Viewing figures for the sport were inevitably lower than for the opening ceremony - and on the first Saturday morning there was a noticeable drop in front-page newspaper coverage.

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James Kiernan, vice president and group director of digital media and innovation at MediaVest USA in New York, said the time is right to evaluate better ways of measuring online audience engagement, but added that he felt it was premature to drop page-viewing rankings.

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Husky Chat, a new Chrome extension, turns any website into a chatroom by overlaying a simple, drop-down chat window over each page on the web.

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Users will now be able to drag-and-drop images from the desktop into the Google doc browser page directly.

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There is some art-world satire, which is gross knockabout stuff, and lists of the best names to drop frequently occupy up to half a page of unredeemed showing-off.

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Both drop-outs of the doctoral program in computer engineering at Stanford, Page and Brin respected people of the highest intellect.

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The startup has always offered an easy way for anyone to create a website or Facebook fan page using its simple templates and easy drag-and-drop interface.

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