Cuba gets high-speed Internet connection.(SUBMARINE)

It's been four months since Cuban officials stood on the shores of the island's south coast and hailed the arrival of a new undersea fiber-optic link to Venezuela, calling it a new blow to US imperialism, according to global post.

The cable is due to go online this summer and, once Cuban authorities finally turn on the juice, bandwidth capacity for the least-connected country in the hemisphere will leap by a factor of 3,000.

For an island where a mere 3 percent of the population has web access and millions of adults and teenagers have never been online, the cable has the potential to jolt Cuba out of the data dark ages and rattle a society where the newspaper ink and airwaves all belong to the state.

Cuban authorities have been dampening expectations of instant mass web access since last autumn, announcing that priority will be go to universities and other public institutions, rather than private individuals.

JenAEs record.

Twentieth Century Fox's Jennifer Aniston - Owen Wilson starrer 'Marley and Me' led the crowded pack of Christmas Day openers, grossing an estimated $14.8 million to become the best opening ever for December 25, Hollywood's Variety reported. Paramount's 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button' -starring Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett - also overperformed, grossing an estimated $11.8 million to score the second best Christmas Day opener of all time. Directed by David Fincher, 'Button' has already picked up a number of key award nominations. 'Marley' and 'Button' did 40 per cent to 50 per cent more business than box office insiders expected. Disney family title 'Bedtime Stories' - starring Adam Sandler - grossed roughly $10.5 million to place No 3 for the day. Tom Cruise starrer 'Valkyrie' from United Artists/MGM, also found more holiday cheer that forecasted. The Nazi thriller, directed by Bryan Singer, came in at No 4 on its debut, grossing an estimated $8.5 million. The only title underperforming among the five Christmas Day openers was Lionsgate's 'The Spirit', from Frank Miller.

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'Tweet' smell of success.

Sri Lanka, July 5 -- Keep tabs on the latest happenings in the country, voice your opinion on a controversial topic, get to know where the tit bits on where the latest UFO was sighted or find out what Kareena Kapoor thinks of Priyanka Chopra.

All this and many more is available if you tweet your way through Twitter, a social networking and microblogging site which enables users to send and read messages.

Though it is not as popular as Facebook among Sri Lankan internet user, Twitter had now become an emerging champion.

The public are becoming more interested and curious about this social network.

While Facebook appeals to people hoping to keep contact with family and friends Twitter's objective is based on updating about yourself or the incidents around you. A Twitter account holder will be able to update facts about him or herself in Twitter in 140 characters.

That is the maximum that the site allows you to tweet per update. These updates are referred to as 'tweets'.

Unlike Facebook, Twitter does not contain many features.

There is a field where you have to answer to the simple question "What's happening" to update your account.

If you have a Twitter account you can follow other people's tweets as well as note who are following yours. The 'Following' area displays the profile tweets that you follow and 'followers' refer to the area which displays those who follow your tweets.

The moment you update, a notification is sent to your e mail. Now the notifications have reached your phone too via SMSs.

Twitter is also known as a fine blogging system because it allows you to connect with the world in an instant. Founded by Jack Dorsey, Twitter was introduced in July 2006. Since then it has expanded to many area around the world.

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Next Jump to Bring GrubHub's Extensive Restaurant Network to OO.com.

-- GrubHub Also Joins Next Jump's Employee Network of 100 Million+ Customers --

NEW YORK -- GrubHub (GrubHub.com), a web and mobile service that connects diners to restaurants and simplifies online ordering for delivery and pickup, has partnered with Next Jump (nextjump.com), the company behind the new online shopping and rewards destination OO.com(TM) (oo.com) and employee rewards programs serving more than 100 million customers. GrubHub will soon be integrated into OO.com and the Next Jump platform, allowing people who place orders through Next Jump sites to accrue WOWPoints(TM) worth real money. In addition, existing WOWPoints can be used toward food orders at any of the 4,000+ restaurants in GrubHub's network. The deal was announced today by the two companies, and terms were not disclosed.

