Changes to Twitter's upcoming API release are aimed at restricting consumer-focused client applications in favor of business-oriented ones, according to the company's blog on Thursday. Version 1.1 of Twitter's API (application programming ...
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Three students at the Fashion Institute of Technology(FIT)have been named finalists in off-price specialty retailer Loehmann's NY Design Challenge competition,held exclusively with FIT.Ou Ma of Beijing,China;Maor Tapiro from Brooklyn,NY;and ...
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Reuters reported that the European Commission is considering whether to hand out more free pollution allowances for the steel sector next year to counter the risk the industry could be driven out of Europe. EU sources said that the cost ...
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The Federal Communications Commission is planning to launch a variety of initiatives to spur the development and adoption of broadband-enabled healthcare devices and applications, with the overriding goal of establishing mobile health ...
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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has granted a stay in a 7-year-old copyright lawsuit filed by the Authors Guild over the Google Books scanning project. On Monday, Circuit Judge Raymond Lohier Jr. granted Google's request ...
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The University of Texas at Arlington and Thermo Fisher Scientific have been granted a United States patent for a novel charge detector for ion chromatography. The technology was jointly developed by the two companies,and has been ...
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LifeShield Security today announced a new video introducing its new LifeView product designed with a state-of-the-art interface that grants users full access to every feature and benefit of LifeShield through any smartphone, computer or ...
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The EU's long-term lending arm,the European Investment Bank(EIB),has granted€50 million($65 million)to support a new 120 MW hydropower plant and long-distance transmission line in Zambia,with the aim of supplying power to southern ...
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An official document containing policies and pledges for customers of Oracle's cloud services reveals that many aspects fall in line with industry standards, while others may prompt cause for worry among customers, according to analysts. ...
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After the rise of technology hubs in the last two years, Africa's early stage investment is growing, anchored by humanitarian agencies and venture capitalists. Hivos, Indigo Trust, Rockefeller Foundation, Syngenta Foundation and ...
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The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has granted a new patent No. 8,221,117 B2 to Biolase's laser endodontic therapy system. The new patent relates to the ability of the radially fire or side firing endodontic probe to combine ...
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UK-based certification body, Lloyd's Register Quality Assurance (LRQA), has awarded ISO 9001:2008 certification to Medical Equipment Solutions and Applications (MESA) for achieving continuous process improvement and quality assurance. The ...
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Standards Council of Canada (SCC), a Canadian GLP monitoring authority, has granted good laboratory practice (GLP) certification to Wax-it Histology Services. Wax-it Histology Services is involved in providing general histopathology ...
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The British Standards Institute (BSI) has awarded ISO 13485:2003 quality certification to Endomagnetics' quality management system. In addition, the company has met the scope necessary for an upgrade to Annex II of the Medical Device ...
The Belgian Federal Agency for Medicines and Health Products (FAMHP) has granted good distribution practice (GDP) certification to Panalpina's facility in Brussels, Belgium. The new GDP certified facility includes a dedicated area for ...
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