Google quietly launched TEXT ADVERTISING FOR GOOGLE MAPS. Ads don’t seem on all maps… .yet. The ads, of course, are “contextual” — relevant to the search. (props to search engine land)
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The UK’s wireless carrier, Orange, has reportedly DUMPED THE BRAND-NEW BLACKBERRY BOLD “following reports of software issues.” The company says it’s waiting for RIM to fix those issues before resuming shipment.
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Stocks are plummeting. Banks are failing. The money’s all gone.If you’re a small or medium-size business owner with employees, I’m going to tell you something you already know: Layoffs are coming, too. The knee-jerk impulse to lay off half your staff in order to cut employee costs by 50% can be just some antiquated institutional …

I told you October 3 that Delta Airlines planned to filter out “inappropriate” Web sites for in-flight Wi-Fi. Now American Airlines announced plans to follow suit. While nobody has reported a case of any passenger using Wi-Fi to view pornography in-flight, nearly all airline terminals actually sell pornography in print mold — even…

DARPA, the Pentagon’s well-funded research wing (which funded the invention of the Web, among other things) is working on a project code-named GANDALF, which would enable the U.S. military to pinpoint the exact location of any cell phone and, presumably, blow away the person holding it. I want one.
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Here’s a picture of Microvision’s incredibly small projector, designed to be OEMed into cell phones. It’s fully functional and in-focus at any distance. I want one.
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A small number of digital wristwatches are available with “digital paper” displays — screens similar to the Amazon Kindle’s that imitate the appearance of paper. All are dark grey on light grey. But Hong Kong-based O.D.M has released a new watch called the Filmatic II, which is the first ever GOLD-ON-GREY digital paper watc…