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April 07, 2008 Hot Trends

US News Expands The Ranking Service

Tue, 14 Aug 2007 08:14:05 PDT
US News&World Report, an authoritative source for US university rankings has launched an auto ranking website in what seems to be an expansion move towards a general online ranking service.

Could you just do me this one little favor? Is that too much to ask?

Mon, 07 Apr 2008 09:45:29 PDT
Sunday morning was as bad as I thought it would be. Saturday, I could hang out at home, bunkered up against all of the crap I knew was flying round outside of my home. I could avoid the offensive TV programming by watching something off the DVR (Resevoir Dogs if you must know). But in the back of my mind, I knew I was only delaying the force majeure that was approaching with all the inevitability of the 15-second shot clock. I expected it. I knew every bandwagon jumper and his dog would be tal

CBC to close Calgary unit of Newsworld - Toronto Star

CBC to close Calgary unit of Newsworld
Toronto Star, Canada - Apr 3, 2008
CALGARY–CBC News will close the Calgary unit of its Newsworld channel as of next month. The public broadcaster announced Thursday that the two hours of ...

Celebrity & Entertainment News

Sun, 09 Mar 2008 09:49:40 PDT
Entertainment News, Celebrity News, Movie News, Music News, TV News - AOL News,World News

Placing bets on the long term: Money manager says trends will lift ... - Trading Markets (press release)

Placing bets on the long term: Money manager says trends will lift ...
Trading Markets (press release), CA - 9 hours ago
One Milwaukee growth manager's solution: Seek stability and growth in companies at the heart of several powerful long-term trends. ...

Zimbabwe's opposition offices raided, foreign reporters detained (The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News)

Thu, 03 Apr 2008 15:58:00 PDT
HARARE, Zimbabwe - Intruders ransacked offices of the main opposition party and police detained foreign journalists Thursday in an ominous sign that President Robert Mugabe might turn to intimidation and violence in trying to stave off an electoral threat to his 28-year rule.

Can Google predict the next President?

Mon, 07 Apr 2008 02:01:49 PDT
A interesting article on using Google trends to predict the winner of the '08 elections.

36 Web 2.0 Badges To Inspire

Sun, 06 Apr 2008 22:21:21 PDT
Badges are maybe the most famous design elements of the Web 2.0 design trend. Here is a nice list for inspiration

BRAND 2008: when CRM meets WEB 2.0 & SEO 2.0 (April edition)

Sun, 06 Apr 2008 06:45:35 PDT
Social marketing, CRM 2.0 and SEO 2.0 strategies for smart brands, 2008. Customers, innovation, communities, relationships, social networks, trends, web branding.

One in six Canadians a visible minority…

Mon, 07 Apr 2008 08:47:24 PDT
One in six Canadians a visible minority… ... and 9.9 in 10 “Canadians” (or hyphenated pseudo-Canadians, or refugees, or Guantanamo prisoners hoping to immigrate to Canada to join his family post-Afghanistan training, or folks living in Lebanon who are “Canadians”...) now more than ever before wonder what in tarnation “Canadian” means, aside from nothing—or anything—whatsoever. This, despite the liberals’ CBC and the state bureaucrats creating and mandating that “Canadian Culture” for us with a

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Jerry Seinfeld cheats death in his 1967 fiat btm

Source: "HULIQ"

Google Funny Street Views: Discreet Privacy

A couple of months ago, Google's web mapping service GOOGLE MAPS launched a new feature: Google Street View. A panoramic street level environment lets you descend from the sky and virtually travel through the streets. However, some very funny Google Street View images have surfaced on the internet raising privacy issues.

Consider for example, this image from the Chicago and you can see why we think Google Street Views are funny, yet concerning about privacy.

Already this publication has reported a lawsuit that a couple has filed against Google Street Views alleging that the service violates their privacy.

"Aaron and Christine Boring (yes, that's really their name) filed suit in Allegheny County court on April 2. The couple, who lives in Pittsburgh, says that there is a private road sign on their street that Google should have honored."

Patric Carlsson who writs for the Blog of Intellectual Capitals while explaining how useful Google Maps and Street Views can be contends that there are "some funny pictures to find aside from all the usefulness."

It's not known how many complaints Google Street Views will still receive and how is the company going to respond to them. However, one thing we are sure of is the fact that while many people are going to consider some of the Google Street Views to be funny, many others are going to think they are violating people's right to privacy.