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5 Things to do in Binghamton on a Rainy Day [VIDEO]

John Davison — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 04:35:17 +0000

People in the Southern Tier tend to get bummed out when we experience a long stretch of rainy weather like we have experienced in the Binghamton area over the last few weeks. There's nothing you can do about it and there are some options if you are on vacation or if you just want to cheer yourself up

Vine App Is Now Available For Android Phones

Traci Taylor — Mon, 03 Jun 2013 16:25:50 +0000

I love my android phone so much that I wouldn’t think of switching to anything else, but one of the downsides is that apps available on iOS aren’t always available for android, which is a total bummer. Most of my friends have iOS phones so I was really jealous when they kept telling about an [...]

Facebook Introduces New Search Function

Traci Taylor — Thu, 02 May 2013 09:47:48 +0000

If you haven’t taken a good look at your Facebook privacy settings, now would probably be a good time to do that. A lot of people are pretty relaxed about putting their personal details, photos and other information on the internet for the world to see. In fact, of Facebook’s more than one billion [...]

Unlock Your Cell Just By Looking At It

Traci Taylor — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 08:32:10 +0000

If you’ve ever had a brain freeze when you were trying to enter the right password into your cell to unlock it, you might like this latest invention. Thanks to a new iris-recognition technology developed by the New York based EyeLock Corp. all you’ll have to do to unlock your phone is just look at [...]

Luke Bryan Launches 'ACM Sessions' on CBS Interactive

John Davison — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 20:32:15 +0000

This is a big week for country music fans. Leading up to the “48th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards” this Sunday night live from Las Vegas, there are a couple of other notable performances to look out for. You can expect a number of country stars hitting daytime and late night talk shows to [...]

Finding Made In The USA Products In and Around Binghamton

John Davison — Sun, 24 Mar 2013 13:19:51 +0000

Nothing annoys me more than purchasing a product, looking at the label and finding that it was ‘Made in China.’ Nothing against the people of China, it’s just that same product could and should be ‘Made in the USA,’ if it weren’t for corporate greed. There was a time when Sam Walton, the founder of [...]

The Newest In Cellphone Etiquette

Rich Birdsall — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 20:47:25 +0000

Leave a voicemail... ONLY IF IT IS AN EMERGENCY!!

When's the last time you left a friend a voicemail? If you can't remember, it means you're being a polite friend. The New York Times printed an article stating that the new rule of cell phone etiquette in this day and age is to only leave a voicemail if it's an absolute emergency

Carrot App: Motivation to Get Things Done

Traci Taylor — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 07:00:35 +0000

Need a little swift kick in the rear when it comes to getting things done? There’s an app for that! Carrot is promoted as “the world’s first to-do list with a personality,” and you might find it more motivating than the average to-do list. I Here’s how it works- you enter in a task you [...]

Facebook Announces Changes

Traci Taylor — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 10:36:24 +0000

If you’re not a fan of when Facebook makes changes, then I suppose this isn’t going to make you very happy. Yesterday, Facebook that they’re giving their news feed a new look and feel. The changes were announced by Mark Zuckerberg who said the new news feed features three major components: bigger images, multiple feeds [...]

Odyssey of the Mind Coming to Binghamton University

Traci Taylor — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 10:21:25 +0000

I’m so excited for March 23rd to get here because I’ll be meeting up with one of my best friends from grade school, Raina, who I’ve not seen since 2008. Raina will be in town with her son Willie as he competes at the state level in Odyssey of the Mind. Willie placed first in [...]