Monthly Archives: March 2014

Allentown woman finds birth mother on Facebook

Katheryn Deprill was left in a PA Burger King bathroom just hours after she was born. At age 27, she decided to search for her birth mother on Facebook by posting the picture below and finds her (sorry to spoil … Continue reading

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Tips on using twitter to drive website traffic and sales

Twitter “experts” gathered recently at Hoot Suite for an event called Ignite Your Marketing Success on Twitter event at Twitter headquarters a few weeks ago. The discussion was focused on how to leverage twitter to drive website traffic and sales. … Continue reading

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$1 trillion student loan debt widens US wealth gap

A March 27 Associated Press article picked up by Yahoo Finance http://finance.yahoo.com/news/1-trillion-student-loan-debt-141440433.html reminded me of a subject that has been on my mind for some time: the ever-growing load of student loan debt that some students carry. Of the nearly … Continue reading

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Apple Makes Texting and Walking a Little Easier…Or Do They?

Sometimes I think texting and walking is necessary, especially on the days I’m super busy and have multiple people texting me. However, when I text and walk,  I sometimes almost collide with other people and objects. Texting and walking can be … Continue reading

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Tag! Twitter’s It — Jumping on board with tags and picture collages.

Last week, Twitter announced that it will now allow its 241 million users to start tagging up to ten handles (friends) in a single tweet. Previously, users could “tag” friends by adding their names to the actual tweet, but often … Continue reading

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Play Ball!

It’s time! Spring training has concluded and the 2014 MLB season begins this week. For everyone who follows that special team, you start with a clean slate and the dream begins anew. April through September, and if you are lucky… … Continue reading

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Twitter Twitter little star तुम कहाँ हो मुझे आश्चर्य है कि कैसे

So Twitter (stock symbol TWTR) has been talking about growth of its platform.  It wants a multiple of 3 to 4 times its current level over the next ten years.  The reason, money of course. Currently Twitter has 240 million … Continue reading

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Zuckerberg on Jelly site–Am I safe with this in my shower?

  Blur of Red-Backed Jumping Spider – Phidippus johnsoni – that Facebook Founder and CEO Mark  Zuckerberg said he found in his shower and doesn’t know what to do with. It was hardly the post that Neil Armstrong might have … Continue reading

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In Scramble to Avoid Continued Disruption and Demise, BlackBerry Shifts Markets

  BlackBerry CEO John S. Chen will shift BlackBerry’s focus from smartphone sales to become a leading supplier of software and services to security.  Company sees greater promise in managing the proliferation of smartphones and tablets used by business and government … Continue reading

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Science Fact, Not Fiction

Feeding off of a recent post about Facebook purchasing Oculus VR, I thought to myself wow, Oculus VR really reminds me of something straight out of the Science Fiction films, I love so much.    I did a quick search and … Continue reading

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