Note: This post was originally published on Inc and has been reprinted here with permission. If you’re just using Twitter to lurk, you can stop reading now: This advice does not pertain to you. But if you intend to use Twitter for any sort of marketing, whether for yourself or your company,... Read more...
Many of us have constant access to information. We are so used to looking up the answer to any question immediately that it can feel like withdrawal when we have to wait. Of course, storing information outside of our brains is nothing new. I came across this interesting study... Read more...
Cerebral Constipation - The act of completely forgetting the name of an actor, song, book, movie or name of anything that one is generally familiar with. The "on-the-tip-of-my-tongue" phenomenon. The 'mind-burp' is the moment of relief, the actual recall. i.e., "Aha! I got it! I remember!" Ex... Read more...
Toyota Motor Corp. has announced a recall of 2010 model year Lexus GX 460 SUVs related to an increased risk of rollover. The recall covers about 9,400 SUVs in the United States. Worldwide, about 34,000 vehicles are covered -- including about 21,000 Land Cruiser Prados, a model not sold in the Uni... Read more...
Toyota has asked U.S. Lexus dealers to halt sales of the GX 460 SUV after Consumer Reports labeled the model a "safety risk," the magazine's first such designation in nine years. The magazine reported that the GX 460 has handling problems that could cause it to roll over during sharp turns. ... Read more...
More than 1m baby slings made by Californian company Infantino are being recalled in the US and Canada after reports of three deaths involving them. US and Canadian consumer watchdogs announced the recall along with Infantino of two infant carriers, the SlingRider and Wendy Bellissimo. The US ... Read more...
Honda said Tuesday it is recalling more than 400,000 vehicles in the United States after consumers complained of brake pedals feeling "soft." The Japanese automaker will recall 344,000 Odyssey minivans and 68,000 Element crossover vehicles in the 2007-2008 model years to fix the vehicle stability... Read more...
WASHINGTON – When Peter Boddeart's Lexus lurched forward and rear-ended another vehicle in Fauquier County, Va., earning him a police citation, he wrote to federal regulators imploring them to look into his case "before someone ends up seriously injured or killed." That was in 2003. The y... Read more...