August 11, 2009
Posted by John Keehler

Twitter Isn’t for Teens
John Keehler

Nielsen study confirms that Twitter’s growth is perhaps the most impressive because it’s done so without children, teens and young adults. In fact, 84% of the Twitter audience is over the age of 25.

Deposit Your Checks Using Your…iPhone?

Jeff Whang

Many of you have been to ATMs recently that eschew the deposit envelope and simply scan your checks in, reading the amount printed on the check. Well, USAA has taken this technology to a much bolder level by allowing customers to take a photo of the check they’d like to deposit using their iPhone, and send it to the bank via the USAA app. Void the physical check and they’re done.

America Wakes Up To: “You’ve Got Mail”
Brian Kress

According to web traffic studies, Internet users are making breakfast take a back seat to their online life. The ease of grabbing the bedside cell phone or laptop has given people that much-needed injection of connectedness that they’ve missed out on for that 7 or so hours of slumber. Another routine falls victim to technology’s darn convenience.

Ben & Jerry’s “Flips Out” on Facebook
John Keehler

For the release of their “flipped out” sundaes, the folks at Ben & Jerry’s created a Facebook application that allows nothing more than “a quick way to input words, flip them upside down, and copy and paste them anywhere, but the transfigured text is already making waves with flipped out status updates being posted to both Facebook and Twitter.”

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