Some National Weather Service Forecast centers using Facebook Some National Weather Service Forecast Offices are using social media to provide and receive information; the National Weather Service, Norman, has a Facebook page. Read more on The Oklahoman
Frontier Internet Service Restored Saturday
February 24, 2011 Leave a Comment
Frontier Internet Service Restored Saturday Frontier Internet service in the Ohio Valley was restored by 1 p.m. on Saturday. Read more on WTOV 9 Steubenville
Masawara snaps up internet service provider
January 20, 2011 Leave a Comment
Masawara snaps up internet service provider ZIMBABWE-focused investment company, Masawara is taking a 50 percent stake in a local internet service provider. In a statement, Chief Executive Officer, Shingi Mutasa said the investment in Telerix was a significant opportunity for Masawara. Read more on New Zimbabwe
Phone service, internet connectivity restored in Douglas, Lyon
December 12, 2010 Leave a Comment
Phone service, internet connectivity restored in Douglas, Lyon Update at 4:48 p.m.: Internet connection, landline telephone and cell phone (including 911) connectivity has been restored to most of Douglas County. Read more on Reno Gazette-Journal
Poplar Bluff city internet service under cyber attack
November 27, 2010 Leave a Comment
Poplar Bluff city internet service under cyber attack Who’s launching a cyber attack against the municipal internet service in Poplar Bluff and why? That’s what local investigators and the FBI are trying to figure out. Read more on KAIT Jonesboro
Facebook Announces E-Mail Service
November 20, 2010 Leave a Comment
Facebook Announces E-Mail Service Facebook announced Monday that it is building a full-fledged e-mail system into its 500-million-member-strong social network. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced the new e-mail offering it says will be introduced over the next couple months to users. Read more on PC World via Yahoo! News
Facebook to revamp messaging service
November 18, 2010 Leave a Comment
Facebook to revamp messaging service SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Facebook unveiled a new messaging platform Monday that takes aim at one of the Internet’s first applications, e-mail. Though CEO Mark Zuckerberg didn’t go as far as declaring e-mail dead, he sees the four-decade-old technology as secondary to more seamless, faster ways of communicating such as [...]
Facebook acquires file-sharing service Drop.io
November 2, 2010 Leave a Comment
Facebook acquires file-sharing service Drop.io The New York-based start-up has close ties to Facebook going back to its early days; founder Sam Lessin, a college classmate of Mark Zuckerberg’s, will be joining Facebook. Read more on CNET
Michael Jackson Memorial Service @ Staples Center Jackson Brothers Closing Comments
Millions of people around the world watched coverage of Jackson’s memorial service on the Web, although the event appeared to fall well short of online viewership records. Global Web traffic was at least 19 percent above normal, and as high as 33 percent above normal, during most of the star-studded memorial at the Staples Center [...]