Archive | July 4th, 2010

Get A White iPhone 4 Right Now — If You Have Money, Steady Hands, And No Fear

Posted on 04 July 2010

In the past week or so that the iPhone 4 has been available, there’s been one major thing holding people back from from getting one. No, not the antenna issue . Instead, more people I talk to say they’re simply waiting for the white one to come out

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The $700 Million Travel Search Deal And Google’s Shift In Strategy

Posted on 04 July 2010

Last Thursday, Google placed a major $700 million bet on a new strategy. It announced an agreement to purchase ITA Software , a leading provider of flight information (fares, schedules, availability) to most of the key online travel sites, travel search engines, and airlines

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Tasting Table Is The Daily Candy For Foodies

Posted on 04 July 2010

Niche-subject or audience focused mail newsletters, such as DailyCandy and Thrillist, have actually proven to be a successful model.

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Oh, So That’s What Blippy Does (Video)

Posted on 04 July 2010

When Blippy was looking for a little help creating an overview video for their service, I recommended that they take a look at Mountain View based Transvideo Studios . I know executive producer Rico Andrade there fairly well and have seen some of the work they’ve done for Gmail ( another ), Box.net , Facebook , Mint.com (very dramatic) and others

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SafetyWeb Acquires Odojo In Battle To Monitor The Youngsters

Posted on 04 July 2010

SafetyWeb , a service that lets parents monitor their children’s online social activities, has made its first acquisition – Colorado based Odojo . The companies are not disclosing the terms of the deal other than that it is an all cash transaction

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Finally, A Decent Facebook Welcome Tab Creator For All

Posted on 04 July 2010

It took only two days since my last post for word to reach me that someone is about to release a new product (the same product that I was hoping someone would create), which will make individuals and/or brands lives a lot easier under Facebook ‘s roof. I can already hear you thinking, man, Facebook Pages again?

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