Mum tries to sell her kids on Facebook

A mother has been arrested for trying to sell her children on Facebook.
Source: Leader

AN Oklahoma mother was arrested on Saturday for trying to sell her children on Facebook.

According to the police report Misty VanHorn, 22, tried to sell her 10-month-old girl for $1000 or both her and her 2 year-old child for $4000.

She found a buyer too.

VanHorn was reportedly communicating with a woman in Arkansas who may also be charged with trafficking of minors.

"Just come to Sallisaw, it's only 30 minutes away and I'll give you all of her stuff and let y'all have her forever for $1,000," Ms VanHorn wrote to the woman via Facebook, The Daily Dot reported.

VanHorn reportedly needed the money to bail her boyfriend out of jail.

She is currently being held on a $40,000 bond.
 

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Mum tries to sell her kids on Facebook

A mother has been arrested for trying to sell her children on Facebook.
Source: Leader

AN Oklahoma mother was arrested on Saturday for trying to sell her children on Facebook.

According to the police report Misty VanHorn, 22, tried to sell her 10-month-old girl for $1000 or both her and her 2 year-old child for $4000.

She found a buyer too.

VanHorn was reportedly communicating with a woman in Arkansas who may also be charged with trafficking of minors.

"Just come to Sallisaw, it's only 30 minutes away and I'll give you all of her stuff and let y'all have her forever for $1,000," Ms VanHorn wrote to the woman via Facebook, The Daily Dot reported.

VanHorn reportedly needed the money to bail her boyfriend out of jail.

She is currently being held on a $40,000 bond.
 

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'Hipster' Julia tries out Google glass

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• Acts like a smartphone and is operated by voice commands
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AS Australia's first female Prime Minister Julia Gillard's fashion choices are poured over, news that her hipster specs have been given the flick for Google glasses will have the nation in a flap.

Ms Gillard yesterday got a chance to try the high-tech glasses which are tipped to cost at least $750USD and will allow users to wear a device that operates a lot like a smartphone.  Google glass has motion sensors and GPS and can be controlled by voice commands or head tilts.

The PM got a chance to try out the new specs when she met with Google’s Chief Financial Officer Patrick Pichette and tried on the frames that designers are hoping to build in such a way that vision-impaired tech fans like Ms Gillard won't be required to wear both their own lenses and Google glass.

A photograph of Ms Gillard in the cutting-edge specs was posted on the prime minister's Facebook page and soon attracted plenty of negative and positive comments.

Prime Minsiter Julia gillard posted this image of herself trying out Google glass during a meeting with the company's Chief Financial Officer Patrick Pichette on her Facebook page.

But it's hardly the first time, Ms Gillard's accessories have stirred a national debate of glasses, fashion and the way we talk about female politicians in this country.

Two weeks ago the PM got the nation talking and creating witty memes as she announced the date of the next federal election wearing new frames.

The PM, who normally wears contact lenses,  took to the lectern at the National Press Club sporting the stylish black-framed spectacles that many dubbed as "hipster specs" which are "super stylish".

Julia Gillard addressed the National Press Club wearing her new frames. Picture: Ray Strange

In response to queries on Twitter, her press secretary John McTernan pointed out that Ms Gillard's use of glasses is not new - but that this is a new pair.

While the PM looked like she enjoyed using Google glass, the device isn't due to hit the market until 2014 so it may be a while before our leaders beam up Google searches. 

Twitter reaction to Gillard's glasses. Picture: Twitter

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New Mailbox app tries to fix email

Mailbox could be the first app to try and fix everything that is wrong with email. Picture: Mailbox Source: Supplied

THE new Mailbox app is attempting to fix email by encouraging users to get their inbox down to zero.

The app syncs with users' Gmail accounts and tells them how many messages (both read and unread) are sitting in their inbox.

If you don't want to read that email straight away you can "swipe" it away, out of your inbox and schedule a time for it to return. Users can select to view it "later today", "this evening", "tomorrow”, "this weekend", "next week", "in a month", "someday" or choose from a selected date.

At the time of your choosing that email will reappear and you can deal with it then.

The point, however, is to deal with your emails straight away, delete the ones you don't need, reply to the ones you do.

Users also have the option to archive or delete messages.

Unfortunately the app only syncs with Gmail accounts (at least for the time being), so those who use Outlook for work emails are stuck using the "old fashioned" way of viewing emails.

Also users will not be able to view emails that are organised into folders or filters in Gmail. Mailbox will only display what is in your inbox.

The app, surprisingly, is only available for iPhone. At least for the time being.

It is available from the app store but you'll have to queue to use it. Once users have downloaded the app they're added to a waiting list (which already has hundreds of thousands of people on it). Once you get to the top of this list you will you get access to the app. The app lets you monitor your place in line. It tells you how many people there are ahead and behind you in the online queue.

As of publication there are more than 814,500 people in line for the app.

It's an interesting marketing move by Mailbox, who is rolling it out gradually but it's likely to annoy some people who see no reason why they shouldn't be able to get instant access to the new app.
 

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New Mailbox app tries to fix email

Mailbox could be the first app to try and fix everything that is wrong with email. Picture: Mailbox Source: Supplied

THE new Mailbox app is attempting to fix email by encouraging users to get their inbox down to zero.

The app syncs with users' Gmail accounts and tells them how many messages (both read and unread) are sitting in their inbox.

If you don't want to read that email straight away you can "swipe" it away, out of your inbox and schedule a time for it to return. Users can select to view it "later today", "this evening", "tomorrow”, "this weekend", "next week", "in a month", "someday" or choose from a selected date.

At the time of your choosing that email will reappear and you can deal with it then.

The point, however, is to deal with your emails straight away, delete the ones you don't need, reply to the ones you do.

Users also have the option to archive or delete messages.

Unfortunately the app only syncs with Gmail accounts (at least for the time being), so those who use Outlook for work emails are stuck using the "old fashioned" way of viewing emails.

Also users will not be able to view emails that are organised into folders or filters in Gmail. Mailbox will only display what is in your inbox.

The app, surprisingly, is only available for iPhone. At least for the time being.

It is available from the app store but you'll have to queue to use it. Once users have downloaded the app they're added to a waiting list (which already has hundreds of thousands of people on it). Once you get to the top of this list you will you get access to the app. The app lets you monitor your place in line. It tells you how many people there are ahead and behind you in the online queue.

As of publication there are more than 814,500 people in line for the app.

It's an interesting marketing move by Google, who is rolling it out gradually but it's likely to annoy some people who see no reason why they shouldn't be able to get instant access to the new app.
 

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