News tagged with close
Researchers revolutionize closed captioning
(PhysOrg.com) -- Ever since closed video captioning was developed in the 1970s, it hasn't changed much. The words spoken by the characters or narrators scroll along at the bottom of the screen, enabling hearing ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Mar 22, 2012 |
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Junior, the robotic car, learns to slide park (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- "Junior," an autonomous car developed by the Stanford Racing Team, has been taught how to park itself -- by putting itself into reverse, accelerating up to 25 miles per hour, and then suddenly ...
May 11, 2010 |
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Paying the painful price for friendship
(PhysOrg.com) -- People will suffer more pain for their close friends than for their acquaintances and sometimes more than they would for themselves, an Oxford University scientist has found.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Apr 01, 2011 |
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Google social net is about preserving leadership
Google didn't build its new Plus service simply to have an online hangout like Facebook. Rather, Google's new social-networking endeavor is about trying to gain valuable insights into people's lives and relationships. ...
Jul 13, 2011 |
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Like humans, chimps are born with immature forebrains
In both chimpanzees and humans, portions of the brain that are critical for complex cognitive functions, including decision-making, self-awareness and creativity, are immature at birth. But there are important differences, ...
Aug 11, 2011 |
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Review: Scrutinizing your presence on Facebook
(AP) -- Here's one way to sum up 2011: I added 71 people as Facebook friends, shared 26 links and commented on 98 of my friends' status updates. I was tagged in 33 photos and added 18 of my own to the site.
Dec 28, 2011 |
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Social network Path runs with Nike
Intimate social network Path has kept its stride after a privacy stumble and on Friday began running with Nike.
Mar 09, 2012 |
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CEO apologizes after Path uploads contact lists
(AP) -- Social-sharing app Path has come under fire for accessing and uploading users' phone address books without their permission. The information has now been deleted, and Path has apologized.
Feb 08, 2012 |
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Social network Path announces more ways to share
If Facebook is like hanging out at a banquet with a large buffet to feast on, then social network Path is an intimate dinner with close friends. Path is now getting new silverware and table decorations, so to speak, with ...
Nov 30, 2011 |
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Poll on Facebook users reveals unexpected results
Contrary to popular opinion, social network users actually do have real lives. According to a poll published on Thursday by the Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project, Facebook users are more ...
Jun 16, 2011 |
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Research: Restricting pub closing times reduces assaults
A study published in the international scientific journal Addiction reveals that restrictions on pub closing times imposed in 2008 within the Australian city of Newcastle have reduced the assault rate by 37 per cent.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Sep 16, 2010 |
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Close caregiver relationship may slow Alzheimer's decline
A study led by Johns Hopkins and Utah State University researchers suggests that a particularly close relationship with caregivers may give people with Alzheimer's disease a marked edge over those without one in retaining ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jul 22, 2009 |
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