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Metadata May Be Taking the Stand
Companies that deliver and manage electronic discovery services, metadata, or data that is embedded in electronic documents, can tell us precisely how and when an electronic document was created, modified, and transmitted. Thus, letting the document tell its own story.
Read MoreLucid Imagination Joins the SharePoint Crowd
In a familiar story, we learned that Lucid Imagination released an update to their LucidWorks Enterprise product this week that includes a way of connecting the search tool directly to SharePoint repositories.
Read MoreParts Locator Goes High Tech
A new website has been launched to assist drivers, dealers, and repair shops to locate parts. Seems like an easy task, but with FinditParts.com, products from more than 800 manufacturers and OEMs are available.
Read MoreQ&A Startup Stops
The paint is barely dry on the closed sign for Q&A start-up PeerPong, but competitor Formspring has already picked up PeerPong CEO Ro Choy to serve as its COO, as well as a few other former PeerPong employees.
Read MorePromise of Rejection
On a totally unrelated, but very enjoyable topic, I must share a blog that was recently brought to my attention – Reprobatio Certa. This humorous, however very eloquently written blog is defined as Rejection letters, correspondence, and miscellanea from the otherwise empty annals of the Journal of Universal Rejection.
Read MoreMultilingual UDC Summary Shows Progress
The Multilingua Universal Decimal Classification Summary project, containing an abridged schedule of over 2000 classes with notes and examples, continues to progress with 40 languages online, some completely translated and others in various stages of translation.
Read MorePersonality Tests as Categorization
Whether you prefer dark chocolate over milk chocolate, briefs over boxers, or the Stones over the Beatles, the personality test is the perfect example of categorization in its truest form.
Read MoreDOI System Continues to Grow
As of April 2011 the DOI System has now assigned over 51 Million DOI Names. The DOI System currently is used by over 4,000 naming authorities (assigners). Around 100 million DOI resolutions are made each month.
Read MoreThe Demise of Grammar at the Hands of Technology
Texting may be faster, more efficient and mostly gets the job done. But the slippery slope of bad grammar we have taken from emails to texting has taken away all quality of writing and content. Using the smallest number of letters to get your message across does not equal writing.
Read MoreBig Data, Big Challenges
Everyone seems to be addressing the challenges of data – managing it, handling it, storing it. However, for startups that challenge is even more daunting.
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