Posts about Mashable as of August 8, 2009

08/08/2009
Finding a Nanny in America sounds at first like a complicated task. The truth is that in order to find a nanny in the city you live in all you need to do is use a reliable online service that specializes in matching between American families and nannies. Looking for efficient tips and advices on how to find and use online nanny placement agencies? Read the following short article. Hiring the services of online agencies An advanced web based nanny agency in America is based on an online nanny searching and matching engine that help families to find the most suitable person for their own family needs.
08/08/2009
If you’re new here and find this article useful, please consider subcribing to my RSS feed. Thank you for visiting! Retweeting, as we’ve mentioned previously (see HOW TO: Retweet on Twitter ), is becoming a very useful way to share content on the web. For one company, it’s become so important that they’re closing down their original news filtering service to focus on ranking stories by retweets. The founders of fav.or.it , a filtering service that aimed to make reading the news easier through smart prioritization of RSS feeds, today announced they are retiring their news ranking site.
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08/08/2009
Here are some interesting posts from around the ‘Net to catch up with over the weekend: Wall Street Journal: “For Companies, a Tweet in Time Can Avert PR Mess” Wall Stret Journal: “No More Perks: Coffee Shops Pull the Plug on Laptop Users” Harvard Business Blogs: “Is Freelancing Right For You?” Harvard Business Blogs: “Why Jerks are Bad Decision-Makers” A List Apart: “Redesigning Your Own Site” Mashable: “Why Teens Don’t Tweet” Macworld: “A not-so-deeper look at OS X
08/08/2009
Saturday, August 8th, 2009 by Steven 0 Add a CommentA helicopter and plane have crashed into each other over New York’s Hudson River today, with early reports of at least one casualty. The story is of course unravelling on Twitter, with at least one Twitter user witnessing the crash first hand, and others providing a stream of updates.Twitter user @ziggfather posted the above Tweet along with the Twitpic of the river shown below. Hudson River power boater @MychaelS was on the river and took Twitpic’d a photo of the coastguard on route.
08/08/2009
A helicopter and plane have crashed into each other over New York’s Hudson River today, with early reports of at least one casualty. View post: Helicopter and Plane Crash Over Hudson River: Twitter Tells the Story
08/08/2009
Today marks the 40th anniversary of one of the most celebrated album covers of all time: The Beatles’ Abbey Road cover, taken on August 8th 1969. Hundreds of Beatles fans descended on the pedestrian crossing outside the Abbey Road recording studios today, many attempting to recreate the iconic album cover. If you can’t… Read the whole story here:  Beatles Fan? Abbey Road Webcam Lets You Visit Virtually Related posts: The Beatles: Rock Band hands-on! We don’t know if you’re like us, but we’ve…