Italian sportcars?

I don't speak or read Italian, but I do have fun from time to time looking at websites and reviewing them. Sometimes that can be a challenge, as in this case a website selling auto usate milano is designed to sell used cars in Milan. Yes, Milan as in Europe.

There was a time when you'd have to search for a dictionary to translate, or use one of the web translation tools out there. Which means if you saw vendita auto usate you'd at first wonder, then search it out. In this case vendita means "sale" so it's easy to guess that means "used car sale."

Google makes it fairly easy to translate faster than before giving you the ability to translate websites right from the search engine. This means in a few seconds I can discover that Garage Del Parko was created back in 1978 by Antonino Aldo and his son took over the business after spending time since he was very young being around cars. Alexander Aldo has not only his father's passion for cars but is moving towards using technology like the internet. Apparently even with computers Manuela Aldo keeps detailed hand written records. All of this was originally written in Italian that without easy translation, I'd only be able to pick a few words out.

Why is this important? Let's say you have had a life long desire for a particular Italian sportscar, knowing how to translate and how to navigate the internet creates more opportunities for you. That desire to compro auto usate buy a used car is no longer limited to just what is around your area. Of course there are more complications when it comes to picking up your dream car but? If it's really your dream car then for you it may be worth it. If nothing else? You can visit the websites, look at the prices and compare them to what cars cost here, using of course an online translator for euro into dollars...

:-)

Some mobile window shopping...

One thing about the internet, you can see what's available in a variety of places outside of the US which can at times make you look for items you see in the UK, as an example, here in the US. One good example of this is in looking for a blackberry case. Three of my daughters have blackberries. I had heard about Invisible Shield for phones, but I didn't know that much about the product until I spent some time surfing the Mobile Fun website. It also was helpful in letting me know that it's not offered for my particular phone, but it appears to be made for my daughters phones. I also don't know that much about the whole bluetooth headset accessory for phones, but they seem to have all of them.

I also found the picture references for each phone in the different manufacturer categories helpful. On more than one occasion I've had to try to find some type of an accessory for one of the girls and not been able to remember exactly what type of phone it was beyond the manufacturer and how it looked. I also didn't realize things like an iphone dock existed. This means while I can't shop there? I've still bookmarked it as a resource. I also noticed that they accept paypal, which is something I wish more online stores did because it does make it much easier to purchase things online that way.

For those of you who are readers from the UK, you may enjoy shopping for "everything mobile in the UK" there, for those of us here in the US? Window shopping is fun, though you might get a little depressed to discover that in the UK? Some of the free gift offers with mobile phones include things like a Free Nintendo Wii and Wii Fit...

Confused by social media?

Then this will interest you:

Live Streaming Event: September 4, 2009 starting at 8:30 am.

Join the Northwest Ohio chapter of PRSA for a live streaming event that will leave you with a better understanding of social media applications for public relations. Scott Monty, who leads the social media effort at Ford Motor Co., will be presenting.

WGTE will live-stream the workshop on WGTE’s Knowledge Stream, where it will also be archived for later viewing.

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