NBC’s “Community” to experiment with “Twittersode”
Last Updated on Thursday, 23 September 2010 09:01 Written by External Post Thursday, 23 September 2010 09:01
The premiere of NBC’s “Community” will begin with a scene played out online, in 140 characters or less. NBC has announced that ahead of the sitcom’s Thursday premiere, “Community” will present what it’s calling a “Twittersode.” A scene will be acted out
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‘Anti-Facebook’ project releases first batch of code
Last Updated on Thursday, 16 September 2010 03:40 Written by External Post Thursday, 16 September 2010 03:40
The open-source Diaspora project released on Wednesday the first iteration of its so-called anti-Facebook social-networking application. According to a blog post, the development team aims to work with the community to enhance and extend the software in
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Today only–save 50 percent on Norton Internet Security
Last Updated on Thursday, 2 September 2010 08:00 Written by External Post Thursday, 2 September 2010 08:00
Hi, it’s me again, Catherine Hwang, a partner manager with CNET Downloads, where I work with our developer community to bring you some great deals. We are starting what we call an Indian summer here in San Francisco, but as it is back to school time
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Enterprise Java: Oracle’s real reason for suing Google?
Last Updated on Friday, 20 August 2010 01:40 Written by External Post Friday, 20 August 2010 01:40
By now you’ve read that Oracle has sued Google for patent and copyright infringement related to the Android platform . Google has responded that the claims are baseless and counter to the open source community movement. In all the hullabaloo, the press,
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eBay shill bidder gets 5,000 fine
Last Updated on Monday, 5 July 2010 07:00 Written by External Post Monday, 5 July 2010 07:00
The first UK seller to be prosecuted for artificially inflating prices by bidding on his own eBay auctions has been told to pay 5,000 in fines and costs, and ordered to do 250 hours community service. Judge Peter Benson at Bradford Crown court said he
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Amazon buys wacky retailer
Last Updated on Thursday, 1 July 2010 11:40 Written by External Post Thursday, 1 July 2010 11:40
Etail monster Amazon has bought Woot.com – the community and wacky one-a-day gadget website. In the words of its own blog: ‘Woot to be acquired by Amazon, then left to amuse ourselves.’ The company will operate as an independent subsidiary of Amazon and
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Auction Raises $270,000 for South Nassau Communities Hospital
Last Updated on Saturday, 26 June 2010 01:20 Written by a2e Saturday, 26 June 2010 01:20
The 2010 SIBSPlace (Survivorship in Brothers and Sisters) Annual Auction raised $270,000 in support of the program. An essential community service of South Nassau Communities Hospital, SIBSPlace is celebrating its 10th year of free service to families throughout Nassau County.
The Annual Auction also honored and recognized the generosity and devoted efforts of SIBSPlace founder and South Nassau Communities Hospital board member Mr. Michael Schamroth and his family; Mr. and Mrs. Norman Basner; Mr. and Mrs. James Daly; Mr. and Mrs. Harold Janow; Mr. and Mrs. Al Perkell; The Laura Rosenberg Foundation, and The Wegman Family.
“Since its founding 10 years ago, SIBSPlace has exceeded its mission of extending a loving and caring hand that helps families and children cope with the overwhelming stress and turmoil that results when a loved one is seriously ill,” said Joseph A. Quagliata, president and CEO of South Nassau. “Our guests of honor are a reflection of the teamwork that inspires South Nassau to fulfill its mission. They are loyal and dear friends who generously give of their time, talents and treasure, and we are deeply grateful that they are on our team.”
The goal of SIBSPlace is to help children cope with feelings and needs due to a sibling or parent suffering with cancer or other type of devastating illness. The only program of its kind in the United States, it is available to all children ages 5-17. SIBSPlace provides a comprehensive program of support and guided recreation in which personal needs, unexpressed feelings and confusing experiences can be addressed by the well siblings. A typical visit includes play, arts and crafts, psychoeducational group interaction, mentoring and tutoring. Other special activities include animal therapy and field trips to local attractions.
“I thank the auction’s volunteer committee for working diligently and devoting immeasurable time and energy to the success of the evening,” said Elizabeth Nardone, vice president of development at South Nassau. “We are also thankful to our sponsors and to every person who bid generously throughout the evening. Their generosity and benevolence is vital to ensuring the continued longevity of SIBSPlace.”
