Greenpeace now has Apple at the top of its BAD list. They are SO off base. Apple doesn't have the d'Hell type network/channel to recycle PCs, but... With iTunes they have eliminated millions of plastic CDs to be manufactured. They saved a few gallons of gas for people going to the mall to buy music and ...
Software as a Service is great! On demand. Pay as you go. Hosted. In many instances your company can save money by relying on SaaS. But what happens when your favourite SaaS provider goes out of business. Since many of these innovative startups are VC funded, there's a significant risk that one day, your service ...
USB is an amazing interface! It has spawned so many bizarre products and accessories. One of my favourites at USBgeek.com is this roll-up 49-key keyboard. For only 50 bucks US you can roll this baby out at work - and crank out your favourite Billy Joel tunes (to the appreciation of your cube mates!) What I'm ...
Waterloo-based startup RapidMind just announced closing a $10m deal with VenturesWest. You might have guessed that RapidMind is a bio-tech company inventing brain accelerators. No such luck. RapidMind creates software development tools for multi-core processors. Their website make the future look onimous: future-proof yourself against the onslaught of multi-core CPUs. Wow! an ONSLAUGHT! But... such tools will ...
Picture that old-style "wire" - news services that pump stories to local newspapers. The old "Lou Grant" show used to show these stories coming in on telex! As I've written before a few web2.0 companies are helping print barons to modernize. We applied to be part of the 1,500 or so blogs of BlogBurst. They ...
As recently reported by the UK Independent, forget about mobiles causing brain tumors... It may turn out that mobile phones wipe out bees which in turn could wipe us out. Whoops, not good. Of course, it could turn out to be something other than the cell phones. Makes me wonder how good of an idea it ...
NotOnTheHighStreet is a popular UK based e-store that specializes in unusual items. Just more proof that the long tail really does exist! Shown here - a dog dinner collar - for those formal chow-down events! [tags]notonthehighstreet[/tags]
It's Pluck. unassuming web2.0 company. But it's saved the butt of many big league printCos with their online features. This week's news is they boosted USAToday's online traffic by over 300%! Another great Pluck feature is their "elite" blog aggregator. It selects (by editorial review) certain blogs that are fed into the mainstream news feeds - ...
Well, it was rumoured here not very long ago by Baxter that Amazon was in the process of linking in YouTube commercials for their products. Noticed this week, TigerDirect.ca now have YouTube video commercials for some of their products such as this Pentax Camera. It's a wonderful idea since they drive traffic to their site ...
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