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eSnips: A Story of Hearthache (For Its Founders, Investors & Employees) (TechCrunch)
Three years ago when Web 2.0 began proliferating, Israeli startups used eSnips as the poster child for their case that a successful social network could be founded in Israel. Based on the criteria in those days, eSnips was in fact delivering: It was able to convince top tier VCs to buy into an advertising-based business model, it leveraged user-generated content (the main activity is sharing ... How to Keep Consumer Product Sales Increasing After the Holidays (MoreBusiness)
When the holiday buying rush is over, there are still many ways that you can try to increase your consumer product sales. Just as some people cannot wait for Black Friday and all of the great sales that it brings, many consumers watch like a hawk for post holiday sales. Cold can't chill first Saturday of the year (WTOP Radio Network)
Shoppers, gift cards in hand, turned out for the January First Saturday in downtown Frederick even though it was cold. Recession Biting Artists in the (Canv)Ass (Chicagoist)
In these recessionary times, galleries are closing down, auction houses are getting millions less than normal in sales for even big-name masterpieces, and starving artists are starving even more. Recently we asked a few dozen artists and gallerists how they were surviving Great Depression II: The Internet Edition. Here's what they told us: Kirby Kerr, Rotofugi Designer Toy Store & ... Action Cards (MultiChannel News)
The World Poker Tour was Travel Channel's ratings ace in the hole when Pat Younge took over the network's reins in 2005, back when it was part of Discovery Communications. Review of the year in media (Guardian Unlimited)
What a sorry year it was. A year in which everybody, but particularly the BBC, seemed so sorry about everything. The BBC was sorry about Sachsgate after Jonathan Ross and Russell Brand decided to phone Andrew Sachs and make fun of Brand's dalliance with the Fawlty Towers star's granddaughter. But that wasn't the only thing the BBC was sorry about. It made several apologies during 2008, ... Mattress and Tire Store Permits Approved (East Aurora Advertiser)
Two businesses received needed approvals from the Elma Town Board at its Dec. 17 meeting to move forward with plans. Board members, on motions from Councilman David Polak, unanimously approved negative declarations under State Environmental Quality Review (SEQR) requirements for Reid's Tires at 6800 Seneca St. and The Mattress Warehouse at 3211 Transit Road. Under SEQR, a negative declaration ... Don Cohen: News in transition, including in the Vail Valley (The Vail Trail)
If you're reading this, it's likely that you're more than a headline skimmer. The problem is there aren't as many of you as there once was. ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT: Arts staff picks its favorite titles and tracks of 2008 (The Dartmouth)
Movies "Flight of the Red Balloon" It's artsy. It's obscure. And it's really French. But trust me -- this lyrical ode to childhood innocence is the best film of 2008. Juliette Binoche gives a luminous performance as a lovesick puppeteer struggling to raise her son with the help of a Taiwanese nanny (Song Fang). The characters' anxieties contrast beautifully with the film's stylistic tranquility, ... George William Amos Former Brockway Glass employee enjoyed gardening (Observer-Reporter)
George William Amos, 82, of Washington, died Friday, January 2, 2009, in Washington Hospital, following a lengthy illness. He was born May 21, 1926, in Hopewell Township, a son of Albert Brady Amos and Blanche Marie McDaid Amos. |