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Registration opens to the public on Mon, Aug 12. Register for the 50 States and 13 Colonies rides! Weigel : Firing People Is Not A Plan. When John Boehner wants a lede, John Boehner gets a lede .
House Republican leader JohnBoehner on Tuesday urged President Barack Obama to support an extensionof tax cuts and to fire key economic advisers, arguing that 19 month of"government as community organizer" hasn't worked... thelawmaker also called on Obama to propose aggressive spending cuts andseek the resignations of Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, the headof the National Economic Council, Larry Summers, and other members ofhis economic team.
Look: Calling for members of an administration to be fired is a political tactic, not a plan. Would Obama Fare Better With a Republican House? - Politics. With prognosticators hardening their positions about Republicans taking control of the House, the latest analytical tack you'll see pundits take is to say that the White House is probably better off in the long term with Republicans owning part of the government in the short term.
Would losing the House be better than keeping it? Perceptions about the economy and Obama's inability to fix it are coloring everything else and are a very heavy weight on the scale. So if you think that losing the House somehow stabilizes the economy, then maybe. Morning Joe for President: The Fantasy Continues - Politics. DCBlogs. Where Did Chatroulette Go? Facebook Follow: The Twitter-Eater, The Preemptive Google Me-Killer. Up until a few months ago, I was using Facebook the same way I was using Twitter.
That is, I was allowing anyone to follow me. But it was different. With Twitter, anyone can follow me without my approval. On Facebook, everyone needs my approval. 15 YEARS AGO TODAY... Windows 95 Launched. Let's Take A Brief Trip Back... Chief Marketing Officer. RT @geoffliving: New Blog Post: Nearly 76% of Facebook Users Find BP Irresponsible or Criminal. These survey results are being released in conjunction with the CitizenGulf events held on Wednesday, August 25 this week.
The benefit meet-ups seek to help fishing families affected by the oil spill with education programs. Register today. As part of its efforts to sway American opinion about its responsible approach towards the Deep Horizon oil spill clean-up, BP engaged in a significant advertising campaign, with major online components including social media properties and search engine buys. S Monday Mashup #38 / we are social. 43% of US companies will be blogging by 2012eMarketer estimates that nowadays one in three companies have a public-facing blog used for marketing, a proportion that will rise to 43% by 2012.
Blogs are considered an efficient way to drive site traffic (including through valuable SEO), generate sales and create brand awareness, as well as improving customer care. Worldwide social network ad spending to hit $4.3 billion in 2011 According to new research by eMarketer, worldwide social network ad spending will rise 31% this year, to $3.3 billion, then up to almost $4.3 billion the following year. In the US alone, it will reach $2.1 billion, with Facebook receiving half of all social network ad spending there. Facebook Places: What you need to know The big Facebook news of the week was the launch of Facebook Places.
Join TECH cocktail in Indiana for The Combine — TECH cocktail. Twitter Hires Adam Bain Away From News Corp. As President Of Revenue. Twitter has hired Adam Bain as head of all revenue for the company, we’ve heard from multiple sources.
His title will be President, Revenue and he’ll be reporting to COO Dick Costolo. Twitter has also hired Brent Hill away from Google to run sales in the midwest region. Hill, along with recent hires Amanda Levy and Dan Coughlin, will report to Bain. Until very recently, Bain reported to Jon Miller and was President of the Fox Audience Network, the monetization arm for MySpace, IGN and other News Corp. digital properties. Bain took the Audience Network job in 2008 amid a reorganization at Fox and MySpace. Republican Chuck Hagel backs Democrat in Pa. Senate race - On Politics: Covering the US Congress, Governors, and the 2010 Election. By John Fritze, USA TODAY Updated 2010-08-23 12:21 PM Former Nebraska senator Chuck Hagel, a Republican.
By MANNIE GARCIA, AFP/Getty Images Republican Chuck Hagel, the former Nebraska senator, will endorse Democrat Rep. Are You There Social Media? It's Me Conflict - The TechChange Blog. What You Missed On 'Mad Men' Last Night - Advertising Age - MediaWorks. American University, Washington, D.C. Is the New Digg Dead on Arrival? - Technorati Blogging. High-tech carts will tell on Cleveland residents who don't recycle ... and they face $100 fine. Who I am. « Nicole in D.C. 15 Facts About Net Neutrality [Infographic] Net neutrality has taken up a lot of headline space over the last two weeks.
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There was the Goggle and Verizon thing, and then something happened with the FCC and some Congress members, and the French may have been involved somehow... Admit it, your eyes are glazing over aren't they? Yes, it's true, net neutrality sometimes isn't the easiest thing to wrap your head around. An intern state of mind. We Don't Choose Clients. Clients Choose Us. Aug 23, 2010 - alexpriest's posterous. How (and Why) Facebook, Twitter, Became Recess for Grown-ups - Advertising Age - The Media Guy. Explosion of light on the Potomac - Jason Peck. Digg. Blackfinn VIP party (via @andinarvaez) The CSS website Awards. RT @TechCrunch: LinkedIn's iPhone App Gets Retina Display Support, Improved UI For Profiles - by @leenarao.
LinkedIn has upgraded its iPhone app today with Retina Display support, an improved UI for viewing profiles and more.
Bank of America and Visa Working to Bring Mobile Payments to the Masses. Soon, some New Yorkers will be able pay for their purchases with their smartphones rather than their credit cards. Bank of America and Visa are working together to launch a new test program that will bring digital wallet capabilities to smartphones.The program will start in New York in September and run through the end of the year. Visa is planning on rolling out a similar test program with US Bancorp in October. Aug 19, 2010 - alexpriest's posterous. Aug 19, 2010 - alexpriest's posterous.
Groupon Launches National Deal With Gap, Selling 10 Groupons A Second. What a difference a deal makes. This morning, Groupon launched its first nationwide deal, $25 off a $50 purchase at Gap. Google Maps for Mobile Hits 100 Million Users. Considering it comes as a default app on many phones (including ever increasingly popular Android devices), today’s milestone for Google Maps for Mobile might not be too surprising, but is still impressive: 100 million monthly users. Interactive Infographic of the World's Best Countries.
Publications Twitter Users Get Up Close and Personal With Brands 08/19/2010. Foursquare CEO Fights Back! Promises Redesign, Says "We're Still A Platform For Location" Can Augmented Reality Help Save the Print Publishing Industry? Achenblog - Are Americans total numbskulls? If only Obama had ... See if this structure seems familiar to you: Over the past two years, Barack Obama has done X. Now, his poll numbers have slipped to 44 percent. Microsoft's Arc Touch Mouse revealed?
A Breakthrough for the GOP: More Women Running. The line for @LobsterTruckDC is out of control! #dcfoodtrucks. RT @andinarvaez: RT @Ed: "TweetUp" added to the Oxford Dictionary /cc @Biz. OUTRAGE OVER PLANS TO BUILD LIBRARY NEXT TO SARAH PALIN. Almost 40% of Americans still support the idea of books.