Man jailed for posting abusive content about dead teenager online

A UK man has been jailed for over four months after posting abusive content to online memorials dedicated to dead teenagers. 25-year old Sean Duffy from Reading, England, admitted posting content to Facebook and YouTube mocking the deaths of 15-year-old Natasha McBryde, who committed suicide by throwing herself underneath a train near her Worcestershire home. Duffy had posted a video to YouTube under the username “Tasha the Tank Engine”, with children’s cartoon character Thomas the Tank Engine superimposed with Ms MacBryde’s face....

2 min · 400 words · Chelsea Turner

Man tries to sell WP7 handset running super secret OS build

Well, it had to happen eventually. Someone is now, on a Slovakian Facebook page,trying to sellan HTC HD7 running not Windows Phone Mango, but Tango, the build that is to come after. We’ve been discussing Tango as news has trickled out, but on the whole Tango has been wrapped pretty tight. And with good reason, Microsoft is determined to keep Mango as the sole focus of WP7 PR right now....

2 min · 417 words · James White

Man “earns” £11,000 through Twitter by betting against his boss

The tweet above seemed like a simple enough tweet to send out and only a bit of fun. Little did the person who sent it know that he would come back from his holidays to find 23,000 retweets and have won over £11,000 in a bet when he expected a tenner at best. Some people started claiming it was a scam but you can see from theblog post that the guy was clearly shocked by the reactionand unsurprisingly the boss seems to be backing out of the original bet....

2 min · 313 words · Jonathan Lowe

Manage Employee Goals with CreateSmartGoals

CreateSmartGoalsis web app that offers a simple and cost effective way to quickly and efficiently manage employee goals of all types. Setting right expectations is key to success in an organizational environment. Instead of beating around the bush, a clearly defined set of goals can go a long way in ensuring productivity. Hence CreateSmartGoals. Goals can be created in three levels – personal, departmental and organizational. While personal goals can be created by everyone with an account, the other goals can be created only by the administrator....

2 min · 411 words · Travis Anderson

Manage the whole head-hunting process with RecruitLoop

RecruitLoopis an Australian startup with an app in beta that allows you to manage the whole recruiting process online. RecruitLoop allows businesses to post the details of roles they need to fill, which kicks off the first step of the process — selecting a recruiter. Interested recruiters will respond and you’ll be able to compare their experience and feedback to choose the one most suited to your needs. One of the draws of the system for businesses is that recruiters are verified and handpicked by those behind RecruitLoop....

3 min · 515 words · Anthony Martinez
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