According to the “Boarding Progression” chart provided by American Airlines, if you have no carry on or just 1 carry on that fits under the seat, you can board as soon as Group 1 boarding completes (the order varies just slightly depending on the plane and if it offers Two-Class or Three-Class service).

In addition, some media outlets are reporting that American Airlines will also offer passengers who get to the gate with an overhead carry-on the opportunity to “Gate Check” their luggage to the destination at no charge. If that’s the case, that would be big as the check luggage fees range from $25 (1st bag) to $35 (2nd bag) for flights within the us (Note: It appears you will be picking up your luggage at baggage claim, even if you gate check) .

So why do this, simple faster turn around. As one who travels a lot, what you will find on many flights is the one traveler with 2 or 3 GIGANTIC carry-on bags who usually boards in group 2 or group 3 will stand in the plane aisle about row 12 or 13 fighting to try to get the bags that barely (or don’t really) fit squeezed into the over head bin. While that is happening, over half the plane stands behind them in the aisle (or on the walkway to the plane) waiting. Like a freeway traffic accident clogging up the road. What this change does is not eliminate that traveler with the GIGANTIC bags, even though hopefully some of those people will take advantage of the gate check, but it takes a lot of the people who would get stuck waiting and puts them in their seats 1st. So hopefully once GIGANTIC BAG person gets their stuff in the overhead, the plane is loaded and ready to go.

Source: AA Logo and AA courtesy of AA.com

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the original looking Breakout game board, using pictures in image search as your breakout bricks. If you actually need to get work done, just hit the escape (ESC – top left) and that will bring you out of the game.

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“LivingSocial recently experienced a cyber-attack on our computer systems that resulted in unauthorized access to some customer data from our servers. We are actively working with law enforcement to investigate this issue. The information accessed includes names, email addresses, date of birth for some users, and encrypted passwords — technically ‘hashed’ and ‘salted’ passwords. We never store passwords in plain text.”

The information provided by LivingSocial also says, “The database that stores customer credit card information was not affected or accessed”. As a precaution, even though the passwords were encrypted and should be “difficult to decode”, they are “expiring your old password and requesting that you create a new one”.

If you visit the LivingSocial site, you will find a notice on the top of the page that will allow you to “create new password”. Once you click on that link, you will be taken to the “please reset your LivingSocial password”.

There are a couple of things to keep in mind if you have a LivingSocial account

• Change your password on any other sites on which you use the same email address / password as your LivingSocial account
• If you get an email claiming to be from “LivingSocial” and asking you for personal or account information, DO NOT TRUST IT! “LivingSocial will never ask you directly for personal or account information in an email”

From the LivingSocial FAQ:

Q: I’ve never bought anything from your website, how did you have my information?

A: If you signed up to receive emails from LivingSocial, your email address was in our system

Q: How can I pick a secure password?

A: The most secure passwords use a combination of capital and lower case letters, numbers, and special symbols like “!” or “$”. This prevents malicious parties from using dictionary attacks to guess likely combinations of words.

Q: Did LivingSocial report this incident to law enforcement?

A: Yes, we are actively working with law enforcement to investigate this issue.

Q: Why did I receive an email about a security incident at LivingSocial when I unsubscribed from emails?

A: Many LivingSocial customers choose to browse and buy on our website, but opt not to receive daily emails. We have attempted to contact anyone potentially affected by the security incident even if you have unsubscribed from LivingSocial marketing emails. If you have already opted not to receive email distribution, you will not receive marketing emails from LivingSocial.

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Source: TechFeed

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As stated by Andreas Tuerk (Google Product Manager), in a post on the Google Public Policy blog

We hope that this new feature will enable you to plan your digital afterlife — in a way that protects your privacy and security — and make life easier for your loved ones after you’re gone.

Setting Up Inactive Account Manager

• Go to the Google Account Settings Page, after you sign into your Google Account
• Once you get to the Account Settings Page –> Select Learn More and go to Set up (toward the bottom of the page), under Account Management.

• You will now see the Inactive Account Manager, information page, that explains more details to the various options you have available to set up. Once you reach this page, click on the blue Setup button to start the afterlife configuration.

• On the next page, in the 1st section you will add a phone number (which is required) and you have an option to add an alternative email. This information will be used by Google to notify you before Google deletes or sends your data to those you list.

• In the 2nd section, you will list the Timeout period that Google will consider before it deletes or sends your account information to those you select. This timeout period is based on the time without signing into your account. You can select 3 months, 6 months, 9 months, 1 year. If you don’t sign into your account during the pre-selected time, then Google will assume you are surfing the web in another dimension.

• In the 3rd section, you can add the name and email of up to 10 trusted people. You can then list what information you want to send to each person. You can even include a custom email response to each person explaining to them what they are getting in the email and any additional information you want to include.

• In the 4th section, you can choose to have Google delete your account at the pre-selected time.

• Lastly, at the bottom of the page, select Enable to activate the Inactive Account Manager.

Notes

• I would suggest talking to the people you are going to select prior to setting this up. It may be a MAJOR shock to the people you listed as trusted contacts if they just “randomly” receive an email with your information, once you are gone. In addition, during the set up, you are asked to include the email address and phone numbers of your trusted contacts, if they change their phone number or email, you will want to know so that you can update your settings.
• In the configuration, you can select to just have your information deleted without sending any information to anyone. The choice to send your data to anyone is entirely up to you.
• As someone who has had to help friends deal with online information of loved ones that have passed, setting the Inactive Account feature will help allow your friends and family closure and access to information they may want to keep to remember you.

Source: Google Public Policy Blog -  Plan your digital afterlife with Inactive Account Manager

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As noted on the Sign Up page:

Sign up today to get access to the Marvel #1 promotion and more!

• Over 700 Marvel comics that you can read anywhere—on your computer or compatible mobile device—available for free for a limited time
• Exclusive comic book offers, special sales, and new release emails
• Access to over 30,000 digital comics powered by Guided View™ technology

• Signing up is easy, and initially will only take you 2 of the 3 steps.

• When you get to the sign up page, you will fill in your information and create an account on Comixology, for those who already have an account, there is a place for you to sign in.

• Once you have created your account (or have signed in on the page), you will get a confirmation advising you to keep an eye on your email. Starting Thursday, April 11th, they will start sending out invites with personalized links for you to access and select the comics you wish to download. Once the email is sent to you, that will give your up to 48 hours to choose your GREE Marvel #1 issues.

Source and pictures courtesy: Comixology

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As the notice states, it seems a scam offering “Free Xbox points for wishing Microsoft a happy birthday”. The scam is using the 38th anniversary of Microsoft, which is correct, as a hook to try to trick people into falling for the scam. As Microsoft puts it, “While our 38th anniversary is this week, there won’t be free Xbox points for the occasion…..”. Keep in mind that even though the scam may appear to be legit, the scam does have one BIG “typo”, in that points for Xbox are known as Microsoft points, NOT Xbox POINTS.

So as always, remember the old saying “If the deal seems to good to be true, it probably is”……

Source: Microsoft Facebook Page

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