Is Twitter a threat to CNN? Last week, He's smart to be afraid.

CNN President Jeff Zucker, was quoted as saying "Twitter is a frenemy" and "the network uses, relies on, and is scared by, social media."When key moments of the Boston marathon explosion unfolded, millions flocked to, not their televisions, but their smart phones and laptops, for updates. When the suspects were cornered on a quiet, residential street, it was a resident, not a journalist, who documented and shared the events from his upstairs window via Twitter and Skype. And it was Twitter, not a news station or even a press release that announced the end of the manhunt after the second suspect was found hiding in a boat.

Nirmala Godhwani was a singer and teacher of classical Indian music for over 40 years. Her voice was her livelihood and it helped her communicate her passion for music. Tragically, six months after being diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis she lost her ability to speak. A frustrating search for a solution for the degenerative disease turned up expensive or delay-laden results. Nirmala’s two sons and her nephew, Ajay Godhwani, took it upon themselves to create something that would help their loved one after finding what was available did not adequately suit the specific needs of Nirmala.

Ajay Godhwani is the CEO of Verbally, an app available for free for the ipad. It is an Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) which enables users who cannot use their voices to communicate with the world around them. It was designed with the user foremost in mind: easy to use, customizable and widely available.

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