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Social Media Keeps Us Social

By Karin Gerber, on April 28th, 2011

I have been on Facebook and Twitter for a while now and I will admit I do enjoy the social (as well as the family) aspects of this brave new world. While many say that social media is somehow isolating us from the outside world, I think it’s like any other form . . .

How Do You Get The News?

By Karin Gerber, on January 18th, 2011

So if a newspaper wasn’t enough to get the current news, in addition to getting information sent to my smartphone, soon I can read a newspaper on an iPad and also check out the current New York Times while on my laptop?

Wow, talk about having a variety of options at my . . .

Microsoft News of Note in 2010

By Richard Hay, on December 27th, 2010

In a story very similar to their earlier Top Stories of 2010 the Microsoft News Center has posted their News of Note stories for 2010.

Here are my favorites from that listing:

Natural User Interfaces: Voice, Touch and Beyond

Jan. 6 – Article and video: Project Natal (now Kinect for Xbox 360) . . .

Will Newspapers Survive?

By Karin Gerber, on November 9th, 2010

I remember years ago, my Grandfather would wake up early to walk to the corner store to get his newspapers. It was a morning ritual that my Grandfather enjoyed to see what was happening in the world around him. Up until recently, a large portion of people relied on newspapers to get . . .

Social Media Parody Video

By Richard Hay, on October 25th, 2010

So what do you think of this video that a Dallas-Fort Worth TV station recently put together that takes the current use of social media in any situation and makes it look quite silly?

The situations are obviously over the top to make a point that we have started to use social . . .

Google Sync Now Supports Outlook 2010 Calendar Syncing

By Gilberto Perera, on August 20th, 2010

It has been a little over two months since Microsoft released the latest version of Outlook 2010 to the general public and yet now is when Google finally updates Google Calendar Sync to work with Outlook 2010. If you’re familiar with the Google Calendar Sync tool you will be disappointed to find out that other than . . .

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