April 22, 2010
McAfee admits "inadequate" quality control caused PC meltdown
If your company uses enterprise security products from McAfee, you probably had a bad day yesterday. If you’re an IT professional at one of those companies, you’re probably still cleaning up the…
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April 19, 2010
Mimeo Opens Print Production Platform
Online printing leader Mimeo has announced plans to open its print production platform to third parties : The new program makes it possible for partners to leverage any and all parts of Mimeo’s market leading front-end applications and its production workflow, printing, and distribution abilities. The move by Mimeo is the result of nearly two years of investments in its application development and cloud based infrastructure.
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April 17, 2010
I just read the greatest commentary. Written by Alex Bogusky, co-chairman at Crispin Porter + Bogusky, a Denver-based advertising and marketing firm, he opened by saying, “Let me start out by saying that I know nothing about media.” Considering that he was writing in Media magazine on the topic of the future of media, it was a bold thing to say. He then went on to say that one of his great sources of pride is a t-shirt he created on which is printed, “I don’t even know what I don’t know.” Click here to read the article
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April 15, 2010
Case Study: VMI Foundation Engages Alumni
Print in the Mix is providing access to a PODi case study on the use of personalized direct marketing to Virginia Military Institute’s alumni. The campaign included email, direct mail, Personalized URLs and video and achieved an overall direct marketing response rate of 23%: The VMI Foundation is a private, non-profit corporation that annually raises millions of dollars in gifts and commitments for the Virginia Military Institute
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Twitter’s @Anywhere: We’ll make house calls
Twitter officially launched @Anywhere at the Chirp conference. The program is basically a contextual integration of Twitter within publisher sites. Chloe Sladden , Dir of Media Partnerships at Twitter, described it as a way to shift a page view into a relationship. Users can immediately follow people or learn more about the person seamlessly from a destination site (when that person is mentioned). Dick Costolo, the COO, gave some background on why this makes sense for Twitter.
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April 5, 2010
Social Media – The Loss Leader, Loyalty Card & Incentive Marketing in the Age of Foursquare and Gowalla
April 2, 2010
Canon iPF9100 at Yes Printing & Advertising, Kuantan, Pahang
2 years ago, Mr. Yong YS, the director of Yes Printing & Advertising in Kuantan, Pahang had visited to Plot-tech Services (M) Sdn Bhd in Sri Petaling, Kuala Lumpur to study the feasibility of acquiring a large format inkjet printer for his printing business expansion in East Coast Malaysia. Below are the requirements of the desired 60 inches large format inkjet printer for premium indoor
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Canon iPF9100 at Yes Printing & Advertising, Kuantan, Pahang
March 27, 2010
The best 18 Xbox 360 launch titles
GamerMetrics – The business intelligence tool of IGN Entertainment tracks the awareness and activity of over 25 million gamers. It shows Perfect Dark Zero, Tecmo’s Dead Or Alive 4, and Electronic Arts’ Madden NFL ‘06 as the most anticipated launch titles for Microsoft’s new Xbox 360 console that is scheduled to hit store shelves November 22nd. Following are the game rankings based on the amount of awareness they are generating: 1. Perfect Dark Zero (Microsoft) 2.
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March 18, 2010
Quinton Ganther will join the Seahawks
Running back Quinton Ganther will sign with the Seahawks, according to his agent. Ganther is a free-agent running back from Washington who gained more than 200 yards last season. He is an unrestricted free agent, and he comes to Seattle where Sherman Smith is on staff
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Report: Seattle gives San Diego picks, Charlie Whitehurst some cash
So far this month, Seattle’s subtractions said more about what Pete Carroll wanted in Seattle as opposed to any additions. That changed Wednesday afternoon with the news that the Seahawks have acquired Charlie Whitehurst from San Diego. ESPN reported the terms of the deal, and it’s a whopper
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March 17, 2010
Derek Anderson to Arizona, Whitehurst to Seattle next?
Derek Anderson is expected to sign with Arizona, a news story first reported — to the best of my understanding by Adam Schein on Sirius Radio. Adam Schefter of ESPN subsequently reported the deal was not done, but it will be
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Charlie Whitehurst moving closer to Seattle
Charlie Whitehurst appears to be on the brink of joining the Seahawks. Whitehurst has told the Chargers he plans to sign his one-year tender, according to ESPN’s John Clayton. That would be a precursor to any trade, which is necessary for Seattle to acquire him
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IE9: Microsoft’s new browser gets no respect at all
Yesterday, influential web designer Jeffrey Zeldman wrote “there is no such thing as a calm discussion of improvements to a Microsoft browser,” and then proceeded to accidentally prove his own case. Zeldman aimed a withering broadside at Microsoft and its “enforced bragging” about Internet Explorer 9.
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IE9: Microsoft’s new browser gets no respect at all
CPJ announces Haiti’s only creole newspaper remains lost "under the rubble"
The Committee to Protect Journalists recently announced that the January earthquake in Haiti resulted in the “disappearance under the rubble” the nation’s sole Creole paper, Bon Nouvel . The loss of the monthly newspaper to the earthquake, which decimated the small island nation, is seen as a “real blow” according to the newspaper’s director, Rev. Jean Pierre Nzemba .
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Analysis of Google finds only 11% of news content original
Jonathan Stra y from the Nieman Journalism Lab recently conducted an analysis of the amount of original news content found in news articles through Google . In conducting the analysis, Stray took a major headlining article in the news and then tracked how many articles pertaining to the subject contained original content.
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Studies Forecast Rapid Growth in Mobile Apps
Global revenue from mobile applications — including paid downloads and mobile advertising — could increase to $17.5 billion by 2012, from $4.1 billion last year, according to an independent study commissioned by GetJar, an app marketplace and rival to Apple’s App store. Associated Press Apps for smartphones such as Apple’s iPhone are likely to grow rapidly in popularity, according to recent analysis. The study also estimates that downloads of applications could increase to almost 50 billion by 2012 from about 7 billion in 2009
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Lawsuit Alleges EBay Violates Disabilities Laws
A deaf woman who claims she hasn’t been able to sell items on eBay Inc.’s ecommerce Web site has filed a lawsuit saying the Internet giant violates federal and California state laws that protect disabled people against discrimination. Getty Images A sign outside of the eBay headquarters in San Jose, Calif. The federal lawsuit, filed Tuesday in U.S
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Letter from Google Partners in China
From China Real Time Report : A group of Google Inc.’s partners in China have sent a letter to the Internet giant, saying their businesses are in jeopardy if Google closes its Chinese search engine and demanding to know how they will be compensated. The company said it received the letter and was reviewing it Tuesday
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USC J-school, CIR along with other news outlets collaborate on a high-quality multimedia reporting projecy
The end result of a collaborative six-month project between USC’s Anneberg Journalism School and the Center for Investigative Journalism will premiere March 19th.
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Tech Today: Tech Wealth Gap Widens, Google’s China Partners Issue Plea
Tech Today gathers all the biggest technology news of the morning’s Wall Street Journal into one place for your reading pleasure. Tech Wealth Gap Widens: A handful of cash-rich companies are consolidating power in the tech industry, using their wealth to expand into new businesses and making it harder for small competitors to break through
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