Michael Carney is a marketer that sends out an occasional newsletter to the community. It’s quite good (the last one even quoted my father :-). Michael is a influential guy on the NZ scene – he even wrote an excellent book on Trade Me. I do recommend that you subscribe t0 the newsletter if you …
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Not what you’d expect… au.finance.yahoo.com/investing directs you to Yahoo!7’s Australian focused Finance site, but changing that “au” to an “nz” yields a different result: nz.finance.yahoo.com/investing Not so useful, unless you live or invest in Brasil
Fantastic news – AFR.com.au has redone it’s moronic pricing scheme, which charged readers (whoever they are) anywhere from $25 to a staggering $150 a MONTH. Rest assurred – they have now come back to reality and are charging just $109 for non subscribers, and $45 for subscribers. That compares favorably with the WSJ.com site, which …
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Now I tend to think the word and activity of “Branding” is well over hyped, and that many fail to understand that a brand starts and usually ends with the product/service. But this is funny however you look at it…..
Seen on this long thread – a way to stop Google automatically redirecting from Google.com to Google.com.a or Google.co.nz or Google.xxx. This happens to me in Perth when I use Safari 3, but not Firefox. Simply use google.com/ncr Google search results are weighted differently depending upon which url you use.
It may not actually be an iPhone, but Telecom is inviting comparison between its latest handset, the Okta Touch, and the much-hyped Apple handset. We don’t have to see the Okta to know the answer to this one. I watched the video. TVNZ interviews David Gray (Grey?) Telecom’s Head of Consumer Marketing, which is just …
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The headlines, it’s all about the headlines: Balkans have the world’s best bums (+video)
Via Micropersuasion: The endless dot-com parties are back. So are the countless trade shows/conferences that regurgitate the same “new paradigms” the last 10 events did – with no end in sight. And yes, the ridiculous BS press releases are flying into my Gmail box. This is why I don’t speak at or attend very many …
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Scoopit seems to have stalled a little while back, and is now taken over by a combination of spammers and people that are bearish about housing markets. It needs some more moderation love, which is hard to justify on what is most likely low traffic numbers. What to do? The readers are worried…
Metromix is a series of local sites based around newspapers – run by US newspaper/TV outfit Gannett, who publish 90 newspapers, including USA Today. Gannett is worth just under $14 billion, including debt, Tribune about a billion less. Tribune owns a few dailies – including the LA Times. So why is this interesting? Well Gannett, …
A great story – and even more amazing is this story on the Red Sox pitcher that bought them home: Don’t feel sorry for yourself, don’t sit at home and think about it,” Lester said of his months of chemo and doubt last winter. “This year, I’ve tried to just have fun, treat it like …
Well my cunning plan of having Leopard sent to me failed – it didn’t show up in time before the goods inward at work closed on Friday, and so I went out and purchased another copy at 6:20pm on that night. All is not lost – my parents will now be the proud owners of …
Can the RedSox actually win another ‘World’ Series championship? The Red Sox had a 1918 to 2004 losing streak that makes the All Blacks woes seem trivial. Intriguingly and cleverly this season the Red Sox bought (for over $100m) on board a star Japanese pitcher – Matsuzaka. Matsuzaka added to the fortunes of the team …
As Mauricio predicted, we now have downunder local versions of YouTube. Does this mean better delivery as well? or is it just a branding thing? If so, then the branding needs work. I’ve always looked at Youtube as a repository of video rather than a browsing site. This changes little for me, though perhaps the …
Via wired blog, and from Renault, the car ad we’ve always really wanted to see: Also check out the making of:
Lance Wiggs 