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Technology is obviously a great tool but it can be a great distraction as well.
Use old technology to help earthquake victims in Haiti
Jan 25, 2010 | | Posted in TechnologyWe, the American people, can support the people of Haiti in their hour of need in a variety of ways. One way is to recycle old cell phones that are collecting dust in our homes. The earthquake has devastated their livelihood, their belonging and their dwellings are wiped out from the surface of our dearest … Continue Reading »
How technology can influence the impartiality of jurors
Jan 15, 2010 | | Posted in TechnologyWe all know by now – after centuries of knowledge – that jurors cannot talk to anyone outside their close-knit 12-member family at the time. They cannot research the case. They are under the protection of the law – not because someone will harm them but that the jurors might harm someone on trial, either … Continue Reading »
TREFIS is America’s next top stock model
Dec 2, 2009 | | Posted in TechnologyI have been reading nothing but awesome reviews about Trefis which will be America’s next top stock model. In order to “compensate and facilitate” for the recent turmoil in the U.S. and World economy, MIT engineers and Wall Street Analysts got together and developed the software.
Trefis motto is:
Understand how a company’s products impact its stock … Continue Reading »
Milo can help you shop offline – the way it used to be
Dec 1, 2009 | | Posted in TechnologyMore and more people are turning to shopping online almost on a daily basis. That has been the trend for folks over the last so many years. The two major methods of payments are credit card and the online PayPal, an eBay company. You would think someone has to be crazy to start a company … Continue Reading »
E-Readers: The End of Bookstores?
Jul 22, 2009 | | Posted in TechnologyJason Young over at http://www.pcmag.com did an article on “E-Readers: The End of Bookstores?”
Excerpts from the article
Here’s the problem. The culmination of my bookstore experience is the process of taking my Kindle out and downloading the book(s) I’ve discovered through the wonders of the retail experience. That’s financial ruin for the bookstore.
One thing’s for … Continue Reading »
Kindle 2 price plunge signals E-book reader market competition-PC World
Jul 9, 2009 | | Posted in TechnologyNearly five months to the day after Amazon introduced its Kindle 2 E-reader, the company has decided to hack a full $60 off of the price tag in order to offer it to US consumers for $299.
Yesterday, Amazon quietly lowered the price on its Kindle 2 e-book reader. That didn’t take long: The Kindle 2 … Continue Reading »
Did you ever try reading eBooks off of an eReader?
Apr 17, 2009 | | Posted in TechnologyWhen I was a lot younger, I had the habit of reading books as well as two newspapers a day when I was living in New Your City in the 70s. I was single and I would find the time to read. For a few years, I did not even have a TV set. I … Continue Reading »
Fear of the unknown in our lives
Mar 4, 2009 | | Posted in TechnologyHumans fear the unknown. That’s a given. It’s our instinct. It’s a simple premise that creeps into our lives much more than we realize. Change, like the President campaigned for, brings a great amount of uncertainty which brings fear in our lives. The change that he advocates should be good because for quite sometime, the … Continue Reading »
Seek knowledge whenever and wherever possible!
Nov 30, 2008 | | Posted in TechnologyYou see the image at the top of the page. That’s me. I read where I feel comfortable. You know where that is, right? I try to read whenever and wherever possible. Read more…
Cash, Credit, or Cell Phones?
Oct 28, 2008 | | Posted in Technology“Cash may still be king, but on the streets of Japan there’s a new rival for the throne. Millions of people there use their mobile phones to buy everything from vending-machine sodas to train tickets.”
This is how the article, dated October 1, 2008, starts in cfo.com by Yasmin Ghahremani. Mobile phones may soon change the … Continue Reading »
