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New blog on social entrepreneurship from College of Wooster

...rianne Sierocinski, a junior Urban Studies major, are sharing their experience in this blog as they travel to Bangalore, Chennai, and Wooster Nagar, India to set up the inaugural Global Social Entrepr...

July is UV Safety Month: Protect and Repair Your Skin

... SPF 15 Sun Protection - eliminates synthetic chemicals found in most sun products Sun Therapy Travel Tote - 5 full-sized products for beach or poolside travel Recovery Gel - cooling comfort for...

Neverland's future: up for grabs

...9;s approach to finance was pretty similar to many American homeowners and businesses. Sucked in by cheap money, his assets including Neverland were mortgaged to the hilt and he was borrowing money fr...

Satellite Hopes To Make Deadzones a Thing of the Past

The world's largest commercial satellite has been launched into earth orbit with the goal of providing mobile phone service to "dead zones" all across North America. Owned by Reston, Va.-based TerreStar, the satellite is designed to pick up and relay signals from mobile phones. ...

Verizon and Sprint to Launch Blackberry World Phone

You could say that with the help of Verizon, RIM's latest Blackberry is going on world tour. In fact, that's exactly what's going on in the latest word that Verizon Wireless will launch the BlackBerry Tour on July 12 for $200 with a new two-year contract. The Tour is loaded with m...

Reality TV Coming to Cancun

Hotel Chatter had a piece this month on reality TV coming to Cancun. We found out in April that the newest season of The Show That Will Never Die, The Real World , would be taking place in Cancun at the ME Cancun Hotel. Now with the show set to debut this Wednesday on MTV.com, we were able to get...

Modern Art in Southern France

Fodor's had a piece the other day on The French Riviera's Modern Art Road. 20th-century art is one of the main reasons to come to the French Riviera and Provence. It was here that Picasso, Renoir, Matisse, Dufy, Chagall, Cocteau, Léger, Soutine, Signac, Giacometti, Gauguin, and Van Gogh al...

The Philoneist Tells You Who's Behind that Domain, and More...

© chrisdlugosz A new domain you've discovered is offering a variety of hotel and airline booking services and you're wondering who's behind the site and whether it's reputable. Where do you go to find out? With the influence of the Web growing, transparency has become a major c...

Sir Richard Branson Launches New Travel Community For Travel Lovers

... © tobybarnes Cyberspace has lots of travel communities, blog collections, and user comment pages for travel. But I guess it could always use one more... Sir Richard Branson, whose 360 Virgin bra...

The Philoneist Tells You Who's Behind that Domain, and More...

... © chrisdlugosz A new domain you've discovered is offering a name-your-own-price travel reservation service and you're wondering who's behind the site and whether it's reputable. W...

Mexico's Ruins (and Google)

Mexico's National Institute of Anthropology and History signed an agreement with Google Mexico to promote archaeological and historical sites in a bid to revive tourism following the swine flu epidemic, according to the Associated Press . Among the details, a YouTube Channel for the Nationa...

The True Story of True Ventures

...l • Free online OCR • The Top 100 Networked Venture Capitalists • Auction | Cheap TV laptop ipod auctions - bid & win on Swoopo • Summer of Social Good by Mashable • EmbedVid.com :: Embe...

Sony Next to Release an iPhone Killer

We often talk about attempts to dethrone the immensely popular iPhone and it looks like consumer electronics giant Sony is about to take a stab at it next. Sony has released word that it is considering setting up a project team as early as July to make a new device that combines the functions...

Beware the China bubble

...lling or able to bear." If that's right, China's commodity speculators are just using cheap money to speculate and the spring recovery will be exposed as an inventory spike. That would b...

ChicTots' Chic & Cozy Blanket Bag

...re in the market for a blanket, check out ChicTots' Chic & Cozy Blanket Bag , a convenient travel bag that converts into a blanket in seconds. How cool is that? This water-resistant bag has l...

Firefox 3.5 Release Candidate 3

• Firefox 3.5 Release Candidate 3 • ♪ 放手 • Google Takes On Tourism With City Tours Experiment • Yep, iPorn Is Here For The iPhone • The Power of Word in Outlook • CBS Interactive's Smith On Authentication: '70 Billion Reasons To Make This Work' • Hedge fund managers betting ...

Verizon's New Global Smartphone Aims for the Ozone

... Tired of worrying about whether or not your cell phone will work when traveling abroad? Verizon understands where you're coming from and, with HTC, are planning on bringing a true global han...

