Technology

Google+ A New Social Experience

Google Plus

By Gary Martin Google, Inc. has released an invitation only version of their new social platform called Google+.  This new entry into the social arena has been met with much fanfare.  As you may recall Google’s first iteration of their social platform Google Buzz bombed- due to consumer privacy concerns and consumer account information being searchable on the Internet.     This time Google has come up with something unique.  Instead of trying to mimic Facebook or Twitter, they have integrated what people love most about communicating with people in real life.  You don’t have to tell everyone everything!  One...

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UPDATE: Bill Signed Amazon.com Terminating Associate Program Contracts Due To New California Law

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UPDATE: Governor Jerry Brown has signed the bill that will effect all California Affiliate Marketers in the state of California.  I have included the latest email corresponence from Amazon.com Hello,Unfortunately, Governor Brown has signed into law the bill that we emailed you about earlier today. As a result of this, contracts with all California residents participating in the Amazon Associates Program are terminated effective today, June 29, 2011. Those California residents will no longer receive advertising fees for sales referred to Amazon.com, Endless.com,MYHABIT.COM or SmallParts.com. Please be assured that all qualifying advertising fees earned before today will be processed and paid in...

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Protecting your kids from online predators

Protecting your kids from online predators

by Jim Hague, CEO, CrystalDI (www.crysaldi.com) The predator has one goal and that is to have an intimate physical experience regardless if it’s against the child’s will. When a kid (anyone under the age of 17) or young adult is molested, the impact cannot only destroy the innocence of a childhood, but causes life long scars that may never heal. Kids experiences shame, guilt, and low esteem. Many experience intimacy issues themselves or become sexually aggressive. Regardless, the predator is a monster and should be treated as such. We can sympathize the fact that many predators were victims themselves....

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Choosing the Right of Domain Name

A colleague once wrote to me, “I just discovered I’m ranked #1 on Google for (keywords) ‘Abundance and Prosperity’, and #5 for ‘Money Magnet!’ When the heck did that happen?” I replied, “I rank #1 on Google for my name, “Jim Hague”.  Only a month ago a search on ‘Jim Hague’ would display other Jim Hague’s, but not me.  When I registered ‘jimhague.com’, I shot straight to the top of the search engines in a matter of days! The website has no Meta Tags, no Title tags, no content, and is under construction. How did we achieve this?  Observe...

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Is Google Voice For You?

While Google Voice hasn't been released to the entire public yet, early adopters have already been using it to talk on the phone for free in the US and Canada. Is it for you?

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Virgin Mobile Goes Beyond Value

Virgin Mobile Goes Beyond Value

Today Virgin Mobile USA a division of Sprint Nextel Corporation (S) has released it’s new Beyond Talk plans targeted at data intensive wireless phone users.  Along with the new plan structures they have released three new handsets- Blackberry 8530, Virgin Mobile Loft (Kyrocera S2300) and LG Rumor Touch.  Pricing Structure for the Beyond Talk plan are as follows:$25 300 Any time Minutes, $40 1200 Any time Minutes, 60 Unlimited Any time Minutes. All plans come with unlimited Email, Text, Data and Web. For an additional $10 per month Blackberry service is available. For information on Virgin Mobile Plans and...

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Affordable Mobile Broadband For The Rest Of Us

Affordable Mobile Broadband For The Rest Of Us

DataJack, Inc. providers of 3G Mobile Broadband for $39.99 per month with No Contract, No Credit Check. They state that they have a National 3G coverage area and have truly unlimited Mobile Broadband service not capped at 5 GB(Gigabytes) like their competitors. The data speed is said to be an average of 700-1400 kbps. This seems like an excellent option for people who can not get a wired High Speed Internet Access through their local telephone company or provider.  It also seems like a logical alternative for college students or road warriors, who do not want to commit to...

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