Unless you’ve been living in a cave, you’re aware of the recent events that have transpired between Google and China over the past few months. Google officially entered China with Google.cn in January 2006. Their objective was to offer relevant search results to people in China, while complying with China’s requirement to censor search results. [...]
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Don’t Text and Drive: Graphic Public Service Announcement (England)
Texting while driving increases the risk of a negligent collision (note that it is NOT an “accident”) by 2,300 times. Apparently people (especially young drivers) aren’t getting the message. So unconcerned and unwilling to comply with requests to “put the phone away” while operating a motor vehicle, that one English ad agency put out what [...]
Frugal Tip: How to save $1.50/month by switching to Paperless Billing on T-Mobile
I just got my T-Mobile bill and was surprised to see an insert noting “Important Changes to your T-Mobile® bill.” Upon closer inspection, this note says that “Starting in September [2009], T-Mobile will begin charging $1.50 per month” if you receive a paper bill. “This fee will show on your bill as a “Paper Bill [...]
Local Review: The Mobile Source
Background My wife can be hard on her cell phones. Her first phone was a Motorola flip, it did a good job but it started showing its age and needed to be replaced. Next was a Samsung flip phone that got “water damage” and the speaker wouldn’t work anymore. Then came a less expensive Samsung [...]
