1. July
    28

    Pantech Ease

    Life has been insane with the daily ins and outs of my life. With my recent divorce, keeping in touch with my parents has become more important to me now that I’m a single mom. My parents have stepped back into my life to help out with the tweens and play a more active role in all of our lives, but staying connected has been an issue at times.  

    My dad, a  master electrician and historian has recently grown to love his Pantech Ease. He likes using the Ease to check and send email on the go. As well as responding to text messages from his six daughters. The Pantech Ease comes with so many great features like large fonts, large buttons, user friendly apps, and more that make the mobile phone as easy-to-use as possible.  The Pantech Ease has AT&T GPS Navigation and comes with a free 30-day trial. It also includes other handy applications such as a tip calculator, a pedometer, and video recording options.

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    Everyone in the family communicates differently and accommodating those needs has been trying for my parents. My son Chris is a texter, my daughter Natalia is a talker, my youngest sister Emily, well she’s a photographer. My oldest sister Angela utilizes Facebook, while I’m a Twitterer. Keeping up with all of us at times can be a trying task! So my parents were in need of a cell phone that can accommodate all of us with “Ease!”

    *Free 30 Days available to new subscribers. Compatible phone required. Standard data and messaging charges apply during the first 30 days and ongoing use. You must cancel within 30 days or be automatically subscribed at a cost of $9.99 per month for unlimited routes. Click for more details on AT&T GPS Navigation.

    stephanie.turner  stephanie.turner


  2. July
    20

    Safety when using geolocation based apps

    With a family vacation coming up soon and my addiction to social media, social networking, and geolocation based apps in full swing, I thought it would be a good time to reiterate some of my helpful tips that I use to keep me and my family safe when sharing information and whereabouts online.

    It’s best not to broadcast details of an upcoming or in progress trip via Twitter, Facebook, or other social networking outlets unless you’re perfectly comfortable with the possibility of those statements becoming public knowledge. Don’t promote when you’ll be away or where you’ll be going.

    When using geolocation based apps such as Foursquare, Gowalla, and Yelp, I recommend not doing the following:

    Check-in at home – there’s no sense broadcasting where you live to those that don’t already know (and honestly need to know) where you live.

    Check-in at someone else’s home – if you shouldn’t check-in at your home, it’s a given that you shouldn’t check-in at someone else’s.

    Check-in at your children’s school – this is more the paranoid first-time father in me talking, but it makes sense not to broadcast where your children are if they’re not with you. It also makes sense not to broadcast where they might be when they’re not with you.

    When sharing your information online, treat that information just as you would something you’d yell across a crowded street to a friend passing by. If you’re not comfortable with the possibility that anyone could find out what you’re doing and where you are (or perhaps more importantly, where you’re not), don’t share it online.

    cory.bennett  cory.bennett


  3. July
    16

    Restaurant Finder

    While having  fun in Austin, here’s a handy feature we used to help us decide where to have lunch. Enjoy!

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    becky.woodworth  becky.woodworth


  4. July
    12

    Play Paper-Free with AT&T

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    No purchase necessary to enter or win.  Open to legal residents of the 50 United States and D.C. who are 18 years or older at time of entry. Void where prohibited.  Starts 12:00am ET on 4/15/10. Ends 11:59pm ET on 8/31/10.  For complete details, visit www.att.com/playpaperfree.

    becky.woodworth  becky.woodworth