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What Does $14 Million Worth of PageRank Look Like?
CircuitCity.com is back after Systemax purchased the brand and domain at bankruptcy auction for $14 million. Systemax also owns TigerDirect.com and acquired CompUSA last year. CircuitCity.com was quickly relaunched last week to capitalize on the remaining brand strength and traffic to the website.
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Last.fm founders quit
After two years running Last.fm within CBS we feel the time is right to begin the process of handing over the reins. This is the latest stage in a long journey for us founders, which began in a living room in East London in 2002, and took us to the headquarters of one of the biggest media companies in the world.
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Too small to fail: How startups can grow in recessions
These two little startups are exploding in sales, even in recession. Here's how they're doing it, and how you can too.
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Gruber's WWDC 2009 Predictions
What I know, don’t know, and know I don’t know about tomorrow’s WWDC announcements. As usual, please, no wagering.
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How to make a movement. Lessons learned from dancing guy.
Derek Sivers official site. Thoughts on philosophy, culture, self-improvement. Author of Useful Not True, How to Live, Hell Yeah or No, Anything You Want.
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EFF Launches A 'Terms of Service' Tracker for Facebook, Google, eBay, Etc.
San Francisco - "Terms of Service" policies on websites define how Internet businesses interact with you and use your personal information. But most web users don't read these policies -- or understand that the terms are constantly changing. To track these ever-evolving documents, the Electronic...
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Some people like to pay. Let them.
Derek Sivers official site. Thoughts on philosophy, culture, self-improvement. Author of Useful Not True, How to Live, Hell Yeah or No, Anything You Want.
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Apple Rejects EFF Updates App, because it links "objectionable" youtube video
Last month, EFF got an email from software developer Duane Fields of Exact Magic, asking if he could use our logo on an iPhone application that exclusively displays content from EFF's RSS feed. Sounded like a great idea to us, as long as it was clear that the app wasn't an EFF-sponsored product.But...
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Are fans telling friends? If not, improve, don't promote.
Derek Sivers official site. Thoughts on philosophy, culture, self-improvement. Author of Useful Not True, How to Live, Hell Yeah or No, Anything You Want.
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Conferences
Last week my friend Mark Pincus noted, via twitter, that I was not at the D conference and wondered if I knew something others did not. I replied back to Mark that I'm not a big fan of attending conferences. I don't go to TED and never have and don't think I ever will. I […]
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Hardware is Expensive, Programmers are Cheap
In response to Hardware is Cheap, Programmers are Expensive at Coding Horror: The million-dollar question: What’s wrong with this picture?...
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Microsoft Update Quietly Installs Firefox Extension
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Excerpts From the Diary of an [iTunes] App Store Reviewer
Not sure what a “lingam” is, but if it means what I think it means, just thinking about it is making mine swell. Jackpot. Rejected app for inappropriate content.
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What I learned from screwing up my first ebook launch
JavaScript Performance Rocks! is my first ebook, written by me and my husband, Mr. Scriptaculous (legal alias: Thomas Fuchs).
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How To Put Invite Codes on Business Cards
We build the best deployment and testing tools money can't buy. There's no prohibition on performance!
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You are the problem: the reason why so many startups don't get venture funding
We work with startups and large enterprises to develop innovative products that scale. Our services also include effective marketing and growth campaigns, and building lasting teams. Contact us today to learn more.
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My $3.3M Mistake
Derek Sivers official site. Thoughts on philosophy, culture, self-improvement. Author of Useful Not True, How to Live, Hell Yeah or No, Anything You Want.
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Why Isn't Paypal More Successful?
I just bought a replacement part at an online store I've never shopped in before. I was dreading the checkout process since I have not committed my various credit cards to memory. But thankfully this store offered checkout with Paypal. I clicked on it, entered my paypal credentials, and was out of the store in […]
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