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<pubDate>Thu, 05 May 2011 07:10:42 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Chat up a live parrot on Facebook]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 05 May 2011 07:10:42 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Who's a pretty boy You are! You are!(Credit:Gigaset)Few things warm the heart quite like a goofy publicity stunt. P.T. Barnum once had an elephant plow a field. German phone manufacturer Gigaset is right on Barnum's wavelength. Animals get attention. In this particular case, the animal is a chatty British Gold Macaw on Facebook.OK, let's review. We have a parrot. We have Facebook. Put the two together in a live-chat format and you get people from around the world jawing with a bird over the Internet's most popular social-networking site.I had the opportunity to briefly interview the bird (actually, it's a team of three birds taking different shifts). Certain keywords are likely to set him off. I was instructed that he likes peanuts, but that he was much more interested in the topics of chocolate and dogs. In all this excitement, it might be easy to forget exactly why we're talking to a bird on Facebook in the first place. The parrot is supposed to pitch Gigaset's new L410 hands-free clip for cordless phones. He's a lousy pitchman. His obsession with chocolate completely overrides his ability to speak eloquently about the clip's tech specs.For the record, the L410 is designed for home use and can be clipped to your clothes as a wearable speakerphone. It works with DECT-GAP phones and runs 49.99 euros. Germans gets first crack at it this month.Now, back to the bird. The parrots will be on duty until the 9th of May between 3 a.m. and 1 p.m. PT. There are a few simple rules. Be patient. Don't swear. He won't answer questions about his personal life, but topics such as biscuits and chickens are OK. Your friends will want proof. Make sure your Webcam is in good working order and you will end up with a video of yourself talking to the parrot to spread around on YouTube and Facebook. This is viral marketing, after all. <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Google now lets you block sites from search results]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 11 Mar 2011 08:10:02 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>pasyak</dc:creator>
<category>Mobile &amp; Electronics</category>
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<description><![CDATA[Those of you tired of seeing the same useless sites pop up in your Google search results can now stop those sites from appearing.A new option launched yesterday by the search giant lets you hide specific domains that keep popping up in your search results, preventing them from showing up again.Depending on the type of searches you run, you may now see a link called &quot;Block all [name of site] results&quot; next to the cached link for certain results. Click on the link, and Google will ask for confirmation on whether you really want to remove that site.In a blog posted yesterday, Google explained that the links to block a site will appear even if you're not logged in with your Google account. But you will need to log in to confirm a blocked site.The next time you search for results that would normally include the newly blocked site, you'll see a message telling you that those results have been blocked. You can access all of your blocked sites from your Google Search Settings page, allowing you to unblock a site or block new sites directly.The option just started rolling out yesterday and continues today, so not everyone may see it yet. Blocking sites is supported in Chrome 9 or higher,Internet Explorer 8 or higher, andFirefox 3.5 or higher.Google sees the new option as a response to sites that you may consider offensive, pornographic, or of low quality. It's also just the latest effort in the company's war against content farms. The search giant recently revamped its search algorithm to reward higher-quality sites and lower the rankings of those considered low quality. Google said it's not currently using the new blocked sites option to influence its search rankings but promises to review the data and see if it could prove useful down the road.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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