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New entry posted on the Geek Squad blog:
Since the first Presidential election in 1789, we’ve seen 220 years of progress in how our appointed leaders talk to us. Our nation’s highest office has seen the advent of radio, television and the World Wide Web. In honor of President’s Day, we’ve put together a timeline of our favorite communication milestones, and the Presidents who’ve ushered them in.
The news sites are filled with history lessons and random myths about Friday the 13th today. No doubt the hype about everyone’s favorite bad luck “holiday” will be greater than ever with the release of a new Friday the 13th film today.
Personally, I’ve always been more concerned with Saturday the 14th.
Best Buy has announced that they are rolling out an electronics recycling program to all of their US stores on February 15th. The program will allow consumers to bring in 2 devices per day, including a wide range of items, such as computers, VCRs, and some types of televisions.
The Official Gmail Blog has an entry up talking about their new Gmail Tasks web application.
The nice part is that not only can you use this application via the web on your computer, but on mobile devices such as the iPhone via the mobile browser. Google even went as far as posting a quick how-to video on getting the app to show up on your home page:
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It’s interesting watching the progression of new communication technology into the local Cleveland news channels. Video streams on their websites are already old-hat, so now they’ve started taking baby steps into the Twitter world.
I ran across Cleveland’s Fox 8 News Twitter account this morning, which highlights how the microblog sphere is slowly making its way into the mainstream.
At this rate, how long until grandma is posting about her bridge club?