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Inventor of Cell Phone: We Knew Someday Everyone Would Have One

As I was skimming around CNN.com today, catching up on techie news, I found this awesome article called Inventor of Cell Phone: We Knew Someday Everyone Would Have One written by Tas Anjarwalla. I was fascinated as I read the history of the cell phone- which I knew nothing about before.

I don’t even own a home phone. My cell phone is my life! When my cell dies, I feel completely shut off from the world. I get a panicky feeling knowing that I’m unreachable for a temporary amount of time. I can’t really remember what life was like before I had a cell phone- and I’m not that old!

It was a  really great read- check it out…

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Trivia Winner and New Question!

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Hey, hey… It’s that time again!

First, CONGRATULATIONS to Scott Green for being the winner of last week’s Trivia Question!! The answer to the question-Since LearnKey’s earliest days, when founder and CEO John Clemons filmed training videos for users of WordPerfect in a small basement studio, LearnKey has remained at the forefront of evolving technology, pioneering multimedia-based training. What year was LearnKey founded?- is 1987.

Second, here are the rules for this week’s question…

Just answer the question correctly in the comments to be eligible to win . Once you’ve submitted the correct answer in your comment, we’ll have a drawing and randomly pick a winner. The winner, who will be contacted via email by a LearnKey staff member, will be posted next Thursday, along with a new trivia question for the week.

Here we go!

Which of the following is a new feature in Photoshop CS5?

A) Bones tool

B) Puppet Warp

C) Live Captions

D) Roto Brush

GOOD LUCK!

This week’s prize: A totally rockin’ LK tie-dye shirt!

TieDye Shirt

Contest run time: Thursday July 8th- Wednesday July 14th

Winner posted: Thursday July 15th

North American residents only*

*In order to receive prize notification, you must provide a valid email address with your comment*

Sales with Integrity

A good friend of mine, Anne, is trying to run an accessory business for women and children, specializing in trendy headbands.

 Anne was in the beginning stages of getting started and was unsure of how to actually sell her products and where to start. She came to me last week and asked for some advice because I’ve had sales experience in the past. It was perfect timing as LearnKey had just released their Sales with Integrity course! I told her about it and why I thought it would help her- not only to better understand the sales process, but how she can implement that into her accessory business. She took me up on the offer and watched the course.

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CompTIA Certification Renewal Policy

CompTIA has a new certification renewal policy taking place January 1, 2011 and is applicable to all individuals who earn CompTIA A+, CompTIA Network+ and/or CompTIA Security+ certifications.

Basically this means that as of January 1, 2011, CompTIA A+, CompTIA Network+ and CompTIA Security+ certifications are valid for three years from the date the candidate becomes certified. A “valid through” date will appear on all certificates and certificate holder CompTIA ID cards. If however, you are certified on or before December 31, 2010 in CompTIA A+, CompTIA Network+ and CompTIA Security+ , your certificates will retain their “certified for life” status and no valid through date will appear on certificates and certificate holder CompTIA ID cards. Continue reading “CompTIA Certification Renewal Policy”