The 10 Most Effective Places to Donate Haiti Relief Efforts

As most of you probably know by now, Haiti was struck a terrible blow by the hands of mother nature on January 12, 2010 and again on January 20, 2010. These earthquakes devastated the land, leaving thousands upon thousands in the wake of unimagined agony. Charity efforts have moved at the speed of light,...

Red Cross Campaign text “HAITI” Aids at Lightning Speed

January 12, 2010 marked the largest earthquake recorded in an impoverished Caribbean community near Port Au Prince. This 7.0 earthquake devastated the landscape, killing thousands and leaving several family members in shambles. While politicians around the world scrambled to figure out a viable plan to...

QuickByte: Ohio DOT Embraces Twitter

The Ohio Department of Transportation decided to take another precaution this winter in hopes of dwindling down the 44,000 plus accidents it suffered last year – as a result of serve winter weather conditions. The DOT will now offer winter advisory, Twitter updates for the highways in Cincinnati,...

QuickByte: Scientists now use Twitter to Track Earthquakes?

The U.S. Geological Survey have come up with a new way to track earthquakes via tweets. Normally Scientists have the tedious task of sorting through large quantities of data through recording stations, prior to finding out where exactly an earthquake has struck. Now Scientists can use filtering software...

Quickbyte: TweetDeck wants to Link you In

TweekDeck, the popular Twitter desktop application announced yesterday that it will be adding a new feature to bring in your LinkedIn Network. With this new feature users will be able to view LinkedIn updates by Status, Q&A, Applications, Groups, Connections, Profile and Recommendations. In addition...

Sunday Roundup: Top Internet Stories This Past Week – 9.20-9.27.09

100 Million to the Twitter Corp According to various sources on the net – this past week – Twitter received 100 million in funding to bring the Corporation to a whooping 1 billion dollar value. Investors Insight Venture Partners, T. Rowe Price, Institutional Venture Partners, Spark Capital,...

Sunday Roundup: Top Stories This Past Week – 9.13-9.20.09

Mixed Messages about Texting and Driving While many states will fine you for even messing around with your smartphone- some are more than happy to send you tweets regarding current traffic conditions. This is very disconcerting for safety experts who claim this sends a mixed message to driving...

Teen Arrested While Trying to get Help for Seizing Father.

Popular on Digg today was the news video of 17 year old Adrainne Ledesma, who was hung up on repeatedly by a Lincoln County police officer. Apparently during the disquietude of her father seizing on the floor, she cursed while talking to the police officer. Instead of the officer contacting emergency...