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They sailed in under cover of darkness to smash down the walls of "Fortress Europe." On June 6, 1944, the Allied forces invaded the Normandy coast of Nazi-occupied France. The Canadians' entry point was a stretch of sand code-named Juno Beach. Many would die there but, for the Canadian forces, D-Day was a triumph that is still honoured at home and on the beach they called Juno.
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Visibo Product Updates: IncredibleStartpage
Incredible Startpage 1.5 is released! You may now see your list of most visited sites in the "Most Visited" tab. This feature is only available if the new permissions are granted to the startpage. Please find the details below:
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Education Week: Reviving Teaching With 'Professional Capital'
The results of the latest MetLife Survey of the American Teacher confirm what many of us are experiencing and seeing in the depressing descent of the teaching profession. In the past two years, the percentage of teachers surveyed who reported being very satisfied in their jobs has declined sharply, from 59 percent to 44 percent.
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The Internet Changes Wednesday, But Most People Won't Notice
With IP addresses now depleted, the Internet Society is leading the launch of IPv6 to allow the web to continue growing.
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Watch Live: Last Transit of Venus of Your Lifetime | Wired Science | Wired.com
With millions of expected viewers around the world, the Transit of Venus is today’s event to watch. The rare celestial show — the last to occur for more than a hundred years — will be starting just after 3 p.m. PDT. You can join one of the many of the Venus-watching parties across the country or make a simple and safe viewer to see the event from your own backyard.
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Google buys QuickOffice: what it means to you | Macworld
Google has acquired Quickoffice, which makes QuickOffice Pro HD () one of the leading iPad office suites. At the very least, the acquisition will give iPad users a compelling alternative to iWork and other iOS suites.
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The Beginner's Guide to Twitter
Do you have a parent, friend or colleague ready to ditch his or her digital training wheels and head into Twitter’s open wilderness? These pointers should get them started. And even Twitter experts might benefit from a quick refresher on the platform’s valuable tools.
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on{X}: The Coolest Thing to Happen to Android. Courtesy of… Microsoft Israel? - TechCrunch
on{X}: The Coolest Thing to Happen to Android. Courtesy of… Microsoft Israel?
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8 Free Resources on The Use of iPad in Education
I know that most of you have got a tablet device of some sort but if it happens that you have an iPad then this post will relate to you more. Below is a set of resources dedicated exclusively to the educational uses of the iPad. Emerging Ed Tech has done a great job in providing this list. Check them out.
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State of the Internet – Redux | Online Universities
The infographic itself contains valuable information about Internet penetration and average connection speeds. But how do these figures really translate to online education and what does the U.S.’s poor showing in this data mean for our own increasing reliance on advanced communication technologies not only for education, but for so many aspects of our daily life?
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Airtime 2.1 Brings Real-Time Show Editing, More [Radio Software] ~ Web Upd8: Ubuntu / Linux blog
Airtime, an award-winning, open source radio management software, has reached version 2.1, getting real-time show editing and live stream rebroadcasting.
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Canonical At Computex 2012, Will Demo Ubuntu TV, More
The annual expo, held in Taipei, sees some of the biggest brand names in computing gather to demonstrate the latest gadgets, services and more that buyers can expect to get ahold of later in the year.
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6 Ways to Speed Up Your Ubuntu PC - How-To Geek
Ubuntu is pretty snappy out-of-the-box, but there are some ways to take better advantage of your system’s memory and speed up the boot process. Some of these tips can really speed things up, especially on older hardware.
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Google Buys Meebo in an Effort to Beef Up Google+ Engagement - Search Engine Watch (#SEW)
Social platform Meebo has announced their acquisition by Google. The deal, reportedly worth $100 million, is designed to help Google attract and keep users active within their social network, Google+.
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Apple’s already started the process of replacing Google Maps — Apple News, Tips and Reviews
Google Maps’ days of being the default map in iOS are numbered. 9to5Mac reported a few weeks ago that Apple was planning to replace Google Maps with its own homegrown mapping solution, and late Monday The Wall Street Journal reported that the change would be coming “later this year,” according to their sources who are current and former Apple employees.
OTR Links 01/23/2018 – doug — off the record OTR Links 01/23/2018 https://t.co/nJKZXGIJCa tags: via:packrati.us Sergei Eisenstein - Google Search Sergei Eisenstein https://t.co/AO6acACKzD — Doug Peterson (@dougpete) January 23, 2018 tags: IFTTT Twitter via:packrati.us Ontario minimum wage hike having ‘trickle up’ effect on paycheques of higher earners | Financial Post Ontario minimum wage hike having 'trickle up' effect on paycheques of higher earnershttps://t.co/x28xegyu9UShared from my Google feed Ontario minimum wage hike having 'trickle up' effect on paycheques of higher earnershttps://t.co/x28xegyu9U Shared from my Google feed — Doug Peterson (@dougpet
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