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Click here to see a pretty cool video that could be used on the site: Casino Fun

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Everyone Loves Casino Night! 6 Credits.

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Google is testing a modest upgrade to its calendar system that will make it easier to schedule events with others who are connected to your calendar. Below is the article by Jason Kincaid at Tech Crunch. Here is a link to his article [Tech Crunch, 11/21/09]

Google Calendar is testing out a new feature that should make scheduling events a tad easier than it used to be by allowing you to see at a glance if the event you’re creating will conflict with the schedules of the people you’re inviting. Dubbed “Sneak Preview”, the feature’s name is perhaps more exciting than its actual function, but it should prove to be quite useful. The feature is apparently in a limited rollout right now, so don’t be surprised if you don’t have access to it.

Once you’ve activated Sneak Preview (assuming you have access to it), whenever you create a new event you’ll see a new viewing mode that displays a calendar alongside your event details. This calendar will show the schedules of each of the people you’ve invited to the event (provided you’re a friend or coworker with access to that information), and the proposed time for your event will appear as a semi-transparent blue box so you can quickly see where you might have conflicts. You can click each guest’s name to show/hide them on the calendar if some are more important than others.

If you are interested in learning more about how to use Google Calendar, please consider Enter The Net’s Google Calendar Workshop.

Source: Pew Internet and American Life Research

People who use modern information and communication technologies have larger and more diverse social networks, according to new national survey findings that for the first time explore how people use the internet and mobile phones to interact with key family and friends.

These new finding challenge fears that use of new technologies has contributed to a long-term increase in social isolation in the United States.

The new findings show that, on average, the size of people’s discussion networks–those with whom people discuss important matters–is 12% larger amongst mobile phone users, 9% larger for those who share photos online, and 9% bigger for those who use instant messaging. The diversity of people’s core networks–their closest and most significant confidants–tends to be 25% larger for mobile phone users, 15% larger for basic internet users, and even larger for frequent internet users, those who use instant messaging, and those who share digital photos online.

“All the evidence points in one direction,” said Prof. Keith Hampton, lead author of the report. “People’s social worlds are enhanced by new communication technologies. It is a mistake to believe that internet use and mobile phones plunge people into a spiral of isolation.”

Read the full report. http://pewinternet.org/Reports/2009/18–Social-Isolation-and-New-Technology.aspx

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