Brittany @ May 5, 2009 # 5 Comments
Was it the marketing strategy that Verizon employed, using a buy-one-get-one promotion on the Blackberry Curve that shot sales for the phone in the first quarter of the year, well beyond that of Apple’s outrageously popular iPhone? That’s what one research group thinks.
Brittany @ May 5, 2009 # 4 Comments
The story of “Tent City,” Sacramento a supposed growing encampment of at least 200 people, down and out as a result of the current recession/depression, has recently flooded the news. Photos of this place are not unlike those taken during the Great Depression, which feature hundreds of rotted shacks with a migrant homeless population walking […]
Brittany @ May 4, 2009 # 2 Comments
According to a recent report by Fox News, a 10-year-old girl in England suffered burns on 70 percent of her body. The cause: an unmanned tanning bed. Apparently, the girl’s mother gave permission because the girl was “curious.” The full report on this story never mentions the accountability of the mother. The harmful, if not […]
Brittany @ May 4, 2009 # No Comment Yet
The new strain of the swine flu virus can finally live up to its name. Pigs on a farm in Alberta, Canada were confirmed on Saturday with the infection. This is the first known case of pigs having the virus. According to Fox News, a farm worker back from Mexico is the apparent cause. Fox […]
Brittany @ May 3, 2009 # 2 Comments
Maury Povich’s daytime talk show is joining a national campaign to prevent teen and unplanned pregnancy in young adults. Interesting idea coming from a show that gained the mass of its popularity in recent years with the type of episode known as “Who’s My Baby’s Daddy?” The effort by the National Campaign to Prevent Teen […]
Brittany @ May 3, 2009 # No Comment Yet
Twitter, the new free social networking and micro-blogging service that enables its users to send and read other users’ updates appears to be tweeting its way into more than just the hands of the current technology savvy generation of those age 5 through 25. Just this past week, 79-year-old Barbara Walters announced on “The View” […]
Brittany @ May 1, 2009 # One Comment
Only days ago, the swine flu was confirmed as having reached Spain, the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Israel, with the virus suspected in many other nations as well. Symptoms include many of those associated with the common flu, such as nausea, coughing, sore throat and fever, symptoms that could lead, and have led to […]