This quote is from Kentucky teenager who spent two days in jail because she refused to close her Facebook account. A just had ordered her to close the account after she updated her status with the following post: “My dumba** got a DUI and hit a car LOL.” The 18-year-old, who was charged with driving under […]
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I’ve spent way too much time testing different email services. There are just so many to choose from and until you really get under the hood, it’s hard to know if they deliver on all of their marketing messages. So I signed up for several and put them through the paces. I took the time […]
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