"Partnering with Next Jump was a natural fit for us," said Matt Maloney, GrubHub co-Founder and CEO. "Their distribution channel reaches millions of consumers. And through our partnership, Next Jump users will be able to utilize their rewards points to tap into GrubHub's extensive restaurant network for their online food ordering needs."

"To round-out our vast offerings, we were looking for a partnership that could connect our users to a variety of restaurants, and GrubHub fit the bill," said Charlie Kim, CEO and Founder of Next Jump. "They have an excellent service that is remarkably easy to use, and their engineering culture is right in line with our own commitment to the speed and quality of technological innovation. There's no doubt that our millions of customers will be thrilled to have the opportunity to use the WOWPoints currency for yet another every-day activity like ordering their meals online."

Next Jump's loyalty and rewards program is currently in place with more than 90,000 networks. In addition to MasterCard MarketPlace(TM), Hilton HHonors([R]) and AARP member database, Next Jump's offerings are available to the majority of Fortune 1000 employee networks for a total reach of more than 100 million eligible users. The company recently launched its first consumer site, OO.com.

About Next Jump

With one of the largest Internet engineering teams on the east coast, Next Jump has quietly created a world class, next generation shopping platform adopted by MasterCard and most Fortune 1000 companies. The recently launched OO.com, with valuable, proprietary WOWPoints[TM] for every transaction, is the company's first consumer shopping site. Next Jump's eco-system of blue-chip brands and high-value shoppers have made it the loyalty and rewards program of choice for Dell, Borders and Hilton Hotels, and numerous others, as well as similar programs for membership organizations like AARP. Next Jump was founded by Charlie Kim, CEO and is based in New York City. For more information: www.nextjump.com.

About GrubHub

GrubHub is a ventured-back company founded in 2004 by Chicago-based software engineers Matt Maloney and Mike Evans. Frustrated by the lack of delivery information available on the Internet, they created the online service to organize delivery information. Visitors to the site type in their address on GrubHub.com, and the page will display every local restaurant that delivers to them, with the restaurants' menus, hours for delivery, available coupons and reviews. The rapidly growing company works with over 4,000 restaurants for online ordering and shows menus from over 13,000 restaurants in Chicago, New York, Los Angeles, Boston, Denver, Philadelphia, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle, Portland, Boulder, Denver, Washington D.C. and Oakland. For more information visit www.GrubHub.com.

Market Maker Surveillance Report. DB, XLI, MSFT, LVLT, DELL, AMAT, Highest Net Buy Volume With Lowest Price Friction For Wednesday, May 25th 2011.

M2 PRESSWIRE-May 26, 2011-BUYINS.NET: Market Maker Surveillance Report. DB, XLI, MSFT, LVLT, DELL, AMAT, Highest Net Buy Volume With Lowest Price Friction For Wednesday, May 25th 2011(C)1994-2011 M2 COMMUNICATIONS

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BUYINS.NET / www.buyins.net, announced today its proprietary Market Maker Friction Factor Report for Wednesday. Since October 2008 market makers are now required to be on the bid as much as they are on the offer and for like amounts of stock. This Fair Market Making Requirement is designed to prevent market makers from manipulating stock prices. On Wednesday there were 2702 companies with "abnormal" market making, 3090 companies with positive Friction Factors and 1984 companies with negative Friction Factors. Here is a list of the top companies with the highest net buy volume on Wednesday and lowest price Friction (bullish). This means that there was more buying than selling in the stocks and their stock prices rose faster with less Friction. DEUTSCHE BANK AG-REGISTERED (NYSE:DB), INDUSTRIAL SELECT SECT SPDR (NYSE:XLI), MICROSOFT CORP (NASDAQ:MSFT), LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS INC (NASDAQ:LVLT), DELL INC (NASDAQ:DELL), APPLIED MATERIALS INC (NASDAQ:AMAT). To access Friction Factor, Naked Short Data and SqueezeTrigger Prices on all stocks please visit http://www.buyins.net .

