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What’s Going On In The Media World?
The New York Times is bankrupt. Gawker growth is flat. Digg, the next big thing, is stumbling and changing. Meanwhile, Mashable might get bought up by AOL (or is it Aol?). The Huffington Post became a legit source of news. And the iPad is going to solve everything. The new media is replacing the old [...]
Super Bowl Update: No Word On Boost Mobile Android Phone … Yet
Rumor was that the Boost Mobile shuffle commercial would introduce a new Google Android phone in the line-up — the Opus One. Didn’t happen. Will they have another commercial? One can hope. $50 monthly unlimited would be pretty tempting.
Why The Virtual Office Makes Sense
Times are tough and office space is overhead. Can you cut it? Yes. Beyond the savings to the company, here’s why it makes sense for your employees:
It’s basically a raise. Asking employees to work from home means they make more money. How? Lower commuting costs is the most obvious. Then there’s the home office tax [...]
Apple Rumors: Steve Jobs Replaced with iJobs CEO Bot!
I tried my hand at an Apple Rumor the other day. Got mediocre traffic. Maybe it wasn’t crazy enough. So how about this: Wednesday, Steve Jobs will introduce his replacement CEO / President of Apple, Inc. — iJobs.
iJobs is a CEO robot that wears New Balance shoes and black mock turtlenecks. [...]
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Apple iPhone 4Gs Is Coming To … Sprint?
Boy, listen to the Apple rumor mill and you’ll start to believe there’s a tablet computer in the pipeline … just in time to follow on the coattails of every other computer manufacturer in existence. Yay, a computer without a keyboard … released months after every other competitor has released their version. Revolution!
Listen to the [...]
Posted in Fiction, Internet Business Tagged iPhone 4G, iPhone 4Gs, iPhone on Sprint, iPhone on Verizon 1 Comment
Keep Morale High In Tough Economic Times
Keeping morale high at a small business is pretty easy. There’s just one rule to follow: run your business as a meritocracy.
What’s that mean? When times get tough, evaluate employees individually. Sure, global pay cuts are an easy out, but it’s going to be tough for Dan from accounting to accept a global cut when [...]
Google Nexus One (1?) Phone For Sale. You Want One?
So, rumor mill says the Google Nexus One will be on sale in a few hours here. You going to buy one? It’s $530 unlocked.
UPDATE: A “few hours” was a little optimistic. Try again around noon, according to CNN:
“Tuesday at 1 p.m. ET, Google will make some kind of announcement related to its Android smartphone [...]
Hard On Terrorists — The Attack Of The Penis Bomber
I wrote this story nearly 3 years ago for Prolonged Insult. Prophetic? Maybe. (The part about the guy with the server actually happened.)
Hard on Terrorists
photo credit: dan paluska
It had been two weeks since the Prosthetic Penis Bomber had struck, and the United States was again winning the War on Terror. All males were now [...]
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