Starbucks Corp., the company that popularized the $4 cup of coffee, is testing a $1 cup and free refills of some of its offerings.
Starbucks Breaks Down, Tries to be McDonald’s
Posted by vlad
on January 23, 2008
Is Oprah A Woman or an African-American?
Posted by vlad
on January 21, 2008
AMERICA’S favourite television presenter is paying a painful price for her intervention in the US presidential campaign last month. Oprah Winfrey has been dubbed a “traitor” by some of her female fans for supporting Barack Obama instead of Hillary Clinton.
Women turn on ‘traitor’ Oprah Winfrey for backing Barack Obama - Times Online
2008-2009 Ad Recession Outlook
Posted by vlad
on January 14, 2008
Beer is a recession-proof industry.
2008 will be saved by Olympics and Politics. 2009 screwed.
Ad Industry Honchos on 2008 Ad Recession Outlook: Grim - Silicon Alley Insider
Free Creative, Free Media for Starbucks
Posted by vlad
on December 11, 2007
A couple of Wisconsin University graduate students decided to create a Starbucks branded application. The funny thing is that they don’t event work for Starbucks. So far approximately 50,000 people have added this application and it is growing steadily.
College Students Create Branded App - The Unofficial Facebook Blog
How To Discredit Yourself
Posted by vlad
on December 10, 2007
Radiohead is essentially screwing the music business. What they would call "disintermediation" is actually putting music business people out of work. Jon Pareles’ "middlemen" are real people with real jobs and real families. However much Radiohead might hate the "exploitative" labels, it’s hard to see the real benefit here for the music business.
The Great Seduction: Pay what you want (and screw the music business) (Andrew Keen, the author of "The Cult of The Amateur - How Today’s Internet is Killing our Culture", in a post praising socialism
Revenue Science Files a Patent for Behaviorally Targeted Ad Exchange
Posted by vlad
on December 07, 2007
Revenue Science has filed a patent that will take it a step beyond the behavioral targeting network model, into a platform that connects advertisers with publishers, according to ClickZ.
The patent allows Revenue Science to serve behaviorally targeted ads to the highest bidding advertisers.
Revenue Science Patents Behaviorally Targeted Ad Exchange - MarketingVOX
Are Energy Drinks What They’re Supposed to Be?
Posted by vlad
on December 06, 2007
The simple secret to energy drinks’ reviving effects, then, is a lot of caffeine (and sometimes a lot of sugar, too). The caffeine content of energy drinks ranges from 72 to 294 mg per bottle. But a much smaller amount—30-35 mgs, which is comparable to what’s in most sodas—is probably enough to give you a jolt. The good news is that consuming up to 400 mg of caffeine a day doesn’t cause harmful health effects for most people.
In which countries do kids respect their parents the most?
Posted by vlad
on December 05, 2007
Netherlands: 31.9 percent, Denmark: 35.9, Germany: 59.2, Belarus: 70.9, Japan: 71.6, France: 74.7, United States: 77.2, Canada: 77.6, India: 88.8, China: 94.5, Puerto Rico: 97.5, Vietnam: 99.3.
Based on these and other numbers, I tentatively conclude that wealth breeds parental disrespect, being Asian brings greater respect for parents, and having a strong welfare state is correlated with disrespect for parents.
Marginal Revolution: In which countries do kids respect their parents the most?
