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22 March 2009 ~ 2 Comments

Use Google Voice for free phone calls

Google Voice, formerly Grand Central, is slowly opening to the public. What does that mean for you? A cheaper phone bill.  Once you sign up for Google Voice,  select a local phone number for free.  Most cellular phone companies offer either free incoming plans or unlimited calls from a specific set of numbers, such as [...]

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21 March 2009 ~ 0 Comments

The Credit Crisis Visualized

I found a  good video that visualizes the current credit crisis very well, minus one major change. The video claims the insurgence of sub-prime loans began after September 11th. However, according to a 1999 New York Times article
Fannie Mae, the nation’s biggest underwriter of home mortgages, has been under increasing pressure from the Clinton Administration [...]

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16 March 2009 ~ 0 Comments

Twitter gearing up for ads?

Today while checking twitter updates, I noticed a new “feature” on my homepage.  As you can see from the screenshot on the left, Twitter has implemented a new text box directly below the user’s statistics. 
I first noticed the text box this afternoon, and it was a link to Twitter’s search site. The second version I saw [...]

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