Google announced today the roll-out of a new Gmail feature: phone calls. Using their Gmail accounts, users based in the United States can now call to any place in the U.S. and Canada for free, at least for this year. Phone calls to other countries will cost as little as $0.02 per minute. Users will have [...]
January, 1970
Thursday, January 1st, 1970
Toyota Corolla recall affects 1.1 million vehicles including Matrix models
Toyota Motor Corp. announced a recall of about 1.1 million Corollas and Matrix vehicles with model years 2005 to 2008 due to a problem with its engine control modules or ECMs. The Toyota Corolla recall is the latest in the series of recalls made by the Japanese automaker this year. The recall will fix the [...]
Thursday, January 1st, 1970
Garmin Nuvi Recall: GPS manufacturer withdraws 1.25 million units
Due to the danger of causing fire, Garmin, the company which makes Global Positioning Devices (GPS), has volunteered to recall 1.25 million units of its Nuvi brand, with about 800,000 alone sold in the U.S. The devices contain a battery (supplied by another company which remains unnamed) which is liable to overheat when attached to [...]
Thursday, January 1st, 1970
Google Voice lets you make a phone call using Gmail
Google announced today the roll out of a new feature in Gmail: make phone calls. Using their Gmail accounts, users based in the United States can now call any phones in the U.S. and Canada for free, at least for this year. Phone calls to other countries will cost as little as $0.02 per minute. [...]
Thursday, January 1st, 1970
Fedor Emelianenko wants to fight Alistair Overeem
Strikeforce heavyweight champion Alistair Overeem has been saying for years that the group that manages Fedor Emelianenko — M-1 Global — has been avoiding signing a contract to match them up. Now it appears Emelianenko has had enough and has declared his intention to take on the Dutch fighter. “Absolutely, I would like a rematch [...]
Thursday, January 1st, 1970
Elin Nordegren: Tiger Woods’ affairs blindsided me; I don’t’ trust him anymore
Tiger Woods’ former wife Elin Nordegren said she wanted to stay married to the golfing star despite being “blindsided” by his affairs with several women, but she decided that there was nothing to be done to save their union because she could not trust him anymore. “I’ve been through hell,” Nordegren was quoted by People [...]
Thursday, January 1st, 1970
Egg recall affects 228 million eggs
A widescale egg recall of about 228 million eggs is being conducted by health authorities due to eggs that might have been affected by salmonella contamination. These eggs came from Wright County Egg in Galt, Iowa. The eggs distributed nationwide are sold under the following brands: Albertson, Boomsma’s, Dutch Farms, Farm Fresh, Hillandale, Kemps, Lucerne, Lund, Mountain Dairy, Ralph’s, [...]
Thursday, January 1st, 1970
‘Facebook Places’ — Facebook’s new feature
Facebook has introduced a new feature called Facebook Places. It is very similar to services like Foursquare and Gowalla which allow users to let their friends know their location using the Global Positioning System (GPS) of their mobile phones. Facebook users can simply click the “check in” button that displays a list of places and choose [...]
Thursday, January 1st, 1970
Jennifer Aniston, Anne Hathaway, other celebrities victimized in credit card fraud
Jennifer Aniston, Liv Tyler, Melanie Griffith, Anne Hathaway are only some of the celebrities who had their credit card information stolen and used for fraudulent purposes by a beauty-salon owner. Maria Gabriella Perez, 51, who owns Chez Gabriela Studio in Beverly Hills, was arrested for swindling thousands of dollars using the credit cards of her [...]
Thursday, January 1st, 1970
Jersey Shore season 2 episode 4: ‘Breaking Up’
??The fourth episode of Jersey Shore season 2: Breaking Up aired on MTV on Thursday. Jersey Shore is an MTV reality television series about eight housemates staying on the Jersey Shore. Episode 4 synopsis: Ronnie is behaving badly causing Angelina, JWOWW, and Snooki to be in an awkward position. The girls give Sammi an “anonymous” letter revealing the truth. [...]