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07.20.10Google Acknowledges Need To Enhance SearchAfter years of ignoring context-sensitive search in major vertical categories, Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) finally entered vertical search within the travel domain earlier this month with a bang. It acquired ITA Software, the Boston-based specialist in organizing airline data, flight times, seat availability, and pricing, for $700 million. While the move is sure to be subject to scrutiny by antitrust enforcers, it was long overdue. Google is going full speed with its acquisition spree and has completed over sixteen acquisitions in the past ten months – for most of them, however, financial details have not been disclosed. Within travel, the company recently purchased Ruba, ...
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05.12.10How to Build an A-Team from Day OneHBR Blog Network Full FeedAlmost every manager begins his or her tenure with the goal of building a top-notch leadership team. Yet as time passes and managers move on to new assignments, they often look back and regret that they didn't develop their team faster and more aggressively. What's behind this seeming contradiction — and what can managers do to establish an A-team as quickly as possible? Let's start by looking at a few of the dynamics facing a new manager, some of which are described by Michael Watkins in his book The First 90 Days: Critical Success Strategies for New Leaders at All Levels. ...
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02.11.09New iPhone 4G Concept Is Son of MacBook Air and iPod TouchThis beautiful concept, inspired by the curves and tapering of the Macbook Air coupled with the touch's back, is even better than the cool Macbook-inspired iPhone 4G we featured at the beginning of the month. read more | digg story
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11.12.08Apple’s iPhone outsells BlackBerry, report saysApple Inc.'s iPhone outsold rival Research In Motion Ltd.'s BlackBerry in the latest quarter, according to a technology analysis firm, lending weight to a recent boast by Steve Jobs.read more | digg story
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11.12.08Amazon’s Cloud Not Just For Early Adopters?Amazon Web Services' platform is increasingly gaining popularity beyond Web 2.0 and video companies. The AWS Start-Up Challenge includes finalists who are a diverse group of companies.read more | digg story
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10.23.08Net filters “required” for all Australians, no opt-outAussies who thought they could opt out of the government's new Cyber-Safety filtering plan have found themselves taken by surprise. They will be able to opt out of the "additional material" blacklist, but there's apparently no way to opt out of the "illegal content" filtering.read more | digg story
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10.23.08The Future of Web 3.0 According to Yahoo!At the Web 3.0 Conference and Expo in Santa Clara today, Dave Beckett (principal software architect at Yahoo!) and Tom Hughes-Croucher (technical evangelist, Yahoo! Developer Network), answered questions about the recent consumer release of Yahoo! Open Strategy (Y!OS) and discussed the company's future plans to open up almost everything. read more | digg story
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10.23.08Stanford University Embraces BitTorrentWhile some universities restrict the use of BitTorrent clients, others embrace the popular flilesharing protocol and use it to spread knowledge. Stanford University ’s School is one of the few to realize that BitTorrent does not equal piracy.read more | digg story
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10.23.08Mozilla for MobileAfter Long time of Announcement Finally mozilla released It's mobile Version of browser, which will be very helpful for all who are in love with tabbed browsing, and prt from all the features that mozilla is offering is mouth watering. I'm Stil waiting when i will have the version available which is compatible with my mobile.read more | digg story
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09.15.08Media group to create new digital video ”ecosystem”A group of media industry companies said it is planning to build a digital world where video devices and content websites play together in perfect harmony, and consumers can safely store their digital content. The new digital framework would turn Apple Inc's "closed" iTunes model on its head.read more | digg story
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CIO at Shine Lawyers
Non-exec Director of Ozmota
Non-exec Director of Queensland Kids
Ex CIO/CTO of Ozmota, Benefon and Voxson.Education
Executive MBA from QUT
High Distinction average
Singapore Airlines International Business Award
Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics and Computer Science from QUT
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