Has Announced A Deal Which Will See The Company Will Acquire Parent Company Of Dictionary
15 May 2008, 17:05 No comments
The search engine predicts the move will expand its audience by 11 percent or 145 million unique visitors per month. Once the deal is signed and stamped, Ask.com is expected to add more layers such as video and images to entries on Dictionary.com and Thesaurus.com. The deal is due to close in Q3 of this [...]
Enthusiasts Find Big Is Not Always Best With Social Networks
7 May 2008, 00:12 No comments
Forget Facebook, MySpace or any other online hangout that boasts tens or hundreds of millions of people.
For Teresa Munoz, Athlinks (population: 34,000) is the place to be. She uses the community devoted to competitive running, swimming and biking events to find training partners and get advice, including information about her first Ironman triathlon.
Munoz, 45, of [...]
Last of the Breed Comedy on the wild side
25 April 2008, 17:05 No comments
Last time we checked in with former Idahoan and writer Maria Dahvana Headley, she was briskly walking down a busy New York City street in 2007 on her way to a read from her best-selling memoir, “The Year of Yes” (Hyperion, $17.21). That book, and the wave of success that followed, propelled her into hyper-speed, [...]
NBC Universal ad agency to create productcentered programs
21 April 2008, 03:03 No comments
BURBANK, Calif. - A newly formed NBC Universal production unit is teaming up with an advertising agency to create programs around sponsors’ products, the company said.NBC Universal Digital Studio will work with a division of Omnicom Group Inc. to create programs that help advertisers sell their products, the entertainment giant announced in a statement Thursday. [...]
Being a good ancestor
18 April 2008, 19:07 No comments
Rivkah is touring New Zealand outlining the challenges facing libraries worldwide in their quest to remain relevant to the communities they serve.
The theme of her talk revolved around not being afraid to take risks and to welcome new technology.
I am sure you would agree that librarians are not the first group that comes to mind [...]
Hey you women the balls in your court
18 April 2008, 19:07 No comments
No question, the ANZ Championship is a courageous initiative by the New Zealand and Australian netball bodies.
Ideally it will provide a model by which womens sport in this part of the world can provide an avenue into professional sport for a number of women, rather than just the special few who earn enough to concentrate [...]
Go do it Persepolis challenges perceptions of graphic novels; author will visit
16 April 2008, 17:05 No comments
Marjane Satrapi could have written “Persepolis” as a traditional memoir, but it’s safe to say fewer people would have noticed had she added to the glut of autobiographies on the market.Instead, Satrapi, who is appearing in Boise as part of The Cabin’s Readings and Conversations series, presented her tale of growing up in revolutionary Iran [...]
Last of the Breed Comedy on the wild side
16 April 2008, 17:05 No comments
Last time we checked in with former Idahoan and writer Maria Dahvana Headley, she was briskly walking down a busy New York City street in 2007 on her way to a read from her best-selling memoir, “The Year of Yes” (Hyperion, $17.21). That book, and the wave of success that followed, propelled her into hyper-speed, [...]
Go do it Persepolis challenges perceptions of graphic novels; author will visit
16 April 2008, 17:05 No comments
Marjane Satrapi could have written “Persepolis” as a traditional memoir, but it’s safe to say fewer people would have noticed had she added to the glut of autobiographies on the market.Instead, Satrapi, who is appearing in Boise as part of The Cabin’s Readings and Conversations series, presented her tale of growing up in revolutionary Iran [...]
Concert review Dumpstaphunk
16 April 2008, 17:05 No comments
Funk music is often dismissed as disposable fun - a dance-floor circus of bug-eyed men with long dreadlocks, popping bass guitars and ridiculous, made-up names like, well, Dumpstaphunk.Ivan Neville’s quintet lived up to, yet crushed, those stereotypes. The three-hour, two-set concert illuminated a New Orleans band with jaw-dropping musical chops, hopeful lyrics and a reverence [...]
