Wikipedia Adding Video By End f The Summer
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- Wikipedia Adding Video By End f The Summer
- #iranelection Crisis: A Social Media Timeline
- PRESS DIGEST – New York Times business news – June 22
- The Kindle: good or bad for books?
- Wikipedia bans edits to its Scientology pages. But at what cost?
Wikipedia Adding Video By End f The Summer
WebProNews
Wikipedia itself will only allow videos from the Internet Archive Metavid and Wikimedia Commons. No video editing software is necessary to post full or partial clips but “ne of the requirements for any video added to the site is that it be based on open-source formats. ”The project also includes developing Web tools to create smooth methods for transferring and editing videos. When a Wikipedia editor finds relevant snippets he will be able to preview them and set the “in” and “out” points without having to worry about file conversions.
#iranelection Crisis: A Social Media Timeline
Mashable
In fact so much has been recorded via social media that it is possible to understand the progression of events through it. Thus we have built a timeline of events utilizing information recorded via social media. This timeline uses Twitter Flickr YouTube and Wikipedia to paint a broad picture of the situation as well as the growing conversation around it. June 12: The Electionn Friday June 12th Iran held its. According to the official (but now disputed) vote tally Ahmadinejad secured 24.
PRESS DIGEST – New York Times business news – June 22
Reuters
B) said on Sunday itwould rebrand itself as Mahindra Satyam its latest step inefforts to recover from India’s worst corporate fraud scandal. * Recognizing that the online encyclopedia Wikipedia isincreasingly used by the public as a news source Google Newsbegan this month to include Wikipedia among the stable ofpublications it trawls to create the site. * With more subscribers than ever flocking to itsDVD-by-mail service Netflix Inc (. ) is one of the fewcompanies prospering during the worst recession in 70 years. But another upstart called Redbox has emerged to give thecompany a run for its business.
Related from 9p2cn: PRESS DIGEST – China – June 3
The Kindle: good or bad for books?
Examiner.com
Instead of trying to hunt down large-print versions of one’s favorite books he or she can simply adjust the text on the Kindle to be visible. The reader can also make notes and add bookmarks to anything important right on to the Kindle similar to the notes made in the margins of a book. The Kindle also comes with an installed dictionary and access to Wikipedia so the reader can stop and look up anything within the text that he or she does not understand. This immediate access to knowledge and clarification will be a benefit to students everywhere. Finally the Kindle allows the reader to sample any e-book by reading the first few chapters before actually purchasing it. This allows the reader to decide if the book is worth the purchase. There are substantial pros to the Kindle.
Wikipedia bans edits to its Scientology pages. But at what cost?
Christian Science Monitor
Ron Hubbard in 1952. (Editor’s note: The ban only affects addresses based on Church property.
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