The Annual Auction committee is spearheaded by a group of concerned community members headed by Mr. Schamroth. The co-chairs of the event were Shari and Lowell Frey, a member of the hospital’s board of directors, and Heidi and Jason Goldenberg.
South Nassau Communities Hospital is one of the region’s largest hospitals, with 435 beds, more than 875 physicians and 2,800 employees. Located in Oceanside, NY, the hospital is an acute-care, not-for-profit teaching hospital that provides state-of-the-art care in cardiac, oncologic, orthopedic, bariatric, pain management, mental health and emergency services. In addition to its extensive outpatient specialty centers, South Nassau provides emergency and elective angioplasty and is the only hospital on Long Island with the Novalis Tx and Gamma Knife radiosurgery technologies. South Nassau is a designated Stroke Center by the New York State Department of Health and Comprehensive Community Cancer Center by the American College of Surgeons and is recognized as a Bariatric Surgery Center of Excellence by the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery.
Hack Enables 720p Video on Google Nexus One
Last Updated on Thursday, 10 June 2010 05:00 Written by External Post Thursday, 10 June 2010 05:00
One of the problems with buying a cutting-edge Android phone is that it only has a few minutes of fame before a newer, better handset comes along. Fortunately, there is also a great hacker community to at least partially fix up your old hardware for you.
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eBay Announces 2010 Star Developer Award Winners
Last Updated on Wednesday, 9 June 2010 11:20 Written by a2e Wednesday, 9 June 2010 11:20
eBay Inc. announced the recipients of the 2010 Star Developer Awards, recognizing third-party developers who have driven innovative solutions that help streamline the selling process on eBay.
The Star Developer Awards are presented annually to recognize the talent and solutions of members of the eBay Developers Program. The eBay Developers Program, established in 2000, is a community of more than 112,000 developers who utilize the program’s standards-based, easy-to-use development platform. These third-party developers have access to the eBay marketplace, enabling them to seamlessly integrate their ideas and e-commerce tools.
Many of the winners take advantage of Open eBay, the company’s platform that allows developers to integrate applications directly in the eBay.com interface where U.S. sellers can subscribe to and use them.
“eBay’s developer community continues to create innovative applications on the eBay platform that help improve the experience for buyers and margins for sellers, while driving profitability for themselves,” said Sri Shivananda, senior director of eBay’s developer program. “The eBay Star Developer Award winners have built powerful applications that bring new ways of doing business to the eBay marketplace.”
2010 award winners include:
eCommSource™ by Cloud Conversion™, a complete customer relationship management (CRM) solution that enables eBay sellers around the world to manage all customer service operations from a single salesforce.com Service Cloud account. Available on the salesforce.com AppExchange
Early Adopter: Quantity Manager, an automatic listing management tool for eBay sellers, and Price Spectre, a dynamic pricing agent that monitors competitors’ prices and adjusts a subscriber’s listing price accordingly, by NullApps
Most Innovative: Outright, an application that automates eBay sales and expense tracking for more efficient tax preparation, by Outright
Rapid Evolution: Vendio Reviser, a bulk revision solution for updating large numbers of live listings, by Vendio
Service to the Developer Community: David Kronenwetter (exdwh) of Experimenter’s Discount Warehouse
2010 runners-up include:
DSR Rockstar: PhiConnect Return Service, to accept and manage return requests and inquiries online, by PhiConnect.com
Early Adopter: ChannelAdvisor Premium Marketplaces, a solution that eases selling on eBay by automating tedious, day-to-day tasks from inventory management to order fulfillment, by ChannelAdvisor
Most Innovative: GarageSale iPhone application by iwascoding
Rapid Evolution: ShipSaver Insurance, an app that allows eBay sellers to quickly and easily add shipping insurance to their sold items, by InkFrog
Service to the Developer Community: Alan Capesius of AlsSoftware
The annual eBay Developers Conference 2010 takes place June 8 to 10 at the Fairmont Hotel in San Jose. To view eBay’s App Center, visit http://applications.ebay.com/
ThoughtWorks gives agile IT an online forum
Last Updated on Saturday, 29 May 2010 03:20 Written by External Post Saturday, 29 May 2010 03:20
ThoughtWorks unveiled this week an online community focused on exchange of ideas and best practices related to agile software development . Called “Agile Transitions,” the community is intended for discussion of executive- and business-level issues
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