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• Google Docs Goes Back to School: Built-In Dictionary and Encyclopedia

  Google added some new features to Google Docs. Among these are a built-in version of the Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary and thesaurus, as well as the ability to look up any term in the Encyclopedia Britannica. You can also now highlight any word in a document to initiate a search in Google or Google Images. For now, these new features are only available in English.

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• How Twitter Can Help at Work

  1. Share ideas
  2. Show respect
  3. Build your brand
  4. Engage customers
  5. Provide customer service

  tags: twitter, getanewbrowser

• New Amazon Service Streams TV Shows And Films to PCs

  Amazon launched a new service called Amazon Video on Demand, which allows users, for a fee, to watch any of 40,000 TV episodes or movies, in real time, on their Windows and Macintosh computers, and on specially equipped Sony Bravia TV sets. This service replaces an earlier Amazon video offering called Unbox.

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• Smartypig: Save For Specific Goals With SmartyPig.com

  “Saving up.” It’s nearly an alien concept in this “buy with debt” world, but into that breach steps SmartyPig. The site lets you set and save for specific goals in their online savings accounts at a competitive 3.9% APY savings rate. There’s all sorts of built-in graphs and widgets to track your progress, but then you can make it social, if you like, by making a page where your goals public and having friends and family or other random people on the net track and root for your progress, or even contribute to your goal.

  tags: smartypig, getanewbrowser, des moines, iowa

• It’s Social Networking for Babies - Twitter From the Cradle

  But does the world really need online social networking for babies?

  A few entrepreneurs and many Web-forward parents think so. As of this month, Totspot has accumulated 15,000 users. Kidmondo and Lil’Grams, both started last year, each have thousands of users worldwide.

  tags: twitter, nytimes, getanewbrowser

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