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Facebook Sues Teacher Resource for Using the Word "Book" Does Facebook Have a Case?

Update: WebProNews reached out to Teachbook for comment. Read Teachbook's full response here.

Excerpt: "We were unaware the Facebook owned the Internet or the term 'book,'" Teachbook Managing Partner Greg Shrader tells WebProNews.

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Original Article: Facebook is suing a company called Teachbook, which operates a social networking site for teachers, apparently because it has "book" in its name and "competes" with Facebook. Teachbook is described as "a professional community for teachers". Sounds like a threat to Facebook's existence doesn't it?

Do you think Facebook should be suing Teachbook? Tell us what you think.
 

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Android takes lead in consumer smartphones

BlackBerry lost nine percentage points of market share last quarter

SAN FRANCISCO — Smartphones running Google's Android software were the top seller among consumers in the United States in the second quarter, industry tracker NPD said Wednesday.

Android accounted for one-third of all smartphones purchased in the April-June period, with Research in Motion's BlackBerry sliding to second place for the first time since 2007.

BlackBerry lost nine percentage points of market share, falling to 28 percent. On Tuesday, RIM unveiled a new touchscreen device as the company tries to reinvigorate its image with consumers.

Apple Inc's iPhone was in third place with a 22 percent share.

Android is available on smartphones from a number of different manufacturers.

NPD said Motorola's Droid was the best-selling Android handset in the second quarter among U.S. consumers, followed by HTC's Droid Incredible and EVO 4G.

Google said recently that 160,000 Android phones were activated each day during the second quarter, up from 65,000 in the first quarter.

Smartphone unit prices averaged $143 in the April-June quarter, down 9 percent from a year ago.

   

Techies reject coasts for 'Silicon Prairie'

Foursquare co-founder Dennis Crowley speaks to tech industry  workers at the Big Omaha convention in May. Foursquare co-founder Dennis Crowley speaks to tech industry workers at the Big Omaha convention in May.

  • High tech workers on U.S. coasts moving to heartland for better lifestyle
  • Recent openings include developers, backend coders, traditional IT positions
  • Salaries can be 25 percent lower in some regions, but so is cost of living
  • Consultant Clint Brauer left California for Kansas: "I'm at peace out here"

Wichita, Kansas (CNN) -- At a table in Caffe Moderne, a coffee bar in downtown Wichita, sat a couple of young Kansans sipping coffee and working away on Macbook Pros. Terms like "content management systems" and "web integration" floated in the air as Clint Brauer taught a local about his business.

Read more: Techies reject coasts for 'Silicon Prairie'

   

Patch heralds new era in battle against pandemics

Scientists unveil an innovative and cheap method of delivering vaccines without the need for needles or medical experts

The patch consists of microneedles coated in flu vaccine (left) – 
which then dissolve


PA

The patch consists of microneedles coated in flu vaccine (left) ? which then dissolve

A revolutionary way of vaccinating against infectious diseases has been invented by scientists who have developed a skin patch containing an influenza vaccine.

Read more: Patch heralds new era in battle against pandemics

   

Scientists baffled by unusual upper atmosphere shrinkage

By Derrick Ho, Special to CNN
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STORY HIGHLIGHTS
  • Decreased solar activity, increased CO2 levels affect Earth's outer atmosphere
  • Those factors, however, can't explain this much of a contraction, researcher says
  • Changes in thermosphere won't affect life on the surface but can affect satellites
  • The thermosphere has already begun to rebound, but monitoring will continue

(CNN) -- An upper layer of Earth's atmosphere recently shrank so much that researchers are at a loss to adequately explain it, NASA said on Thursday.

The thermosphere, which blocks harmful ultraviolet rays, expands and contracts regularly due to the sun's activities. As carbon dioxide increases, it has a cooling effect at such high altitudes, which also contributes to the contraction.

Read more: Scientists baffled by unusual upper atmosphere shrinkage

   

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