Market Maker Friction Factor is shown in the chart below:

Symbol Change Percent Buy Volume Buy %% Sell Volume Sell %% Net Volume Friction

DB $0.980 1.72% 25,669,581 3,230.85% 662,009 83.32% 25,007,572 255,179

XLI $0.330 0.90% 7,560,119 35.37% 4,970,427 23.25% 2,589,692 78,476

MSFT $0.040 0.17% 19,206,476 53.84% 16,257,862 45.58% 2,948,614 737,154

LVLT $0.010 0.46% 31,256,541 52.14% 28,614,552 47.73% 2,641,989 2,641,989

DELL $0.080 0.50% 10,705,574 55.22% 8,677,092 44.76% 2,028,482 253,560

AMAT $0.150 1.09% 14,814,334 55.69% 11,763,388 44.22% 3,050,946 203,396

Analysis of the Friction Factor chart above shows that each of the six stocks mentioned above have high net dollar gains (Change) and very low price friction in their stocks. The Friction Factor displays how many more shares of buying than selling are required to move a stock higher by one cent or how many more shares of selling than buying moves a stock lower by 1 cent.

For example, the chart above shows DB with a Net Buy Volume of 25,007,572 shares and a Friction Factor of 255,179 shares. That means that it takes 255,179 more shares of buying than selling to move DB higher by one penny. This means the Market Makers are allowing the stock to move up higher as of Wednesday (lower friction). And with one of the highest Net Buy Volumes, the combination of low friction and high net buy volume is bullish.

DEUTSCHE BANK AG-REGISTERED (NYSE:DB) - Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft provides investment, financial, and related products and services. The companys Corporate and Investment Bank division engages in the origination, sale, structuring, and trading of bonds, equities and equity-linked products, exchange-traded and over-the-counter derivatives, foreign exchange, money market instruments, securitized instruments, and commodities to sovereign countries and multinational organizations; and medium-sized companies and multinational corporations. It also offers mergers and acquisitions advisory, corporate finance, and transaction banking, as well as trade finance, cash management, and trust and securities services for financial institutions and other companies. The companys Private Clients and Asset Management division provides mutual funds and alternative investment products; manages real estate and infrastructure investments and private equity funds; offers advisory and portfolio management services to insurance companies; and provides investment solutions to institutional customers, high net worth individuals, and families. This division also offers a range of banking products and services, including current accounts, deposits and loans, and investment management and pension products to private and self-employed individuals, and small to medium-sized businesses. Its Corporate Investments divisions principal investment activities comprise private equity and venture capital investments, corporate real estate investments, a minority stake in Deutsche Postbank AG, credit exposures, and other non-strategic investments. As of December 31, 2010, the company operated 3,083 branches in approximately 74 countries worldwide, including 2,087 in Germany. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft was founded in 1870 and is headquartered in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

