Author Archives: bhecker

Employers and Facebook Privacy

Almost everyone has a Facebook nowadays, and somehow people can still complain about their private lives being made public, when they voluntarily give out this information. I know for my personal profile I have all of the privacy settings set …

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Zynga buys Draw Something maker OMGPop

Zynga is moving fast to snap up one of the most buzzed-about gaming apps since “Angry Birds.” The company said Wednesday it is buying OMGPop, the maker of hit game “Draw Something.”

Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed, …

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Electric Highways Powering Electric Cars

Lately, you can’t do anything now without being told to “Go Green.” Electric cars seem to be the best way to get around while still helping the environment. But what happens if you are driving an electric car on the …

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Twitter selling tweets

Since Twitter became popular, companies have been looking through Twitter postings, trying to get any information that may help them improve their products and services. But with more than 200 million tweets sent every day, not everyone has the time …

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Cell Phone Jammers

No one is allowed to just sit around in public anymore. Everyone is either on their phone or listening to music, etc. rather than just sitting. Anyone who just sits around on a bus rather than ignoring everything is considered …

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Kids Today

I went back to my parent’s house this weekend to do laundry for free and steal food for the next month. I drove past my old elementary school. I looked in the parking lot where I learned to ride my …

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Gas Saving Tips

I feel that in all the posts I have written for this have been quite sardonic and cynical. For this blog post I’m going to just be informative rather than have an opinion. This weekend I have to go on …

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How We Get News

While researching for something to write about this week, I immediately went to CNN.com. Every story I wanted to read immediately took me to a video about the story, rather than a written story. Upon looking further into CNN.com I …

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Celebrity Deaths

As most people who have access to internet, TV, newspaper, or any source of information know, Singer Whitney Houston has passed this weekend. While it is usually sad whenever anyone dies, when a celebrity passes all their “die hard” fans …

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Politics of the Apathetic

It’s 2012, which means it is impossible to turn on any news channel without seeing “The Race to the White House,” “2012 Primary Fest,” or some other derivative of these plastered everywhere. I personally try to avoid politics. The only

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