my sister Kristin, the Army Major

my sister Kristin being raised to the rank of Major by Uncle "Colonel Jim"

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A Houston father, who searched for 25 years for his daughter he had never met, was reunited with her for the first time after using Facebook. James Boyd met Stephanie Brumlow on Friday at Lone Star College-CyFair in suburban Houston, where Brumlow’s a student. “She sent me a friend request Monday…and as soon as I saw the friend request and the picture I knew exactly who she was that very moment,” Fox News quoted Boyd as saying.

“As small business gains experience with social media, some have realized their expectations are not in tune with reality. As most begin to look at social media as a channel more for customer loyalty than for prospect acquisition, they’re also finding that hopes for increased brand awareness and attracting new customers have not been fully met.”

“If you’ve been waiting for Windows Phone 7, it looks like October 11 is going to be the day. Microsoft just sent out invites for a Windows Phone 7 press conference with AT&T. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer will keynote the event and will be joined on stage by AT&T CEO Ralph de la Vega. This also means that AT&T now has major contracts with Microsoft as well as Apple.”