Tuesday, 22 February 2011

US Cellular Android Firesale: Buy 1 Get 5 Free!

f we didn't know better, we would say that US Cellular has literally gone mad. The US regional carrier has a deal currently available that will blow all other BOGO deals out of the water.
US Cellular Samsung Mesmerize & LG Optimus U Android BOG5 deal

From now until March 10th, if you purchase the Samsung Mesmerize Android smartphone for $99 with a two-year contract, you are entitled to get up to 5 LG Optimus U phones for free. That's right, 5. Furthermore, if you still don't wish to fork out $99 for a total of 6 Android phones, you can also buy the LG Optimus U for $29.99 and still be entitled to 5 more LG Optimus S handsets for free.

This comes in as a great deal for those looking to equip their entire family with Android. Now what can't Verizon Wireless who has an exceptional large lineup of Android phones and a coverage area to match, consider this BOG5 deal. I can already picture the half-dozen DROIDs in my head that I would love to pickup right now.

Nevertheless, the US Cellular BOG5 deal is now available and activation fees are waived when you buy online, however it may cost $30 for each line when purchased US Cellular stores.

source. http://www.gizmocrunch.com/android/5505-us-cellular-android-samsung-mesmerize-lg-optimus-u

Book Report: 'The Help' author sued by her brother's maid

1. Borders files for bankruptcy. The bookseller will close 200 stores. Starting last week, the 200 stores began liquidating $350 million in inventory. 2. Apple iTunes offers new subscription model for newspapers, magazines, music. The policy deems that content providers will need to give Apple 30 percent of all purchases sold. Now the Justice Department has taken an interest in looking at whether Apple's new subscription policy is violating antitrust laws by forcing all media companies' customers into one payment system, reports the Wall Street Journal. 3. "The Help" author Kathryn Stockett is being sued by her brother's maid. Sixty-year-old Ablene Cooper has sued Stockett, alleging that she used her name and image as the basis for the novel's Aibileen Clark, an African-American maid. Clark wants $75,000 in damages.

Just shelved:

"When the Killing's Done" by T.C. Boyle (Hardcover): Boyle's latest is about an increasingly heated conflict between a National Park Service biologist and a local business owner over the fate of the Channel Islands ecosystem.

"The Triumph of the City" by Edward Glaeser (Hardcover): A Gladwell-ian look at what makes cities successful and innovative.

"The Paris Wife: A Novel" by Paula McLain (Hardcover): A fictionalized account of Hadley Richardson Hemingway, Ernest's oft-ignored-by-history wife. The book relegates the great macho author to the back of the story and spotlights Hadley's myriad experiences in 1920s Paris.

source. http://journalstar.com/entertainment/arts-and-culture/books/article_4989d05e-2f98-54c8-9a4a-097b317872e2.html

Wednesday, 16 February 2011

Use semantic markup that provides a meaningful structure to the document

To be accessible, web pages and sites must conform to certain accessibility principles. These accessibility principles are known as the WCAG when talking about content. These can be grouped into the following main areas.[2]

    * Use semantic markup that provides a meaningful structure to the document (i.e. web page)
    * Semantic markup also refers to semantically organizing the web page structure and publishing web services description accordingly so that they can be recognized by other web services on different web pages. Standards for semantic web are set by IEEE
    * Use a valid markup language that conforms to a published DTD or Schema
    * Provide text equivalents for any non-text components (e.g. images, multimedia)
    * Use hyperlinks that make sense when read out of context. (e.g. avoid "Click Here")

Website accessibility is also changing as it is impacted by Content Management Systems that allow changes to be made to webpages without the need of obtaining web-based programming language knowledge.

E-Commerce

Homesteadblog

     * Homestead (buildings), a single building, or collection of buildings grouped together on a large agricultural holding
    * Homestead (area), an area measure of 160 acres (650,000 m²) also called a quarter-section (USA)
    * Homestead (small African settlement), a cluster of several single-family houses in southern Africa
    * Homestead Act, an 1862 United States federal law that gave millions of acres to farmers
    * Dominion Lands Act, an 1872 Canadian federal law which presented a Homestead (area) for $10 filing fee and proving the land.
    * Homestead exemption, (USA) a legal regime to protect the value of a residence from expenses arising from the death of a spouse
    * Homestead principle, a legal concept that one can establish ownership of unowned property through its use
    * Homesteading, a lifestyle of agrarian self-sufficiency