Image via Wikipedia Mount Redoubt, an active volcano located about 100 miles to the southwest of Anchorage, Alaska is “getting ready to blow, Captain.” Experts warn that the Alaska Volcano Eruption is imminent. Previous eruptions of Mount Redoubt have occurred in 1902, 1966 and 1989. The 1989 incident sent volcanic ash over 45,000 ft into [...]
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Image via Wikipedia Maybe it’s because it’s insanely late, or insanely early depending on your point of view, but this is particularly fascinating to me right now. You see, back in October on an episode of “The Office,” Michael Scott attends an ethics seminar and reveals that he once watched YouTube for five days straight. [...]
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There seems to be a problem with the popular K9 Web Protection internet filtering software this evening. The popular, free web protection software from BlueCoat that parents can use to keep their children safe while surfing the web seems to have gone haywire tonight, blocking ALL access to the internet altogether. On a personal note, [...]
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Image via CrunchBase Google is having a rough day. First, they admit to the fact that their Street View team smashed a deer, then, information comes to light indicating that their “$250 Adwords credit” promotion may have been less-than-forthcoming, as a commenter here on the blog pointed out. Just have a look at this Adwords [...]
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Image via CrunchBase It looks as though Google may have been in a bit of a rush when completing some of their local sweeps for Google Street View. It appears that a Google Street View vehicle flattened a deer near Rush, New York. The photos were subsequently (and accidentally) added to Google Maps. The photos [...]
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Image via CrunchBase There is a lone bright star shining in the black hole that is now the U.S. economy. That star’s name is – Amazon. Amazon Inc. announced 4th quarter earnings and sales today that actually beat, yes beat, Wall Street expectations – despite a difficult environment for retail sales. Today’s announcement sent Amazon [...]
Image via CrunchBase This week, the world was graced with the Martellus Bennett rap video. Add the Dallas Cowboys tight end to the list of people who need a little marketing and P.R. help this week. The team has fined Bennett $22,000 for an expletive-laced YouTube video he broadcast earlier in the week on his [...]
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Image via CrunchBase Sittercity.com, an online database of home caregivers and babysitters, has been awarded $7.5 million in new funding. The cash is being given by Point Judith Capital and Apex Venture Partners. Sittercity offers location-based searches for babysitters, nannies, petsitters, senior caregivers, housesitters, and even tutors. The website offers a screening service, background checks [...]
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Image via Wikipedia It’s official, Obama needs some serious marketing help. Just one day after celebrating the passing of a multi-trillion dollar bailout deal by serving his guests the most expensive steak on the planet, he has now signed into law, the most ridiculous-sounding act in history – the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of [...]
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Image via Wikipedia On the Adsense blog today, Google recommends some truly awesome Firefox extensions that will definitely make your life a little easier. ColorZilla This extension tells you which RGB or hex color you’re looking at, to help you make sure you created that logo for your business with just the right shade of [...]
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Google ended 2008 with a bang. They took 63.5 percent market share of all search queries performed in the U.S., according to comScore. Additionally, that that market share slowly crept up from 58.5 percent in January of ’08. According to comScore’s 2008 Digital Year In Review, Google accounted for 85 billion of the 137 billion [...]
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At least one person is doing something productive with his time, in the wake of the recent job market chaos. Chris Hutchins, a former management and business strategy consultant who was laid off in early December, is looking to make the most of a generally nasty economy. Realizing that he’s just one of thousands being [...]
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