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“social networks”

Aug
30
2010

Google acquires Angstro , specialist in research on social networks

Google has acquired Angstro which is a technology company specializing in information retrieval and data on social networks, The information came on Sunday via a spokesman for the giant internet search. Google has not specified the terms of the agreement but this acquisition underscores the importance of the specialist Internet research grants to social networks, [...]

Dec
6
2009

Social networking power & recursive incentive helped MIT team win Balloon hunt

A team from MIT takes the winning amount of $40,000 for the red balloon contest arranged by DARPA. The contest organized to prize the fastest and strongest network was tagged as DARPA Network Challenge. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency organized the Network Challenge in which almost 4,000 teams registered to complete the task to correctly [...]