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Sunday, August 12, 2012
Thursday, August 9, 2012
Android Dominates Smartphone Market
(Source: Associated Press & USA Today)
Google's Android phones are steadily gaining market share in the world of smartphone competition. According to the research firm IDC, "there were four Android phones for every iPhone
shipped in the second quarter. That's
up from a ratio of 2.5 to 1 in the same period last year. The success of Samsung's Android phones helped Google's operating system extend its dominance in the smartphone market."
City to Homeless: take your crappy bicycle and get lost
Shame on the cities of Newport Beach and Costa Mesa which have passed
strict bike-parking ordinances in a misguided attempt to rid public property of the homeless.
With nowhere to go and nowhere to store their few belongings, the homeless often pack a bicycle with their worldly goods. Then they have the audacity to park them everywhere. Locked to a tree, locked to a fence, locked to a signpost, locked to a bus stop. Everywhere, except locked to a bike rack.
Apparently that makes people mad. Vocal complainers want the government to do something about it. In a knee-jerk reaction, city officials are wringing their hands and overreaching the bounds of common sense in an attempt to appease complainers, couching their actions in the name of "quality-of-life."
In 30 days, when the ordinances go into effect, the government will not only spend taxpayer money on patrols, but will confiscate the offending bicycles. Why are the bicycles not parked in designated bike racks? Well, there are not enough of them.
Realizing later they should give people a chance to comply with their frivolous rule that bicycles must be parked bike racks, the cities came up with a plan to purchase and install more bike racks.
Spending yet more taxpayer money, a task force was convened to study how many parks and bus stops are being blighted by homeless-owned bicycles. The task force estimates it will cost nearly $40,000 to purchase and install more racks, and is hoping to secure grant money from a local transit authority to cover the cost. How many meals would that amount of money buy for the homeless? Plenty, but apparently that is not the priority of government officials.
Demonstrating the severity of the problem, a staff report revealed there are 30 parks within the city of Costa Mesa with a total of 38 bike parking racks. Gosh, no wonder the homeless don't use the bike racks.....they are full!
A lone councilman voiced his reservations, stating "I have a problem when solving homeless issues limits the liberty of the residents."
Shake that councilman's hand. Someone has to stand up to the absurdity.
Government Insanity: Elderly Couple Forced to Remove Picket Fence
More insanity by local government, forcing an elderly couple to remove
their picket fence because it is suddenly out of code height limit. Built in 2000 as a kept-promise to his lovely wife, now the beautiful fence that the husband installed is declared 4" too high! The local government wants the entire fence removed for code violation.
Caught in the crossfire of neighbors embroiled in a feud, the elderly couple has become victim of the feud, even they don't have a dog in the fight. Nuttier yet, officials are not backing down on their demand to remove the fence.
I'm throwing my support to the elderly couple! Join me in this campaign.
Government's War on Home Gardens
My collection of government oppressive attacks on citizens is growing and growing and growing, pun intended. A Canadian couple was told to demolish the home garden in their front yard.
Too shady in the back yard to grow vegetables, the couple moved their home garden to the front. An abundance of beautiful, healthy veggies are produced in the sunny environment . Added bonus, the man lost 75 pounds by eating healthier.
Despite asking their town's Environmental Services Inspector for permission, before they installed the garden, and given a
verbal affirmative, now the government is forcing the couple to uproot all of the vegetables and install a minimum of 30% grass.
Unbelievable!
Unbelievable!
Contractor Protests Frivolous Fine for Environmental Disaster: Dumped Slurpee Lid
Dear Readers: I'm adding this nonsense action to my collection of government bureaucrats acting absurd. It burns me when I hear about bureaucrats, especially regulatory agencies, doing something so stupid, thinking no one will protest. Well, citizens are not so complacent. Rooting for the contractor who has filed a protest. This kind of nonsense makes infrastructure projects even more expensive for the taxpayer.
Gist of the story reported by the OC Watchdog, contractor completes major bridge construction project. The bridge project wins all kinds of awards, contractor utilizes construction strategies to avoid major environmental impacts, all is well until.........the Regional Water Quality Control Board slaps 290 violations and $2.9 million worth of penalties on the contractor, including a $10,000 fine for a single slurpee lid found in the water.
Fight back, contractor! Read the full article here>>
Saturday, August 4, 2012
Facebook's new targeted market options for posts
If you are a marketing pro, you will love these new customer targeting tools from Facebook. Wondering if you can select multiple categories in the drop down menu. Navigating to my page now to test it out. ~~ Linda
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(Source: Mashable)
Facebook on Friday announced new options for brand Pages to target their posts.
While previously Page admins could only target by language and location, the company has added new options, including:
- Gender
- Interested In
- Relationship Status
- Education
- Workplace
A Facebook rep gave the following example of how a marketer might use
the new option: “Say you want to target an audience for a
back-to-school campaign. You can drill down to college kids 18 to 21, so
your post will be seen more by that age group.”
The new capability comes a few weeks after Twitter made it possible for marketers to send targeted tweets based on location, devices and platform.
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