Gizmo5 Gives Google More Voice | Is Google on a Spree?

Another big purchase for Google
Four days after Google announced it is acquiring AdMob, a mobile advertising service, for $750 million, Google announced it will acquire Gizmo5, a voice-over-IP service. I guess that’s what happens when you don’t have to talk to a loan company in order to buy out other [...]

Google seems to be having no problem deciding what to do with its money.

Do ‘iDroid’ Searches Show Droid Commercial Backfire?

Consumers seeking ‘iDroid’
Verizon has made no bones about it: The Droid is its answer to the iPhone, and the company is doing everything it can to point out the superiority of its product, most notably in the Droid commercial that recently came out.
However, this Droid commercial has created a strange [...]

How long will we have to wait for the Droid?

LeGarrette Blount | The Duck Who Couldn’t Control His Temper

Oregon RB LeGarrette Blount sucker punches Boise State player
Learning to play nice with others is a vitally important social skill. If things don’t go exactly your way (or if someone tries to tear you down with the words they say), lashing out in anger is not the best way to [...]

LeGarrette Blount: one Duck who won't be roaming the pond anytime soon. (Photo: mostly flickr.com)

Alpine, NJ | Most Expensive U.S. Zip Code is in New Jersey?

Houses in Alpine, NJ, go for $4 million
Famous zip code 90210 is only the fifth most expensive place to live in the United States. I will fully admit I was surprised to find out that 07620, the zip code for Alpine, NJ, is the most expensive place to live in [...]

New York mansion. Image from Wikimedia.

College Cost Reduction and Access Act Helps with Federal Loans

New program to kick in
The College Cost Reduction and Access Act went into effect in 2007, but some of the provisions are still kicking in. Specifically, The Income-Based Repayment Plan kicks in on July 1.
The part of the College Cost Reduction and Access Act, which is already in effect, is [...]

Did your college diploma come with a hefty student loan bill?

California Supreme Court Upholds State’s Prop 8 Decision

Proposition 8 remains in effect
The California Supreme Court has made a much-anticipated ruling on the rights of individuals to marry. Their decision was to uphold the state’s previous Prop 8 decision to ban gay marriage.
John Schwartz reports for the New York Times that the California Supreme Court decision on Prop [...]

Image by flickr

Good News Garage Helps Low-Income Families, Individuals

Good News Garage featured on Oprah
Hal Colston didn’t open the Good News Garage because of the recession. However, the chaotic economy has made stories about people who  help in tough times pretty popular.
So popular, in fact, that 13 years after he founded the Good News Garage, Hal Colston was featured [...]

Hal Colston