007-06-25 14:39:13-04
    Webcasts from Google Press Day: Paris, France, Now Online Recorded on June 19, 2007 in Paris, France. Presentations by: + Nikesh Arora audio | video + Chad Hurley & Steve Chen audio | video + Marissa Mayer audio | video + Urs Hoelzle audio | video + Eric Schmidt audio [...]
  3. Information Literacy: When 'Digital Natives' Go to the Library - 2007-06-25 14:41:13-04
    When 'Digital Natives' Go to the Library College and university librarians got some unconventional advice Saturday: Play more video games. At a packed session for academic librarians attending the annual meeting of the American Library Association, in Washington, the topic was how to help students who have learned many of their information gathering and analysis skills from [...]
  4. AOL News Site Getting Makeover; New Streamlined Page Also Available - 2007-06-25 14:45:41-04
    AOL takes page from blogs in news site relaunch Time Warner plans to launch a test of its overhauled news portal [it's online now] on Tuesday, drawing influences from the uncluttered design of popular Internet blogs. The online division of the world's largest media company said it aimed to keep readers returning and to introduce a new [...]
  5. AOL News Site Gets Ready to Unveil New Look, Personalization Coming Soon - 2007-06-25 14:45:41-04
    AOL takes page from blogs in news site relaunch Time Warner plans to launch a test of its overhauled news portal on Tuesday, drawing influences from the uncluttered design of popular Internet blogs. The online division of the world's largest media company said it aimed to keep readers returning and to introduce a new generation of media [...]
  6. New Web Tools: Start Capturing/Saving/Sharing Your Favorite Web Video Using Beta Version of Real Player 11 - 2007-06-25 14:51:59-04
    There are currently numerous tools, Firefox add-ons, etc. that you can use to record and save web video to your hard drive, memory stick, etc. Today, one of the largest players in the video/audio player space, Real Networks, has released (beta) a new version of their free player that makes it possible (and easier) to locally [...]
  7. Webcast: Library History Laws, Leaders and Legends of the Modern National Library of Medicine - 2007-06-25 14:57:59-04
    Webcast: Laws, Leaders and Legends of the Modern National Library of Medicine (NLM) On May 23, 2007, Kent A. Smith, former Deputy Director, NLM, gave the 2007 Joseph Leiter MLA/NLM Lecture - "Laws, Leaders and Legends of the Modern NLM" - at the Annual Meeting of the Medical Library Association in Philadelphia. The lecture is named [...]
  8. The Mobile Researcher: Get Real Estate Info (Pricing, Ownership and Other Info) via HouseFront.com - 2007-06-25 14:59:19-04
    OK, so you are driving, walking, riding around (the U.S.) and you see a home/property of interest? You wonder, how much did it cost when it was sold? How many rooms? Who is the owner? What's the estimated value* today? There are numerous sources and databases you can turn to, some free like Trulia [...]
  9. The URLs for the ResourceShelf and DocuTicker RSS Feeds - 2007-06-25 15:01:35-04
    Here are the new URLs for our RSS feeds. We offer feeds for both ResourceShelf and DocuTicker. Make sure to check your aggregator to see if these are the URLs you're using to receive the latest from both sites. Thanks! ResourceShelf: http://www.resourceshelf.com/feed/ DocuTicker: http://www.docuticker.com/?feed=rss2
  10. More than Just Phone Calls: Ingenio Releases 2007 Consumer Cell Phone Usage Poll - 2007-06-26 10:36:33-04
    Here on ResourceShelf, we are constantly posting new web resources aimed at researchers and more and more so, mobile researchers. Just yesterday, we talked about two services that offer home home sale prices, facts about homes, and other real estate info via your mobile device. Today, Ingenio, a major player in player in the pay-per-call [...]
