A state of confusion.
Posted in Tech Stuff, Web Stuff on Aug 20th, 2008
Some Comcast lobbyists start better ponying up the dough as Kevin Martin from the FCC wants free internet for everyone within the US. Could this have something to do with the whitespace initiative getting closer to acceptance. So maybe the tiered internet wont be much of an issue after all. (see post below) More Here.
Posted in Shopping, Tech Stuff, Web Stuff on Aug 20th, 2008
“Hmm, I dont see that email you sent, maybe I need to upgrade my internet plan.” This line of thinking is non existent today but may be coming to the forefront with the little bit of news today that Comcast will be slowing certain web traffic during peak times (Source). Without getting into the political [...]
Here is a quick and fun little tool that shows you the demographics for a certain keyword or url. Microsoft Demographics Prediction Tool. It is always useful to know your audience so tools like this are always welcome. They are not 100% accurate like most tools but they offer an insight and a good ballpark [...]
Posted in Marketing, Tech Stuff, Web Stuff on Oct 1st, 2007
A time has come and gone with Joost. No need to request invites! They have been using the private beta as a way to get people interested in the site for about 2 years. They have finally pulled the plug on the exclusivity and are allowing anyone who wants to check out their system access. [...]
SubvertandProfit is known for allowing people to buy “diggs’ on the popular digg.com news site. Today they opened up the marketplace so advertisers can buy positive ‘thumb up’ from StumbleUpon for any url of their choice. The first thing you would think of is that the here comes the spam, while that may be a [...]
Posted in Tech Stuff, Web Stuff on Jul 12th, 2007
So you need help, you call the company and low and behold you find yourself talking to a machine. You have found your way to the dreaded automated service that generally results in delivering pissed off customers to waiting customer service agents. Along comes Bringo to help all of us. In the world of telephones [...]
Posted in Web Stuff on Jul 11th, 2007
According to Chu Chaing graphic designer at GrandCentral (now part of Google) they will be offering number porting. There is currently no timetable given other than this will be offered after the beta period. “We’re planning numbers porting after the beta period.”
So Google decides to have a little fun at eBay’s expense and holds a ‘Freedom Party’ right before eBay hosts its own eBay sellers event. This was an attempt by Google to gain some momentum in allowing Google Checkout as a payment method in the eBay marketplace. Well eBay didnt take to this idea to [...]
I just noticed that eBay is promoting StumbleUpon directly within the eBay marketplace. See the screen shot below. Here is another image of the small ad, notice the lower right hand button.
Posted in Web Stuff on Jun 5th, 2007
Melodeo is proud announce a new mobile and web service called nuTsie beta, this currently FREE mobile music service allows consumers to get their entire iTunes library on their mobile phone. The nuTsie free public beta allows anyone to easily shuffle through all of their iTunes music and playlists in hi-fi quality on their mobile [...]