Emily Dickinson, “Because I could not stop for Death”

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Because I could not stop for Death – He kindly stopped for me – The Carriage held but just Ourselves – And Immortality. We slowly drove – He knew no haste And I had put away My labor and my … Read More

Facebook

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Type: Public Traded as: NASDAQ: FB Founded: February 4, 2004 Headquarters: Menlo Park, California, US Area served: United States (2004–05), Worldwide (2005–present) Founders: Mark Zuckerberg, Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Dustin Moskovitz, Chris Hughes Key people: Mark Zuckerberg (Chairman and CEO), Sheryl Sandberg (COO) Industry: … Read More

e-Commerce in European Union

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The European Parliament and the Council adopted June 8, 2000 a European Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on certain legal aspects of the information society, especially electronic commerce (Directive 2000/31 /, including the electronic commerce, in … Read More

Inability to fulfil an order

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Inability to fulfil an order Imposibilitatea de a executa o comandă 1. We regret that No… is no longer available. will not be available before the… cannot be delivered within the time specified. is not in stock at present. We … Read More

Blackjack for beginners

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Blackjack (black jack) is a very popular card game in casinos. Blackjack was first introduced in the late eighteenth century under the name “21”. This game is basically based on two card games, “the railroad” and “the French firm”, at … Read More

Economics of crowdsourcing

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Volunteering, volunteerism and altruism … or economic benefit? In some cases, the “crowd” willing to participate generously offers a priori powers, their data. Participants may feel somehow reimbursed for their work with results that will benefit everyone, or estimate that … Read More

Google+

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Web address: plus.google.com Commercial: Yes Type of site: Social networking service, Identity service Registration: Required Available in: Multilingual Written in: Java and JavaScript Owner: Google Launched: June 28, 2011; 3 years ago Google+ (also, Google Plus, often abbreviated G+) is … Read More

Death

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Death is a concept for the state of a biological organism having ceased to live (although this term is also used figuratively for the degeneration of a star, or a language that has lost its last speakers). This state is … Read More

e-Commerce

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(Amazon.com’s former headquarters in the Pacific Medical Center building in Beacon Hill, Seattle.) Electronic commerce (e-commerce, or online sales) is the exchange of goods, services and information between computer networks, including the Internet. Electronic commerce is not limited only to … Read More

The Mute Narrator

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He lived his life as he pleases, as he always liked: telling people what was happening around them, but he said it sometimes bitterly, sometimes humorously, satirizing characters talking about, or branding their facts, only on some he spoke tenderly. … Read More

English Translation Style Guide for EU – Writing English – SPELLING – GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES

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2.34 General. Many place names have an anglicised form, but as people become more familiar with these names in the language of the country concerned, so foreign spellings will gain wider currency in written English. As a rule of thumb, … Read More

Crowdsourcing

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Crowdsourcing, or participatory production, one of the emerging areas of knowledge management, is the use of creativity, intelligence and know-how of a large number of people, outsourcing, to perform certain tasks traditionally performed by an employee or contractor. This is … Read More

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