  11. Annual Disaster Statistical Review: Numbers and Trends 2006…and other full-text reports on DocuTicker - 2007-06-26 14:00:49-04
    Posted 26 June 2007 on DocuTicker: + Annual Disaster Statistical Review: Numbers and Trends 2006 (Center for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters) + The Adult Film Industry: Time to Regulate? (PLoS Medicine) + New Findings Show Half of Americans Surveyed Importing Drugs without a Prescription (Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America)
  12. 3D Digital Globes: NASA's World Wind Adds Tour de France 2007 Layer - 2007-06-26 14:03:35-04
    3D Digital Globes: NASA's World Wind Adds Tour de France Layer NASA's free 3D digital globe (volunteer built has just added a new layer with information about the 2007 Tour de France. Including: + track profiles. + icons that link to the official TdF site with detailed information about every stage. The add-on also includes maps for the all [...]
  13. Statistics: New CDC Report Documents Percentage of People Without Health Insurance - 2007-06-26 14:03:52-04
    Statistics: New CDC Report Documents Percentage of People Without Health Insurance The study examines data collected from interviews in over 100,000 households nationwide. Some of the highlights include: In 2006, there were 43.6 million Americans of all ages who did not have health insurance (at the time of the interview), or 14.8 percent of the population. Among working-age [...]
  14. More Maps Made Available on RefliefWeb from Various UN Agencies and and Other Sources - 2007-06-26 14:07:57-04
    + Africa's Hunger Crisis + Sudan: General Threat Map with the Result of Landmine Impact Survey (LIS) + Sri Lanka: Topographic Map + Reference Map of Timor-Leste (as of Mar 2007) + Reference Map of Central Asia + Reference Map of Kosovo Region (as of Mar 2007) + Reference Map of Bosnia and Herzegovina (as of Mar 2007) + Reference [...]
  15. Briefs: Judge rejects Google's anti-Microsoft antitrust bid; - 2007-06-26 14:17:23-04
    + A federal judge refused on Tuesday to rule on a last-minute Google antitrust complaint about Windows Vista's desktop search, saying she trusted government attorneys who said they were already satisfied with Microsoft's planned changes. (via News.com)
  16. ARL Offers Tools for Leading Discussions of Scholarly Communication Issues - 2007-06-26 14:27:42-04
    ARL Offers Tools for Leading Discussions of Scholarly Communication Issues The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) Office of Scholarly Communication is offering a free series of guides on current scholarly communication issues to facilitate summer discussion programs among library staff. The scholarly communication system is changing rapidly. An increasing number of librarians across job categories are being [...]
  17. AOL News Site Getting Makeover; New Streamlined Page Also Available - 2007-06-26 14:59:41-04
    AOL takes page from blogs in news site relaunch Time Warner plans to launch a test of its overhauled news portal [it's online now] on Tuesday, drawing influences from the uncluttered design of popular Internet blogs. The online division of the world's largest media company said it aimed to keep readers returning and to introduce a new [...]
  18. The Big Read Becomes The Largest Federal Literature Program Since The W.P.A. - 2007-06-26 15:11:23-04
    The Big Read Becomes The Largest Federal Literature Program Since The W.P.A. The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) today more than doubled the number of communities taking part in its nationwide reading program, the Big Read. One hundred seventeen cities were awarded grants to produce celebrations of American literature from September through December 2007. The [...]
  19. More than Just Phone Calls: Ingenio Releases 2007 Consumer Cell Phone Usage Poll - 2007-06-26 15:13:33-04
    Here on ResourceShelf, we are constantly posting new web resources aimed at researchers and more and more so, mobile researchers. Earlier today, we talked about two services that offer home home sale prices, facts about homes, and other real estate info via your mobile device. Today, Ingenio, a major player in player in the pay-per-call [...]
  20. The URLs for the ResourceShelf and DocuTicker RSS Feeds - 2007-06-26 15:19:35-04
    Here are the new URLs for our RSS feeds. We offer feeds for both ResourceShelf and DocuTicker. Make sure to check your aggregator to see if these are the URLs you're using to receive the latest from both sites. Thanks! ResourceShelf: http://www.resourceshelf.com/feed/ DocuTicker: http://www.docuticker.com/?feed=rss2
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