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BlackBerry CEO/Twitter latecomer on how he got @JohnChen handle: ‘Beats me…very lucky’

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There are more John Chens on Twitter than a patient person can count, yet when Blackberry CEO John Chen started tweeting just a week ago he had somehow managed to secure the coveted and unique-among-Chens Twitter handle of @JohnChen.

How?

As anyone who has ever signed up for an email or social media account knows, you can never get your own name plain and simple unless you’re an earliest of early adopters or you have a highly uncommon name. You Browns, Smiths, Johnsons — and Chens — know this better than most.

Twitter has been around for nine years now and if you enter the name John Chen into its people search you can scroll page after page of John Chens for as long as you’re willing to scroll. Their Twitter handles, however, are all @JohnChenPlusANumber or @JohnMiddleInitialChen or some other variation involving underscores or a nickname.

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Old ‘pole box’ net beats 911 on fire call

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Who would have thought those fire alarm “pole boxes” even worked anymore?

They don’t in most places, but a couple of teenagers in Canton, Mass., either knew or figured it was worth a try there when they spotted a building fire Saturday night.

From the Canton Police Department’s Facebook page:

Matt (Casamento) and W.T. (Khoury) were out and about and noticed the rear of a building on Washington Street was on fire. The fire was in a spot that probably would not have been noticed for some time if it wasn’t for the boys. They ran around to the front of the building — Matt called 911 and W.T. did something that most adults wouldn’t think to do – he ran and pulled the nearest “pole box.” Pole boxes are fairly rare these days except in urban and populated areas and they are quite antiquated. We still have them in Canton.

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Network World Paul McNamara

Google’s Eric Schmidt Says Android Security Beats iOS – Minyanville.com

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Google's Eric Schmidt Says Android Security Beats iOS
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"With Android we have an agreement for vendors that you keep the Android stores compatible and that is a great breakthrough for Android," Schmidt remarked at the symposium. Google has clearly been hard at work on Android's security, according to ZDNet.

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Google’s Eric Schmidt Says Android Security Beats iOS – NASDAQ

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Google's Eric Schmidt Says Android Security Beats iOS
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"With Android we have an agreement for vendors that you keep the Android stores compatible and that is a great breakthrough for Android," Schmidt remarked at the symposium. Google has clearly been hard at work on Android's security, according to ZDNet .

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