The $14,500 Dessert
That’s the question a resort in Sri Lanka is asking, in offering the world’s most expensive dessert.
Blogging and Strikes
73,000 United Auto Workers at 82 plants walked off their General Motors jobs and launched the first strike against GM in many years.
The action came as a surprise to many workers, according to a USA Today report, which noted some workers were “unnerved and are welling to make some concessions to help GM cut costs.”
Facebook Beats MySpace In UK
An impressive piece of news came out of the UK today: Facebook has overtaken MySpace in terms of unique visitors. But strangely, Facebook was overtaken by a network called PerfSpot in terms of growth.
Latest Version of WordPress Released
The latest version of the WordPress blogging platform was released late yesterday.
Politician Cites Blog Commentator In TV Ad
It’s hard to make TV political ads lower, but politicians have done it by sourcing anonymous blog commentators as detractors of their opponents.
What The Amazon Download Store Is and Isn’t
You can find our in depth first look at the new Amazon DRM free download store here. But just how "industry changing" is it?
Utah, Wyo., Lead Search For Teen Bride Site
Want a surge in traffic or attention? Stage a hoax. What’s the line between hoax and fraud? That’s a question for lawyers, as is the legality of selling your underage daughter’s hand in marriage, the false pretense of which caused a 1709 percent surge in search traffic for MarryOurDaughter.com, according to Yahoo.
Google Backs High Stakes Bicycle Contest
A new contest gives participants two choices, and the second option is “die.” I guess Google, which is involved in the competition, really wants people to innovate.
Google Releases ‘Conversion Optimizer’ AdWords Feature
Inside AdWords informs the launch of Conversion Optimizer, a CPA bidding product.
Marketers Should Be Terrified By This!
A panel of young adults moderated by Guy Kawasaki which should be very interesting to marketers and anyone in the mobile business.