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By jpuente in Technology Is Your Friend
This might sound like a joke at first but when you think about it, it's a pretty good idea. I saw this photo while browsing Instagram the other day and I had to take a second look. It reads: I'm ...
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If you know the name Kony, you should know who the Alawite sect in Syria is too
By jpuente in Technology Is Your Friend
In the past week, social media has facilitated the rise in awareness of the atrocious acts of Ugandan guerrilla group leader Joseph Kony. Likewise, awareness of the nonprofit group, Invisible Children, behind the movement to bring down Kony has grown ...
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Kony 2012: The Invisible Children campaign video
By jpuente in Technology Is Your Friend
If you have so much as signed in to Twitter today, you recognize the name Kony. This movement has gone viral on so many platforms, you're overwhelmed with it before you even know what it is. Kony 2012 is a ...
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Have you met Siri's step-cousin once removed?
By jpuente in Technology Is Your Friend
This is Evi. (pronounced eevee) We all knew it was a matter of time before the illegitimate extended family of Siri presented itself. For those without the iPhone 4 or trapped in the chains of a two-year contract with a ...
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Guest post about opening night movie for Victoria Film Festival: This Way of Life
By jpuente in Technology Is Your Friend
This Way of Life At the ends of the Earth, in a virtual Eden, is it possible for a family to live without petty grudges, anger, violence and authoritarian rule?1 Canadian-born, New Zealand filmmaker Thomas Burstyn (with over 30 feature, ...
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Would you work 60 hours a week for $2 an hour?
By jpuente in Technology Is Your Friend
Apple announced a week ago that the Fair Labor Association would conduct special voluntary audits of Foxconn's Chinese assembly factories at Apple's request, according to Apple Insider. This week ABC aired part of a video where a reporter was granted ...
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Why won't Facebook let you follow your friends on Twitter easily?
By jpuente in Technology Is Your Friend
Let's face it, Twitter is the walkie-talkie of the 21st century. When you follow someone, you are adding them to your frequency. But you wouldn't go around handing out walkie-talkies to random strangers and expect them to go along with ...
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By jpuente in Technology Is Your Friend
Ok, I don't know if anyone else has noticed, but the birds in this town are planning something. If you drive out by Zac Lentz you will see what I am talking about. I stopped by Target the other day ...
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Will Google let Beyonce's baby create a Google+ profile?
By jpuente in Technology Is Your Friend
I'm online a lot. Forget tattoos. The day they figure out how to hook people up to computers I will be the first in line. That being said, there are some things about the "online" that really grind my gears. ...
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Another new year's resolution blog and this past year in pictures
By jpuente in Technology Is Your Friend
Every day, I want to do something I've never done before. I know this might sound ambitious, and it is, but it will surely lead to some interesting places. Did you notice how incredibly vague this resolution is? I'm not ...