Thursday 3/18/2010
All told, it may take less than a day, at a cost of less than $10, for a short article to move through the system and get posted on one of Demand’s sites, where it immediately starts earning ad revenue.
"The fact that it started out as a private enterprise is not surprising. There is something incredibly powerful about entrepreneurs backed by speculative capital. The entrepreneurs laid the first tunnels, operated the first lines, and showed that it was a profitable enterprise."
Fred Wilson, via The NYC Subway System
Wednesday 3/17/2010
The data will include any activity or information that is attached to an account. That includes blog posts, location, photos, reviews, and status updates-among others. InfoChimps, an Austin, Texas company that collects and sells structured data, is one of the firms that is selling the data.
with a new dial, and even blackout numbers. This of course begs the question, what will this do to the value of the very rare original Blackout Explorer from the early 1990s? (via It’s Official!: New Rolex Explorer and Submariner Revealed (unofficially) - Blog - Hodinkee)
"Canyon Ranch is nominated for a Luxist Awards’ Readers’ Choice Award for Best Extended-Stay Spa."
Sooner or later, policymakers were going to think of Google as the New Borg. But by raising questions about who was really dominating the search market, the company catalyzed that process. Google provoked the excitable alpha dogs who run Microsoft, irritated investors, and called attention to its own supremacy. And it saved its worst enemy $44.6 billion.
It fed the growing perception, among lawmakers, regulators, and the public at large, that Google was a dangerous monopoly. By late 2009, Microsoft’s legion of lobbyists and lawyers were reportedly holding weekly “screw Google” meetings in Washington, D.C.
All ancient history, you’re probably thinking; but the Elena (above) has now been rebuilt and relaunched in all its original splendor, and what’s more it is now listed for sale in the South of France via global online luxury marketplace JamesList for $12 million. (via The Classicist: Set Sail on a 100-Year-Old Superyacht)
