Google Slow to Act on Cookies Pledge
Google has been slow to make any of the changes it promised regarding collection and storage of private user data, reports The Financial Times.
MarketingVOX: The Voice of Online Marketing
April 23, 2008
Indie Music’s Hipster Heaven
Already an Internet magnet, Pitchfork is starting a Web channel for music videos and interviews
By Damian Joseph
Business Week/Chicago
April 22, 2008
YSYL: These guys are very cool! Great site UI too. Indie music worshippers check ‘em out: www.pitchfork.tv
DressMonkey.com, a Web-based San Diego apparel company founded by two self-described “office monkeys” with a passion for fashion, is selling affordable, custom-made clothes for professional men.
By Penni Crabtree
UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER
April 22, 2008
Rising commodity prices are raising costs for brewers across the board, and forcing drinkers to pay a little extra for every draft of cold beer. But the spike in costs is affecting niche players in the beer industry more than the big boys, who lock in their cost for ingredients with big futures contracts.
By Christopher Leonard | The Associated Press
April 21, 2008
Physiological footwear
Can a sneaker help you lose weight, tone your thighs and lift your butt? The makers of Masai Barefoot Technology shoes – otherwise known as MBTs – think so.
By Lynn Cook
Houston Chronicle
April 20, 2008
Shoes that grow with your feet
A new type of children’s shoes will save parents from rushing to the shops so often – because the shoes grow with them.
Deep thinkers see how things will be in 2058
60 essayists analyze future problems and prospects in 50-year forecast
Alan Boyle, Science Editor
MSNBC
April 18, 2008
Laughing is Good For You!
Brought to you by The Laughing Cow – this is actually pretty amusing. Turn on your speakers. Turn up your speakers. Choose one at a time and then mouse across many, first slow, then fast, then across and up and down for your own symphony du chucklin’ cheese! Be patient…it’s gets better as you go! C’mon, let loose and show those pearly whites!
Cool People Care: Making a difference in five minutes a day
In 2006, two friends in Nashville decided to make organic cotton t-shirts with the logo, Cool People Care. Sam Davidson and Stephen Moseley wanted to inspire conversations in public spaces. The t-shirts created a buzz and the two friends decided to launch www.coolpeoplecare.org, a website that promotes meaningful change by offering a daily action that takes five minutes or less to complete and makes a positive impact on the planet.
The oldest Americans are also the happiest, research finds
By LINDSEY TANNER
AP Medical Writer
April 19, 2008
Texting while driving? Time to unplug
By Jill Serjeant
Sharon Sarmiento knew it was time to unplug when she realized she was blogging in her dreams and hearing imaginary instant messages.
April 17, 2008
To fight e-cards, Hallmark makes recordable greeting card
By David Twiddy
USA TODAY
AP Business Writer
April 17, 2008
Urinals on planes
Urinals are reportedly set to be installed on passenger aircraft to cut queues for the lavatory
Girl Scouts take a stand: Just say no to Thin Mints
Rhiannon Tomtishen and Madison Vorva found the habitat of orangutans is being threatened by conversion of the land to the production of palm oil, which is in Girl Scout Cookies.
Marjorie Kauth-Karjala
Ann Arbor (MI) News
April 16, 2008
Airlines poised to plug jets into Internet
The cost of Wi-Fi access remains up in the air
By RYAN KIM
SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
April 15, 2008
How To … Use chocolate for your skin
Anyone who still thinks chocolate is just for eating — and maybe drinking — is well behind the times.
Columbia News Service
April 15, 2008
The Filter’s mission: Refine music, video and movie tastes
Peter Gabriel’s latest venture isn’t a new album but a better way to serve up music and other entertainment on the Internet.
By Mike Snider, USA TODAY
April 14, 2008
Personal trainers go portable
You can get pumped with downloaded coaches
By Anne Stein | Special to the Chicago Tribune
April 13, 2008
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