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December 30, 2017 / Last updated : December 30, 2017 ResearchBuzz Useful Stuff

Make Tech Easier: Not a WordPress Fan? Here are 5 of the Best Static Website CMS for You

Make Tech Easier: Not a WordPress Fan? Here are 5 of the Best Static Website CMS for You . “Static site generators (SSGs) have grown in popularity among developers for certain types of websites. Tools like Jekyll, Hugo, Hexo and others have made it really easy to set up a website without worrying about server […]

December 30, 2017 / Last updated : December 30, 2017 ResearchBuzz Around the Search & Social Media World

National Catholic Register: Priests Make Use of Social Media to Reach Their Flocks

National Catholic Register: Priests Make Use of Social Media to Reach Their Flocks. “Because of the ever-increasing popularity of social media, quite a few priests use it to reach out to their flocks as a form of ministry. Father Leo Patalinghug, who has 75,000 followers on Facebook, 16,000 on Twitter and 7,000 on Instagram, sees […]

December 30, 2017 / Last updated : December 30, 2017 ResearchBuzz Security & Legal Issues

Quartz: The latest alleged “Nigerian prince” email scammer is a man in Louisiana

Quartz: The latest alleged “Nigerian prince” email scammer is a man in Louisiana. “You know the email: A Nigerian Prince is in trouble, and he can pay you handsomely if you’ll help him—that is, he can pay you sometime after you wire money to his account or hand over all of your bank information. The […]

December 30, 2017 / Last updated : December 30, 2017 ResearchBuzz New Resources

Central Valley Business: Now you can view individual facility air pollutants and toxics online (California)

Central Valley Business: Now you can view individual facility air pollutants and toxics online . “The tool allows users to search for individual facility data by name, industrial sector, year, type of facility and pollutant. Large emitters can be isolated by air basin, air district, county, town or ZIP code. Users can also see a […]

December 30, 2017 / Last updated : December 30, 2017 ResearchBuzz Research & Opinion

Ars Technica: Is “Big Data” racist? Why policing by data isn’t necessarily objective

Ars Technica: Is “Big Data” racist? Why policing by data isn’t necessarily objective. “Algorithmic technologies that aid law enforcement in targeting crime must compete with a host of very human questions. What data goes into the computer model? After all, the inputs determine the outputs. How much data must go into the model? The choice […]

December 30, 2017 / Last updated : December 30, 2017 ResearchBuzz Tweaks & Updates

Year in Search: The most fantastic fads of 2017 (Google Blog)

Google Blog: Year in Search: The most fantastic fads of 2017. “Here today, gone tomorrow. Our annual Year in Search is always a fun look back at the fads that captured our fancy and then fizzled out fast. See what this year’s biggest crazes were, through the lens of Google Search…”

December 30, 2017 / Last updated : December 30, 2017 ResearchBuzz Around the Search & Social Media World

Engadget: US Representative calls for civics-focused social networks

Engadget: US Representative calls for civics-focused social networks. “In an article published today in TechCrunch, US Representative Rick Crawford called for a change in how elected officials engage with their constituents on social networks. He compared current options like Facebook and Twitter to a constituent trying to share their thoughts on a proposed law to […]

December 30, 2017 / Last updated : December 30, 2017 ResearchBuzz Security & Legal Issues

Mental Floss: Taking Facebook Quizzes Could Put You at Risk for Identity Theft

Mental Floss: Taking Facebook Quizzes Could Put You at Risk for Identity Theft. “From phishing schemes to a thief pilfering your passport, there are plenty of ways to fall victim to identity theft. And now, participating in Facebook quizzes is one of them. As ABC News reports, the seemingly harmless surveys that populate your feed […]

December 30, 2017 / Last updated : December 30, 2017 ResearchBuzz New Resources

Northern Public Radio: Midway Village Museum Brings Historic Images To Your Computer

Northern Public Radio: Midway Village Museum Brings Historic Images To Your Computer. “Rockford’s Midway Village Museum is making it easier for people to access historic images from the city’s past. The Museum often is asked for photos to help history buffs for family trees, business research, and school projects. Previously, you would have needed an […]

December 30, 2017 / Last updated : December 30, 2017 ResearchBuzz Around the Search & Social Media World

New York Times: How Climate Change Deniers Rise to the Top in Google Searches

New York Times: How Climate Change Deniers Rise to the Top in Google Searches. “America’s technology giants have come under fire for their role in the spread of fake news during the 2016 presidential campaign, prompting promises from Google and others to crack down on sites that spread disinformation. Less scrutinized has been the way […]

December 30, 2017 / Last updated : December 30, 2017 ResearchBuzz Around the Search & Social Media World

Financial Express: Modi government mulls launching navigation platform on lines of Google Maps, MapmyIndia

Financial Express: Modi government mulls launching navigation platform on lines of Google Maps, MapmyIndia. “Narendra Modi government is planning to launch commercial mapping and navigation platform on lines of Google Maps, MapmyIndia. This comes after Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad had received suggestions from companies to create a national policy for all roads to be […]

December 30, 2017 / Last updated : December 30, 2017 ResearchBuzz Tweaks & Updates

BetaNews: This is your last chance to get Windows 10 for free

BetaNews: This is your last chance to get Windows 10 for free. “Although Microsoft officially ended the free Windows 10 upgrade offer last year, it is still possible to get the new operating system completely free of charge by using a simple trick. The software giant provides Windows 10 for free to anyone using assistive […]

December 30, 2017 / Last updated : December 30, 2017 ResearchBuzz Security & Legal Issues

Techdirt: New York State Eyes Its Own Net Neutrality Law

Techdirt: New York State Eyes Its Own Net Neutrality Law. ” In ISP lobbying land, stopping states from writing protectionist law is an assault on ‘states rights,’ but when states actually try to help consumers you’ll note the concern for states rights magically disappears. Regardless, New York State, California and Washington have all indicated that […]

December 29, 2017 / Last updated : December 29, 2017 ResearchBuzz Useful Stuff

MakeUseOf: 9 Alternative Chromium Browsers That Beat Chrome at Its Own Game

MakeUseOf: 9 Alternative Chromium Browsers That Beat Chrome at Its Own Game . “Google Chrome seems ubiquitous these days, thanks to its robust set of features. Its vast collection of extensions and its sheer simplicity make it really hard to give up on Chrome. Though, it has its own share of problems like being heavy […]

December 29, 2017 / Last updated : December 29, 2017 ResearchBuzz Research & Opinion

George Mason University: The Spatial Distribution Of Health Narratives In Twitter And The Relationship To Corresponding Cancer Rates Across The United States: A Case Study Of Cancer-related Communications

A thesis from George Mason University: The Spatial Distribution Of Health Narratives In Twitter And The Relationship To Corresponding Cancer Rates Across The United States: A Case Study Of Cancer-related Communications. “National Breast Cancer Awareness Month (BCAM) and Movember health campaigns in Twitter from the years 2015 and 2016 were studied to understand how tweets […]

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