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C'est La Vie: New French Rule Requires Drivers to Carry Breathalyser Kits in Cars Published: 21 Feb 2012 - 23:01 If you're planning a holiday or other trip to France later this year, you should be aware of a new driving rule that will come into effect from July 2012. The new French law will require all drivers, including tourists, to carry a breathalyser... Read More >>	How to Make Free Calls to the USA/Canada with Google+ Published: 16 Dec 2011 - 20:23 Are you using Google+ yet? If not, free calls to the USA would be a good reason to give it a try! It's quite easy but we've created a tutorial video to show you how to do it so that you can phone your family... Read More >>
Scottish Speech Recognition a Wee Problem for Siri, Really Published: 12 Nov 2011 - 12:56 The Apple iPhone 4S launched in October 2011 with its voice recognition innovation feature Siri. Siri allows users to operate the device with voice commands to create text messages, emails, notes, reminders, searches and... Read More >>	PBS UK Launched on Sky and Virgin Media Published: 12 Nov 2011 - 10:30 On the first of November, the award-winning American public television broadcaster, PBS, began airing in Britain with its new tv channel, PBS UK. In the USA, PBS is watched by 233 million Americans a year. PBS UK will air the... Read More >>
Lima Echo Alfa Help - The Phonetic Alphabet Intro Published: 5 Oct 2011 - 15:45 I had known of the phonetic alphabet when I lived in the USA of course, the military, police and aviation industry used them, we all saw it on TV and film. I had never before been asked to spell anything over the phone with this system, until I... Read More >>	Your Expatriate Tax Return and the Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Initiative Published: 4 Sep 2011 - 21:56 What are the IRS’s thoughts on your expatriate tax return? “Tax secrecy continues to erode. We are not letting up on international tax issues, and more is in the works. For those hiding cash or assets offshore, the time to come in is... Read More >>
Greenback Expat Tax Services Warns American Expats Published: 22 Apr 2011 - 16:30 With the June 15th Expat Tax Deadline Looming, The US Government is Lending you a Second Chance at Compliancy. With the IRS’s focus on US expat taxes on the rise, Americans living abroad should take advantage of a... Read More >>	US vs UK Keyboards Layouts and How to Type the pound/euro/other symbols Published: 19 Apr 2011 - 22:56 You've somehow managed to have a US keyboard with a UK settings OR vice versa, but what's the difference in keyboard layouts? The major difference you'll probably notice first when typing are the @ and " keys beings swapped, and... Read More >>