Archive for December, 2006
Friday, December 8th, 2006
This time, "it" happens to be the phone of George W. Bush's daughter Barbara.
"It has George Bush's private number plus Michael Jackson's, Madonna's, Paris Hilton's and Ozzy Osbourne's. The White House, Pentagon, FBI, CIA, the IMF."
It says the phone will be delivered by Osama bin Laden himself. Mercado ...
Posted in Funny, Wacky, & Weird, News | No Comments »
Thursday, December 7th, 2006
Here's news sure to affect the speed of McDonald's counter service and grocery-bagging at the Piggly Wiggly in the near future: MySpace is developing a cell phone application that puts their party in the palm of your hand.
An analyst named Jordan Rohan at RBC Capital learned of the plan at ...
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Wednesday, December 6th, 2006
In its fifth annual survey of wireless providers, Consumer Reports says Verizon Wireless offers the best service, followed closely by T-Mobile and Alltel Wireless.
However, CR is quick to point out the wireless industry has low customer satisfaction rates, as low as cable providers and computer tech support. Ouch. Chief among ...
Posted in Carriers | 3 Comments »
Tuesday, December 5th, 2006
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An open letter to Flickr members
Here at Scoopt, we love Flickr. We love Flickr because Flickr members are some of the best snappers on the planet.
Some of your photos are worth hard cash to newspapers and magazines… but media buyers don't have time to contact ...
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Monday, December 4th, 2006
If you hadn't heard, Universal Music Group struck an agreement with Microsoft to receive a $1 royalty fee for every Zune MP3 player sold. They're the first and, so far, only record label to have worked this deal. I suppose if a company like Microsoft is going to launch a ...
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Friday, December 1st, 2006
It ain't quite Dodgeball, MySpace or Evite, but it seems to be a quick and easy way to contact and communicate with your friends for a happy hour, birthday party, or meeting at the mall.
You aren't creating a profile a la MySpace.com and striving to build a bigger and better-looking ...
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