It’s Time to Terminate ‘Early Termination Fees’
Jul 29, 2008 Blogging, Tech News, Tips
A recent court ruling against Sprint (S), has declared audacious Early Termination Fees to be illegal; resulting in Sprint to pay $73 million dollars to customers who were charged maliciously by the wireless carrier. This is the time to terminate Early Termination Fees.
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Tags: cell phones, consumer advocacy, customer service, law, OpEd, Tech News
Social Media Supplements MSM During Disasters
Jul 29, 2008 Blogging, Geeky, Social Networking, Tech News
Today, Southern California was rocked with an 5.6 earthquake. While it’s definitely newsworthy, social media prevailed at getting the message out first over mainstream media (MSM). Sometimes, it’s the raw, unedited content from those affected that can be the story. However, MSM can help carry the message out for others.
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Tags: OpEd, social media, Social Networking, Tech News, web 2.0
Vista More Secure than XP? I call B.S.
Jul 25, 2008 Blogging, Geeky, Tech News
Allegedly, Windows Vista is more secure then it’s predecessor, Windows XP. I dispute this as simply a manipulation with statistics and PR from Redmond.Of course, this comparison is over a period of 21 months, but I strongly believe Windows Vista is still insecure due to their closed-source activity.
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Tags: microsoft, OpEd, Security, Tech News, technology
Don’t Help Spammers, Even if You Love Them
Jul 25, 2008 Blogging, Geeky, Tech News
Spam-king, Eddie Davidson, escaped from prison with the help from his girlfriend and eventually led to the murder-suicide of Davidson and his girlfriend. This just shows that convicted spammers are ruthless and will do anything they can for an easy out.
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Yahoo Leverages Homepage to Defeat Carl Icahn
Jul 18, 2008 Blogging, Geeky, Tech News
Yahoo pulls out the big guns (homepage advertising) to attempt to overpower Carl Icahn from ousting the Yahoo executive team. Personally, I find these ads not tailored to a majority of their users. Inside, I’ll show you the array of ads Yahoo is running against Icahn and my thoughts on it.
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