10 Tips to Help You and Your Family in a Quake

Experts say that there are steps everyone should take to be prepared and stay safe during and after a quake. Here are ten tips to keep in mind:

1. Have an Emergency Kit You may be on your own after a quake, as emergency services like police and firefighters may be unable to help. The USGS recommends a fire extinguisher, backup medications, a first-aid kit, crescent and pipe wrenches to turn off gas and water lines, flashlights and a portable radio, among other supplies. Be sure to have enough water for each family member for two weeks, at least 1 gallon per person per day.

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How to Convert Website Visitors Into Twitter Followers

Where the standard Tweet button gives you little control over the button’s appearance, functionality or call-to-action (you can Tweet, Tweet or Tweet) you have virtually unlimited options when encouraging users to follow you on Twitter.

This is because the following action takes place on Twitter itself, rather than on your website:  you’re essentially encouraging a user to click on a link. As such, there’s more optimization and testing opportunities.

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The Protection of Children on Reality TV shows by UNICEF

This statement is in response to the many enquiries we have received in relation to the six year old boy who was subjected to ridicule and humiliation on the primetime show ‘Willing Willie’ on TV5.

UNICEF fully supports the actions taken by the DSWD and Commission on Human Rights and other concerned groups to ensure the child’s right to protection from exploitation and abuse and to counsel the family involved in this incident.

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Six Important Trends for the Connected World We Live In

Today at the Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco, Wired co-founder Kevin Kelly gave the first keynote of the day. His topic? The six trends he believes are most important for the connected world we live in going forward. Specifically, he broke these down into six verbs.

“In general these are the long term trends as we look forward over the next twenty years,” Kelly says. So what are they?

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iPhone 5 New Features: An Aluminum Hull and a New Antenna

Difficult to talk about the iPhone 4 without addressing the problems of antenna that have been large enough to create a name dedicated to the phenomenon: the antennagate, referring of course to the Watergate scandal. That is why the recent rumors concerning the iPhone will find a favorable 5 in the media and the public.

Noise corridor conveys a simple idea: the same way that Apple uses aluminum for the back of the iPad, iPhone 5 design would evolve towards a similar solution. It looks so good-bye to the rear window area, to return to a more conventional hull, but in full metal.

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