When it comes to using social media for marketing, it's a fair guess that technology companies are in there boots and all.
Yet a survey of 150 New Zealand high-tech outfits suggests they're not all great believers in the marketing power of social media.
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The Federal Government has described a multi-million-dollar legal settlement over CSIRO's wi-fi technology as a major boost for the organisation.
The settlement secures more than $220 million for CSIRO, which invented the technology in the 1990s.
Wi-fi technology is used in more than 3 billion electronic devices worldwide, including personal computers, video games and mobile phones.
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The Swedish government supports the efforts of ten Swedish regions united to attract investors from major IT companies, starting with a pitch to Silicon Valley environmentalists. Invest Sweden is the Swedish government's promotional agency established to endorse the efforts of these ten regions united in efforts to 'green the cloud' by investing in Sweden's environmentally suitable location.
Sweden has inherently efficient environmental characteristics for maintaining inexpensive data storage centers. Clean energy, secure resources, year-round clean climate controlled facilities more easily maintained through a cooler climate with one of the most stable electricity grids in the world, combine to make Sweden a haven for cloud perpetuity.
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