And simply to quote one of the folks who’ve reported it, Stacey Higginbotham at GigaOm;
“The 700 MHz auction ended yesterday, and the $19.59 billion going to the Treasury looks like a lot until you realize the government’s total budget is $2.9 trillion. But now the waiting (and speculating) can begin.”
Who paid the $4.75 billion for […]
I’d tend to agree with the concept. How about you?
Financial Times In Depth tells us;
“Interviews with agency executives since the unsolicited $40bn offer for Yahoo was announced last month make clear that they and their clients welcome the prospect of a stronger rival emerging to Google.
“If we have two competitors, a duopoly is better than […]
With a hat tip to Adrian Ling…
ClickBank is pleased to announce the launch of phase one of Platform Globalization.
“The first phase of Platform Globalization allows you to expand your reach and capture additional sales by offering products in Spanish. Also, it will allow affiliates to target an even larger audience when promoting products. Lastly, customers […]
“The saga of the SBA and set-asides - Mar. 14, 2008 [Preferential contracting made easy]” speaks to the Small Business Administration and how the US Gov’t spreads the wealth to qualified small businesses.
And we discover another lame spin that misleads the populace…
For the uninitiated who read, like me, it’s one thing to see that;
“Back in […]
I cannot profess to understand anything but the smallest, tiniest morsel of what has been happening in the Bear Stearns deal but this certainly piqued my interest because of the dollars involved…
Working for the Weekend: The Lawyers on the Bear/J.P. Morgan Deal
“For those LB readers whose eyes tend to move swiftly past all M&A-related headlines, […]
With a hat tip to Simone at Second Life Pros;
Simone posted about Virtual Jobs and led us to “Virtual Worlds News” which leads to the “Virtual Worlds Jobs” job board.
Then, by following a link you find - Simply Hired (“We eat, sleep and breathe job search”), who have a publishers’ job board program…
“Simply Hired’s publisher […]
The mind set that is possible today in light of our economic news contains the ability to send many of us into a conservative shell or even into a deep isolationist negativity cave. Thankfully, there are those who can see the positives!
Opportunity of a Lifetime by Seth Godin;
“So, there’s plenty of bad economic news floating […]
Google Now Selling SEO Services Via Performics
“Google is now offering paid services that promise improved search engine listings in Google itself, a 100% conflict of interest.”
And the negativity increases in the comments…
“Unethical behavior”
“Internet domination should be their new phrase”
“This will be the beginning of the end for Google”
“More evil than MS buying Yahoo!”
“Preposterous”
“Pretty fishy to […]
Reported by The Electronic Frontier Foundation;
A Free Speech Double Whammy: Flawed Anti-Phishing Bill Would Dilute Trademark Fair Use and Anonymity Protections
“Congress is contemplating a so-called “Anti-Phishing Consumer Protection Act” (APCPA) that takes an odd view of consumer protection. In the name of stopping phishing schemes, Senator Olympia Snowe has introduced S. 2661, a bill that […]
It appears that way…
Michal Lev-Ram tells us, on a topic that seemingly most have forgotten about;
Wireless spectrum auction winding down
“The federal government’s high-profile wireless spectrum auction will likely end in the next few days. That means we could soon find out who won the last major chunks of spectrum available in the United States, which […]
Lotsa hat tips for this one…
Anne Wayman at The Golden Pencil. Anne adds her Freelance writing jobs often as does Deb Ng (who also commented over at Brian’s pad).
Brian Clark, the perpetrator. Brian introduced his new job board so its all his fault.
Garrison - a commenter at Brian’s Copyblogger
Which motivates me to introduce another opportunity […]
Whilst holding out hope for consideration of a name change - introducing Firebug. “Firebug integrates with Firefox to put a wealth of web development tools at your fingertips while you browse. You can edit, debug, and monitor CSS, HTML, and JavaScript live in any web page.” Of course, if the web page isn’t yours it […]
Anytime telcos or cable companies merge their efforts it becomes scary to me…
In this case, they’re doing it to target Google once again. All’s fair in love and profit eh?
[H/T PaidContent]
Cable Firms Join Forces to Attract Focused Ads
“In an effort to slow Google’s siphoning of advertising dollars away from television, the nation’s six largest cable […]
At least in the opinion of some…
Slump-busting strategies
“As the CEO of Commonwealth Worldwide Chauffeured Transportation, Dawson Rutter painfully rode out the downturns of 1982, 1991, and 2001. Now the Boston-based entrepreneur is putting to work the lessons he learned.
He has beefed up his sales staff from five to 14 in the past year because he […]
What am I misunderstanding? Has AT&T boosted spending here in the USA to provide additional bandwidth capabilities for the “everyday American consumer?” If they did, I must not have seen the news, which is entirely probable/possible. Can you fill me in?
AT&T boosts network spending
“AT&T (T) is boosting its spending in an effort to better serve […]
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