INDUSTRIAL SELECT SECT SPDR (NYSE:XLI) - INDUSTRIAL SPDR

MICROSOFT CORP (NASDAQ:MSFT) - Microsoft Corporation develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a range of software products and services for various computing devices worldwide. The companys Windows & Windows Live Division segment offers Windows operating system, Windows Live, and Internet Explorer. It offers Windows operating system, which include Windows 7, Windows Vista, and Windows XP Home, as well as Windows Live suite of applications and Web services. Microsofts Server and Tools segment provides Windows Server operating systems, Windows Azure, Microsoft SQL Server, SQL Azure, Visual Studio, Silverlight, System Center products, Biz Talk server, Microsoft consulting services, and product support services. This segment also provides enterprise consulting and product support services; and training and certification to developers and information technology professionals, as well as builds standalone and software development lifecycle tools for software architects, developers, testers, and project managers. The companys Online Services Division segment offers online information products, such as Bing, MSN portals, and channels; and an online advertising platform for publishers and advertisers. Microsofts Microsoft Business Division segment offers Microsoft Office, Microsoft SharePoint, and Microsoft Dynamics ERP and CRM, as well as Microsoft Office Web Apps. The companys Entertainment and Devices Division segment develops, produces, and markets the Xbox 360 platform; PC software games; online games and services; Mediaroom, an Internet protocol television software; Windows Phone and Windows Embedded device platforms; the Zune digital music and entertainment platform; and application software for Apples Macintosh computers, Microsoft PC hardware products, and other devices. This segment also involves in retail and marketing of packaged versions of the Microsoft Office system and the Windows operating systems. Microsoft was founded in 1975 and is headquartered in Redmond, Washington.

LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS INC (NASDAQ:LVLT) - Level 3 Communications, Inc. engages in the communications business in North America and Europe. It offers network and Internet services, including transport services, high speed Internet protocol services, dedicated Internet access, virtual private network services, and dark fiber services, as well as managed modem, an outsourced, turn-key infrastructure solution; and colocation services. The company also provides various media services, comprising Vyvx services that provide audio and video feeds over fiber or satellite; content delivery network services; media delivery services to customers seeking to manage, protect, and monetize content delivered over the Internet; a range of local and long distance voice services, such as voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) and traditional circuit-switch based services; and VoIP Enhanced Local, a VoIP service that enables broadband cable operators, IXCs, VoIP providers, and other companies operating their own switching infrastructure to launch IP-based local and long-distance voice services through a broadband connection. Level 3 Communications media services also consist of SIP Trunking, a VoIP-based local phone service; Local Inbound service that terminates traditional telephone network originated calls to Internet Protocol termination points; Primary Rate Interface, a TDM local phone service that could be configured in various ways; Long Distance services portfolio comprising local and long distance transport and termination services; and Toll Free services portfolio, which terminate toll free calls that are originated on the traditional telephone network. As of December 31, 2009, its network encompassed approximately 67,000 intercity route miles in North America and an intercity network covering approximately 12,000 miles across Europe. Further, it sells coal primarily through long-term contracts with public utilities. The company was founded in 1884 and is headquartered in Broomfield, Colorado.

DELL INC (NASDAQ:DELL) - Dell Inc. provides integrated technology solutions in the information technology (IT) industry worldwide. The company designs, develops, manufactures, markets, sells, and supports mobility products, including laptops, netbooks, tablets, and smartphones; desktops PCs; and servers and networking products. It also offers storage solutions comprising storage area networks, network-attached storage, direct-attached storage, disk and tape backup systems, and removable disk backup. In addition, the company provides third-party software products consisting of operating systems, business and office applications, anti-virus and related security software, and entertainment software; and peripherals, such as printers, televisions, notebook accessories, mice, keyboards, networking and wireless products, and digital cameras. In addition, it offers IT and business services, including transactional services, such as support, managed deployment, enterprise installation, and configuration services; outsourcing services comprising data center and systems management, network management, life cycle application development and management, and business process outsourcing services; and project-based services consisting of IT infrastructure, applications, business process, and business consulting services, as well as offers asset recovery, recycling, and applications maintenance services. Further, the company provides financial services, including originating, collecting, and servicing customer receivables related to the purchase of its products. Dell Inc. sells its products and services through its sales representatives, telephone-based sales, and online at dell.com, as well as through indirect sales channels. The company was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in Round Rock, Texas.

