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It's a comparison shoppers dream ...and now, it's available on my IPhone! Woo hoo!

The mobile application "Shop Savvy," which was first available on Andriod, allows shoppers to scan product barcodes. The app then provides information about the item, where you can get it and for how much.

No more running to three different stores to make sure you get the best price! AND it's free from the App store!

Shopping anyone?

**Check out the article on Tech Crunch!

 

Oxford Dictionary's taking a ride on the social media bandwagon after naming the term "unfriend" as its 2009 word of the year.

Here's the definition: “To remove someone as a ‘friend’ on a social networking site such as Facebook.”

So, do you "unfriend?" And if so, what are grounds for the digital demotion?

In my case, I've definitely been guilty of chipping away at my friend list on my personal facebook account. The way I see it ... I may have had trouble denying your friend request five years ago. But, these days .. if I don't know your name, you don't need to know my *personal* business!

Mashable.com has more on the story ...

 

I'll come right out and admit it. I'm not a sports expert. And I'm not exactly a super fan.

I enjoy going to the games, I tune in for most of the regular season... and while I know the starting lineup, I couldn't rattle off game stats or play by play if my life depended on it.

That being said, there's just something about this Phillies team that makes me care.

Maybe it's the boyish charm of guys like Cole and Chase ... or the fun-loving, yet always professional demeanor of J-Roll and Ryan.

Maybe it's the irony of a southern-spoken manager like Manuel or the way the guys were truly humbled by HK's passing.

Whatever it is, I'm in ... and so is ESPN.com senior national columnist Gene Wojciechowski. I may not fit the title of "die hard" by Philly's standards, but I like to see my team win. And I like when others point out that they can and should.

Last week, Miley Cyrus bid farewell to Twitter... This week, she's explaining why. (Oh, and now Courtney Love and Lily Allen are also pulling the plug.)

Your thoughts?

 

This past Friday night , I found myself in the VIP section of Philadelphia's first ever Fashion Week. The event, which was being held at the 23rd Street Armory, showcased collections from Philly fashion students and Philly-based fashion designers.

I'm going to be honest. In my opinion, it wasn't New York Fashion Week ...and it definitely wasn't sponsored by Mercedes Benz.

HOWEVER, the venue was awesome ... the pop-up boutiques, interesting. And ... the effort, completely commendable. From what I understand, the 3-day event was orchestrated by a small team of individuals. Not only did they secure sponsorships from Macy's and the Philadelphia Inquirer (both displayed prominently throughout the venue,) they also managed to score a fabulous headlining performance by Tu-Phace. (Ya gotta check this guy out!!!)

Plus, I felt totally cool when I updated my facebook status to say: At Fashion Week ...

So .. to PHL Fshn Wk: Kudos to your efforts this year ... and here's to an even better showing next year!

 

Last night, I had the pleasure of meeting Delaware County's own Drew Olanoff, a man who has inspired Drew Carey to donate $1M to cancer research.

Drew was diagnosed with hodgkins-lymphoma in May of 2009 and vowed not only to beat cancer, but to BLAME everything and anything on it.

By using the twitter hashtag #blamedrewscancer, twitter users are able to log on and blame anything they'd like on Drew's cancer. Thirty-one thousand tweets later, the word's gotten out.

Not only has he raised $13,000 for cancer research and created TONS of awareness, he's also managed to land an amazing offer from another Drew! Drew Carey, that is! 

Drew Carey  (aka - @drewfromtv) had pledged to donate $1M to LIVESTRONG to support cancer research if he can get 1M followers on Twitter.

So, that's your cue. Help the Drews beat the crap out of cancer by heading to http://www.twitter.com/drewfromtv or http://www.twitter.com/drew.

How's that for inspiring?

 

So, instead of preparing for this morning's 2AM wakeup call and getting into bed EARLY last night, I was at the Bellevue in Center City eating five sandwiches.

Sound strange? Not really.

It was all part of the 2009 Sandwich Smash hosted by unbreaded.com and benefiting Philabundance (the region's largest hunger relief organization.)

We had two of the chefs (Mark Coates of Bebe's Barbeque and Peter McAndrews of Paesano's) on the CWPhilly morning show on Friday, then I later interview unbreaded blogger and event founder Ben Kessler for "What's Brewing: Behind The Blog."

Kessler easily convinced me to trade in sleep time for sandwich time ... and boy, am I glad he did! In addition to chef demos, my fiance and I were able to sample three of the five sandwiches featured that night. (I had to scoot by 7pm to attempt sleep, so we missed the last two!) Still, those that we ate were absolutely delicious ...so KUDOS to the chefs and the folks of unbreaded for putting together an AMAZING showcase of our city's signature sammies AND for helping fight hunger here in Philadelphia!

That's what a study out of Harvard claims ...

I've found that taking frequent short breaks as opposed to one long lunch does the trick for me ... but, how could doing LESS work make me MORE productive?

Find out more by clicking here.

 

I gasped when I first saw this picture ... a poor little gray cat DUCT TAPED from head to paw. Philadelphia police are searching for the person who is responsible for the act, which was reported after the SPCA rescued the animal on Tuesday.

So, do you think this is as horrific as I do? Leave your thoughts about the hair-raising incident below.

Get the full story here: http://cbs3.com/topstories/Philadelphia.Cat.Duct.2.1201063.html