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		<title>8 Apps to Stop Your Teen from Texting while Driving</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 21:20:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barbara J. Feldman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We know it&#8217;s dangerous. They probably even know it&#8217;s dangerous. But hearing the little ding-ding-ding of a text message or Facebook status update is an irresistible attraction to a teen, even one&#8217;s that driving. According to a recent article in Mashable, the &#8220;National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) added distracted driving to its 2013 &#8216;most-wanted list&#8217; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Facebook Knows About You</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 21:27:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barbara J. Feldman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Researchers at Cambridge University recently published a study that shows that by aggregating all your Likes on Facebook, an automated algorithm can describe you fairly accurately. Personal traits that can be determined include &#8220;race, age, IQ, sexuality, personality, substance use and political views.&#8221; And this is just from data that is publicly available. The study [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What is Goodreads?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Apr 2013 21:03:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barbara J. Feldman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Goodreads is a social network that revolves around book reviews and recommendations. Founded in 2007, Goodreads has 16 million members, 30,000 book clubs and over 23 million book reviews. And Goodreads recently announced that they are being acquired by Amazon. For me, the best part of Goodreads is their recommendation engine. Rate just twenty books, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What is Qi Wireless Charging?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Mar 2013 20:41:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barbara J. Feldman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Qi (pronounced &#8220;chee&#8221;) wireless (or inductive) charging is a new standard in charging mobile devices without plugging them in (hence, it&#8217;s wireless.) Instead, the phone or tablet device is laid on a mat, and is charged via induction. Not being an electrical engineer, I&#8217;m not sure exactly what induction is, but it does have something [...]]]></description>
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		<title>This Photo will Self Destruct in 10-9-8&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2013 03:46:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barbara J. Feldman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a world where everything you post online is archived somewhere and saved for eternity, a photo sharing app that destroys your photos/videos within seconds of being received has some appeal. Snapchat is the leader in this field (it was recently the third most popular free photo app in iTunes) and Facebook has a competitive, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Turn Photo Stream Off</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2013 21:54:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barbara J. Feldman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Photo Stream is an Apple cloud syncing feature of iOS that automatically uploads your latest 1000 photos to iCloud, and shares them across all your iOS devices, and with specified friends and family. While the feature can be cool, it can also be creepy, knowing that no matter what you photograph, it is also being [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What is a Facebook &#8216;Like&#8217; Scam?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2013 17:28:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barbara J. Feldman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You&#8217;ve seen them on your walls, posts liked by one of your friends claiming a sick and dying child wants a million likes, or a friend will get her apartment rent free if she gets a million likes, or my sister Mallory has Down Syndrome and doesn&#8217;t think she&#8217;s beautiful. The real story behind these [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Clean Out Your Wallet,  Protect Against Identity Theft</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2013 21:31:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barbara J. Feldman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Identity Theft Protection Infographic – Courtesy of Shoeboxed.]]></description>
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		<title>Making an iPod Touch Kid Safe</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2013 20:32:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barbara J. Feldman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Because of their versatility and lower cost (as least in comparison to the iPhone), the Apple iPod Touch is a popular gift for kids and teens. Depending on the age of your child, and how much access you want to give them, there are a number of things you can do to make the iTouch [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Google Tracks the Flu</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2013 20:12:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barbara J. Feldman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Google Flu Trends tracks flu season internationally and down to the city. To drill down on the data, just click the map for your country, then your state. The city data is available on its own tab. It&#8217;s looking scary out there. Be sure to wash your hands frequently through out the day. But is [...]]]></description>
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