APPLIED MATERIALS INC (NASDAQ:AMAT) - Applied Materials, Inc. provides manufacturing equipment, services, and software to the semiconductor, flat panel display, solar photovoltaic (PV), and related industries worldwide. Its Silicon Systems Group segment offers a range of manufacturing equipment used to fabricate semiconductor chips or integrated circuits. It provides systems that perform primary processes used in chip fabrication, including atomic layer deposition, chemical vapor deposition, physical vapor deposition, electrochemical deposition etch, rapid thermal processing, chemical mechanical planarization, wet cleaning, and wafer metrology and inspection, as well as systems that etch, measure, and inspect circuit patterns on masks used in the photolithography process. The companys Applied Global Services segment offers products and services designed to improve the performance and productivity, and reduce the environmental impact of the fab operations of semiconductor, LCD, and solar PV manufacturers. Its Display segment provides equipment to fabricate thin film transistor LCDs for televisions, computer displays, and other consumer-oriented electronic applications. The companys Energy and Environmental Solutions segment offers manufacturing solutions for the generation and conservation of energy. It also provides manufacturing solutions for wafer-based crystalline silicon, and glass-based thin film applications. In addition, this segment offers roll-to-roll vacuum Web coating systems for deposition of a range of films on flexible substrates for functional, aesthetic, or optical properties, as well as roll-to-roll machine for depositing ultra-thin aluminum films for flexible packaging applications. The company serves manufacturers of semiconductor wafers and chips, flat panel liquid crystal displays, solar photovoltaic cells and modules, and other electronic devices. Applied Materials, Inc. was founded in 1967 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, California.

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Knology Selects Level 3 to Support Customers' Growing Demand for Data and Video.

Level 3 Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: LVLT) announced that it has signed a multi-year agreement with cable operator Knology Broadband, Inc. (NASDAQ: KNOL) to deliver scalable bandwidth services that will further enable Knology's advanced broadband network for its enterprise and residential customers. Level 3's national scale and resources will help West Point, Ga.-based Knology stay ahead of its customers' rapidly growing demands for bandwidth, and provide improved reliability based on a fully redundant architecture. In addition, the arrangement will offer increased procurement simplicity and operational efficiency for Knology as it consolidates services with Level 3 as its primary provider.

Under the new agreement - which expands on a long-term relationship between the companies - Knology will leverage the Level 3 infrastructure to support core backbone upgrades in Knology's key markets, including Augusta and Columbus, Ga.; Panama City, Fla.; Lawrence, Kan.; and Sioux Falls, S.D. Knology will also upgrade existing services in Chicago, Atlanta, Huntsville, Ala. and Charleston, S.C.

"This new agreement with Level 3 allows for enhanced delivery of advanced video, data and voice services for our residential customers, in addition to significantly increasing our portfolio and reach for business customers," said Knology's Chief Technology Officer John Treece. "As our customers' demand for video and data continues to grow rapidly, Level 3 provides us with the required national scale and ability to adapt quickly to our customers' increased bandwidth needs."

"It's a true testament to our quality of service when a longstanding customer like Knology substantially expands their relationship and consolidates their business with us as their primary network provider, especially when it involves a critical, strategic initiative like upgrading their backbone network," said Andrew Crouch, president of Sales for Level 3. "Knology's mission is to deliver great service to their customers, and with Level 3's advanced network services and expertise, they are better poised to accomplish that now and in the future."

For more information on Level 3's advanced network and service offerings, visit www.level3.com. About Level 3 Communications Level 3 Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: LVLT) is a leading international provider of fiber-based communications services. Enterprise, content, wholesale and government customers rely on Level 3 to deliver services with an industry-leading combination of scalability and value over an end-to-end fiber network. Level 3 offers a portfolio of metro and long-haul services, including transport, data, Internet, content delivery and voice. For more information, visit www.Level3.com.

Keywords: Backbone Network, Broadband Network, Electronics, Level 3 Communications, Level 3 Communications Inc, Network Services, Networks, Technology, Telecommunications.

This article was prepared by Network Weekly News editors from staff and other reports. Copyright 2011, Network Weekly News via VerticalNews.com.

