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Twitter as Get Out of Jail Free Utility? You Bet!

CNN is reporting that James Karl Buck, a graduate student from University of California-Berkeley was arrested while on the outskirts of a riot related to the rising food prices in Egypt when he was taken into custody by the Egyptian … Continue reading →

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Editing Marc Orchant’s Legacy: The GTD Times Goes Live

Getting Things Done was Marc Orchant’s passion.  Exceeded only by his love for his family and his sheer joy in teaching others.  Editing a blog focused on becoming the repository for all GTD knowledge and making it the defacto home … Continue reading →

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VoIP Phishing Fraud Alert: learn how to defend yourself

I just received an invitation from my friend Alec Saunders , CEO of Iotum to join in on a free conference call to discuss AT$T and AMEX’s deployment of auto-dialing technology that, according to Alec, has the potential to desensitize … Continue reading →

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Nokia Launches 4 New Phones: Live Blogging 3GSM World Congress

Nokia has just announced the impending launch of four new handsets to the line up of the world’s largest mobile phone manufacturer. For readers of my prior blogs, it is likely that the N96, the successor to the vaunted N95 … Continue reading →

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Live Blogging 3GSM World Congress: Nokia Opening Press Conference

Nokia has a great deal of news this morning including announcing several new phones, improved maps – Nokia Maps 2.0, as well as the first new service based upon their purchase of TWANGO last year: Share on OVI. First, Nokia’s … Continue reading →

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Launch in Alpha at Your Own Peril: Izearanks, a study in why not

Rank Zero? That’s what the site says. According to IzeaRanks TechCrunch, which as we all know is – or perhaps I should say was – one of the most popular tech blogs on the planet. This is a new utility … Continue reading →

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Have You Seen Peepel?

I just spent the last few hours engaged in conversation with Stephen Kelly, the Founder and CEO of Peepel. This application was released a few months ago and has been profiled on a number of popular blogs including Mashable, however, … Continue reading →

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Ribbit Looks Really Cool

Just checking out a new tool for managing your messaging: Ribbit . There are a whole raft of features but the easiest way to describe it (from what I’ve read since the beta hasn’t dropped yet) is that it’s GrandCentral … Continue reading →

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AT&T Debating Becoming Bigger Big Brother: spying on peer to peer possible

AT$T the company we love to hate is at it again and giving us another reason to pray that Google buys that spectrum. This time the words come straight from CEO Randall Stephenson’s mouth. Apparently, AT$T has decided that it … Continue reading →

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