Monthly Archives: May 2010
Microsoft Kin Promo Video Comes Off As Creepy [VIDEO]
I have to agree with Consumer Reports on this one. A promo video by Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) for the Kin mobile device comes off as being creepy. The promo video is about a girl named Rosa meeting her “social network,” including a guy that she never met before named Matty Goldberg. Check it out below:
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Adam Sandler Acquires Rights To Viral Video “Pixels”
Adam Sandler has acquired the rights to a viral video called “Pixels.” Pixels came out about a week ago and was created by Patrick Jean of Onemoreproduction. The viral video depicts a bunch of retro video game characters taking over New York City. The acquisition was made through Adam Sandley’s Happy Madison production company. Happy Madison bought the rights to the video with the help of Columbia Pictures. Below is the original Pixels video:
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OnStar and Google Partner On Mobile App
OnStar is working with Google on a mobile application that will enable Chevy Volt customers to have one of the most connected vehicle experiences. OnStar will demo the product at the Google I/O conference in San Francisco from May 19-May 20.
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Milo.com Tracks Local Deals For 2.8 Million Retail Store Products
Milo.com is a website that allows shoppers to find local deals for retail products online. Milo’s end goal is to bring every product on every shelf of every store and add deals for products on the website. Milo currently works with 50 retailers and tracks about 2.8 million products in real-time.
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Categories Jack Abraham, Milo.com
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Disney Takes Away Cheri Thomas’ Twitter Account
what the heck! I picked the @disney twitter name when twitter 1st came out and now they took it from me 
Cheri Thomas
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Twitter user Cheri Thomas of Los Gatos, California is a huge Disney fan. This is why she registered the @disney account on Twitter first as she was an early adopter. However Twitter gave that user name to the real Disney company according to TheDisneyBlog.com. It is pretty rare to hear about Twitter taking user names away from their users, but it could happen as explained by the company’s terms of use. My guess is that Thomas will be less of a Disney fan now. [TheDisneyBlog]
Categories Cheri Thomas, Twitter
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Micromobs Is Like A Private Twitter For Family and Friends
One of the features I like best about Twitter is that everything is public, except if you decide to make your tweets private. Apparently there is a business model for having your own private Twitter amongst family and friends. That is the idea behind Micromobs.
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Categories Ajay Kamat, Micromobs
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Waitress Fired For Complaining About Customer On Facebook
Ashley Johnson was a waitress at Brixx Pizza in North Carolina. Now she is out of a job because she complained about a small $5 tip that was left by a couple who sat at their table for about three hours. Ashley had to stay at work for an extra hour as a result.
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Categories Ashley Johnson, Brixx Pizza, Facebook
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Michigan-Based EcoMotors Raises $18 Million From Zhongding and Global Optima
Yahoo! Acquires Associated Content For Over $100 Million
Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO) has acquired Associated Content for over $100 million according to AdAge. Associated Content raised $21 million from venture capitalists. Below is the full press release:
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Categories Associated Content, Carol Bartz, Luke Beatty, Yahoo!
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The Pirate Bay Switches Web Hosts Due To Pressure From Hollywood Studios
Yesterday The Pirate Bay suffered downtime when their server hosting company stopped allowing traffic to their website. The Pirate Bay’s server hosting company received an injunction to shut down the torrent website.
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Categories The Pirate Bay
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