Steve Jobs inspirational speech
Jobs signs off saying "Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish."
'You've got to find what you love,' : "Stanford Report, June 14, 2005
text of the Commencement address by Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple Computer and of Pixar Animation Studios, delivered on June 12, 2005."
Ironic timing with the G8 summit and Live 8 ... Jobs may be inspirational to American college graduates, but what of those millions who are physically hungry, uneducated, sick or dying and do not have the options available to some of us who live in western capitalist societies?
Yahoo! Buys Internet Phone Provider
BizReport: "Yahoo Inc. said Tuesday it had acquired DialPad Communications Inc., a 6-year-old company whose software lets people to place calls over the Internet for a fraction of the cost of regular telephone service."
Google's Financial Times Dilemma Hidden Links Raise Eyebrows
webpronews.com: "Ken McGaffin, an online marketer and link builder, broke the story last Friday. He used the 'select all' feature on the Financial Times website and discovered links to Moneysupermarket.com-138 of them, all presented in white to match the background. McGaffin appears to have found the links by accident while doing a competitive link analysis for a client. To find the links on such a reputable site, he says, was suprising....
This is a really dirty trick and many are surprised because of the size of the entities involved. Selling links is a method that many people frown upon, but selling a 138 of them and then burying them in an attempt to spam search engines has even "gray hatters" doing spit-takes.
FT.com didn't take long to grab a towel to wipe off the egg dripping down its nose. As of Monday, FT.com has removed the hidden links and provided one very visible link. According to McGaffin, FT.com said they didn't know how this happened...."
MarketingSherpa's 10 Best Blogs for 2005
MarketingSherpa.com : Practical News & Case Studies on Internet Advertising, Marketing & PR: "MarketingSherpa's 10 Best Blogs for 2005: Winners Named Hotlinks "
Yahoo! Offer Cheap Wireless E-Mail -
Forbes.com: "Yahoo! and Sprint PCS said today they have introduced a wireless service for cheap access to e-mail on mobile phones. "
.xxx Internet domain
Oddly Enough News Article | Reuters.com: "Sex sites will soon be able to sign up for Web addresses in the .xxx Internet domain, but a virtual red light district won't guarantee that people can avoid pornography online, Internet experts said Thursday. "
eBay agreed to buy Shopping.com
Internet News Article | Reuters.com: "Online auctioneer eBay Inc. said on Wednesday it agreed to buy Shopping.com , which provides online comparison shopping and consumer reviews, for about $620 million in cash.
The move by eBay would strengthen its hand in being able to bring consumers online comparison shopping, something that Internet search engine Google Inc. has dabbled in with its Froogle service"
