Yellow Pages Opt Out: prime example of marketing BS
Ah.. the wonderful world of printed advertising. Even more wonderful world of phonebook based printed advertising. Ten years aro companies were fighting to the death to be on the Yellow Pages cover and payed dearly for a bigger font or for an ugly frame around their “ad”. Because people did use those giant books, and…
Continue reading…Twitpic: News-worthy photos will be sold by us
Oh, how lovely! TwitPic found a way to monetize their free storage by selling users’ pics to news organizations (by partnering with WENN). And you, author of the photo, while retaining copyright, will not see a single penny. Specifically in updated TwitPic terms and conditions (here and forth the emphasis is mine): To publish another…
Continue reading…Google sends a big juicy smooch to phishing sites: no url bar!
I’ve already complained about Google Chrome’s sudden desire to whack the protocol from URL bar (and favicon too, though that’s secondary). Now Google is about to give a big juicy smooch to all the phishers out there — a new experimental feature in Google Chrome — hide that pesky address bar completely. Well, the tool…
Continue reading…If you don’t have an iPhone, you don’t care that much
Marketing from Apple always was exciting and fresh. And occasional inaccuracies are usually written off as per “artistic license”. But lately their standards have fallen, especially when looking at facts. Yes, if you don’t have an iPhone, you don’t have “that” app store. You probably have Android Market instead, or download apps directly (even Nokia…
Continue reading…Doctors demand that all genetic tests go through them
Another fantastic example of US doctors trying their best to squeeze themselves into a new food chain where they are, frankly, not needed (the first one is prescribing antibiotics for simple illnesses, something that skilled nurse-practitioner is quite capable to do at a fraction of the cost). Today’s “you can’t do it without a physician!”…
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