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Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment announced this week the launch of their new Diamond Collection, which they hail as the ‘definitive collection of the Walt Disney Studios most historic and beloved animated classics’. These gems will debut beginning with Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs on October 6 on Blu-ray Hi-Def. “Walt Disney’s gift of telling captivating […]
Twitter altered its Terms of Service Friday, as a precursor to monetization. Erik Sherman has the scoop: # “Twitter is explicitly saying that content can and will be shared with others that “partner with Twitter for the syndication, broadcast, distribution or publication of such Content on other media and services, subject to our terms and […]
MobiDigger is a relatively new service that allows users to mask their phone number with a chosen nickname. Two months after launching, MobiDigger expects reaching the half million user point by the end of 2009. Why a Cell Phone Nickname? Similar to how email addresses and online IDs display a nickname to the public whilst routing […]
Ever dream of winning the lottery? The golden ticket holders on this list might convince you otherwise. Most of them either regret winning the jackpot, or admit it made their lives hell. Let them show you what the lottery could make you lose. 10. Callie Rogers Callie Rogers won £1.9 million (about $3 million at […]
Monopoly City Streets, a new version of online Monopoly you can play through Google maps, goes live September 9. The game, co-sponsored by boardgame company Hasbro, allows you to build and trade property with other participants in real time. The online game will last four months. Hasbro plans to promote its new Monopoly City Edition, […]
Has anyone ever accused you of being a nitpicker? If so, take heed: You can actually put that trait to use professionally. As, well, a professional nitpicker. Read below to see what that entails: 1. San Francisco: Nitpicker wanted Looking for someone based in San Fransisco to remove lice and eggs from people infected with […]
The new People of Walmart blog relies on user-submitted images of “outrageously bad / ugly / creepy / crazy shoppers” that grace the aisles of the world’s largest retailer. Based on their About page, the guys who started the website seem pretty cool. I can’t quote my favorite bits here, but part of their philosophy […]
The Project on Governmnet Oversight (POGO), a nonprofit dedicated to exposing government corruption, has documented lewd behavior by military contractors working for ArmorGroup, North America, a subsidiary of Wackenhut Security. Reuters has more: Private contractors hired by the U.S. government have jeopardized security at the American embassy in Kabul with lewd, drunken conduct and an […]
This is a guest post by Merrin Muxlow from Resource Nation. One of my favorite Business Pundit posts of all time profiles 25 visionary entrepreneurs who “created empires from virtually nothing.” While entrepreneurial success stories are always inspiring, the best ones always seem to be those that people can relate to. All due respect to […]
