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Can you land a job with 140 characters?
(CNN) — The hottest way to present your resume currently involves just 140 characters and a lot of hype. Twitter resumes — or “twesumes” — have been touted as the best way for social media-savvy types to snag a dream job.
But before you post your own abbreviated CV, it is worth considering its limitations and what tweeting your employment history really says about you.
“I cannot imagine someone explaining their breadth of experience in 140 characters,” says Sai Pradhan, a headhunter and managing director for Trufflepig Search, based in Hong Kong. “I know people are calling it an elevator pitch these days, but my goodness, even that’s a bit longer. At most it could be an introduction with a link to your CV.”
The
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Can you land a job with 140 characters?
(CNN) — The hottest way to present your resume currently involves just 140 characters and a lot of hype. Twitter resumes — or “twesumes” — have been touted as the best way for social media-savvy types to snag a dream job.
But before you post your own abbreviated CV, it is worth considering its limitations and what tweeting your employment history really says about you.
“I cannot imagine someone explaining their breadth of experience in 140 characters,” says Sai Pradhan, a headhunter and managing director for Trufflepig Search, based in Hong Kong. “I know people are calling it an elevator pitch these days, but my goodness, even that’s a bit longer. At most it could be an introduction with a link to your CV.”
The
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Startup making cheap 3-D printers
(CNN) — There is no shortage of amazing industrial commercial applications for 3-D printing — internal organs, stem cells, artificial limbs, art, cars, customizable furniture.
But if you had a 3-D printer sitting on your desk at home, what would you make?
Some people know immediately: They’d create physical Minecraft models, make manga figurines, pop out replacement parts for a motorcycle. But most people will likely see a 3-D printer, think it’s cool, then have no idea what to do next and move on.
That could change, though, as dirt-cheap 3-D printers like the Printrbot or new MakiBox simplify the technology and put it in more people’s hands and home offices.
“The market for desktop
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Hong Kong takes Internet speed title
Hong Kong (CNN) — It’s likely someone from Hong Kong has just beaten you to this story.
The city was found to have the highest average peak connection speed of just over 54 megabits per second during the third quarter of 2012, according to analysis by Akamai Technologies.
It’s the first time speeds have shot past 50 Mbps and, if the global trend continues, it’s just going to get faster. While there was a slight drop in pace over the quarter, over the year average peak speeds surged 36%.
Top peak connection speeds (Mbps)
1. Hong Kong (54.1)
2. South Korea (48.8)
3. Japan (42.2)
4. Latvia (37.5)
5. Romania (37.4)
In the peak speed stakes, Hong
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Beware: Android virus uses your phone to spread spam
If victims don’t have an unlimited texting plan, the next phone bill could be a whopper because each infected phone can blast thousands of viral text messages a day.
SEATTLE — Android smartphone users beware. Spammed text messages have begun circulating that can infect your handset, causing it to continually send virulent text messages to thousands of live phone numbers each day.
That discovery comes as hackers continue to probe the Android platform, in particular,
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