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Will It Blend? Smart Online Marketing
As soon as the iPhone hit the market, BlendTec purchased one and made the following clip and put on YouTube. So far, the clip has been viewed 2,041,340 times, commented 6,048 times, and favored by 4,383 people. Monthly sales through the web for the Total Blender is currently running at more than 5 times our [...]
U.S. toy makers expect strong holiday season
Recalls of products made in China pave the way to growth. China’s misfortune may turn out to be Sue Dennison’s holiday gift. The co-owner of Roy Toy, in East Machias, Me., has seen website sales and wholesale orders for her log-building sets soar in the past few weeks, and she’s shipping to U.S. retailers that [...]
Aquafina Labels: It’s Tap Water
The label on Aquafina water bottles will soon be changed to spell out that the drink comes from the same source as tap water, the brand’s owner said Friday. A group called Corporate Accountability International has been pressuring bottled water sellers to curb what it calls misleading marketing practices. Aquafina is the single biggest bottled [...]
World’s the tallest man met the shortest
The world’s tallest man, Bao Xishun today shook hands with He Pingping who claims to be Earth’s shortest. While Mr Xishun, 56, towers above everyone at an astonishing 7.9ft, 19-year-old Mr Pingping is a mere 2.4ft high. Bao Xishun, a herdsman from Chifeng, Inner Mongolia, was recently married in a traditional ceremony to a 28-year-old [...]
Google bought GrandCentral
Last week, Google acquired one of the companies we featured, New York City’s GrandCentral. Though no details of the deal were released, TechCrunch, the famed technology news site, estimated the deal was in the $50 million range. GrandCentral will continue to remain entirely free as they work with Google to add capacity, work out any [...]
Comcast’s new super fast cable modem
Comcast Corp. Chief Executive Brian Roberts dazzled a cable industry audience Tuesday, showing off for the first time in public new technology that enabled a data download speed of 150 megabits per second, or roughly 25 times faster than today’s standard cable modems. The new cable technology is crucial because the industry is competing with [...]
Small-Business Leaders Top New Confidence Poll
As confidence in military and White House leadership continues sliding, Americans are gaining confidence in the country’s small business leaders. When asked how much confidence they have in leaders of a range of public and private institutions, 54% expressed a “great deal” of confidence in leaders of small business, a new Harris Interactive poll found. [...]
