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FCC and IMLS Focus on Libraries, Broadband, and the Future of Net Neutrality
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by Nancy K. Herther
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On April 17, the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) held a hearing in Washington, D.C., to focus on the role that libraries play in providing internet services in the U.S. IMLS—charged with advising the president and Congress about the library, museum, and information service needs of the American public—organized the event to "establish a public record about the impact of high speed broadband connectivity in America's libraries," explained IMLS director Susan H. Hildreth in her opening remarks. "It will help inform policy discussions and strategies to support broadband in the nation's libraries." Without greater support for libraries to provide high-speed access to information, the country's digital divide will only grow larger in the future.
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Access Innovations Updates Data Harmony Software
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Access Innovations, Inc. announced on the TaxoDiary blog that its Data Harmony software received an upgrade to version 3.9. Data Harmony software guides now have more comprehensive instructions, clearer page layouts, and more navigation features.
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Comintelli Launches Competitive Intelligence Tool
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Comintelli introduced intelligence2day, its SaaS competitive intelligence tool powered by Comintelli's Knowledge XChanger software. It combines open internet sources with internal sources and filters the results into topics to cover every aspect of the intelligence work cycle.
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Caringo Rolls Out CloudScaler 3 and a Verification Program
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Caringo, a storage software provider, made two enhancements to its product portfolio: version 3 of its CloudScaler cloud storage service and a new application verification program. CloudScaler, in combination with CAStor software, helps enterprises and service providers manage and expand their public or private cloud storage.
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Chat Apps: Six Top Messaging Platforms Post WhatsApp
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by Donovan Griffin
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Tired of paying for unlimited text messaging? Have relatives in countries not easily reachable by phone? Or maybe you're suspicious of WhatsApp Messenger now that the notoriously info-hungry Facebook has gotten its hands on the app? There are plenty of reasons for someone to download a mobile messaging service in 2014, even if the basic functionality of the internet messenger hasn't changed much from AOL Instant Messenger's heyday at the start of the second millennium. ... Here's a collection of WhatsApp's peers, some smaller and some larger, that are worth checking out (and getting your friends to check out too).
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