Get ahead in blogging career with learn.com

Elearning isn't how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It's being able to differentiate between what you know and what you don't. From kindergarten to graduation, I went to public schools, and I know that they are a key to being sure that every child has a chance to succeed and to rise in the world. But never before I came across an online site that offers a single, integrated platform for those seeking skill improvement for a particular job profile and those seeking to hire skilled, "job ready" workers. No doubt that Learn.com is the worldwide leader in on-demand workforce development and productivity with more than 50 million end users around the globe. I read about this elearning system on the news wire and couldnt help checking out in order to bridge the gap of my learning and taking charge of my dream job. My dream job is to be a world class blogger and writer and it needs great deal of communication skills and technical writing capabilities. I immediately found a great deal of online courses on Learn.com after signing on for a personal account and then I also tried to test my Skill Score®, then created a course, and search thousands of Web based courses, college programs and accredited courses. This portal is ideal for increasing my knowledge and skill level on any subject, or to share my knowledge and domain expertise with the world. Learn.com is the place to go for creating my own course and teach the world on how to do blogging and even make a living while doing blogging. It truly is the world's first and only on-demand knowledge network. This platform fully supports President Obama's call for a rigorous new approach to higher education and technical training by launching a comprehensive new skill development platform. So you can say that this is the First Learning Site even Obama would not hesitate to certify and testify. Above all, they have a collaboration with the top universities like Boston University, George Washington University, Bellevue University, Cornell University, to name a few online degree universities. You can be a solid trained material ready for job on day one. I am even trying to get a promotion by telling my boss about this site and that I signed up for a career advancement course from this site. You can too take advantage of this unique opportunity and move ahead in your career without holding back to anything.

Dunkin' Donuts offering free lattes on Sunday

You don't have to be a Dad to get free coffee Sunday at Dunkin' Donuts.

In celebration of Father's Day, the stores are offering customers a free small latte beverage, hot or iced, any flavor.

The restaurant ran a similar promotion on Mother's Day so if you missed it at that time, then today is your chance to get the free lattes.

To add to this freebie, some stores are also offering FREE Donuts for Dad on Father's Day. Let your Munchkins spoil dad with FREE DONUTS on Fathers Day!

For more information including store locations, go to dunkindonuts.com.

Who let the frogs out?

The frogs are out on cyberspace and they are the amazing BluFrog breed. These frogs can make you a big winner simply by a blog comment or a twitter tweet or a blog post. It is that easy to win a get away or a gaming package. If you are commenting on the blog then just leave a comment on their contest page telling which experience you want to win and why. If you are trying to enter via Twitter Tweet then just spread the word about the contest by tweeting why you entered to win and which experience you would choose if you won. Be sure to include #bluworld and http://bit.ly/UiiJy in your tweet. Finally if you are entering via blog post on your blog, then write a blog post about the contest and which experience you would choose if you won. Be sure to leave a comment on their contest page with the URL if the trackback doesn't appear.

Again I am listing here the five BLU prizes that will make you think who let these blu frogs out

1. BluGamer: The Ultimate Gaming Package
What are every gamer’s dream gifts these days? New socks and underwear? Um, not so much. How about an Xbox 360 Elite Gaming System with a Rock Band 2 bundle to boot? Now that sounds more like it!

2. Happy Blu-Year: Win a New Years Eve trip to NY
No dispute here. You KNOW where you’d love to be as the clock nears midnight on December 31st … and now you and a friend can get there, absolutely free!

3. Blullapalooza: Win a trip to Lolapalloza in Chicago
Get ready to jam all day and into the night, as you and your music-crazed friend attend the world’s most famous music festival in Grant Park, Chicago. It’s Lollapalooza time and you are THERE, absolutely free!

4. BluStreak: Win a Richard Petty Racing Experience
Ready to race up a Blu streak? Then this is your pick … the Richard Petty Driving Experience that gives you the thrill of stock car racing, side-by-side action, drafting, passing and all! And you and a friend get it all, absolutely free!

5. XtremeBLU: Win a trip to the Winter X Games in Aspen
You can’t get more Extreme than this … it’s the 14th Winter X Games from ESPN and you’re front and center in the middle of all the action … for free!

My favorite is the #1 BluGamer since I am an avid gamer and always a XBOX fan trying to get my hands on the new Project Natal that is going to change the gaming industry forever. This will give me a platform to get ready for Project Natal. So I am going for it now, Any other takers?

