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Inmates in Texas jails can now receive emails from outside despite the absence of Internet access. The AP reports that about a dozen jails are using a Dallas-based website that allows jail officials to print emails and deliver them to inmates.
Outsiders can send a message by going to the Securus website to register.
The sender can also request for a reply page wherein the inmate can write. The paper is then scanned and emailed back to the sender.
Originally posted on June 2, 2008 @ 2:24 pm
If you are looking for digital versions of UK’s top magazines, then this service from John Menzies Digital Ltd. is for you.
Live now for downloading are magazines from UK’s biggest publishers, including: IPC, Bauer Consumer Media, Hachette and Future.
The website works in conjunction with free-to-install delivery software and enables users to download the latest issues of magazines at any time as well as viewing, storing and searching digital magazines bought from the site. A key feature of the system is the ability to save magazines to a USB key – which allows customers to read them on any computer, even one without Delivery software installed. This will prove a major benefit to customers who use more than one computer, or are regular travellers.
They do offer discounts if you subscribe to the printed copy. I doubt if people will bite, after having the digital copy and being portable with it.
Originally posted on June 3, 2008 @ 6:58 pm
LiveDeal, Inc. has formed a strategic alliance with Google to become an authorized reseller of Google’s AdWords advertising program.
As a Google AdWords Authorized Reseller, LiveDeal’s dedicated direct sales force will encourage local businesses to use AdWords online advertising as a cost effective, efficient way to find and target new customers. The relationship with Google enables LiveDeal to further maximize its value to local advertisers by providing high quality customer service and expert, professional AdWords account management — from account setup and activation to ongoing campaign maintenance and optimization.
With LiveDeal close to local businesses, this deal would enable Google to provide solutions to those local businesses as well. Good exposure for them.
Originally posted on June 4, 2008 @ 6:08 am
Brazil topped the number of Internet audience in Latin America for April 2008 with 19.3 million, according to comScore. The region is home to 62 million Internet users.
Brazilians also exhibited heavy engagement, with the average Internet user spending 30.2 hours online during the month, substantially higher than the Latin American (28.6 hours) and worldwide (25.7 hours) averages. Argentina (32.4 hours) and Venezuela (31.5 hours) also exhibited heavy engagement. Despite their heavy engagement while online, Latin Americans are less frequent Internet users, with most countries falling below the worldwide average for usage days per month.
Meanwhile, comScore also reported that Google sites ranked as the top property in Latin America with more than 55 million visitors in April, (approximately 90 percent of the total Latin American audience), an increase of 22 percent versus the same month last year.
Originally posted on June 2, 2008 @ 3:43 pm
Adobe Systems Incorporated has introduced Acrobat.com, a suite of hosted services available as public beta for free signup, that put communication, productivity, and collaboration tools within a web browser.
Acrobat.com is a set of online services – file sharing and storage, PDF converter, online word processor, and web conferencing – that take advantage of PDF, Adobe Flash and Adobe AIR technologies to deliver engaging online experiences that go well beyond traditional office productivity tools.
With the web touted as the operating software of the future, this development from Adobe is a testament that the web is indeed becoming the OS of the very near future.
Originally posted on June 2, 2008 @ 9:03 am