Thursday, April 01, 2010

#DD2010 - RT @acfou PRACTICAL marketing thru social channels means DONT just stick ads on social networks - see why here http://bit.ly/EhiW9

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#DD2010 - RT @acfou PRACTICAL marketing thru social channels means DON'T just stick ads on social networks. On 9/23/09, Dr. Augustine Fou wrote: > #emtech09 - Ben Verwaayen "the biggest problem in our value chain is > business model" >

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#DD2010 - ROI of social media? consider this, if you listened to customers thru social channels you can save much of your focus group budget

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#DD2010 - quoting @dneely40 in social media - 1% create, 9% comment, 90% consume

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Maybe we should just call them The 22 Inapplicable Laws of Modern Marketing - http://bit.ly/cFZy6q (not #AprilFoolsDay)

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Hugely insightful and succinct: RT @dberkowitz - The Ten Plagues Of Social Media - http://bit.ly/bTo4Q5

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Wednesday, March 31, 2010

TODAY: LIVE at 4 pm EST - AMA's free webinar - Practical Marketing Through Social Channels - click to listen in: http://bit.ly/9S5XxS

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Rick Deckard Lives In This Building's Penthouse [Architecture]

Source: http://gizmodo.com/5505426/rick-deckard-lives-in-this-buildings-penthouse

Rick Deckard Lives In This Building's PenthouseThis is Wai Think Tank's proposal for the Fashion Museum in Omotesando Street, Tokyo. I miss the flying cars, but there are lots of half-naked replicants:

Rick Deckard Lives In This Building's Penthouse
[Archdaily]

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Starbucks Now Accepting iPhone Payments In Over 1,000 Stores [IPhone Apps]

Source: http://gizmodo.com/5506092/starbucks-now-accepting-iphone-payments-in-over-1000-stores

Starbucks Now Accepting iPhone Payments In Over 1,000 StoresJumping drastically from 16 stores to well over 1,000, Starbucks branches within Target stores are now accepting payment via the Starbucks Card Mobile iPhone app.

It works by displaying a QR code, which the hot little barista behind the counter can scan and then bill you for. [Mobile Apps via MobileCrunch]

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ASUS Preparing One Google Tablet, One Windows [Tablets]

Source: http://gizmodo.com/5506113/asus-preparing-one-google-tablet-one-windows

ASUS Preparing One Google Tablet, One WindowsForbes is reporting in an interview with ASUS' Chairman Jonney Shih that they're preparing their "own iPad rivals," two models which will launch "in the coming months" and run on Google Chrome (or Android) and Windows.

ASUS still hasn't decided between Chrome or Android for their first tablet, but presumably if it's the former choice then it won't be seen on the market until the end of the year when Chrome is launched. Also, with Google working extra-closely with Chrome manufacturers and reportedly mandating minimum specs, they might just find it easier doing something with Android instead. It's not like they're strangers to the Android OS, after all.

What to expect from ASUS' tablets? Well, Shih has said:

"Content will play a very important role on tablets...the Google tablet will have a lot of media."

And thanks to their history of low-cost products, I can't seem them going crazy with the price tag gun either. They might even take a similar approach to their Eee line, launching a bog-standard cheap model first (like the Eee 701), following it up with incremental upgrades until they've got several premium options—a carbon fiber tablet, perhaps? [Forbes]

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WD intros standard-height 2.5-inch 750GB Scorpio Blue HDD

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/wd-intros-standard-height-2-5-inch-750gb-scorpio-blue-hdd/

Western Digital already shipped the industry's first 2.5-inch 1TB hard drive last summer, but unfortunately for most, it couldn't be used as a drop-in solution for upgrading one's laptop drive. The reason? It relies on an unorthodox 12.5mm height form factor, while the vast majority of laptops only support 9.5mm height drives. Now, the outfit has pushed out a 750GB Scorpio Blue, a 2.5-incher that does indeed utilize the standard height form factor, and while this here unit includes Advanced Format and WhisperDrive, the 5,400RPM spindle speed is admittedly disappointing. It's tough to argue with the $149 price, though, and it's available now if you've been hankering for more space within your mobile workhorse.

