Will kids "bite the Apple" or will it prove to be media poison? First Reuters news reported that Apple Inc. plans to launch a cheaper version of the iPhone in the fourth quarter that could be based on the ultra-slim iPod Nano music player, according to a JP Morgan analyst based in Taiwan. NOW, JP Morgan has retracted. Gee, I'll bet analyst Kevin Chang's getting a ruler … [Read more...]
Which weekend’s best for a slumber party? Who's carpooling to the game? What's your summer camp schedule? We all know how tedious it can be synchronizing different people's agendas to find a date that suits everybody. Doodle is a cool polling tool that's free, fast, and ‘idiot proof’ for people like me who can’t spare even a second to learn a new … [Read more...]
The birth of our Age of Conversation eBook coincides with the birth of my daughter, July 16th…wow, go figure, quite appropo! Happy ‘birth’day to all my co-authors, who generously participated in this global social media experiment to benefit Variety, The Children’s Charity! Next Monday, our eBook goes live, hot off the press, courtesy of creators Drew … [Read more...]
“If you’re a parent who is tired of having your child learn about race and identity through the mixing of Neapolitan ice cream, playing dress-up with national costumes, and absorbing the same handful of sanitized historical facts every single Black/Latino/Native American/Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month, Anti-Racist Parent is for you,” says author Carmen … [Read more...]
The countdown has begun, to "rock for our rock" tomorrow online via MSN Live Earth. One peek at Live Earth/Twitter and you’ll see youth ramping up for the global 7/7/07 music fest with eco-tips for sustainability in short blips from people around the planet answering, “What are YOU doing to solve the Climate Crisis?” Social media messaging platform Twitter … [Read more...]
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