Why is Apple trying to prevent you from bookmarking the Google website?

Safari 4 browser that Apple announced at their Worldwide Developers Conference is perhaps labelled as the fastest browser in the world, with its perfect 100% score on the Acid 3 test. However here is a conspiracy that you will get revealed to when adding the bookmarks manually instead of importing them. Just try to add Google Search. Instead of adding Google to the bookmarks, Safari will pop a weird message on you.
Google is the only search engine Safari does this to. You can add Yahoo Search and Bing without any notices. When you do a search on Google.com, Google gets all the money from those sponsored results on the right side of the page. However, if you do what Safari recommends and do your Google search by using the Safari search field, Apple gets a cut from the revenue generated by those sponsored links. The Google search box built into the FireFox browser I think makes over $100 million a year. However, FireFox doesn’t warn their users when they try to bookmark Google. Just imagine how much they’ll be making if they do what Apple does and tell users to do their searches with the browser search field instead of at Google.com?

QLOG musings for effective SEO

I came across amyafrica.com which is a decent site for getting interesting information on various topics and asking the questions and Amy and the audience at large answering them. Its a mix of bullentin board and blog and also has several free tips and twitter updates regularly posted on the site.

I liked the post on SEO on http://www.amyafrica.com where they have explained the difference between Organics versus PPC in the layman's terms by simply citing the example that Rome was not built in a day. I am sure that QLOG will eventually build a web empire that is even bigger than Roman empire and now is the time where you can contribute to its growth by visiting QLOG and showing up your support.

I can give the testimony that QLOG has helped me increase my site traffic without spending a fortune and gave me a ton of ideas on how to improve the effectiveness of my homepage by creating a more efficient shopping cart and checkout process. There are some articles that can give you ideas on how you can boost sales dramatically with aggressive email marketing. Its a great tool for simplified reporting and performance measurements as well.

Right now, the QLOG is about a month old so there aren't a ton of posts. But they are doing a phenomenal job of adding about 2-3 posts a week about everything from analytics, conversion, creative, and email marketing,to navigation, SEO/SEM, shopping carts, and other topics of interest. As promised on QLOG, there are also also be guest posters on various topics so users can hear from other experts in the field.

20,000 American Airlines miles for a checking account

Here is a cool way in 3 steps to get 20,000 American Airlines miles for just opening a checking account

1. Open and fund a qualifying Citibank regular checking account with a minimum of $1,000 by June 30, 2009.

2. Within 30 days of opening your account, make at least one direct deposit into your account or make at least two electronic bill payments from your account or five pinless debit card purchase transactions each month for three consecutive months and earn your first 10,000 American Airlines bonus miles.

3. Continue making a direct deposit into your account or making two electronic bill payments from your account or five pinless debit card purchase transactions each month for the next nine consecutive months and earn an additional 10,000 American Airlines bonus miles.

Some users have told me that this doesn't work for a Citi Business card. And this that this does not work with a Chase credit card, regardless of how Citi posts the charge.

Gift a stem cell and save $200

Whatever your age, you are younger this month than you will be next. And now you have the option to capture your moment and take charge and be cutting edge: to lead the stem cell revolution with C'elle. The most ideal time for any woman regardless of her age who experiences menstruation to collect and preserve her C'elle menstrual stem cells is during her very next period, while her body is disease-free and continues to produce this most precious resource. Many women may likely want to consider the opportunity to participate in the C'elle service on multiple occasions while during the era of her menstruation. You never know that your stem cells may help you most loved ones in the future. If you have loved someone and lost their love, the stem cells will still preserve the memory of your love and can be everlasting gift to refreshing your memories. Give a unique gift to protect the future health of someone you care about. With C'elle's exclusive and proprietary technology, stem cells in a woman's menstrual blood can easily be collected, isolated and cryo-preserved. And getting started is fast and simple with C'elle's easy-to-use collection kit. Now you can even save $200 with the special code CN200. Order your kit today and see the C'elle benefits for yourselves.

