ran an innovative social networking website in Silicon Valley. She was immediately put in charge of email communication to customers-both existing and potential. The Internet was quite new to everyone and online communication (via email) had little corporate regulation or set social protocol. Privacy policies were yet to be established. With thousands of individuals discovering the Internet everyday‚ business was booming for the small Silicon Valley firm. Rachel handled all online contact with existing
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information technology corporation‚ which is headquartered in Palo Alto and provides hardware‚ software and services for that. Their built their first product‚ an audio-frequency oscillator in a garage‚ now this garage is known as the birthplace of Silicon Valley. One of their first cumstomers were the Walt Disney Studios. In 1999 HP was divided into two independent companies: First HP itself was responsible for computer‚ imaging & printers and second‚ Agilent Technologies was responsible for measurement
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Which of the following lists represents the main components of the Earth’s crust? A) oxygen‚ uranium‚ thorium. B) oxygen‚ silicon‚ uranium. C) oxygen‚ silicon‚ aluminum. D) iron‚ aluminum‚ carbon. Correct answer(s): C 5. A boundary in which crustal plates move past one another is called a: A) transform fault. B) convergent zone. C) divergent zone. D) rift valley. Correct answer(s): A 6. One cubic meter of which of these would weigh the most? A) seawater B) granite rock C) basaltic
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Vietnamese identity and more appreciative of other cultures. In a way‚ I’m thankful for my middle school experience because in high school‚ I was able to take my negative experiences and develop a passion for human rights. Had I continued living in Silicon Valley‚ being Vietnamese would have just been a fact‚ but never something I really embraced. Being put in an environment where I’m different and not always comfortable forced me to examine and defend what is important to me‚ and now‚ as much as I appreciate
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BASIC (Bay Area Science & Innovation Consortium) www.bayareabasic.org • basic@bayareacouncil.org Bay Area Council Economic Institute www.bayareaeconomy.org • bacei@bayareacouncil.org 201 California Street‚ Suite 1450‚ San Francisco‚ CA 94111 (415) 981-7117 • Fax (415) 981-6408 The Bay Area Innovation System How the San Francisco Bay Area Became the World’s Leading Innovation Hub and What Will Be Necessary to Secure Its Future A Bay Area Science & Innovation Consortium Report produced
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GEOLOGY 101 Exam 1 Study Guide Geology | * The science that examines Earth‚ its form and composition‚ and the changes that it has undergone and is undergoing * The processes are slow‚ but none the less dynamic * Physical geology: examines Earth materials and seeks to understand the many processes that operate on our planet * Historical geology: seeks an understanding of the origin of Earth and its development through time | Scientific Method | * It is a rigorous process whereby new
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SABEER BHATIA : ‘The man behind HoTMaiL’ (Sabeer Bhatia@HoTMaiL.com / Sabeer Bhatia : India’s Computer Whiz) In this era of Information technology it is almost dubbed as a heinous crime if any person is devoid of an email address. It seems that if you are not on the ‘Web’ than your very existence in this world dubious. Have we ever thought of the person whom we should be grateful to for this revolutionary innovation!! He is Sabeer Bhatia‚ an icon for the juvenile and aspiring
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Steve Jobs- Brilliant Engineer and Marketing Genius Steve Jobs‚ the visionary in the black turtleneck who co-founded Apple Corporation in a Silicon Valley garage‚ built the world’s leading tech company and led a mobile computing revolution with wildly popular devices such as the IPod‚ IPhone‚ and IPad. The hard driving executive pioneered the concept of the personal computer and navigating them by clicking onscreen images with a mouse. Born February 24‚ 1955‚ and then adopted
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partners? While this may not seem like a big issue‚ the reality is that strategic partnerships happen more easily when the partners are local to each other. Why do you think that certain areas become hubs for certain types of business‚ such as Silicon Valley for the tech industry? Potential investors or buyers? You may not even be thinking about that yet‚ but potential investors looking at the long-term value of the business will see location as an important factor. Each of these groups has different
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Economy of the UK Britain’s industrial heritage. During the 19th century Britain was transformed from a mainly agricultural society into an industrial one. This change has been called the Industrial Revolution. By 1900 Britain had become a major world power. The coal & iron found in the North Sea. The Midlands‚ Scotland & South Wales provided the power for factories in those areas. The waterways of Newcastle & Glasgow provided easy access to the sea & ship-building
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