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  Social Bots Could Automate Web 2.0

  Rebecca Kutzer-Rice | Date: 02-03-12 |

  Twitter bots are nothing new, but now sophisticated social bots could help businesses tweet and retweet relevant and interesting information. Such tools could even help promote human-to-human introductions.
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  Computer Sci High School to Open in NYC

  Rebecca Kutzer-Rice | Date: 02-03-12 |

  A high school specializing in computer science, set to open in September 2012, will prepare students of all academic backgrounds for college studies and eventual careers in the technology industry.
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  Las Vegas PD to Get Crime Analytics

  Rebecca Kutzer-Rice | Date: 02-02-12 |

  The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department is one of the largest crime-fighting organizations in the country. New analytics tools will help it to better process and organize information about the crimes that occur in its massive network.
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  10 Best Fitness Apps: Part 2

  R. Colin Johnson | Date: 02-02-12 |

  Building on yesterday’s article, here are the best fitness apps that include analytics and social media integration.
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  Part 2: Benefits Abound When Marrying Health Care With Social Media

  Alison Diana | Date: 02-01-12 |

  Health care organizations, like business in other industries, are using innovative forms of social media to inform and engage users.
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  10 Best Fitness Apps Revealed

  R. Colin Johnson | Date: 02-01-12 |

  Want to get fit? Of course, there’s an app for that. An expert in fitness training video courses picks the 10 best apps for exercise and nutrition from among the thousands of offerings.
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  SmartCamp Picks Winning Ideas

  R. Colin Johnson | Date: 01-31-12 |

  The smartest new startups will be announced this week at the IBM SmartCamp 2012. The three-day event will see entrepreneurs, venture capitalists and business leaders gather to pick a winner in the program’s competition to help build a Smarter Planet.
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  Social Media Conquering Ebooks

  R. Colin Johnson | Date: 01-31-12 |

  Annotating ebooks--that is sharing notes in the margins with other readers of the same book--is poised to be the next ubiquitous use of social media.
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  In-Memory Computing Is Big Data's Best Friend, at Least for Some Enterprises

  Judy Hogan | Date: 01-30-12 |

  While in-memory technology makes analysis faster all around, it's an expensive proposition.
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  Synergies Abound When Health Care Organizations Tap Social Media

  Alison Diana | Date: 01-30-12 |

  Health care organizations are using innovative forms of social media to inform and engage users.
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  Delivering Business Value With Workload-Optimized Systems

  Michael Steinhart | Date: 01-27-12 |

  x86 servers are good for general-purpose applications like email and file storage, but higher-powered servers with multicore processors and large memory capacities can turbocharge database and transactional applications while maximizing utilization.
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  A Retailer Learns Data Is Just Data Without Analytics

  Judy Hogan | Date: 01-27-12 |

  Collecting data is a great thing, but if you can’t parse it for business-strategy needs, it’s a useless effort.
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