The Web Life by Yahoo! Web Life Editor Heather Cabot
By Yahoo! Web Life Editor, Heather Cabot Last updated: Wed Mar 4, 2009 5:23pm PST-
By Heather Cabot, Yahoo! Web Life Editor
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It's difficult to keep up with the dos and don'ts of the ever-evolving uses of email, texting, and IM, and the like. So Yahoo! set out to discover how we Americans have changed our thinking about all this. We found that while most people agree it is appropriate to pick up the phone when sharing news about a life-changing event or tragedy, a startling one out of every 10 respondents thinks it is acceptable to communicate the death of a loved one via an instant message. More than half of the 2000 people surveyed told us they think it's perfectly okay to thank someone via IM. And when it comes to business, nearly half of all respondents could not remember the last time they sent a handwritten letter. Read More »
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Along with trendy North Face backpacks and American Eagle hoodies, “cyberbully” is one of the back-to-school buzz words you’ll be hearing a lot this fall. From Montclair, N.J. to Macon, GA, more schools are looking at how to prevent the use of technology to tease and taunt. If you’ve got a... Read More »
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We’re skipping vacations, canceling gym memberships, and even forgoing the daily latte. In times like these, everybody is on the hunt for creative ways to stretch the dollar. Luckily, the web is an easy place to turn for instant access to deals and discounts. If you already do a lot of shopping on... Read More »
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Deep down, we weight loss warriors already knew the unglamorous truth when we heard the big news this week. Owning up to the extra brownie for dessert or the half of PB & J filched off a child’s plate really can help keep the pounds off. A new study by Kaiser Permanente’s Center for Health... Read More »
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My mother will never forget the time I wandered off in the public library. I was eleven years old. The newspapers around that time seemed to be filled with reports of attempted child abductions or worse. When she found me chatting up a scruffy homeless man way back in the stacks,... Read More »
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There’s a funny moment in the movie, “Sex and the City,” when a panicked Carrie Bradshaw recoils in horror after someone passes her an iPhone instead of an old fashioned cell. “I can’t work this!” she yells in frustration. (If there is anyone out there who hasn’t seen the... Read More »
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Do you remember the moment your day to day turned digital? It feels like it happened to me overnight. One minute I didn’t even have an email account or a cell phone (can you imagine??). Fifteen years later, I am lost without my Blackberry. You know what I mean. Now we... Read More »
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