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March Comes With Office Madness

March Comes With Office Madness

When the NCAA men’s basketball tournament begins later this month, millions of fans across the country will be looking to follow the games, which take place mostly during the workday, on their phones, at lunch or at their desks through the streaming online video service offered by CBS, the NCAA’s official network. Claire Simmers, Ph.D., professor of management at Saint Joseph’s University in Philadelphia, believes that watching the games during the day can provide a challenge to employers and employees alike. Simmers”With streaming services and portable devices like iPhones, you can watch these games anywhere,” Simmers says. “As an...

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Women Get to the Point :: Too Bad it is When Texting

Women Get to the Point :: Too Bad it is When Texting

 In an article in the latest edition of the quarterly journal Written Communication, IU researchers Susan Herring and Asta Zelenkauskaite show that while men historically talk more in public settings, when the exchanges occur via text messaging in a public venue — in this case, Italy’s real-time interactive music television channel Allmusic — it is the women who push their messages closest to the character-count limit, who use more abbreviations and insertions, and who implement more emoticons (like smiling and frowning faces). “The messages are very flirtatious and have nothing to do with the television show,” said Herring, a professor...

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How ‘Real’ is a Virtual World?

How ‘Real’ is a Virtual World?

A research team, led by North Carolina State Universityâ’s Dr. Mitzi M. Montoya, has developed a new way of measuring how â’realâ’ online virtual worlds are â’“ an important advance for the emerging technology that can be used to foster development of new training and collaboration applications by companies around the world. A global economy, the rising cost of travel, and increasingly tight budgets have left companies exploring the possible use of virtual worlds to train employees and foster collaboration in areas such as research and development, but until now no one has had a way to measure just...

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Android Games Are Coming

Android Games Are Coming

Gameloft, a leading developer and publisher of video games on mobile phones and consoles, today announced plans to develop 10 plus games for Android, an open source mobile platform. Bubble Bash will be the first title scheduled for launch in Q1 2009. Android is an open mobile platform that incorporates extensive multimedia features and supports handsets that allow an enhanced gaming experience thanks to optimized graphics, touch screen and accelerometer. Gameloft’s development team has created a strong line-up for the platform, with several of its flagship titles available at the launch of Android’s paid application offerings. “The momentum and...

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Sirius XM Merger Cost Subscribers More Not Less

Sirius XM Merger Cost Subscribers More Not Less

Sirius XM announced the content line-up for SIRIUS XM’s new “Best of Both” programming options. As part of “Best of Both” programming, most current XM customers will continue to receive their existing XM service, and be able to obtain select SIRIUS programming. Likewise, most current SIRIUS customers will continue to receive their existing SIRIUS service and be able to obtain select XM programming. In addition to their existing service, SIRIUS and XM subscribers will be able to purchase the following channels: SIRIUS on XM XM on SIRIUS Howard 100 NBA * Howard 101 NHL Home Ice * Martha Stewart...

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