Text Message Shopping With Amazon TextBuyIt
Amazon.com Inc yesterday blazed the trail with their all new mobile phone text message shopping product “Amazon TextBuyIt” which allows mobile phone users to shop online for products via Text Messages.
Amazon TextBuyIt, which launched late Tuesday, lets people text the name of a product, its description or its UPC or ISBN to 262966 (that’s “Amazon” on the keypad) from anywhere their cell phones work — including from inside physical stores.
Howard Gefen, director of Amazon mobile payments, would not directly answer when asked if the service is meant to extend Amazon’s reach by poaching customers browsing at bookstores or big-box electronics retailers.
“We think this is a great experience. We think they’ll use the product…wherever they happen to be,” he said.
Via AP
John Chow Cola Is April Fool’s Finest
John Chow today proved beyond reasonable doubts that he is the biggest brand on the blogosphere. His April Fool article is my favourite so far of the many blogs I have visited today.
As usual he played a fast one; instead of posting his article on the 1st of April, he decided to post it on 31st March to get people’s attention of the April Fool Day; and yes he got people fooled before they realized they had been fooled
CONFESSION HERE: I was fooled myself.
In his post he make revelations of a deal he had made with coco cola for a new brand called John Chow Cola which gives bloggers enough skill to blog … how witty of him.
Via: JohnChow.com
When bloggers drink John Chow Cola, post ideas will “pop” into their heads because of the drink’s Liquid Neuro Enhancers. A blogger will never get writer’s block again if he drinks John Chow Cola.
“John Chow Cola taps into a market The Coca-Cola Company has been trying to reach for years without much success. By partnering the world’s best known blogger with the world’s number 1 brand, we’re sure John Chow Cola will become one of the top selling Coca-Cola products. John Chow Cola tastes great and offers increased productivity for bloggers.”
Neville Isdell - Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, The Coca-Cola Company
John Chow is touted as the most controversial blogger on the internet in recent times. He has made several appearances in big magazines and TV Shows. He currently makes over $20,000+ on his blog.
Speedlinking: Ghana Elections 2008
Over the past few weeks, I have been working hard to fix up some pages for Ghana’s Decemeber Parliamentary and Presidential Elections.
As usual I have to get my “Ghana Elections 2008″ page running plus I also need to keep the search engines radar on most of my sites so i decided to get a blog for push things up.
1. Ghana Blogs ( http://blogs.thinkghana.com)
2. Ghana Elections ( http://www.thinkghana.com/elections)
3. Ghana Elections 2008 (http://www.thinkghana.com/elections/2008)
Pimp Your Blog with WordPress 2.5
I just installed the latest edition of WordPress 2.5 and so far my impressions are nothing but GOOD.
The interface looks quite fascinating with rich design as well.
Below are some screen shots
Main Dashboard of WordPress 2.5
Post Form of WordPress 2.5
Manage Media Page of WordPress 2.5
First Impressions.
- The current upload of images into WordPress page is just wonderful.
- The manage media feature is something i have been yearning for quite some time now
- Managing comments has been easier than ever
- Quick and Easy Navigation at the Admin Dashboard
- Graphic Layout and Design is also fascinating
Below are some of the interesting features of WordPress 2.5
Cleaner, faster, less cluttered dashboard
Dashboard Widgets
Multi-file upload with progress bar
Bonus: EXIF extraction
Search posts and pages
Tag management
Password strength meter
Concurrent editing protection
Few-click plugin upgrades
Friendlier visual post editor
Built-in galleries … and Many More
If you have not upgraded your version of WordPress, click here to download your copy and start enjoying the rich features of the new wordpress 2.5
Google Ad Manager Goes Beta
Heard the latest buzz in the Online Monetization World?
After successfully completing the $3.1 billion DoubleClick Inc. acquisition, Google Inc. has moved a step further ahead of the online advertising business by introducing the all new “Google Ad Manager“, an ad-server tool which allows website publishers and bloggers to manage their own ad sales and inventory.
The new Ad Manager service which is currently under a beta test will provide the ad serving for free instead of the earlier paid service that was run by DoubleClick Inc.
With Google Ad Manager, the publisher generates the code from the Ad Manager control panel and then embed it into their websites and blogs similar to what happens with Adsense.
What Google Ad Manager Does
Ad Manager currently addresses the ad management and serving needs of publishers with smaller sales teams and effectively complements the DoubleClick Revenue Center, which is focused on publishers with large sales teams. We’re excited to add DART for Publishers to our suite of products, and we’re committed to the continued development and enhancement of DoubleClick’s offerings.
Publishers can also monitor ad impressions for specifice dates, placements, and targeting and create comprehensive reports.
Sign up for Google Ad Manager now and have a feel of the beta test!
Apple Opens Up Iphone
Apple has finally decided to give application developers access to develop programs on iphone.
Apple has scheduled an event to present the Software Development Kit (SDK) that can open up its iPhone to third-party native applications. It also will present new iPhone features for the enterprise.
Press invitations went out this week for the iPhone Software Roapmap on Thursday, March 6, at its Cupertino, Calif., headquarters. The original launch date for the SDK had been in February.
Via News Factor
Adsense Blog for Russian Publishers
Google Adsense today announced a new blog it has created for Russian Adsense Publishers. This is aimed at providing publishers who are located in Russian a language-specific blog to keep them updated with issues happening inside Adsense.
We’ve just brought the number of AdSense blogs to an even dozen with the launch of our latest one — Inside AdSense: Официальный блог Google AdSense. If you’re a Russian-speaking publisher, you can rely on this blog for information about the latest AdSense news and feature releases in your own language. We also hope you’ll find it to be a useful resource for optimizing your sites and making the most out of your AdSense account. Our Russian support team will address frequently-asked questions among Russian-speaking publishers, and share local case studies with you.
