Archive for December, 2006

Barbara Bush’s Stolen Phone On eBay

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 ...

Mobile MySpace: 4th Sign of Apocalypse, or 5th?

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 ...

Consumer Reports: Verizon Wireless is tops!

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 ...

Scoopt Loves Flickr

Tuesday, December 5th, 2006

+ = 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 ...

Universal Music thinks it’s onto something…

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 ...

Yahoo launches mixd (think DodgeSpaceVite)

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 ...