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SMEs still not catching on to social networking

Some interesting results from a survey by Insurantz.com showing Small businesses are still not catching on to social networking.

Just 16% of UK SMEs embrace sites like Facebook or Twitter as essential tools for business
56% of businesses put off by lack of understanding
65% have yet to see any benefit from social networking
Leisure and tourism industry most [...]

MIT Team Uses Multi-Level Marketing Principles to win DARPA $40,000 Treasure Hunt in just 9 hours

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has announced that theĀ  MIT Red Balloon Challenge Team won the $40,000 cash prize in the DARPA Network Challenge, a competition that required participants to locate 10 large, red balloons that had been placed at undisclosed locations across the United States. The MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) team [...]

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