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…Consult my BlackBerry

Like any female – I take precautions on-line and in the real world to be safe. We all know the tips: lock your doors, turn on lights, walk in a group, be careful at night and in crowds, but why don’t these tips ever include using technology to keep us safe? Or even using technology to think ahead for a moment where you might be incapacitated?

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I love my iPhone dearly. I love being able to Skype from anywhere. I love the video calling, i love the games, i love the Remember the Milk App, i love the Evernote app, i love Google Goggles; fact is i could go on and on.  The iPhone’s awesomeness surely makes up for its shortcomings. 1 of those shortcomings being the device’s Keyboard. I absolutely hate it ( But anyway).

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So my Tuesday morning started with an SOS from my cousin – her BlackBerry 9000 was stuck in some kind of BB purgatory. The device kept trying to boot up but wouldn’t get past the first little bit of the BlackBerry loading screen. Hopped into action and checked my BFF in my head, Google, for a remedy. After a few minutes of searching, I came up with the following fix – and, it worked! Her Bold 9000 is now back up and running! So, I thought I’d share the deets…

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Everyone’s making a huge deal about Search Engine Optimisation… (Optimization, if you’re American. Sorry I speak/spell using the Queen’s English, thankyaverymuch!)

For the past few months, social networking giant Facebook has been engaged in a series of  controversial disputes with their users (and others!) regarding their questionable privacy policies. Normally, when creating your Facebook profile, you’re prompted for loads of information about yourself – including your phone number and email address. I guess that’s okay, except for when application developers can access that information!

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