News alerts let you stay in touch
Anick Jesdanan reviews breaking news alert services from Yahoo CNN MSNBC ABC The Washington Post and The New York Times. He notes delivery inconsistencies across accounts and devices while weighing usefulness for real time updates after major events such as the Queens plane crash and Kabul Taliban reports.
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New York
New York City
Queens
CNN
MSNBC
American Airlines
Kabul
Yahoo
ABC
Washington Post
New York Times
News
Yahoo.com
Cnn.com
Msnbc.com
ABC News
Abcnews.com
The
Washingtonpost.com
Nytimes.com
Dr. Simpson
Ireland
Associated Press
Web Winners and Pet Care Resources Listed Online
A compilation of pet care and welfare resources appears on multiple sites. Advice ranges from non toxic flea repellents and travel tips for ferrets to euthanasia guidance and grief support hotlines. Lists include urns for pet ashes and military pet care programs with foster agreements.
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Ask
Animal Poison-Centrol Center
American Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
Hsus.org
The
Humane Society
Animalchannel.org
Animal Channel
National Family Photo Day tips by Rick Sammon
Rick Sammon outlines how to celebrate National Family Photo Day after Thanksgiving with tips for group shots. He advises taking multiple photos for every person, choosing settings to reduce red eye, using a flash indoors, and explaining self timers to the group. He suggests shading outdoor groups, brightening rooms, tilting glasses to reduce glare, and using a tripod for better results.
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Photographic Information Council
The
Photo Marketing Association International
Refugee turns to Intel founder amid turbulent exile tale
The biography recounts Graf Grove’s escape from Hungary after the 1956 crackdown, aided by the International Rescue Committee, leading to a career in chemical engineering and his role in co founding Intel. It covers his mother’s decision to share intimate family details for the book Swimming Across and their reflections after the World Trade Center attacks.
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Grave
Graf
University of Budapest
Red Army
International Rescue Committee
Grove
New York
City College
University of California, Berkeley
Intel Corp
Hungary
Intel
World Trade Center
Les Vadasz
Unified Messaging merges phone fax and email
Unified Messaging merges voice mail and email for large firms, letting users listen to and compose messages by voice. Improvements in voice to text and text to voice boost readability but may increase daily message load and spam costs. Options include Call Sciences service with Find me Follow me, 12 Global Communications, Smith Micro HotFax, and enterprise packages from Captaris and Avaya.
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Captains Speech
Microsoft Exchange
UM Systems
Zimmer
Warrington
Unified View
Call Sciences
Edison
N.J
Sciences
Hollywood
Calif
Global Communications Inc
Smith Micro Software Inc
Irvine
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Anick Jesdanan
Reid Kanaley
Knight Ridder Newspapers
By Rick Sammon
Associated Press Weekly
Callsciences.com
Smithmicro.com
J2.com
Captaris
Avaya.com
Tram
Captaris Inc
Kirkland, Wash
Avaya Inc
Basking Ridge
Avaya
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