DIVERSITY FUELS INNOVATION: A NEW STARTUP ALLIANCE FOR WOMEN IN TECHNOLOGY.

WASHINGTON -- The following information was released by the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy:

Posted by Ping Fu on April 20, 2011 at 01:33 PM EDT

Today, President Obama will visit Facebook's Palo Alto headquarters for a town hall conversation on reducing the deficit (you can watch the town hall live at 1:45pm PT, 4:45pm EDT at www.facebook.com/whitehouse). The Shared Responsibility and Shared Prosperity town hall hosted by the President will be followed by two panel discussions, one focused on the Startup America initiative to accelerate high-growth entrepreneurship, and one focused on the role of Women in Technology. These panels will include the announcement of a new entrepreneurial alliance organized by the National Center for Women and Information Technology (NCWIT). Today, I am also proud to announce that my company, Geomagic, will serve as as an anchor member of this alliance, which will give high-tech startups the research, practices, and community they need to create and maintain a gender-diverse technical workforce, right from the start.

Research shows that tech companies with a higher representation of women in their management teams have a higher return on investment; that startups run by women use less capital and are more likely to survive the transition to established company. Research also shows that including women in a group is more likely to increase its collective intelligence, helping it solve problems better and faster than homogenous groups.

Yet the reality is that there are comparatively few female leaders in the business world, and even fewer in IT.

The percentage of female CEOs of Fortune 500 companies was a dismal 3% in 2009.

For Fortune 500 companies classified as "professional, scientific, and technical," women held only 10% of corporate officer positions and made up just 11% of board of directors positions in 2008.

Women accounted for 9% of "IT Management" positions among 2008-09 Dice Tech Salary Survey respondents.

For anyone interested in the current state of statistics, check out the latest scorecard from NCWIT.

I started Geomagic, a 3D software company, in the late 90s with the audacious goal to revolutionize design and manufacturing for the 21st century. We aimed at combining the art of handcrafts with the science of computing to enable personalized manufacturing with the economic efficiency of mass production. Shoes are made to fit our own feet and chairs are formed to support our own backs -- in essence, a renaissance movement of IT-enabled cottage industry where many small and medium sized companies provide products and services that are local, authentic, personalized and yet globally reachable. The social impacts include supporting local jobs, generating global culture diversity, preserving art, reducing waste, and improving life enjoyment. Looking back, we started a company with social value designed as part of the company's DNA, not as an extraneous concern.

Starting up a company is never easy; every entrepreneur has a war story to tell. In 2001, our seed money ran out, the internet bubble burst, and 9/11 shocked the entire nation. I remember the days when I didn't know whether or not we could make the next payroll. I stopped paying myself, put up our family home as collateral for the bank debt and wondered if I would lose everything. We were then fortunate enough to receive government grants and private support because they believed in our grand vision and saw value in our innovative solutions. We enabled Invisalign to invent custom orthodontic treatment without wire and brackets; we assisted the US government in a historical preservation project to create a replica of the Statue of Liberty; we put 3D scanning software on every NASA space shuttle to detect and repair heat-tile damage in space and guarantee the safe return of the astronauts. Today, Geomagic's customers are innovators and leaders in the world of design and manufacturing. Among them are Apple, Ford, Boeing, GE, Caterpillar, 3M, Mattel, and Nike.

Over the past year, I have had the good fortune to work with the White House, the Startup America Partnership, the U.S. Small Business Administration, the National Advisory Council for Innovation and Entrepreneurship and now the NCWIT Entrepreneurial Alliance. All of them share the common responsibilities to build strong companies, encourage innovation, celebrate entrepreneurship and improve education. I look forward seeing the NCWIT Entrepreneurial Alliance enable more current and future women tech entrepreneurs to develop and grow their businesses.

And to all entrepreneurial companies who want to reap the business benefits of a diverse technical team, I encourage you to join us!

Ping Fu is founder and CEO of Geomagic, Inc.