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Vimeo Helps You Avoid What You Don’t Want to See

What's in that video you are about to watch? Sometimes, it can be difficult to tell, at first glance, exactly what you are in for. Not everyone is comfortable with certain kinds of content. Vimeo has taken that into consideration. Now, you can set your content preferences and avoid the things you don't want to see. Start by going to

Elance and oDesk are Merging

Elance and oDesk have announced that they are merging. Each will continue to operate individually (for now). They have not yet revealed what their new, combined, company name will be. It is expected that the deal will conclude sometime in the next four months. Elance is a marketplace for online work. It is somewhere that freelancers can go in order

Target Data Breach Affects 40 Million Cards

Those of you who did some of your holiday shopping at Target may want to check on your credit or debit card. Hackers have stolen data from around 40 million credit and debit cards that were used at Target stores. Target became aware of the problem after credit card processors alerted them to it. The processors noticed a surge in

Google and NORAD have Santa Trackers

Parents of small children may find it fun to make use of a Santa Tracker. Typically, the TV news will include updates on Santa's journey on Christmas Eve as part of their weather report. Now, you can check out two Santa Trackers right from your desktop. The Official NORAD Santa Tracker is from the North American Aerospace Defense Command. It

Kurt DelBene to Manage HealthCare.gov

It has been reported, many times, that the HealthCare.gov website has problems. Perhaps a former Microsoft executive can help fix it! The Obama administration has tapped Kurt DelBene to manage HealthCare.gov. He will serve as an unpaid senior advisor. DelBene will serve in this role starting December 17, 2013, and will continue until the end of June of 2014. There

Facebook Now Has a Donate Button

This is the time of year when many people consider donating money to charities. Now, you can do that directly through Facebook. This week, Facebook started rolling out a brand new feature called Donate. It allows Facebook users to do more than simply click “like” to indicate that they support a particular charity. The Donate feature is being used on

Twitter Restores Block Functionality

Twitter very recently made a change to what happens when a user blocks another one. After receiving lots of feedback, Twitter announced that it was going to restore block functionality back to the way that it originally was. It kind of surprised me how quickly Twitter responded to user feedback on this issue. Previous to this whole situation, a person