February 2011
11 posts
“[T]he universe, as it turns out, is mostly Kirby Krackle.”
—Kirb Your Enthusiasm (5) | HiLobrow
“On the face of it, it’s hard to believe those claiming outrage aren’t primarily motivated by the fact that this is Apple, and any Apple headline is “news.” Let’s face it, “Amazon’s 70% Cut is Evil and Publishers Will Perish” is an article few would have read. ”
—Apple’s 30% cut is outrageous, yet when Amazon took twice that no one cared - The Small Wave.
“[T]he HuffPo pulled off one of the greatest acts of SEO whoring in the history of the Web yesterday. If you Googled the query, “What time does the Super Bowl start,” the first return was a HuffPo “article” titled “What Time Does The Superbowl Start?” And lest the search engines miss the germ of what was clearly a trending question, the first three paragraphs of the HuffPo posting read:
Are you wondering, “what time does the Superbowl start?”
It’s a common search query, as is “what time is the super bowl 2011,” “superbowl time” and “superbowl kickoff time 2011,” according to Google Trends the evening before the Super Bowl.
It’s easily answered too. Super Bowl 2011 will take place on Sunday, Feb. 6, 2011, at 6:30 p.m. Eastern Time and 3:30 p.m. Pacific Time.” —AOL and Huffington Post merger: The rapid rise and sale of Arianna Huffington’s Post. - By Jack Shafer - Slate Magazine
Are you wondering, “what time does the Superbowl start?”
It’s a common search query, as is “what time is the super bowl 2011,” “superbowl time” and “superbowl kickoff time 2011,” according to Google Trends the evening before the Super Bowl.
It’s easily answered too. Super Bowl 2011 will take place on Sunday, Feb. 6, 2011, at 6:30 p.m. Eastern Time and 3:30 p.m. Pacific Time.” —AOL and Huffington Post merger: The rapid rise and sale of Arianna Huffington’s Post. - By Jack Shafer - Slate Magazine
“Most impressively, the Verizon iPhone effortlessly made calls in the Cellphone Signal Torture Chamber of Doom: my house.”
—David Pogue - Verizon’s iPhone Doesn’t Drop Calls - NYTimes.com
“This Verizon version of the iPhone 4 seems to have none of the same antenna issues. Try as I might, using the “death grip” and every other grip I can actually do, I can no longer reproduce the same attenuation problem that the previous iPhone 4 model had. I death grip the thing, and no bars drop. More importantly, calls don’t drop and data doesn’t stop. Again, Apple won’t comment, but problem, apparently, solved.”
—TechCrunch Review: The Name’s iPhone. Verizon iPhone.
“Indie band The White Stripes formally announced their breakup today. People in 2003 are very upset.”
—The White Stripes Officially Break Up