Classic Car Auctions Going Cyberspace

...ns are conducted from the comfort of home or office, and without the expense and time commitment of travel to a traditional auction venue; consignors' transportation costs are eliminated; and, RM ...

Has Intel finally broken into the cell phone market?

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Motorola Karma Has Texting in Mind

AT&T and Motorola are working on a device with a slide-out QWERTY keyboard aimed at consumers looking to use their phones to send text messages and access social networking sites like Facebook. Calling this new handset the Karma, Motorola says that the design will be especially pleasing t...

In Search of a Cool Summer: Da Lat, Vietnam

Da Lat is the honeymoon capital of Vietnam. It is a romantic French Provincial town snuggled into the cool hills of Southeast Asia. Detailed day-by-day weather records are not available for Da Lat, but the temperature in the city is consistent throughout the summer months: lows drop into the upp...

OTOY Demonstrates True Potential of Cloud Computing

...gy, the practical applications are quite intense. Virtual cloud computing could unlock the power of cheap netbooks and mobile phones, and create a true ubiquitious computing concept where we all have ...

Caribbean Sees Deep Price Cuts

... © Vagabond Shutterbug The recession is cutting into the Caribbean's travel industry in a profound way, according to CNN "The deals we are seeing in the Caribbean right now are unprece...

T-Mobile's New Android Phone Coming Soon

T-Mobile's got an ace up their sleeve in the ongoing struggle to dethroning the Apple iPhone coming out this August. Calling it the myTouch 3G, its new Google Android equipped phone is a more equipped version of the popular G1. It will feature a built-in 3.2-megapixel camera, music player...

Have a Ball - in Dublin...

...quot; economy is now more of a sickly kitten these days, the country is still vibrant as can be for travelers. And Dublin offers the best (and many would say only) urban thrills in the Republic of Ire...

Airline crisis strategy: screw customers and staff

Earlier this month, I did a blog entry looking at how the airline business was going to the dogs. The combination of the global financial crunch and swine flu will cost them at least $9 billion this year. So what's their answer? Screw passengers and staff. First, we have the report th...

Aircell Gets FAA Approval for ATG 4000 Business Aviation System

...neral manager John Wade. "By providing a true high-speed connection, it greatly transforms the travel experience and allows everyone aboard the aircraft to be more productive." "In ad...

T-Mobile Aims High with the Dash 3G

T-Mobile has apparently stood-by and watched RIM and Apple dominate the market long enough. The company has announced its plans to enter the hotly contested smartphone scene with their Dash 3G, which is set to hit streets next month (July). T-Mobile says that the Dash 3G, which was designed b...

Firefox 3.5 beta users will receive update to early release candidate

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Apple Updates its Software While the Government Rethinks Law

Apple today officially released the iPhone OS 3.0 software, updating 45 software patches to address rare security vulnerabilities in its popular iPhone and iPod Touch mobile devices. The company said the new features include cut, copy and paste, MMS, and push notifications. Analysts expect ...

Free Entrance to U.S. National Parks on Weekends

...tation will give a small shot in the arm to businesses in the area," Salazar said. © kangotraveler ...

Nokia Announces Successor to the E71 Smartphone

...mail and IM service, Nokia Messaging, and onboard clients for Mail for Exchange and IBM Lotus Notes Traveler. Conversations are also clearer with active noise cancellation and a torch can be activated...

On the Shores of Lake Geneva...

© peuplier Jaunted had a piece recently that looks like a great vacation idea - wine tasting in Switzerland, in an area where the vineyards are a UNESCO world heritage site. It's called The Lavaux Vineyard Terraces. Thirty kilometers of UNESCO World Heritage site stretch along the nor...

Motorola Rival Coming to Verizon

Texters on the Verizon network have reason to celebrate in the form of the Rival from Motorola. Designed specifically for the challenges of texting, the Rival features a 2.2-inch screen and a backlit QWERTY keyboard that lights up either red or green depending on entry mode. The handset offer...

In Search of a Cool Summer: Lake Baikal, Siberia

One of the least noticed natural wonderlands in the tourist world today is Lake Baikal in Siberian Russia. During the 52 days between June 20th and August 10th it usually breaks 85F degrees in Ulan-Ude (on the shores of Lake Baikal) less than a dozen times each year. The high temperature is more...

Dining in Vienna

It's been years since I've been to Austria. This MSNBC piece made me think about going back. Vienna is one of Europe's cultural capitals. And while the music and the art and the archetecture and the history are all great, the food is not bad either. Each coffeehouse comes with its own...

The Twitpocalypse is Near: Will Your Twitter Client Survive?