Faster Safari; But No MMS or Tethering in the US

iPhone OS 3.0 coming on June 17; Brings Movie Downloads, Faster Safari; But No MMS or Tethering in the US

There were speculations that Apple will launch its iPhone OS 3.0 at WWDC. Apple has done the next best thing, it has announced that their next generation iPhone OS will be available to users on June, 17th.

iPhone OS 3.0 will be free for the original iPhone and iPhone 3G user but will cost $9.99 for iPod Touch users. During the keynote address at WWDC, Apple provided some more details about iPhone OS 3.0

Make money online for your services using Mavenlink

I was inspired by reading the four hour workweek book by Tim Ferris and then I started hunting the web for avenues to collaborate online to get projects done. The first one I came across was Mavenlink. Mavenlink is not just any other 'freelance' sites on the web, and none other compare to Mavenlink. It is the first site that promotes YOUR brand instead of detracting from it. You now have an opportunity to differentiate your services and sell value instead of hourly rates. And, perhaps most importantly, working within Mavenlink speeds the overall engagement with your clients rather than slowing the process. All in all a great experience. Its all the great essence that is being preached in the four hour workweek book.

To start with become a member, then you can fill out a more detailed profile, or begin posting or finding projects immediately. Then you are ready to find and post projects and once a project is posted on the site, Mavens can find it, ask clarifying questions of the Client, and bid on it when they're ready. Collaboration tools enable Clients and Mavens to communicate, track, deliver, and evaluate at each stage of the project. When the Maven delivers the project and the Client accepts, Mavenlink triggers an immediate PayPal payment. So its a great way to make money online for your services.

For businesses and clients, Mavenlink provides the most accessible, affordable, and efficient way to provide the flexibility you need to acquire expertise. Find exactly the expertise you're seeking to complete projects of any size or complexity. With Mavenlink, you can access just-in-time advisory and consulting services, save substantial time and money, and eliminate cumbersome administrative overhead. Mavenlink is the most accessible, affordable, and efficient way to provide your business with the flexibility you need to acquire expertise. And did I mention that joining is free, quick, and easy?

Faster Processor and RAM in iPhone 3G S

When Apple announced iPhone 3G S at the WWDC 2009 Keynote address, they mentioned that it was the fastest iPhone they had ever created.

But they didn’t provide us any details of the processor speed or increase in RAM I thought we might have to await until June 19 when iPhone 3G S will be officially available.

We might not have to wait that long as T-Mobile.nl has posted some technical specs about iPhone 3G S revealing that the third generation iPhone comes with a faster 600 MHz processor and 256MB of RAM. This is cool.

Make money trading with tradeMONSTER

Have you thought of an option of making money online with online trading platform? Well today I am going to blog about an innovative online brokerage that you might have seen on Mad Money show. While most online brokerages merely provide a venue for trading, tradeMONSTER integrates powerful online trading platform with constructive educational resources - all backed by exceptional customer service and priced for value. tradeMONSTER is a trading platform for stock and options traders who demand nothing but the cutting edge. Some brokers have very complicated commission schedules depending on who you are or how much money you have. But tradeMONSTER commissions and account fee schedules are the same for everybody — big accounts or small and the active or occasional investor. It is a one stop shop to make money online by trading on Stocks, Options, ETFs, Mutual Funds and Bonds.

Their innovative product is designed by real traders with a lot of experience in the market and hence it is elegantly simple to use. They provide a helpful library of institutional articles and courses to use for any type of account you signup for. If you have any questions then they have a dedicated team of licensed professionals at your service who are well versed and always ready to help. I feel these are the three benefits that completely distinguishes tradeMONSTER from other trading platforms like Etrade or Ameritrade that I have used in the past. If you want to just try out and see how you can make money online and if this is the right platform for you then they have an option of opening a free Paper Trading account. This allows you to test out the platform without having to spend money. Paper trade is a stock market trading simulator designed by the experts. Once you try out this paper trading you can immediately get a feel that tradeMONSTER is *functionally* more effective than others. I highly encourage readers to try out this new tool in the market to make money online since this is the right time to invest in the right stocks.

Foreign car parts now available

I find it amusing to fix my car by just searching on how to videos on youtube and then ordering the right car parts. It keeps me busy on the weekends and also saves me a whole lot one money on the labor and car mechanics. It was difficult to get specific car parts in the past but now thanks to Car Parts Warehouse, they sell car parts across the United States for all car makes and models, and if they do not stock the part you need, they will make every effort to find it or have yours masterfully rebuilt to full operational condition for you.

