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Apple iPhone TV Ads 2007-06-04 20:47:00 It’s official! Apple
will be launching the iPhone
on June 29 (Friday). The news came in a series of three TV commercials that aired on Sunday night. You can see the three Apple iPhone
TV ads here: 1) Never Been an iPod
2) How To
3) Calamari
As stated on “A new era for the cell phone market,” the Apple iPhone will cost $499 with a two-year contract for the 4GB model and $599 for the 8GB
Dreams 2007-06-03 22:55:00 …a condition or achievement that is longed for; an aspiration to achieve a strongly desired goal or purpose.
“Dreams
are extremely important. You can't do it unless you imagine it.” – George Lucas“If you don't have a dream... Then you'll never have a dream come true” – Anonymous“It takes a lot of courage to show your dream to someone else.” – Erma Bombeck“Twenty years from now you will be
Google Maps Street View 2007-06-02 20:42:00 Google has launched a new feature for Google Maps
, Google Maps Street
View, which allows users to explore cities by viewing and navigating within 360-degree scenes of street-level imagery. I’ve been playing with it and it’s really cool! Initially, Google Maps Street View is only available in San Francisco, New York, Miami, Las Vegas, Miami and Denver, but additional cities will be covered in Read more:Google
Trip to Arizona 2007-05-30 22:00:00 There is no better reward for several months of non-stop hard work than doing some traveling during a long awaited 3-day weekend; destination chosen: Tucson, Arizona
. What a great relaxing holiday this has been! I took full advantage of Tucson’s awesome weather to play some golf, sun bathe a little bit, visiting around and eating, eating and more eating. The experience has been great and my
New Joost beta in review 2007-05-22 23:57:00 I finally had some time to download and play around with the new Joost
software and I must say my first impressions are pretty good. Joost is still in beta version, which means that in order to download the software you will need an invitation from a friend; the good news is that it is completely free so if you are interested, I will be glad to send you one (just contact me via email).
Joost was Read more:review
Motivation 2007-05-20 19:56:00 …refers to the initiation, direction, intensity and persistence of behavior.
Motivation, a temporal and dynamic state, consists of the desire and willingness to achieve goals.
“Motivation is a battle for the heart, not just an appeal to the mind. Passion is always an expression of the soul.” - Patrick Dixon “Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.” - Jim Ryun
Online Search Battle Continues 2007-05-19 13:35:00 Not being able to convince Yahoo about creating a partnership to compete against Google’s dominance in the online advertising field, Microsoft has announced the acquisition of giant digital advertising firm aQuantive for $6 billion.
Apparently, Microsoft has finally realized the growth potential of the online advertising business (expected to reach $40 billion and growing at an annual 20% rate), Read more:Search
, Battle
Best Cingular Commercials 2007-05-15 22:17:00 Have you heard of Cingular
's (now AT&T) new campaign?
"Cingular, the network with the fewest dropped calls" is one of my favorite TV advertising campaigns of the moment. If you are in the US, I bet you have already seen them thousands of times. For those of you who aren't, now you have the chance of checking them out!
Here is a collection of my top 3 commercials: Read more:Commercials
Optimism 2007-05-13 20:41:00 …the opposite of pessimism, represents a life view where one looks upon the world as a positive place. Optimists believe that people and events are inherently good. They have a “positive” outlook on life, believing that things will work out in the end.
“Always look on the bright side of life.” - Monty Python “Optimism
is the faith that leads to achievement; nothing can be done without hope
Search Engine Market Share 2007-05-11 21:42:00 Google’s share of online searches continues to grow. According to Hitwise, an internet monitor which collects data directly from ISP networks, Google accounted for 65.2% of all U.S. search queries for the month of April. Yahoo, MSN and Ask.com received 20.7%, 8.5% and 3.7%, respectively. Check out the chart I created to make it more visual:Among the top 4 search engines, Google is the only one to Read more:Search
, Engine
, Market
, Share
, Search Engine
, Market Share
Technorati 2007-05-10 22:17:00 Being crawled by Technorati
's spiders...
Technorati Profile
Top MBA Employers 2007-05-09 00:47:00 If you are considering taking an MBA this may be interesting to you. Each year, Fortune publishes a list of the most desired companies to work for by MBA candidates. Not surprisingly, almighty Google leads the list for 2007. Here’s the Top 25: 1- Google2- McKinsey & Company3- Goldman Sachs4- Bain & Company5- Boston Consulting Group6- Apple7- Microsoft8- General Electric9- Nike10- Bank of
MeebO 2007-05-06 23:30:00 I found out about another startup, MeebO, which goal is to let users manage multiple instant-messaging services from one site. MeebO supports the main IM services, including Yahoo! Messenger, Windows Live Messenger, Google Talk, ICQ, etc. The advantage of the application is that it allows users to use a single login to integrate multiple services. It is especially useful for those users who are
StumbleUpon 2007-05-01 21:56:00 StumbleUpon is a web browser plugin that allows its users to discover and rate webpages, photos, videos, and news articles. These webpages are typically presented when the user clicks the Stumble button on the browser's toolbar. StumbleUpon chooses which new webpage to display based on the user's ratings of previous pages, ratings by his/her friends, and by the ratings of users with similar Read more:StumbleUpon
Persistence 2007-04-29 14:33:00 …is the act of persisting or persevering; continuing or repeating behavior;
To continue with it in spite of resistance, difficulty, discouragement, etc.
“Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don't quit.” – Conrad Hilton“I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.” – Thomas Edison“I know the price of Read more:Persistence
Determination 2007-07-15 22:32:00 …is a virtue characterized by firmness of purpose and resoluteness. Determination
is not just the Word of this week; it’s one of my favorite words, my inspiration, and the main reason why I chose it as the name for my new personal domain. Without challenge there is not achievement
“Keep your dreams alive. Understand to achieve anything requires faith and belief in yourself,
Moving to a new domain 2007-07-15 20:20:00 Hi everyone!
I know it's been a while since the last time I posted on this blog but there is always a reasonable explanation for everything. As some of you probably already noticed, this blog has moved to a new domain
: Determination.es
The reason is simply because I believe a new owned domain will provide a better experience, primarily for you, my loyal readers.
So now you know, I hope you Read more:Moving
Simpsons Movie Marketing Campaign 2007-07-22 20:40:00 The 20th Century FOX is doing a great job at promoting its new Simpson's movie coming out in theaters next Friday, July 27.
As part of a very creative marketing campaign, FOX partnered with convenience store chain 7-Eleven and turned a dozen stores into Kwik-E-Marts (the Simpsons
' fictional convenience store run by Apu).
The more than 6,000 remaining 7-Elevens across United States will still Read more:Marketing
, Campaign
, Simpsons Movie
Yahoo Kickstart Social Network 2007-08-31 13:51:00 Yahoo is building a new social network site that targets college students looking for employment. The service, called Yahoo Kickstart, will connect college students with alumni at the companies they would like to work for. Similar to LinkedIn, users will have profile pages in resume style, as opposed to a multimedia Facebook or MySpace profile. However, the system will be based on Facebook’s Read more:Yahoo
, Social
New Line of Apple iPod 2007-09-09 22:53:00 This week Apple
has launched a full new line of iPod
s, including a touch screen model with wireless capabilities. The new touch-screen iPod has many of the features of the iPhone including Internet connectivity using wi-fi technology. Moreover, Apple said iTunes will let iPhone users turn songs into ring tones and sell songs wirelessly to the iPhone and touch-screen iPod. In addition, Apple has Read more:Apple iPod
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