eyeglasses News Archive

29-Mar-2009

 

  • As Facebook matures, some fits, starts and user backlash (International Herald Tribune)
    As Facebook expands, it is also struggling to match the momentum of hot new start-ups like Twitter, while managing the expectations of young, tech-savvy early adopters, attracting mainstream moms and dads, and justifying its hype-carbonated valuation.


  • Joshua Silver?s silicon injected eyeglasses for the poor (Geek.com)
    Almost 25 years ago, when Joshua Silver was a professor at Oxford University, he formulated an idea to bring eye glasses to disadvantaged populations by eliminating the necessity of an optician. Today, his invention is being worn in more than 10 countries, including African villages. Soon, the poor of India also will be sporting Silver?s [...]


  • The Somerset County Office for the Disabled will be collecting used prescription eyeglasses (The Somerset Reporter)
    SOMERVILLE -- The Somerset County Office for the Disabled will be collecting used prescription eyeglasses from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, throughout April in the lobby of the Somerset County Human Services Building at 27 Warren St....


  • A DELICATE MATTER (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
    Bob Martucci hasn't been the same since January. A 34-year Acme Markets Inc. veteran with a spotless record, Martucci was fired from his job after taking a pair of $9 reading glasses off the rack and using them to beat an inventory deadline.


  • Farmington Lions Club recycling for sight (Farmington Press)
    As we prepare for spring and the traditional spring cleaning, the Farmington Lions are asking people to look through dresser drawers and closets for used eyeglasses and donate them to the Lions Recycle For Sight program.


  • Faith in the skipper: Royals manager Trey Hillman talks about his religion (The Kansas City Star)
    SURPRISE, Ariz. | The boss walks in with a steaming hot cup of coffee and the biggest Bible around. The pages are worn at the edges. A leather bookmark keeps his favorite verse handy. Sunday morning. Its early still, and cold in this tent. And Trey Hillman is wearing his eyeglasses.


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