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nice details on search UI

In "Search User Interfaces", Hearst suggested the guideline of "Suggest the Search Action in the Entry Form", which is intended to "reduce short-term memory load" by providing the user suggestions in the search UI. In Hearst's article an example of a search box with greyed-out text that read "Search My Saved Pages" was given. 

Social Media versus Knowledge Management

This is an HBR article talking about Social Media versus Knowledge Management:



In short, KM is administered by the company and SM is created from the employees and is more chaotic. The article recognizes a new way to gain value from SM - mass collaboration that consists of three things: social media technology, a compelling purpose and a focus on forming communities.

New development in mobile payment

As smart phones become the prevalent handheld devices, they hold great business potentials for companies and merchants. Reported in a recent article from Bloomberg News, Verizon Wireless, AT&T and T-mobile are investing more than $100m in a joint venture, known as Isis, to enable payments with mobile phones. This investment was perceived as an action to chase Google’s recently announced Google Wallet service.

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