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Rest in Peace James Gandolfini

I had the pleasure of meeting actor James Gandolfini on a number of occasions and he will be sorely missed. For me, I will always remember being with him one day on the set of "The Sopranos.”

The 5G Revolution Begins?

3G took mobile technology to a new level, one that turned our corner of the world gadget-savvy. So-called 4G is still new, slowly spreading across the globe and helping us climb to a higher plateau of data transfer. When we get there, we're not going to have very much time to admire the view. By then we'll have left 4G behind and looking upward to new 5G heights.

Will Yahoo Make "Hangouts" Out of Rondee?

If Google has gotten a lot of public perception miles out of buying stuff, Yahoo! can certainly be said to be on a PR roll given their most recent Rondee acquisition. The San Diego based free conference calling service grab does have a few experts puzzled as to where Yahoo's small business segment is going to run with this latest new toy.

PR Events to Come

The One Social Element Any Influencer Needs – A HIT Story

Did you ever wonder just why you “friended” or “followed” that profile in social media? I mean, did you really ever fully realize the ways in which influence is leveraged? I’m not talking about Klout scores, nobody every heralded to me or anyone I know their 72 Klout score etc. (my own dropped to 61 of late). What I am talking about is real influence. Interested?

On Working Moms and Literacy

Yesterday Phil Bryant set off a hullabaloo when he answered a question about children’s’ literacy during a Washington Post Live discussion panel. The question was about how things got to this point: that so many children just aren’t that good at reading. The Mississippi governor responded that the problem of poor reading results from having both parents working, especially “Mom.”

The Internet and the Death of Privacy

The Coming Sony Shift - Can the World's Most Famous Tech Producer Produce?

Arguably the world's most famous and venerated technology corporation, Sony has had its fair share of hardships these last few years. With a generation of consumers migrating from big screen, big ticket electronics onto so-called "smart devices" and their incumbent tiny screens, Sony's "bread and butter" products must now take a back seat to their Xperia and other lines. The big question on every Sony fan or investor's mind is; "can the company revisit the summit of the technology mountain."

7 Tips to Enhance Your Vocabulary

Expanding your word knowledge and vocabulary enables you to communicate clearly and concisely with people. Aside from being knowledgeable of words, you will be able to write more effectively and understand various texts easily. Aside from this, learning new words is a fun activity and you’ll be surprised how vast the dictionary is.

Shopping Related Apps Use on the Rise in the US

People want to simplify their lives and take advantage of what it is new in order to gain time and have access to relevant information, or at least that is what recent researches reveal. Mobile commerce – mcommerce – is gaining more and more users as an April survey of US mobile internet users conducted by AYTM Market Research presented by emarketer shows.