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Attorney General Hood teams up with Facebook

Stephen McDill — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 19:31:10 +0000

Protecting teens’ online privacy is the goal of a new public education campaign launched today by Attorney General Jim Hood in cooperation with Facebook. “As parents, we address issues of trust, accountability and respect with our children concerning their direct interactions with others and we should treat online conversations the same,” said Attorney General Hood. [...]

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Bomgar reflects on 10 years growth in IT industry

Stephen McDill — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 23:29:39 +0000

Orange can either be the color of a sunrise or a sunset, depending on the direction you are facing. After a decade in business, orange is still the corporate color at Ridgeland remote support tech company Bomgar Inc., from its office walls to the golf shirts and ties worn by founder and CEO Joel Bomgar. [...]

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Having a front row seat to watch social media change

Lisa Monti — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 23:26:13 +0000

Frank Owen is a professional observer and a self-described closet anthropologist who’s “fascinated by cultures.” He has a background in psychology, training in counseling and experience in museum design and web content strategy. He joined Mad Genius as a copywriter and audience researcher in 2007, a time shortly after social media was beginning to take [...]

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Trying to connect with the 21st century

Lynn Lofton — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 23:21:25 +0000

Remember the Luddites? I must be one of them because I’m surely the last person in America above the age of 10 who doesn’t have a smart phone. Well, that’s not exactly true. I have one of those phones but it’s still in the box it came in two months ago. You see, I’m afraid [...]

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Studying Antarctica remotely from USM’s Department of Marine Science

Becky Gillette — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 23:16:51 +0000

Dr. Vernon Asper, a researcher and professor in the Department of Marine Science at the University of Southern Mississippi, has taken 19 trips since 1990 to the Antarctica to do research on underwater particle dynamics using high-tech remotely operated vehicles to gather information. During his most recent trip in November, Asper deployed an ingenious underwater [...]

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Bill Yates to be honored at Innovators Hall of Fame Awards Gala Nov. 13; Fred Haise to headline Conference on Technology Innovation Nov. 14

Ross Reily — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 14:44:18 +0000

The Mississippi Technology Alliance (MTA) will host the Mississippi Innovators Hall of Fame Awards Gala, Nov. 13. The 13th Annual Conference on Technology Innovation, hosted by MTA, will be held Nov. 14. Both events will be held at the Jackson Convention Complex. The Mississippi Innovators Hall of Fame was established in 2008 as a tribute [...]

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SemiSouth closure to cost California firm $60 million

Associated Press — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 14:36:26 +0000

STARKVILLE — The closure of a Mississippi semiconductor firm will cost a California company $60 million. Power Integrations of San Jose, Calif., says it will write off its 2010 investment in SemiSouth, a Starkville, firm that’s closing. SemiSouth’s 90 employees will be laid off. SemiSouth, which makes silicon carbide semiconductors, announced its closure last week. [...]

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To Tweet or not to Tweet

Stephen McDill — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 06:01:19 +0000

Twitter, the popular micro-blog and short message service (SMS), has become an important marketing tool for companies and their advertising agencies eager to promote different products and services to the public. While celebrity athletes and movie stars still get the most followers, corporate giants like Best Buy, Target and Apple also enjoy a healthy Twitter [...]

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Wireless technology 10 times faster with new 4G LTE

Lynn Lofton — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 06:01:09 +0000

Wireless technology is getting faster for many Mississippians with the launching of the latest generation of wireless network technology by the area’s largest cellular providers. With the fourth generation (4G) Long Term Evolution (LTE) services introduced in the Jackson area by C Spire Wireless and AT&T, customers will experience the speed and advanced capabilities offered [...]

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USM professor develops self-repairing plastic material

Lynn Lofton — Sun, 19 Aug 2012 06:01:38 +0000

There are exciting things happening with the Urban Research Group at the University of Southern Mississippi. The group is led by professor Marek W. Urban, Ph.D., of the university’s nationally known School of Polymer Science. Inspired by his dream of a technology that’s now considered revolutionary in the world of plastics research, the professor has [...]

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