• The Twitpocalypse is Near: Will Your Twitter Client Survive? • Apple security is 'struggling,' researcher says • Why The iPhone 3G S May Be A Sucker's Bet Right Now • Could Twittering about your vacation put your home at risk? • Google to Reveal Apps Enhancements • LiveTypin...

Nokia Hopes Cell Phones will No Longer Require Chargers

Quick- what's the first thing that comes to mind when you think of charging your cell phone? If you said a cord, an electrical outlet or even a docking station, you may want to read on. Nokia researchers are working on development of cellular phone charging by simply capturing ambient rad...

Western Digital My Book Studio Edition is 4TB Worth of Peace

... If you are into good, large, and clean storage, this is the drive for you. It is also suprisingly cheap. The Western Digital My Book Studio II will only run $649 when it is available later this summ...

Rental Rates for that House at the Beach this Summer are Down

If you're thinking of renting a place this summer as part of your vacation, the NY Times says you should be very happy with the price you get in the current market - and it might pay you to shop around. And up and down the East Coast, those who rent out vacation properties are wondering about ...

iPhone 3GS, Cheap iPhone, and Leopards - OH MY!

... The good news is there is a cheap iPhone; the better news is that there is an iPhone refresh that is pretty snazzy, and the bad news is that I can have none of it. Today at the WWDC keynote addre...

Apple Slashes Prices on the iPhone

Apple Inc. slashed the entry price for an iPhone in half as well as lowered some of their laptop prices today; the company's first dramatic price cuts since the recession began a year and a half ago. The 8-gigabyte iPhone 3G, which came out last year, now costs $99, instead of $199. The 1...

Recession Forces More Golf Deals

... the pioneer and it has been used elsewhere, including Canada. However, the memberships aren't cheap and are often complex. Plus you still pay an annual fee and you're responsible for spendin...

Crunch for airlines

...will certainly be less than last year. So what's ahead. You would have to expect more mergers, cheaper fare and there is the prospect of airlines shutting down. ... ... Airlines are set to lose $9 billion this year with demand for air travel falling away as a result of the global recession and swine flu. A statement released by the International Air Transport A...

Barcelona: Things to Do

...ants, bars and designer shops. You wouldn't want to spend your entire time in Barcelona without traveling outside the boundaries of these three vibrant areas, of course, but spending a few well-ch...

Getting the Most for Your Dollar

...otel room. Coffee ran from 45 cents in Saint-Louis, Senegal to $5.11 in Port Antonio, Jamaica. The cheapest beer was in Debrecen, Hungary while the most expensive beer was in Sapporo, Japan. Hungary a...

In Search of a Cool Summer: Kunming, China

Kunming is an air conditioned city. During the 52 days between June 20th and August 10th it was never warmer than 80F degrees in Kunming in 2002. The temperature didn't reach 75 degrees on 24 of those days. Temperatures at night fell below 65 degrees on all but eight nights. About half of th...

T-Mobile To Release Second Android Phone While Samsung Targets Photogs

T-Mobile, the fourth-largest U.S. carrier, is hoping to increase its rank by launch its second smartphone to run Google's Android operating system in a few weeks. While details aren't overly specific just yet, the new smartphone is slotted to run Google's codenamed "Cupcake&q...

30 Must-Have Tweaks For Your Mac

...avel • PicoPlay • Bizonbytes - An easy-to-use online business solution • Sailor Maritime Social Network | Blogs | Forums | Games | BizDirectory • Paxonta.com • We Feel Fine / by Jonathan Har...

Is manufacturing dead?

...ants. With digitization and high-speed data networks a lot of back office work can now be done more cheaply abroad. "Any job that's even slightly routine is disappearing from the U.S. But th... ...t clerks are being replaced by automatic scanners. The Internet has taken over the routine tasks of travel agents, real estate brokers, stock brokers and even accountants. With digitization and high-s...

Inq To Release Twitter Handset

It was only a matter of time… Let's face it, as a whole, the world is quick to adopt a trend, run with it, and then leave it for dead. First it was Myspace then Facebook. Now the world is Twitter-obsessed and to that end mobile phone maker INQ Mobile plans to launch a Twitter phone in time...

Kevia Jeffrey-West Jewelry

...silk, feather, 14K gold, 14K gold filled, and silver findings. Kevia's jewelry is influenced by travel and her ongoing exploration of mixed media art. Her college and graduate school studies led...

