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Gadget Spark – Great Marketing Idea
Do you ever hear of a new marketing idea and think to yourself, ‘Man - wish I had thought of that!’? William…
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News Flash: Google’s Not Doing Anything
Oh how lost we are when there's little or no Google news! Mondays are bad anyway, but this is just silly: Google headlines centering on Google not buying anybody, how things are staying the same at the Googleplex and about how Eric Schmidt said Apple and Google were working together on some things he won't talk about. Let's review: nothing; nothing; and nondescript something. That's…
Snap Preview Available On Xanga
Snap.com has made the Snap Preview Anywhere, a Web site service that delivers site previews, available to all members of the Xanga.com weblog community. Snap Preview Anywhere allows visitors to a Xanga weblog to have access to previews of linked sites. “Our users have really embraced Snap Previews," said Bob Hiler, VP of Advertising at Xanga.com. "The response has been tremendous - less than 0.1%…
Ask Documents Earthquake, Death Of Google Pen
Ask.com is based in Oakland, California, and as many people know, the region experienced a minor earthquake late last week. For Ask, this was an opportunity to plug its Earthquake Search. The Ask.com team also took a moment to note one casualty: a Google pen.
USPTO Wiki-fies Patents, Pooh-poohs P2P
The US Patent and Trademark Office is swamped, so they're going the Digg.com route. Embarking on a patent review pilot project that will allow the online public to comment on patent applications, the USPTO is hoping the experts of the world will share the load. The USPTO is not, however, that keen on P2P.
Overload of Social Media
At LIFT we talked about Internet addiction, that turned into an article on the BBC. I spoke up and said that my addiction got me lots of benefits. More friends. Invites overseas. And lots of interesting experiences including dinner with Douglas Engelbart (still one of the highlights of my tech tour).
