In RetroTech: NetLingo Blog
Tracking tech trends and how the internet is changing our lives.
August 26, 2010
New to the NetLingo Blog or Facebook page? Welcome!
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Hi, my name is Erin and I am the founder of NetLingo.com ;-) If you are new to the NetLingo Facebook page or NetLingo Blog , I want to pers...
July 29, 2010
Hold Everything: NetLingo airs again on The Martha Stewart Show
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Erin's appearance on The Martha Stewart Show first aired in April 2010, and aired again July 29, 2010. Below is the link of the show f...
July 28, 2010
5 Guidelines if you’re gonna "Facebook It"
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I can't tell you how many stories I hear from people about the mistakes they make while social networking. Some stories are just funny ...
July 20, 2010
To Be Transparent or To Rebel?
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That is the question of the digital age. The following editorial, as seen in The Week by William Falk, help illustrates the point... ...
July 16, 2010
The Free 411 Info Service by Google
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It's called Google 411 and it rocks! If you haven't heard of it yet, you absolutely must try it. Both free and easy... all you do i...
June 16, 2010
The List: Text & Chat Acronyms iPhone app
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If you haven't downloaded it yet, now is the time! As seen on The Martha Stewart Show , the new NetLingo iPhone app is here! The List: T...
May 21, 2010
OMG! Here's Erin on The Martha Stewart Show
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At long last, Erin's appearance on The Martha Stewart Show aired in April 2010. They didn't let us know in advance :-( but we got t...
May 5, 2010
Chat Roulette: Chat + Video = Obscene
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I’ve tracked a lot of online trends but the newest craze to sweep the Internet is one of the most shocking developments to date. It’s the...
April 30, 2010
Internet addiction: Curfew on gamers
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In international tech news, South Korea has imposed a gaming curfew to try to crack down on what authorities call an epidemic of Internet ...
April 27, 2010
Apple's new iAd challenges Google in mobile ads
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Advertising is everywhere, and now it's going to be on your iPhone apps. Apple has thrown down a direct challenge to Google's mains...
April 23, 2010
Supertaskers: The rare few who can multitask
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Several studies have shown that it's impossible for most people to concentrate on two or more things at once --homework and Facebook u...
April 20, 2010
Do iPods cheapen music?
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Like millions of music lovers, Steve Almond of the Los Angeles Times was thrilled with the advent of iTunes and iPods . "Suddenly, n...
April 17, 2010
The PC: Miraculous but boring
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Where's the sense of wonder? asked David Fearon in PCPro . The story of personal computers is one of "amazing semiconductor and m...
April 14, 2010
Generation me, myself, and I
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It's a frequent complaint among parents: Young people today are spoiled, self-centered, and have a huge sense of entitlement. A new stu...
April 12, 2010
Lessons from the European Dating Front
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Russian brides are passe, says Petra Prochazkova in the Czech Republic's Lidove noviny . Now it's Russian men who are wooing women...
April 4, 2010
Real-time bidding: An invasion of privacy?
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I love this editorial, it's by my favorite editor at The Week , Eric Effron. "If you are creeped out by those online ads that seem...
March 25, 2010
How about this: Getting disconnected
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My best friend was on a conference call today where she heard of a new malady facing the human race: disconnect anxiety . I knew immedia...
March 17, 2010
Tasty Tech Tidbits: South American Style
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I just returned from vacation in Argentina, Uruguay, Chile, and Peru, and along the way I enjoyed learning a little about the tech industry ...
March 16, 2010
One of my favorite terms is silver surfer...
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...and " silver surfer " is the NetLingo Jargon Word of the Day today ;-) A silver surfer is an adult, generally 50 years of age o...
March 8, 2010
Just another day in the life of Web head
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I was catching a little junk sleep in the cube farm this morning when I woke up and suspected that a carnivore had attacked my inbox . I ...
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