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Facebook's Audience Expanding Rapidly; Revenue Growth Trailing By Nearly 2:1 Margin | paidContent

Mon, 20 Jul 2009 09:33:08 -0700

Facebook now claims a quarter of a billion users, including an astounding 50 million new users since April 8.

Article Submission Guidelines & Tools | Caroline Middlebrook

Wed, 25 Feb 2009 10:29:14 -0800

Good tips on article marketing and submitting to directories.

Sound & Vision Magazine - 7 Reasons to Skip the Circuit City Liquidation

Sat, 24 Jan 2009 06:57:16 -0800

When news hit that one of the country's biggest electronics retailers was finally giving up the ghost, visions of discounted TVs and speakers bought for pennies on the dollar flashed through the collective consciousness of a people who, as of late, have largely been too broke to quench their thirst for the new hotness. Unfortunately, soon after arriving at the shrine to the extended service plan, they found that most things weren't very cheap at all. Sure, there were some slight discounts to be had, but they came at a price. A price you, as a smart electronics junkie, should avoid paying at all costs.

Google Releases Display Ad Builder - Search Marketing News Blog - Search Engine Watch (SEW)

Thu, 16 Oct 2008 08:00:47 -0700

Following in MySpace's footsteps, Google's AdWords has released a display advertising builder. Now, you can create your own ad right in AdWords without hiring a designer (Sorry, designers!).

While advertising art may suffer (you did used to hire that designer for a reason, didn't you?), many people are looking for ways to cut costs during this economic crisis. So these new display ad builders are one way to do that.

The See-Through Skyscraper - City Room Blog - NYTimes.com

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 06:24:26 -0700

"Transparency" is the architectural watchword of the era, almost guaranteed to appear in any reference to contemporary glass-clad towers.

FT.com / Global Economy - BP shuts pipelines on fears over Georgia

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 06:56:21 -0700

BP shut down a pipeline carrying Caspian oil from Azerbaijan to the Georgian Sea on Tuesday citing concern about security in Georgia.

Toby Odone, a BP spokesman, said the 150,000 barrels a day pipeline from Baku to Supsa on the Georgian Black Sea had been closed as a "security precaution."

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080808.WBolympictelevision20080808103522/WBStory/WBolympictelevision

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 16:17:20 -0700

It became clear long before the Beijing Olympics started that China operated by its own rules - agreements with the International Olympic Committee regarding media access were casually tossed overboard several weeks ago.

But China has thumbed its nose at the IOC in another way, according to a prominent economist. Throughout Beijing, it has dropped the Olympic brand, the five rings, from Games signage.

Conservative Punk

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 19:19:12 -0700

Thu Aug 07, 2008 - On the heals of this story of about the Mexican military crossing over the border and detaining American border patrol agents the other day, we've gotten ahold of some exclusive video from an anonymous film maker showing that these incursions happen fairly regularly. He has asked to remain anonymous because he is still working on a larger documentary which includes this footage.

Couch Mouse to Mr. Mighty by Pills Alone - NYTimes.com

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 06:41:53 -0700

couch potato mice have more endurance after taking this and running on a treadmill. they are going to look to see if it can be applied for humans as well.

TG Daily - Intel to lose its lead in chip manufacturing tech in 2009, sort of

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 05:38:38 -0700

Chicago (IL) - Intel is proud of its dominant position in semiconductor in production technology and especially the fact that, for as long as we can remember, has led the industry in terms of the smallest chip structures. Its 45 nm technology is still at least one year ahead of AMD. But it appears that Intel will have to give up that lead next year, at least for a few months, when GPUs will make their transition to 40 nm.