Archive | April, 2008

AT&T Provides Free Wi-Fi Access to iPhone Users

30 April 2008

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AT&T hotspots are now offering free Wi-Fi access to iPhone users. Barnes and Noble, Starbucks and presumably AT&T’s 71,000 other Wi-fi hotspot locations are now offering iPhone users a custom portal to access free Wi-Fi. A special iPhone formatted page asks for your mobile phone number. Once entered, you can access the Wi-Fi access for [...]

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Hispanic population hits 45.5 million

30 April 2008

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I recently wrote an article about minorities in franchising and how it is important for franchise companies to target minorities, especially the Hispanic communities as they are soon to be majorities… The US Census Bureau reported today that the number of Hispanics in the United States grew to 45.5 million last year, and the country’s largest [...]

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Pittsburgh and Los Angeles have the worst pollution

30 April 2008

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Pittsburgh is the worst U.S. city for short-term particle pollution, the American Lung Association announced on Thursday. It was the first time a city outside California topped any of the association’s three lists for different kinds of pollution in its annual “State of the Air” report.

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Craigslist wants to get away from eBay

30 April 2008

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For those of you who don’t know, eBay bought a minority ownership stake (28.4%) in Craigslist nearly four years ago as part of a strategy to buy up classified advertising services both in the United States and Europe. In a lawsuit filed under seal in Delaware Chancery Court last week, eBay alleged that Craigslist held “clandestine” [...]

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LinkedIn Earning $75 CPM?!

30 April 2008

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Kevin Eyres, LinkedIn’s managing director for LinkedIn Europe told IDG that LinkedIn has a CPM of $75 for the U.S. and up to $75 for the UK. Like Michael Learmonth, I have a hard time believing this is an average CPM, but I certainly believe that LinkedIn has a much better CPM than the MySpace [...]

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Hypermiling to save fuel…

30 April 2008

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As U.S. gasoline prices hit records on almost a daily basis, an increasing number of motorists are following a radical driving technique designed to eke out every last mile from a tank of fuel. Known as “hypermiling,” the method can double gas mileage, even in gas-guzzling vehicles that would normally get less than 20 mpg.

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Think you can tell if I have HIV?

30 April 2008

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A new, viral web site conceived by U.S. college students challenges stereotypes about who might be infected with HIV. The site, www.PosorNot.com, presents viewers with photos of people of different ages, colors and genders, challenging them to guess whether the person has tested positive for the virus that causes AIDS.

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Today’s Hot Searches On Google

29 April 2008

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Here are some of the hot search queries today on Google. keoni kai lucas charles nelson riley a full cup brandon wrestling brandon high school wrestling

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RadioHead says “no more free music”

29 April 2008

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Thom Yorke, RadioHead frontman, just said the band won’t be repeating its initiative to let fans pay what they want for their downloads. When In Rainbows came out last October, RadioHead shook the whole music industry by letting its fans pay whatever they wanted to download the album. The band has not communicated whether the initiative [...]

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Another shark attack. This time it’s in Mexico

29 April 2008

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A shark attacked and killed an American tourist surfing off a beach on Mexico’s Pacific coast, police said on Tuesday. A gray shark bit 24-year-old San Francisco resident Adrian Ruiz in the leg on Monday, opening a 14-inch wound from his hip to his knee and exposing his femur, the public security ministry in the state [...]

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