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Tech Trends: Tools for Managing Contacts John Brandon, inc.com TECH REPORT We tried out two basic CRM tools that help organize contacts—and stay in touch with them. I always thought customer relationship management software was strictly for salespeople. Recently, I’ve been reading a lot abou… http://flpbd.it/fzw6u Related articles CRMs that have launched or been updated…
A Computer You Can Talk To Monitors Your Home And Helps With Chores BY ZAK STONE, fastcoexist.com The Ubi, a ubiquitous computer you plug into a socket, can do things like read you your email or tell you the temperature in the room. All you have to do is ask. You probably have at least…
Cooking, fast and slow Blogus scientificus by Alex Reshanov, earthsky.org Europeans are so fashion forward. While people in the U.S. are still bickering over soft drink sizes and calorie labeling for Big Macs, the European Union is already tackling a chemical many of us have never heard of: acrylamide. The… http://flpbd.it/k6HkE Related articles The Onion:…
FYI: Why Does Salt Water Make Hurricane Damage So Much Worse? By Colin Lecher, popsci.com The white stuff can stick around and ruin, well, pretty much everything. That puts the officials trying to fix it on a ticking clock. Sandy crippled the NYC subway system this week, knocking out power, damaging switches, and dumping… http://flpbd.it/udDia…
Security Researchers Warn New Jersey’s Emergency Email Voting Could Be An Insecure, Illegal Nightmare Andy Greenberg, forbes.com New Jersey’s decision to allow voters stranded by superstorm Sandy to vote by email in Tuesday’s election may be an innovative experimental response to a badly-timed natural disaster. But security researchers are warning that t… http://flpbd.it/7DWj0 Related articles…
Belkin’s NetCam WiFi Camera with Night Vision keeps an eye out for ghosts while you’re out, hooks up with iOS / Android Ben Gilbert, engadget.com Out of town for Halloween and worried that your empty house is getting filled with ethereal catburglars? You can’t even see what they’re taking! Belkin’s got a solution for you…
New York City in post-storm darkness: photos by Randy Scott Slavin Xeni Jardin, boingboing.net NYC UNPLUGGED, a series by photographer Randy Scott Slavin documenting the darkness in New York City after Hurricane Sandy caused widespread power outages: New York City is always bright. Street lights, business marquees, ligh… http://flpbd.it/4inHF Related articles A Study of Shadows…
TSA Taking Controversial X-Ray Scanners Out Of Big Airports And Shipping Them Off To Smaller Ones Chris Morran, consumerist.com Image from a backscatter machine According to reports, the TSA is removing backscatter full-body scanners, which use very small amounts of ionizing radiation, from major airports and replacing them with less-controversial millimeter… http://flpbd.it/CHJnN Related articles TSA…
Zillow Adds 1.8M Foreclosed And Pre-Foreclosure Homes To Its Real Estate Listings Anthony Ha, techcrunch.com Online real estate service Zillow is expanding its real estate listings today by adding “pre-market inventory” — specifically, homes that have either been foreclosed or are in the foreclosure process. Increasing the selection of… http://flpbd.it/vNkbI Related articles No longer a…
Perhaps The Only Good Thing About Expensive Gas Is The Decrease In Teens Driving Drunk Mary Beth Quirk, consumerist.com (Studio d’Xavier) Trying to think of any reason paying more at the pump is a good thing would stump the average consumer (thinner wallets after paying with cash?), but one and possibly the only good side…
Bills, bills, bills: manage your accounts like a real pro Megan Geuss, arstechnica.com No matter your day job, we all have a second gig that saps a couple of hours from our lives every month: operating the administrative branch of your life (or your household). Personal bureaucracy is a sad fact of life, but there…
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