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A Look @loic

January 22nd, 2010
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Jenny Bai

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9am EST yesterday morning began the launch of Loic Le Meur’s SeesmicLook, a radically innovative and intuitive app that curates Twitter content and introduces it to the mainstream population – aka those who don’t have a Twitter account, don’t know what Twitter is, or don’t really find the appeal in microblogging.

If you’re unfamiliar with @loic and his marvels, Seesmic has created a number of platforms that help people share information regardless of where they are: via desktop, web-based, mobile, and recently e-mail, SMS and chat. These platforms have been downloaded 3.5 million times since the company’s launch in 2007. And because one of Seesmic’s largest goals is to create a streamlined experience for Twitter users, devoted tweeters are, well, their main users.  Read the rest of this entry »

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Tags: chat, daryll mcdade, e-mail, launch, loic le meur, mobile, platforms, remote control, seesmic, seesmiclook, sms, social media, tv, twitter
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This Is Why We Don’t Text While Driving

August 19th, 2009
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Sarah Townsend

This blog originally posted on SocialVibe.

Common sense (and many a local law) tells you to put the phone down while driving. You’ve read the studies about why texting while driving is not only a danger to yourself, but to other drivers. Your chances of having a wreck increases 23-fold the second you pick up your phone. Research has even shown that using a phone while driving (even hands-free) is more risky than driving drunk! Still, we’re stubborn, and can’t seem to resist the urge to multitask, so we turn our focus away from the road and onto our phones. Hello, we’re busy, didn’t you know?

This mildly lengthy PSA, produced by the Tredegar Comprehensive and Gwent Police, not-so-gently illustrates just why we need to break ourselves of this potentially deadly habit. Warning: not for the faint of heart.

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Are we that impatient? Is our safety not that important to us? Please, think before you text and drive. I promise that text can wait until you are pulled over, parked, or out of your car. Take it from me, the girl who has been in not one but two accidents as a result of Blackberry-ing behind the wheel. One text could cost someone their life!

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