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Phoebe Chin on
04/29/08 in
General, Internet Companies
digg_url = ‘http://digg.com/arts_culture/Tattoo_Advertising_For_Money/’;Tattoo advertising has been around for quite some time. It sure catches attention and create marketing buzz but whether it works or not is another story. Some regard this act as ‘immoral’ and ‘betrayal of your own body’. But to the ‘walking billboards’, it sure makes them some money and err… it’s kind […]
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Phoebe Chin on
04/21/08 in
General, Internet Companies
Tom Hadfield who one set up Soccer.net in his humble home in Britain and the sold the popular website to U.S Sports network ESPN for $40 million, has now switched from soccer to well, charity.
The devastation caused by malaria that Hadfield saw with his own eyes caused him to realize that there are more […]
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Phoebe Chin on
04/18/08 in
General, Internet Companies, Microsoft
“Be nice to nerds. Chances are you’ll end up working for one.”
“Life is not fair; get used to it.”
“Television is not real life. In real life people actually have to leave the coffee shop and go to jobs.”
“Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can’t lose.”
“Your most unhappy customers are […]
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Phoebe Chin on
04/17/08 in
Editor's Pick, Featured, Internet Companies, Useless Facts
digg_url = ‘http://digg.com/tech_news/10_Things_You_Don_t_Know_About_YouTube’; No. 10 – YouTube was sold to Google for $1.65 billion. I know, I know. This is no secret and everyone knows about this because if you don’t you are from Mars or something BUT this is not it.
Do you know how long it takes YouTube to attract this billion dollar deal? […]
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Phoebe Chin on
03/12/08 in
Internet Companies
If you think moving from Yahoo and Microsoft’s mail to Gmail could save you from getting spammed, think again.
Report by email security vendor, MessageLab indicated that Gmail spam doubled last month; from 1.3 percent to 2.6.
Security vendors believe that the same group of spammers who cracked Microsoft’s Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers […]
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Phoebe Chin on
03/11/08 in
Internet Companies
Facebook users can now use movie clips from Paramount Pictures as Facebook Messages.
Paramount Pictures is teaming up with FanRocket to launch an application, “VooZoo” on Facebook that gives Facebook users access to view footages of thousands of movies; old and new to send to other users on the arguably No.1 social networking site.
The effort of […]
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Posted by
Phoebe Chin on
02/29/08 in
General, Internet Companies
Google Lunar X Prize is up for grab and heap of teams from different private enterprise are queuing up to compete for that big fat prize. How? Easy. Just travel to the moon.
The contestants are required to land a privately funded robotic spacecraft on the moon, explore the land at a distance of at least […]
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Phoebe Chin on
02/28/08 in
General, Internet Companies
Finally, Yahoo launches its long-rumored Buzz portal, a social news site where readers vote stories and earn a chance to send their favorite story to the featured spot on the Yahoo homepage.
Immediately Yahoo Buzz is being compared closely to the Digg, the social news king.
Yahoo Buzz is created to aim at a much more mainstream […]
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Posted by
Phoebe Chin on
02/26/08 in
General, Internet Companies
eBay’s CEO, John Donahoe announced recently that the online auction site will be raising its fees for the charges. The cost to list items for sale will be cut 25% to 50% but the commission that eBay charges will be increased. And as of May onwards, sellers will not be able to leave any negative […]
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Posted by
Phoebe Chin on
02/13/08 in
Featured, Internet Companies
While Google and Microsoft battle off to win the online war with Yahoo as their winning chip, Yahoo is no less fighting its own internal war too. Whether Microsoft’s bid is a deal or not, Yahoo as announced last month began to cut jobs; up to 1,000 employees. Chief Executive of Yahoo Inc, Jerry Yang […]
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