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Believe it or not, it does rain in the OC. Its a rare event but when it happens, Orange County does a fairly good imitation of what life is like for the Vancouver Dot Com crew. Not only did the rain drove us out of the Pho Ba Co patio, it drove us out of Pho Ba Co completely. The inside of the Pho Ba Co didnt have enough seats to accommodate our group. We had to go next door to Las Fajitas Mexican Grill.

We had a full house ofಒ people making out to Dot Com fiesta. We created one long table near the wall to seat everyone. If you would like to join us for a future Dot Com Pho meetup, follow me on Twitter to find the time and place. We do this every Saturday (unless Im out of town).

For this edition of Dot Com Pho, we check out the new Apple iPad, test the power of Verizon 4G LTE, meet the lady whos wanted in six States, try to take a picture ofthe bow tie man without his bow tie, hot Mexican food, and a whole lot more. Enjoy and well see you next week!

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17-03-2012 06:13 IndyBrown.TV brings you the story behind the British Hindi thriller '7 Welcome To London'. In this episode, see exclusive coverage of the world premiere of '7 Welcome To London' which took place at Cineworld Ilford. Find out more about '7 Welcome To London' on: http://www.facebook.com http://www.twitter.com http://www.7wtlfilm.com Stay in the loop with our shows Subscribe for more on http://www.youtube.com Like us on http://www.facebook.com Follow us on http://www.twitter.com http://WWW.INDYBROWN.TV

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Comcast, Cablevision, Verizon, Time Warner Cable and other Internet service providers (ISPs) in the United States will soon launch new programs to police their networks in an effort to catch digital pirates and stop illegal file-sharing.

Major ISPs announced last summer that they had agreed to take new measures in an effort to prevent subscribers from illegally downloading copyrighted material, but the specifics surrounding the imminent antipiracy measures were not made available. Now, RIAA chief executive Cary Sherman has said that ISPs are ready to begin their efforts to curtail illegal movie, music and software downloads on July 12.

Each ISP has to develop their infrastructure for automating the system, Sherman said during a talk at the annual Association of American Publishers meeting, according to CNET. Measures will also be taken to establish databases so they can keep track of repeat infringers, so they know that this is the first notice or the third notice. Every ISP has to do it differently depending on the architecture of its particular network. Some are nearing completion and others are a little further from completion.

Customers found to be illegally downloading copyrighted material will first receive one or two notifications from their ISPs, essentially stating that they have been caught. If the illegal downloads continue, subscribers will receive a new notice requesting acknowledgement that the notice has been received. Subsequent offenses can then result in bandwidth throttling and even service suspension.

The news comes shortly after the closure of file-sharing giant Megaupload and increased pressure on other networks thought to be major hubs for the illegal distribution of copyrighted materials. Some studies show that these measures have had no impact on piracy, however, so organizations like the RIAA have been lobbying for ISPs to intervene and develop systems that will allow them to police their networks and directly address subscribers who illegally download copyrighted content.

This content was originally published on BGR.com

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Earlier this week, I wrote about my disappointment that granular data (the number of URLs reported, the specifics of the errors) was removed from Google webmaster tools. However, as Ive been talking with Google, Ive discovered that much of this detail is still available via the GData API. That this detail was available through the API wasnt at all obvious to me from reading their blog post about the changes. The post included the following:

And led me to believe that the current API would only provide access to the same data available from the downloads from the UI. But in any case, up to 100,000 URLs for each error and the details of most of what has gone missing is in fact available through the API now, so rejoice!

The data is a little tricky to get to and the specifics of whats available varies based on how you retrieve it. Two different types of files are available that provide detail about crawl errors:

(Thanks toRyan JonesandRyan Smithfor help in tracking these details down.)

What this means is that different slices of data are available in four ways:

What youre able to see about each error is different based on how you access it.

Eight CSV files are available through the API (you can download them all for a single site or for all sites in your account at once as well as just a specific CSV and a specific date range), but this support is not built into most of the available client libraries. Youll need to build it in yourself or use the PHP client library(which seems to be the only one that has support built in). The CSV files are:

For the topic at hand, lets dive into the crawl errors CSV. It contains the following data:

This file does not include details on crawl error sources (but that is available through the crawl errors feed, described below).

It appears that thecrawl errors feedrequest code is built into theJava andObjective Cclient libraries, but youll have to write your own code to request this if youre using a different library. You can fetch 25 errors at a time and programmatically loop through them all. The information returned is in the following format:

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Google Webmaster Tools Crawl Errors: How To Get Detailed Data From the API

We often are asked if it is possible to block or control employee use of social media and digital communication. The technical answer is yes, but the follow-up question is: Why would you want to go through the trouble?

Instant messaging, Facebook, LinkedIn and other forms of digital communication and social media regularly are used by todays best and brightest employees and they would just as soon find a new job than give up their way of life.

This is just one issue associated with finding, managing and incentivizing a new generation of workers. This new workforce is the most technically adept age group to enter the workplace, and their approach to work, pay and quality of life is significantly different from their older peers. Because of this, a new set of management tools and human resource strategies will be necessary to attract and retain this valuable pool of talent.

The business use of social media and alternate means of digital communication is growing. I dont know of any company that is not thinking about how they can best leverage these technologies to help grow their business, attract talent and increase productivity.

Lets take a look at a few ways that these tools and the new generation of workers are influencing the way business is done today.

Hiring: The traditional methods of advertising job openings are being replaced or enhanced by the use of social media. Posting a help-wanted ad on an electronic job board may attract a few candidates, but the existence of the post is enhanced by using social media to find potential candidates.

The instant communication and the speed at which news of a new job opening can travel though social sites can help uncover great candidates that may not be actively looking.

Managing: Working 9 to 5 is out. The new normal is working when it is convenient and when work does not get in the way of life. Its not that the latest generation hates the regimented work routine, they just dont get it. They want to work whenever they can from wherever they are. Building the technology, processes and capabilities to enable flexible work schedules and virtual office capabilities will help attract and retain talent.

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Incentivizing: Its not that money and the job are not important, they are just not more important that life. With a flexible work environment and incentives tied to productivity and creativity, it is much easier to motivate the younger generation of employees.

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Embracing social media helps businesses