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October 31, 2019 / Last updated : October 31, 2019 ResearchBuzz Research & Opinion

Arizona State University: Social media text mining can predict a company’s ‘brand personality’

Arizona State University: Social media text mining can predict a company’s ‘brand personality’. “‘Brand personality scales’ have been around for many years, using consumers’ feedback to attribute human characteristics to companies. These scales, which find that Cracker Barrel is ‘wholesome’ and Sephora is ‘contemporary,’ have proven to be reliable marketing tools. Now, a team including […]

October 31, 2019 / Last updated : October 31, 2019 ResearchBuzz Security & Legal Issues

Ars Technica: Researchers unearth malware that siphoned SMS texts out of telco’s network

Ars Technica: Researchers unearth malware that siphoned SMS texts out of telco’s network. “Dubbed ‘Messagetap’ by researchers from the Mandiant division of security firm FireEye, the recently discovered malware infects Linux servers that route SMS messages through a telecom’s network. Once in place, Messagetap monitors the network for messages containing either a preset list of […]

October 31, 2019 / Last updated : November 1, 2019 ResearchBuzz New Resources

State Archives of North Carolina: New Additions to Civil War Digital Collection

State Archives of North Carolina: New Additions to Civil War Digital Collection. “A selection of 12 volumes from the Soldiers’ Home Association have been added to the Civil War digital collection. These volumes document the history of medical care for veterans and the elderly around the turn of the 19th century.”

October 30, 2019 / Last updated : October 30, 2019 ResearchBuzz Around the Search & Social Media World

Boing Boing: Leaked document reveals that Sidewalk Labs’ Toronto plans for private taxation, private roads, charter schools, corporate cops and judges, and punishment for people who choose privacy

Boing Boing: Leaked document reveals that Sidewalk Labs’ Toronto plans for private taxation, private roads, charter schools, corporate cops and judges, and punishment for people who choose privacy. “Tomorrow, Toronto’s City Council will hold a key vote on Sidewalk Labs’s plan to privatize much of the city’s lakeshore in the name of creating a ‘smart […]

October 30, 2019 / Last updated : October 30, 2019 ResearchBuzz Useful Stuff

MakeUseOf: The Best Free Online City Building Games Like SimCity

MakeUseOf: The Best Free Online City Building Games Like SimCity. “SimCity is one of the original city building games. Although Cities: Skylines now holds the city building and management crown, SimCity holds a place in the hearts of many would-be city planners. And with good reason. However, if you don’t have the time to play […]

October 30, 2019 / Last updated : October 30, 2019 ResearchBuzz Research & Opinion

Search Engine Journal: DuckDuckGo Study Finds More People Would Use Google Alternatives if Given a Choice

Search Engine Journal: DuckDuckGo Study Finds More People Would Use Google Alternatives if Given a Choice . “A study commissioned by DuckDuckGo finds more people would use non-Google search engines if they were offered a choice. To that end, DuckDuckGo proposes that Android smartphones come with a search preference menu that lets users choose their […]

October 30, 2019 / Last updated : October 30, 2019 ResearchBuzz Around the Search & Social Media World

1.5 Million Packages a Day: The Internet Brings Chaos to N.Y. Streets (New York Times)

New York Times: 1.5 Million Packages a Day: The Internet Brings Chaos to N.Y. Streets. “It seems simple enough. But to deliver Amazon orders and countless others from businesses that sell over the internet, the very fabric of major urban areas around the world is being transformed. And New York City, where more than 1.5 […]

October 30, 2019 / Last updated : October 30, 2019 ResearchBuzz Around the Search & Social Media World

CNN: This man is running for governor of California so he can run false Facebook ads

CNN: This man is running for governor of California so he can run false Facebook ads. “A San Francisco man is going to extreme lengths to call out Facebook’s controversial policy of allowing politicians to run false ads on its platform. On Monday morning, he registered as a candidate in California’s 2022 gubernatorial election — […]

October 30, 2019 / Last updated : October 30, 2019 ResearchBuzz Research & Opinion

The Verge: DeepMind’s StarCraft 2 AI is now better than 99.8 percent of all human players

The Verge: DeepMind’s StarCraft 2 AI is now better than 99.8 percent of all human players. “DeepMind today announced a new milestone for its artificial intelligence agents trained to play the Blizzard Entertainment game StarCraft II. The Google-owned AI lab’s more sophisticated software, still called AlphaStar, is now grandmaster level in the real-time strategy game, […]

October 30, 2019 / Last updated : October 30, 2019 ResearchBuzz Security & Legal Issues

CNET: Microsoft warns Russian hackers could target the 2020 Olympics

CNET: Microsoft warns Russian hackers could target the 2020 Olympics. “Microsoft has tracked ‘significant’ cyber attacks against sports authorities and anti-doping agencies, the tech giant announced Monday. The group, called Strontium, Fancy Bear or APT28, could impact the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, Microsoft warned.”

October 30, 2019 / Last updated : October 30, 2019 ResearchBuzz Tweaks & Updates

Small Business Trends: Spreadsheet. com Brings Collaboration to This Popular Business Tool

Small Business Trends: Spreadsheet. com Brings Collaboration to This Popular Business Tool. “Spreadsheet.com wants to bring something new to a tried and true business form. As a result, they are changing the traditional spreadsheet and adding a new database and project management tools. The redesign tweaks make this familiar business tool more collaborative.”

October 30, 2019 / Last updated : October 30, 2019 ResearchBuzz New Resources

Fast Company: The first map of America’s food supply chain is mind-boggling

Fast Company: The first map of America’s food supply chain is mind-boggling. “My team at the University of Illinois just developed the first high-resolution map of the U.S. food supply chain. Our map is a comprehensive snapshot of all food flows between counties in the U.S.—grains, fruits and vegetables, animal feed, and processed food items.” […]

October 30, 2019 / Last updated : October 30, 2019 ResearchBuzz Tweaks & Updates

Ars Technica: Facebook’s new political-ad policy already showing cracks, loopholes

Ars Technica: Facebook’s new political-ad policy already showing cracks, loopholes. “If you create a system, someone will try to game it—that’s true of everything from Candyland to the tax code. And so we should not be terribly surprised that Facebook—which is desperately trying to create some kind of coherent system for political advertising and speech […]

October 30, 2019 / Last updated : October 30, 2019 ResearchBuzz Security & Legal Issues

BBC: Georgia hit by massive cyber-attack

BBC: Georgia hit by massive cyber-attack. “A huge cyber-attack has knocked out more than 2,000 websites – as well as the national TV station – in the country of Georgia. Court websites containing case materials and personal data have also been attacked.”

October 30, 2019 / Last updated : October 30, 2019 ResearchBuzz Useful Stuff

New York Times: Ready. Set. Write a Book.

New York Times: Ready. Set. Write a Book.. “This year marks the 20th anniversary of the National Novel Writing Month project, which challenges people to write a 50,000-word novel in November. NaNoWriMo, as it is known, is a nonprofit that supports creative writing and education. Those who sign up for the group’s free annual event […]

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