Archive for October, 2011
What You Need to Know About Move Your Money Day
You may not be aware, but Saturday, November 5 is Move Your Money Day. The big conglomerate banks in the United States have created a culture of “too big to fail” in that their actions are rarely met with repercussions, especially considering the government bailouts of three or four years ago. Move Your Money Day [...]
T-Mobile Prepaid Samsung Exhibit II 4G Android Phone $199.99 at Walmart
T-Mobile and Samsung announced today that the Samsung Exhibit II 4G Android phone will go on sale tomorrow, Oct. 27th. exclusively at Walmart stores and walmart.com for the no contract price of $199.99. By virtue of its support for HSPA+ The Exhibit II’s is the first 4G prepaid phone ever sold at Walmart. SpecificationsBattery 1500 mAhTalk time – [...]
Top Ten Facebook Games
Facebook has become not only a place for social interaction, but a place for the casual gamer to get there on-line fix. It seems that everyday a new game comes out, either to be beta tested for future mass consumption, or to find a permanent home in the Facebook virtual world. Here are my top [...]
Tech 3.0: Two fascinating new gadgets
I often marvel at how fast technology evolves. When you recall that smartphones with advanced Web access and high-quality cameras were virtually non-existent barely five years ago; that CDs, once the music media of choice, are practically on the verge of extinction; that Twitter was barely making a chirp in our consciousness as little as [...]
The mysterious and secret Affordable Housing changes
At the last Town Council meeting on October 11 Tom Gentz introduced his plan for evolutionary changes to the State Low and Moderate Income Housing Law. He explained that we have to do this on a fast track to get the legislation changes into the queue in January for the next legislative session. So I expected that [...]
Kashmir issue needs a political solution:Gul
Srinagar, October 26 (Scoop News) – Advisor to Chief Minister . Mubarak Gul has strongly supported the views of the Chief Minister . Omar Abdullah regarding the peace process and removal of AFSPA in a phased manner. The Advisor was addressing a large gathering of people at SafaKadal , Nawakadal and other areas [...]
5 Ways To Make Money As An Affiliate Marketer Using The Internet
Most people start out in affiliate marketing selling other people’s products. This is one way to make money, but it is not the only way. As a matter of fact some people make money with affiliate marketing and never sell any products at all. Most people start out in affiliate marketing selling other people’s products. [...]
Books Based on ‘Courageous’ Movie Hit NYT Bestsellers List
A pair of books based on biblical themes from the movie “Courageous” has made The New York Times’ bestseller list. “The Resolution for Men” by authors Stephen and Alex Kendrick is No. 10 on the newspaper’s Oct. 30 list of paperback advice books. “The Resolution for Women” by author Priscilla Shirer is No. 14. Both [...]
Global Economic Crisis Deepens
Millions are being impoverished by today’s global depression. Global Depression grips world economies. Destructive polices fueled today’s crisis. Conditions are fast coming to a head. Throwing good money after bad delays decision day at the price of far greater trouble on arrival. D-Day will shake world economies. It may, in fact, be months away, perhaps [...]
Mobile Social Networking Nepal @ Barcamp 2011
Kathmandu obvserved its third Barcamp Kathmandu on August 6, 2011 at Staff College, Jawalakhel. The event was organized by group of youth and volunteers that saw more than 300 individuals participating in 33 different sessions that ran for the whole day. The speakers were able to create their sessions online before the event and others [...]
Last Hitting (and denying) in DOTA-like MOBA games
Last hitting in DOTA-like MOBA games is completely against the idea of a competitive player vs player experience. It restricts players by making them spend more time looking at minion health bars than competing against the enemy players. Not to mention the idea of denying, whereby players attack and kill their own minions to deny the enemy from doing it. [...]
Nokia N9 in Malaysia: Celcom vs. DiGi
MALAYSIA: Nokia N9 is now available in Malaysia at retail price RM1799 (16GB). Two local telcos, DiGi and Celcom, have special Nokia N9 phone plans. You can get N9 as low as RM968. Nokia N9 is the first MeeGo mobile operating system smartphone from Nokia. It has no buttons on the front and a unibody design with curved 3.9-inch [...]
Mortgage Troubles Point to Economic Hangover
Mortgages are in big trouble despite the measures taken by the Fed and the government. People are stuck with mortgages that are greater than the value of their homes causing a major overhang and a continued cycle of real estate price depreciation. With the action the Obama administration would like to take, the problem amounts to [...]
Film-specific blogs and inbound marketing
Sheri Candler has a pretty good post up about using blogs as part of an independent filmmaker’s inbound marketing strategy, the first in a series on that topic. Sheri makes some good points but I’ll chime in on some of them with what I’ve learned from my own experience. Some of the mistakes she says to avoid [...]
Steve Jobs Biography Is No. 1 in Books
News of Apple co-founder’s death provided publicity bonanza, says expert The biography of Apple co-founder and former CEO Steve Jobs debuted today at the top of both Amazon’s and Barnes & Nobles’ bestseller lists. Steve Jobs, the first biography of the iconic entrepreneur written with Jobs’ cooperation, was penned by Walter Isaacson, a former editor at [...]
Banks draw up code on lending for power plants
Dirty coal-fired power plants would not be financed under standards being drawn up by some of Europe’s best-known banks in a sign of the growing pressure on lenders to scale down support for fossil fuels. HSBC and Standard Chartered in the UK, and France’s BNP Paribas and Crédit Agricole have helped develop the code, along [...]
Android Alpha for HP TouchPad Coming Soon
The CyanogenMod team this week releasedCyanogenMod 7.1 to bring support for more Android handsets and at present they’ve unveiled an alpha build for the HP TouchPad. Cyanogenmod for TouchPad, which is an aftermarket version of Google’s Android operating system, has been created to replace the previous version of Android, which is incorporated on several smartphones, as well as tablet computers and most recently will include [...]
Top 5 Games MIA from the EB Expo 2011
This is where we get a little greedy and wish a few of the upcoming titles we are looking forward to made an appearance. We aren’t saying they should have been there for us to play, but certainly these have all got in-game footage that has been seen on the net, so a live demonstration [...]
Apple’s New iOS 5
When the iPod launched 10 years ago, it revolutionized the music industry with the concept of putting “1,000 songs in your pocket.” Over the years, the iPods have gotten thinner and smaller and now come in a variety of models to cater to every need. For the people who need everything, the iPod classic holds 40,000 songs. [...]
Occupy Wall Street: Anti-Semitic Smears
Earlier, ThinkProgress, reported on “vulture capitalist” hedge fund manager Paul Singer’s financing journalists to write attack articles opposing the Occupy Wall Street (OWS) movement. In addition, a campaign to infiltrate and sabotage the movement has now been documented. Those protecting the Wall Street criminals have proven they’re willing to say and do anything to undermine and [...]
