Prepare Your Business for Google+

Google+ just opened its doors to the world by enabling open signups and moving to the beta, testing phase. The nascent social network is still thin on features and ways for businesses to properly use it, but its minimalist approach has gained Google+ millions of users in a very short period. If you've tried it out for yourself, you'll know that making your way around Google+ is a simplistic, uncluttered experience compared to that of Facebook. Back in July, Google promised that business profiles and features would be coming later, and as we get a little closer to when they are supposed to be announced later in 2011, it's time to position...

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Lights, Camera, Conversation — Tamil-cinema blues

I hadn't seen a Tamil movie in a while. I convinced myself that wild horses couldn't drag me to the Vikram-starring “Deiva Thirumagal,” which a number of people said was adapted from “I Am Sam.” The problem wasn't the adaptation (if you look at it charitably; “theft” if you want to be brutal) – it's that I do not, anymore, have the stomach for the spectacle of big-name actors brandishing their talents like fireworks in a night sky, playing (I'm looking for the politically correct word here) people with special needs. I could barely endure Sean Penn doing it (in “I Am Sam”) and Ajay Devgan doing it (in the Hindi adaptation, “Main Aisa...

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Google's Jim Henson doodle lets you be the puppeteer

If you're going to make a Google doodle to celebrate what would have been Muppet master Jim Henson's 75th birthday, September 24, there's no point doing it by halves. Henson didn't. So Google worked with both the Jim Henson Company and the Creature Shop to allow everyone in the world to become a puppeteer for a day. This delightful doodle lets you operate six new, engaging Henson characters digitally. <SCRIPT language='JavaScript1.1' SRC="http://ad.doubleclick.net/adj/N4478.cnet.comOX2308/B5779857.54;abr=!ie;sz=728x90;pc=cbs538931;click0=http://adlog.com.com/adlog/e/r=19367&sg=538931&o=13503%253a17852%253aB71%253a1998%253a&h=cn&p=2&b=5&l=en_US&site=3&pt=8301&nd=17852&pid=&cid=20111050&pp=100&e=3&rqid=01phx1-ad-e19:4E7D26F0F5A28&orh=cnet.com&oepartner=&epartner=&ppartner=&pdom=www.cnet.com&cpnmodule=&count=&ra=123%2e238%2e11%2e244&pg=JJV@KgoOYI8AAEHtzmgAAAGZ&t=2011.09.24.01.49.56&event=58/;ord=2011.09.24.01.49.56?">...

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Dish unveils Blockbuster Movie Pass media bundle

Dish Network unveiled today the "Blockbuster Movie Pass," a bundle of services that includes streaming video; DVDs; Blu-Rays and games by mail; and access to premium movie channels. The catch: you need to be a Dish Network customer. The service will launch October 1. Existing Dish subscribers can sign up for the package for an additional $10 a month. New customers who sign up for Dish's America's Top 200 package for $39.99 a month get access to the service for a year. "More Americans are demanding an easier way to view their video," said Dish CEO Joe Clayton. "There is an easier way to have it." The service could potentially breathe...

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Facebook's colonization of the Web gains steam

Facebook CTO Bret Taylor says at F8 that the main goal for Open Graph is to keep things simple.(Credit: James Martin/CNET) About a year ago I wrote about Facebook's growing dominance of the social Web casting a huge shadow over the Internet of people. At that time the service had 500 million users. In his F8 keynote yesterday, Mark Zuckerberg said that as many as 500 million people used Facebook in a single day, with the total Facebook tribe approaching 800 million. According to Experian Hitwise, Facebook had a 10 percent share of Internet visits in the U.S. for the week ending Sept. 17, followed by Google at 7 percent. Among social...

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Ajith says that the Chief Minister Jayalalitha is like a mother to him

Actor Ajith Kumar said that Chief Minister J Jayalalitha treated him as if he is her son. In a recent interview while speaking about the meeting with the Jayalalitha, he said, " I can never forget when Jayalalitha attended my marriage and showered her blessings on us. Shalini and I had been to Jayalalitha Amma’s Poes Garden residence. He showered her love as if I was her own son."  When asked Ajith that whether he was threatened by the ex Chief Minister M Karunanidhi for his out spoken speech in a film function, he said, "I am a person who believes in democracy. I will give great respect to all the political leaders. I spoke my...

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தமிழக அரசியல் களம் மாறியது - சட்டசபையில் கூட்டு: உள்ளாட்சியில்

சென்னை: தமிழகத்தில் கடந்த சட்டசபை தேர்தலில் அ.தி.மு.க., வுடன் கூட்டணி அமைத்து போட்டியிட்ட விஜயகாந்த் தலைமையிலான தே.மு.தி.க., நடக்கவிருக்கும் உள்ளாட்சி தேர்தலில் தனித்து போட்டியிடுவது என முடிவு செய்துள்ளது. அதே நேரத்தில் அ.தி.மு.க., வுடனான கூட்டணியில் முறிவு ஏற்பட்டுள்ளது என்பதை வெளிப்படையாக இரு கட்சிகளும் அறிவிக்கவில்லை என்பது குறிப்பிடத்தக்கது. வரும் அக்., 17 மற்றும் 19 தேதிகளில் இரண்டு கட்டமாக தமிழக உள்ளாட்சி தேர்தல் நடக்கவிருக்கிறது. இதற்கான வேட்பாளர் பட்டியலை மாநகராட்சி, நகராட்சி, மற்றும் பேரூராட்சி வாரியாக அ.தி.மு.க, வெளியிட்டு வருகிறது. இதற்கு கூட்டணியில் உள்ள கம்யூ., தனது கோபத்தை வெளிப்படையாக ( இது கூட்டணி தர்மத்திற்கு நல்லது அல்ல ) பதிவு...

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