Article Archive for September 2007

Comic of the Day – Butternutsquash
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Posted in comics on 13 September 2007
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I posted another of these guys comics here. And here is another for your enjoyment! It pretty much sums up what many of us have thought from time to time I am sure. Just right click to expand the image.  Enjoy their archives over at Butternutsquash here.

iPhone Price Cut to Unleash College Students’ Pent-Up Demand
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Posted in Advertising, Apple, Computing, Internet, iPhone, Marketing, Media on 13 September 2007
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From SurveyU.com, 15% of college students own or are now ready to own an iPhone when their contract expires and the NEVER WILING TO BUY AN IPHONE has dropped to 11%. In a flash poll conducted the evening of September 5, 1,000 college students were surveyed to gauge the impact of the announced price reductions. […]

iPhone Ringtones: How To … Save Money or Time
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Posted in Apple, Computing, Gadgets, Internet, iPhone, Marketing, Media, Mobile, Music, Retail on 12 September 2007
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First, ringtones are not a huge deal to me – other than me mocking the idiotic choices that people select for their ringtones … because nothing could be more gangsta than having a Young Jeezy ringtone go off as you ask your patient if they are Delta Dental 😉 You could not be more street […]

Best Burger Ever!
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Posted in Food on 11 September 2007
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To chow down on the “Best Burger Ever” you will need to get on down to Illinois near the border across from St. Louis to a town called Sauget but from what I read and hear it is well worth the trip. The town of Sauget has a minor league baseball team in the Frontier […]

The iPhone Competition? Still Not So Much …
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Posted in Apple, Computing, Design, Gadgets, Internet, iPhone, Marketing, Mobile, Music, Retail on 11 September 2007
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Are we getting a repeat of the iPod? There it is – a big target as big as daylight – right by the broad side of the barn … yet, after 6 years, you still get comments & reviews of competiting products that offer faint praise such as … “Slightly more expensive than the iPod,” […]

“Cheaper iTunes Just to Sell More iPods,” … And Cheaper DVD’s Sell More Tractors?
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Posted in Advertising, Apple, Film, Financial, Marketing, Media, TV on 10 September 2007
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One of the arguments that get trotted out when Apple wants to maintain iTunes video/music pricing (or lower prices) is that all it will do is help Apple sell more iPods. Um, so? How is that different than DVD’s on sale for $3.99 or $5.99 every week at Circuit City & Best Buy … are […]

Apple to create iWire?
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Posted in Apple, iPhone, Mobile on 10 September 2007
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Businessweek is reporting that Apple is considering bidding on 700 Mhz spectrum going up for auction in January of 2008.  Maybe they are waking up and smelling the bad aroma of their bed mate AT&T after all? Dubbed “beachfront property” by the Federal Communications Commission, signals at the 700Mhz spectrum could provide far faster Internet […]

Blu-Ray vs HD DVD vs DVD
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Posted in Computing, Film, Financial, Gadgets, Marketing, Media, TV on 9 September 2007
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As we covered, buying an HD set is not that easy – now, our entertainment format is under the same deadly dull cascade of choices. And I say that because it is tedious and for us consumers, pointless. We have two competing “high-definition” DVD formats along with our original DVD format. The two new choices […]

New iPods: What’s New, What’s In, What’s Out, What’s Different
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Posted in Apple, Gadgets, Internet, iPhone, Marketing, Retail on 7 September 2007
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With the onslaught of iPod changes, it’s easy to get confused as to what’s new, and what’s different – especially now that old iPhone users get $100 credit – a free or nearly free iPod (some models). THE SHUFFLE The shuffle is perfect for someone who flat out wants the smallest, least obtrusive thing to […]

Web Start-up Fetchback Creates New Cyberstalker-ware
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Posted in Advertising, Internet, Marketing, Media on 7 September 2007
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The new start-up Fetchback is billing their new “ware” retargeting. “We’re enabling companies to reconnect with a lost customer,” says Chad Little, CEO of Fetchback.  I call it cyberstalking. Fetchback works like this: Say you stumble across the website of Discover Card (which happens to be a Fetchback client). After realizing your mistake after a […]