Google tells you when to wake up and sleep

The title is not entirely accurate. What Google has introduced is a way for you to get the times of sunset and sunrise wherever you live. I am at the moment in Hazleton PA and my query told me that sunrise tomorrow (June 29th 2010 ) is at 5.34 a.m and that was 6 hours and 6 minutes away ( Time to sleep I think) I found this announcement on the Google forum and in course of my research also discov…
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Will your cell phone give you away? @khart in the Politico

The ACLU, along with two dozen tech companies, privacy advocates and civil rights groups, formed the Digital Due Process Coalition in March to put pressure on Congress to rewrite the Electronic Communications Privacy Act. Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0610/38930.html#ixzz0rm5Dj1QF Amplify’d from www.politico.com Cell phone companies know where you are every time you make a call…
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Future Browser's - dashboard, OS, refrigerator stock checker?

This is an interesting article Jeff Bertolucci, PC World discussing the future of browsers. My take is that there is definitely a shift already with devices like the iPad where you click on apps more than opening the native Safari browser. How will your interaction with the web be in a few years. Do you develop a app or a web page? http://bit.ly/c7ktY2 Posted via web from shashib's posterous
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June 23 Free Webinar on Girls and Power: Your Keys to the New Sisterhood of Success @chiefhotmomma

After hearing Kathy Korman Frey sepak today at the http://www.womengrowbusiness.com bootcamp i can say this webinar is worth your time. She spoke about challenges for women entrepreneurs and also the reasons why their skills and successes will work better when they harness them and focus on mentorship and creating support networks both online and offline http://amplify.com/u/71yi Posted via web f…
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TECH Cocktail #dcweek Roundup Up @kikscore

Since the event ended late at night I guess @kikscore stayed up late to post this. It was a great event and met a lot of old friends and made some new friends. Hung out for a bit at @tbddc booth. Always great to run attend a techcocktail. More tech and less cocktail :) http://bit.ly/akreU4 Posted via web from shashib's posterous
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@zappos CEO Tony Hsieh in INC Magazine - Why I sold Zappos

Hat tip to @rajmalikdc for the link. I have met and spoken to Tony a few times and always says somethingthat makes me take my ntebook and write it down. I have visited the Zappos office and the spirit of customer care and also light heartedness is amazing. See our interview with Tony taken at Blog World http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGT38v6_m6k . http://bit.ly/9BZwgE Posted via web from shashib&…
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Reading Thursday's Column on Thursday :) Definitely check it out

Thursday Brahm is a good friend and I have known her probably about 3 years now and very happy to have her contribute to http://www.growsmartbusiness.com . You can also find her at http://www.thursdaybram.com/ . We had a meeting a few weeks ago at the historic Savage Mill . Hope you will add her column to your RSS feed. http://bit.ly/almJqm Posted via web from shashib's posterous
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Character Counter

Add your text  and it counts the characters. Useful when trying to make a message 140 or 160 characters. Type in the box and click Calculate Characters : This free script provided by JavaScript Kit
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Webvisions 2010 recap from Lisa Holmes

Webvisions 2010 took place in Portland OR. I am surprised we did not see too many blog posts and i am glad Lisa posted this. Steve Fisher posted this recap on the Network Solutions blog http://blog.networksolutions.com/2010/designing-the-future-a-recap-of-webvisi... http://bit.ly/9Utu0d Posted via web from shashib's posterous
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Consumerization of technology has forced Microsoft to offer Office for free

On one hand you see more free applications for free. On the other you see reduction in unlimited services - example AT&T stopping its unlimited data service and Comcast controlling the upload speed. Technologists are waking up to the benefits of minimalism, http://bit.ly/9jv7ub . It will take some time for the marketplace to be clear about free. http://bit.ly/aP8EoI Posted via web from shashi…
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Montgomery County Fortunetellers can get paid to tell you your future

Thank god I did not charge for predicting the fortunes of people I know :) How do you become a "self-described gypsy" . Also " The court didn't vouch for the reliability of fortunetellers but said that they have the right to share insights they glean from tarot cards, tea leaves or the stars. Montgomery's effort to ban paid fortunetelling, the court ruled, violates the …
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Australian Airbus Spots Lost US teenage around the world solo sailor Abby Sunderland in Indian Ocean

Whew ! I am glad rescue is on the way. Abby has been posting to her blog http://soloround.blogspot.com/ and you can see details of her and her voyage and spirit at http://www.abbysunderland.com/ . According to news reports she will not be continuing her voyage and according to an expert in the BBC article this was a bad time for sailing in the Indian Ocean due to the weather. I am happy she i…
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Digital Capital Week (DCWEEK) June 11 to 20th

Two entrepreneurial companies Istrategylabs and Shinyheartventures joined together to co-produce the DC Digital Week from June 11th to 20th ( Seems coincidental with the FIFA World Soccer championship). Digital Capital Week (DCWEEK) is a 10 day festival in Washington DC focused on technology, innovation and all things digital in our nation’s capital.. The events taking place during the DC digital…
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physical personal encounters remain the primary way people stay informed about community issues : Pew Study

Some findings: 46% of Americans talked face-to-face with neighbors about community issues 21% discussed community issues over the telephone 11% read a blog dealing with community issues 9% exchanged emails with neighbors about community issues and 5% say they belong to a community email listserv 4% communicated with neighbors by text messaging on cell phones 4% joined a social network site …
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Politics and Prose looking for new owners @washingtonpost

This is a iconic Washington DC landmark and I wonder if Steve Case, Ted Leonsis will be interested in preserving this landmark or maybe Andy Shallal of bus Boys and Poets. Salute to Carla Cohen and Barbara Meade for making this a community and a profitable business for 26 years http://bit.ly/bOMsso Posted via web from shashib's posterous
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Shashi, what exactly does a Social Media Swami do? @eliz2shea

I met Elizabeth Shea of Speakerbox on a bus ( http://bit.ly/9bRbeb) and I was on a bus because of Bob London ( http://www.londonink.com ) and I had met Bob at a Social Times event by Nick O'Neil ages ago. See how all this comes together. I hope you like the interview Elizabeth Shea did of me and comment there to let her know so she can internview me again :) just kidding http://bit.ly/b9wBEt Po…
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