WD intros standard-height 2.5-inch 750GB Scorpio Blue HDD originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 30 Mar 2010 10:21:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Dell Precision M4500 now shipping with $1,549 starting price

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/dell-precision-m4500-now-shipping-with-1-549-starting-price/

With specs and prices easily reaching into the stratosphere, we weren't quite sure where Dell's new 15-inch Precision M4500 workstation would land -- the 17-inch M6500 has a starting price of $1,799, but that's only after $310 of "instant savings." Well, it looks like we're getting off (relatively) easy with the M4500, with a Core i5-520M 2.5GHz model running for $1,549 and still managing to pack in those NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M Graphics. Of course, we imagine you'll quickly be running up that bill -- 2GB of slow RAM, a 1366 x 768 LCD, and no WiFi just aren't going to cut it -- but with tempting options like a secondary 64GB SSD minicard drive and the ever-frivolous Precision ON, it's not like we were sticking near that base price anyway. Expect to spec out something truly delicious in the $2,500+ range. Our biggest disappointment? Backlit keyboard is optional, something that's standard even on the Vostro line these days.

Dell Precision M4500 now shipping with $1,549 starting price originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 30 Mar 2010 09:58:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Sling working on player for iPad, Windows Phone 7 Series

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sling-working-on-player-for-ipad-windows-phone-7-series/

Looks like Zatz got the goods from the folks at Sling, who have a few interesting tidbits currently in the development pipe. Zatz not Funny is reporting that Sling's Mobile Product Marketing Manager, Dave Eyler, has told him that the company is "actively moving towards H.264" and Silverlight support, as well as delivering streaming with resolutions beyond the current 320x240. Though there are no firm details or timelines yet, this means we should definitely be expecting SlingPlayer Mobile versions for the iPad and Windows Phone 7 Series. While Sling says it won't have anything ready for the iPad's launch, we've got our fingers crossed that we'll see it soon.

Sling working on player for iPad, Windows Phone 7 Series originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 30 Mar 2010 10:42:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Lenovo ThinkPad X100e review

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/lenovo-thinkpad-x100e-review/

Ever since we first met Lenovo's ThinkPad X100e at CES we've had it on a virtual pedestal as the perfect solution between a netbook and a larger 13- or 14-inch ULV ultraportable. That's because in addition to carrying the renowned ThinkPad brand, its AMD Neo processor / ATI graphics combo promise more power than the typical Intel Atom N450-powered netbook, and with an 11.6-inch screen the chassis can accommodate a wider keyboard and touchpad. Sounds like the perfect mobile computer, right? Unfortunately, there are two things that hold the $549 X100e from being all we wanted it be. Thought we were going to give it up that easily? Pssh. Hit that read more link for the full review.

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Lenovo ThinkPad X100e review originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 30 Mar 2010 15:03:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Switched On: Courier courts the creative

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/switched-on-courier-courts-the-creative/

Each week Ross Rubin contributes Switched On, a column about consumer technology.

Call it Apple's populist paradox. The Macintosh's human-centered design inspired its being called the "computer for the rest of us," but the Mac also long been associated with exceptional creative individuals, a message Apple has driven home in campaigns ranging from "wheels from the mind" to "think different." In the early days of the Web, it was said that Web pages were created on Macs and viewed on PCs -- and served on Unix workstations.

Should the concepts in a video detailing a new Microsoft-developed device dubbed Courier come to fruition, though, Microsoft and Apple may find themselves on unfamiliar sides as an old rivalry turns to the new frontier of convergence tablets, with Apple providing the workaday access product and Microsoft providing a niche but empowering tool aimed at creative professionals.

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Switched On: Courier courts the creative originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 30 Mar 2010 17:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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