Gongol.com Archives: June 2016
June 7, 2016
"I can change, I can chaaa-nge!"
Donald Trump's behavior as a Presidential candidate (and now presumptive Republican nominee) is a lot like the Saddam Hussein character in the South Park Movie: Lots of promises to change, and then no real change whatsoever. It's no wonder (though it is worthy of note) that one Iowa State Senator has quit the party in protest.
Marketing company claims research shows big drop in time spent on social-media sites
Whether that's correct analysis or suspicious data is worthy of further investigation. It doesn't particularly seem like people are spending less time with social media, but there's also the possibility that people are getting real about the huge amount of time that they're devoting to what is fundamentally non-productive activity. The advice remains: Less time with Facebook, more time with book-books.
Wall Street Journal says Verizon wants to buy Yahoo's operating business for $3 billion
Second-round bids were due on Monday
Facebook is making the Messenger app mandatory
Facebook knows best. Just ask them.
Woman tracks down the person who saved her life a quarter-century ago
She was in a terrible car wreck as a minor. A nearby truck driver also happened to be a paramedic. He probably saved her life by acting until rescue services could arrive -- but he couldn't follow up because she was a minor. They got in touch briefly long ago, then lost touch, and have found each other again. There's still a great deal of good in most people.
