marketing

Many people visit Gizmodo and check on the presentation of gadgets. If you happen to be one of those people, you might want to have your security programs run a scan:
“… Gizmodo says the “malware” was on its site “for a little while last week”. Its announcement did not specify the nature of [...]

Each one of us has hundreds of dollars invested in that desktop computer and/or laptop. For some people, the value of the computer is in the thousands, with modifications and improvements. It seems ludicrous to think that your machine would be sold for pennies. However, if your machine is infected by malware, [...]

Yesterday, it was mentioned on various sites (including this one) that the ‘best job in the world‘ was taking applications. It seems that this caught the interest of many people. There were so many people that the site crashed:
“…”We’ve been inundated, with around 300,000 people visiting the site yesterday,” said a spokeswoman for [...]

There are some air carriers, like Air Canada, that are no longer taking pets in the baggage compartment. Air Canada set this pet policy in June of 2007. JetBlue, however, is welcoming pets with JetPaws, a pet travel program:
“…”With more than 80,000 pets traveling on JetBlue each year, the JetPaws program is designed [...]

At the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has focused on advocating the new Windows 7 operating system. Mr Ballmer has given the new operating system “best ever” status:
“…As expected, Ballmer announced that Microsoft is releasing a beta version of Windows 7, which will be available for download beginning Friday. The news [...]

Ben & Jerry’s is naming January “Yes Pecan” month, following the “Yes, We Can” theme. Always a company with creative marketing and a community focus, Ben & Jerry’s is sending a donation to a good cause:
“If you decide to indulge in some “Yes Pecan” in Scoop Shops during the month of January, Ben & [...]

Could this marketing plan backfire on Hyundai? The car company is trying to reassure possible car buyers that Hyundai will help and take back the new vehicle if there is a job loss:
“…”If you find that you cannot make your payment because of a covered life changing event, we’ll allow you to return your [...]

It is the odd intersection of religion and technology. And it has to give Steve Jobs reason to smile:
“The Vatican is endorsing new technology that brings the book of daily prayers used by priests straight onto iPhones.
The Vatican’s Pontifical Council for Social Communications is embracing the iBreviary, an iTunes application created by a technologically [...]

The major buzz today is that there might be a $99 iPhone available at Wal-Mart. It’s rumor. It’s conjecture:
“The blogs and business wires were buzzing Monday morning with two juicy iPhone rumors: 1) That Wal-Mart would begin selling iPhones three days after Christmas and 2) That a low-end model would sell for $99.”
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The One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) started out as the $100 laptop. The educational plan was to have a hundred dollar laptop for every child in developing nations. There are now plans to launch retail sales of the laptop but it will not be sold at $100:
“…The plan to put the distinctive green [...]