CarPartsWarehouse.com has the lowest prices GUARANTEED and offers you a wide selection of common replacement parts, such as O2 sensors, alternator, starter, condenser, oxygen sensor, catalytic converters, steering rack, steering box, ac compressor, water pump, oil pump, supercharger, turbocharger, drive axle, and wheel hub bearing. As they can even procure for you parts they do not stock in one of our warehouse locations, its even better to get foreign parts for free shipping. Yes the shipping is free when you order from CarPartsWarehouse.com.

Driving at its best

This video is from the John Chow collections. Remember the movie The Fast and The Furious Tokyo Drift? OK, you probably don’t because it’s a very forgetful movie. Well, the drifting in Tokyo has got nothing on the display of driving skills being put on by Ken Block in this Gymkhana Two video. That is simply some of the most amazing driving I have ever seen.
Judging by all the skid marks on the Port of Los Angeles (where the video was filmed), I doubt this was done in one take. I’m sure they went though several sets of tires and maybe a clutch or two. Still, it’s one hell an amazing piece of driving. If offered an opportunity, I’m not sure I would want to be Ken’s passenger. To get the best view, watch the video in HD.

A one size fits all "Social media marketing" solution for advertisers

Social Media Case Study on IZEA tells us that this is the most happening place for web advertising. The way this company is innovating is blowing out the minds of all other competitors. Within a year they have launched a social platform for bloggers consisting of Bloggers Choice Awards, CloudShout, Community IZEARanks,PayPerPost
, SocialSpark. All these blogging platforms provide immense potential for an advertiser to market their products and solutions to get a wide exposure and track the sales in a cool gadget fashion. At the time of thie writing they have even launched payperpost4 alpha version which is a next big facelift to their marketing realm.

With a huge network of over 250,000 bloggers and 25,000 advertisers worldwide, IZEA helps advertisers identify people who will promote their products and services through their own social network and media properties. While IZEA offers traditional display advertising and text links on blogs, now they are best known for sponsored conversation campaigns. IZEA also supports sponsored conversation campaigns through independent blogs, Twitter and Facebook Status updates. Isn't it cool to get linked to all the latest social networking sites and promote your products to millions of users through the IZEA network?

Pay to redownload iPhone Apps in iPhone OS 3.0?

iPhoneDocked tweeted that he was asked to 'purchase' an app while trying to redownload it. Other developers have also reported similar behavior on iPhone OS 3.0 beta, while trying to redownload apps.

Redownloading iPhone apps is a very common practice among iPhone users, I have deleted and redownloaded iPhone apps many times. The current App Store FAQ states that the user does not have to pay twice for redownloading but the new message could mean that Apple is looking to introduce this change with iPhone OS 3.0.

Wireless security for a sound sleep

Recently I have been getting blank calls with unknown caller id on my cell phone. I have therefore started looking for measures to increase the security measures in my house. The existing security in my house is just my guitar which is my only weapon to knock out an intruder. However I recently came across a cool wireless security system from GE Protect America, Inc. They have protected over 240,000 families nationwide with the state-of-the-art GE Wireless Home Security System. Not all alarm companies are equal when it comes to the quality and skill they promise. Their Wireless door and window sensors cover the most vulnerable perimeter openings. When an intruder opens any of those doors or windows, your siren will activate and the alarm system monitoring station will be notified immediately.

I like the new X10 Powerhorn Siren with piercing 105 db, plug-in sirens that can be added anywhere around the home. They work through your existing home wiring. The siren responds to signals from an alerted Command Station. No intruder will hang around when one of these sirens sound.

I am going to call 877-470-2751 and just for calling I get 2 keychain remotes with my order. You can also take advantage of this amazing opportunity before it runs out and make sure you are prepared in the event of an emergency anytime day or night. Go and defend your home and family against the threat of invasion, burglary and forced entry with a GE Wireless Home Security System from one of the best home security companies around!

$100 statement credit from American Express

Here is an offer you can show your friends what the Blue Cash® Card from American Express can do for them, and you can earn a $25 Statement Credit for each friend approved. If you refer four friends and they are approved for the Card through this offer, you will earn a total of a $100 Statement Credit.

Earning a referral bonus is simple:

•Fill out the quick online form to recommend your Card to as many friends as you wish
•You can earn a $25 Statement Credit for each friend approved for the Card

Your friends can enjoy the same benefits as you:

•Earn up to 5% cash back on your purchases(3)
•0% intro APR on purchases for 6 months
•No annual fee