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Archives for January 2013
The Difference Between Instagram and Vine [Comic]
Desperation-Fueled Brand Changes: RIM, BlackBerry & the Church
For the past two years, the blogosphere has been singing a dirge about the ever-approaching death of the former king of smartphones, Research in Motion. Back in the early 2000’s, before the juggernaut of the iPhone, the BlackBerry was the phone that you had to have. It had amazing features like e-mail and text messaging! It was like holding the future in your hand!
Of course, after the iPhone emerged in 2007 in all of its touch-based glory, the BlackBerry’s physical keyboard seemed more adorable and quaint than futuristic. Fast forward to 2012, Research in Motion’s stock was on a constant slide, layoffs were cutting deep, and there was a lot of leadership change. Many begin to believe that the blood was in the water, myself included.
Now, RIM has announced that its rebranding its company as “BlackBerry,” adopting the name of its once-great flagship product.
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WordPress Most Popular Plugins [Infographic]
There are more than twenty thousand WordPress plugins that can take the foundational WordPress blog platform and transform it into nearly anything you can imagine. Some of them include having more secure blogging that protects your website while others make it easier for social media and search engines to find what you have to offer and drive in more traffic.
But do not hear me saying that you need to install every single one of these plugins. (In fact, if you do, several of the plugins will conflict with others on the list and break your website) So enjoy this list, but remember that less is more and you should only install those that you really need.
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Apple Announces 128GB iPad – Are You Game? [Discussion]
As if the iPad and all of its Retina screen glory wasn’t awesome enough, Apple has announced the release of a higher capacity iPad.
128GB.
That’s twice as big as what they offer, now!
From Apple PR:
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How Satellite Internet Helping Missionaries Do Their Job?
Choosing to help those less-fornutate in far-flung corners of the planet is indeed a noble decision. Having an adventurous nature, willingness to battle against the odds, put up without life’s supposed necessities and in some cases gaze helplessly on at practices and cultures that aren’t understood are all traits of being a missionary.
Having said all that, in this day and age connectivity is a must. Logging on is unavoidable.
How can missionaries get online in these far-flung corners of the world?
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