Palm Pre has Captured Wireless Carriers' Attention

Business users and smartphone fans alike are anxiously counting down the days until Palm's Pre hits the market. In a surprising move, the Pre will launch on June 6 for $200 exclusively for Sprint. As expected, the remaining domestic carriers have their sights set on the Pre as well. Earli...

Barcelona: a Few Things to Do...

...ants, bars and designer shops. You wouldn't want to spend your entire time in Barcelona without traveling outside the boundaries of these three vibrant areas, of course, but spending a few well-ch...

EU Citizens Get New Visa Waivers in Six Countries.

...If you're an EU citizen, you will soon be able to travel for short stays without a visa to some new destination, accordig to a recent news report . The European Union (EU) signed short-stay visa ...

Barbados Without Too Much Pain

© Loimere World Hum took a look recently at Barbados, and how to get by there on a budget. I'll admit, Barbados is hardly known as a shoestringer's paradise-this isn't $5, $25 or even $100 per day territory. But still, after a couple of extended visits here, I've learned tha...

In Search of a Cool Summer: Baguio, Philippines

...Asia is hot in the summer. At least most of it is. But there are a few spots where the summer traveler can enjoy moderate, perhaps even cool, weather. Chief among those locations is Baguio City, Phili...

Kinoma Introduces World’s First Mobile Social Media Browser

With today's release of Kinoma Play, the leading way to find, play and share media on a mobile phone is now also the best way to find, play and share media across social networks and media services like Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Flickr and Picasa. The new release of Kinoma Play for Win...

Antalya: Turkey's Mediterranean Playground

© mavi_melek Antalya is Turkey's Mediterranean playground. The beaches are beautiful. The water is warm. The nightlife is varied and moderately sophisticated. There are added attractions. The site is extremely close to some of the most beautiful mountains in the Mediterranean basin. Histo...

A Week With the 2010 Subaru Impreza 5-door Proves Hatchback Superiority

...ind and operate the controls, while materials fit and finish is of a high quality. There is nothing cheap here except the price. Incidentally, a back seat passenger commented that with the sunroof ope...

Is sacking people unethical?

...the new models can wake themselves up and contact some kind of killer robots of the future who will travel back in time and terminate us all). But people are not machines. Many ethical systems mandate...

Nokia Announces 6600i - Slimmest Camera phone to Date

Nokia, the world's leading handset maker, has announced the 6600i Slide, its smallest 5.0-megapixel equipped slider to date. The company said that tucked within the handset's brushed steel shell is an upgraded 5.0-megapixel camera with a dual LED flash. It features a hidden external...

LG Glance Coming Soon To Verizon

While the slim candy bar-style handset may not be the first form factor that comes to mind for business use, but apparently that isn't slowing Verizon down any. The company is set to launch an all-new candy bar from LG next month aimed at business users known as the Glance VX7100. The han...

History-laden, Picturesque Savannah

Gridskipper took a look recently at Savannah, Georgia. The first colonial and state capital of Georgia, Savannah was spared in the Civil War, meaning nearly every city street is spotted with centuries-old, perfectly preserved artifacts of colonial architecture. Savannah's reputation is a bit m...

Cuba's City of Churches: Camagüey

...y has the largest city center in the country - some 10,000 buildings, according to the Cuba Travel Blog . Camagüey is a hodge podge of twisty streets laid out without a clear pattern. And betwe...

Hanalei Bay in Kauai

© iShot71 Hawaii's Hanalei Bay on the island of Kauai has been named Best Beach in America according to a guy "who calls himself Dr. Beach ," the The Inquisitr said today. Stephen P. Leatherman publishes a list of the best beaches in America each year. This year Siesta Beach...

Microsoft Shuts Off Windows Live Messenger IM For Users In Countries Embargoed By The US

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Samsung's Affordable T349 Comes To T-Mobile

T-Mobile, the nation's fourth-largest wireless carrier, has launched the Samsung T349, a slim messaging phone with a 20-key, partial QWERTY keypad and XT9 enhanced predictive text for faster text messaging. Multiple messaging options include email, instant message, picture messaging, vide...

Prague for the Young

I've always associated Prague with youth for some reason. Now here's a story that confirms my suspicions... MSNBC ran a piece yesterday on how Prague is a good place to take your kids. There are more than 80 museums and 70 theaters in Prague. Kids will like taking the funicular train to t...

Amtrak Lowers Summer Fares

Amtrak is lowering its fares for the summer by 25% on some of its Eartern lines in an effort to boost its passenger numbers. According to the Associated Press: The discount runs from June 2 through Sept. 3. It applies to those taking regional trains on the Northeast Corridor which runs from Washin...