Google Adwords: robots continue to take over
Another gripe about Google ads. This time purely from the web browsing point of view. I understand that robots are trying to optimize ads system show so that you, site visitor, would click on them with a better probability (and then Google gets paid, and even the site owner maybe will kinda get half a…
Continue reading…Paramount realizes the truth, continues with rentals
Well, who would have thought. Not all movie studio executives are full of it and live in a dream world where providing less options automatically means more money. Paramount essentially said that 28 day delay of DVD rentals doesn’t bring more revenue. Because when people don’t want to buy a movie, and want to rent…
Continue reading…Buy a box for 40 bucks? No, thanks
I should not really be surprised that Apple produces a certain clout of “expensive design-er-ness-ness feeling”. Where simple products that cost a few cents/bucks to make, magically become more expensive because they are “designed for Apple” or look kinda like Apple products. Well, in a “regular” store anyways, eventually there will be chinese knock-offs for…
Continue reading…AT&T’s “Sorry” email, translation from marketing speak
AT&T’s system got “hacked”, and iPad owners’ email addresses were harvested. So now appropriate departments have decided to send an email to somehow communicate what the frell is going on. Oh, and make sure that they’re taking it seriously. First, I’m not quite sure if it was as much of a hack or just a…
Continue reading…What in the name, and what in the pronunciation
Being a non-native (and somewhat naive) English speaker I do have problems with some words and sounds on a regular basis. While I’ve trained myself to recognize “th”s versus “s”-es, sometimes those th/s swaps make me giggle. For example for quite a while local radio was playing an add for local volunteer group Health’s Angels.…
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