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Show rooming  Show rooming is the practice of examining merchandise in retail stores. This practice allows people to browse the store without purchasing items, but to shop online and find lower prices for the same item.

How I learn best  Feel like I learn best by hands on and seeing the material. This is because when I write down things I can go over it at a later time to practice it and learn from.  For example when I have to study for a test I like to reread my notes and memorize the material.

Only you can prevent digital wildfires Many digital wildfires start as rumours, and social psychologists have long studied how rumours spread. The results of this research can therefore help in the prevention of and response to digital wildfires.

MOOC  MOOC is a massive open online course.  It is a gathering of participants, of people willing to jointly exchange knowledge and experiences for each of them to build upon.  Its free courses you can take only which is a positive due to the fact that college is so expensive

Innovation  Innovation is the development of new customers value through solutions that meet new needs, inarticulate needs, or old customer and market needs in value adding new ways  This is accomplished through more effective products, processes, services, te chnologies, or ideas that are readily available to markets, governments, and society.

Intellectual Property  Intellectual property (IP) refers to creations of the mind: inventions, literary and artistic works, and symbols, names, images, and designs used in commerce.  Intellectual property ( IP ) is a legal concept which refers to creations of the mind for which exclusive rights are recognize

Copyright  Copyright law is the engine of free expression in our society and a major building block of the U.S. economy.  Our national system of copyright law, which the Office administers, plays an essential role in the creation, promotion, and dissemination of American works of authorship throughout the world, and sustains businesses large and small in the information, entertainment, and technology sectors.

Open Source Software  Open source software ( OSS ) is computer software with its source code made available and licensed with an open source license in which the copyright holder provides the rights to study, change and distribute the software to anyone and for any purpose.

EPIC YNHH  Improved workflow – The Patient flow from check-in to departure is streamlined. Workflow from the front desk to physicians to billing office staff is seamless. Documentation is faster using templates, drop-down lists, and more  Access clinical content - All of your practice data is at your fingertips, whether you’re in the office, an exam room, or at home. Manage medications, access labs and test results, clinical decision support, and patient education materials are available in an instant. All clinical data related to a patient's care is accessible to all physicians and providers involved in their care. The integrated medical record combines the data accumulated over the span of the patient's care across sites of service and across time.  · Communication – It’s easier to send and receive information - whether it’s an alert to a colleague down the hall, a referral to a specialist across town, or an exchange of data with a hospital. Electronic prescribing is also available  · Private Practice Autonomy – Information about your billing, financial, and scheduling is separate and secure from other practices

Open source textbook  An open textbook is a textbook licensed under an open copyright license, and made available online to be freely used by students, teachers and members of the public. Many open textbooks are distributed in other printed, e-book, or audio formats that may be downloaded or purchased at little or no cost

Access  Microsoft Access, also known as Microsoft Office Access, is a database management system from Microsoft that combines the relational Microsoft Jet Database Engine with a graphical user interface and software- development tools.  Microsoft Access stores data in its own format based on the Access Jet Database Engine. It can also import or link directly to data stored in other applications and databases

Human rights  Human rights are rights inherent to all human beings, whatever our nationality, place of residence, sex, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, language, or any other status. We are all equally entitled to our human rights without discrimination. These rights are all interrelated, interdependent and indivisible.

jQuery mobile  is a touch-optimized web framework (additionally known as a JavaScript library or a mobile framework) currently being developed by the jQuery project team.  The development focuses on creating a framework compatible with a wide variety of smartphones and tablet computers,made necessary by the growing but heterogeneous tablet and smartphone market

Internet Goverance  this is the official Web site of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF), run by the IGF Secretariat. Its purpose is to support the United Nations Secretary-General in carrying out the mandate from the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) with regard to convening a new forum for multi-stakeholder policy dialogue - the Internet Governance Forum (IGF). The site provides an interactive, collaborative space where all stakeholders can air their views and exchange ideas.

Google Application  Google Apps includes dozens of critical security features specifically designed to keep your data safe, secure and in your control. Your data belongs to you, and Apps tools enable you to control it, including who you share it with and how you share it. Our data center network provides exceptional security and guarantees* reliable access to your data

Net Neutrality  Is the principle that Internet service providers and governments should treat all data on the Internet equally, not discriminating or charging differentially by user, content, site, platform, application, type of attached equipment, and modes of communication

Geolocation  Is the identification of the real-world geographic location of an object, such as a radar, mobile phone or an Internet- connected computer terminal. Geolocation may refer to the practice of assessing the location, or to the actual assessed location.

Spam  Spam is flooding the Internet with many copies of the same message, in an attempt to force the message on people who would not otherwise choose to receive it  Most spam is commercial advertising, often for dubious products, get-rich-quick schemes, or quasi-legal services  Spam costs the sender very little to send -- most of the costs are paid for by the recipient or the carriers rather than by the sender.

Office live  is a discontinued web-based service providing document sharing and website creation tools for consumers and small businesses.  Office Live consisted of two services, Office Live Workspace, which was superseded by SkyDrive, and Office Live Small Business, which was superseded by Office 365.

Security  as a condition is the degree of resistance to, or protection from, harm. It applies to any vulnerable and valuable asset, such as a person, dwelling, community, nation, or organization  Establishing or maintaining a sufficient degree of security is the aim of the work, structures, and processes called "security."

Standardization  is the process of developing and implementing technical standards. The goals of right standardization can be to help with independence of single suppliers (commoditization), compa tibility, interoperability, safety, repeatability, or quality.

Zillow  Is an online real estate database that was founded in 2005 by Rich Barton and Lloyd Frink, former Microsoft executives and founders of Microsoft spin-off Expedia.

Privacy  Is the ability of an individual or group to seclude themselves or information about themselves and thereby reveal themselves selectively.

IPhone 5  is a touchscreen-based smartphone developed by Apple Inc. It is the sixth generation of the iPhone and succeeds the iPhone 4S. The phone is a slimmer, lighter model that introduces a higher- resolution, 4-inch screen to the series with 16:9 widescreen aspect ratio.

Instagrok  Research a topic with an interactive map  Customize it with facts, links, and videos  Share it to show what you’ve learned

Essay grading software  EdX, the nonprofit enterprise founded by Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to offer courses on the Internet, has just introduced such a system and will make its automated software available free on the Web to any institution that wants to use it. The software uses artificial intelligence to grade student essays and short written answers, freeing professors for other tasks.

Ushahidi  Is a non-profit tech company that specializes in developing free and open source software for information collection, visualization and interactive mapping.