| Calling All Drivers - Dash Hits the Streets With Unique Nationwide ...
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., April 9 -- Dash Navigation(TM), Inc. today announced plans to recruit 2,000 drivers to "road test" the Dash Express(TM), the first Internet-connected automotive GPS. The company recently completed a successful six-month field trial in the San Francisco Bay Area. Now, Dash is turning traditional auto navigation testing upside down by crisscrossing the country to actively engage thousands of consumers in the process. Commuters eager to be the first to test drive the Dash Express are encouraged to apply by visiting http://www.dash.net/. "We're committed to doing whatever it takes to deliver a great consumer experience," said Dash Chief Executive Officer Paul Lego. "The only way to do this well is to hit the road and reach out to the community for real-world input and feedback.
Nigeria: Pathetic Plight of Varsity Graduates - Ezekwesili
And about 69 per cent of the graduates, give there is no job as their major reason for being unemployed" He was quick to point out the root of the problem, which according to him, is the inability of our system to properly develop its human resources to think in the area of Entrepreneurship! This he made obvious when he said that "The propensity of entrepreneurship in job creation among other attributes is as a credible agent for poverty eradication; its tendency to transform persons and societies from waste to wealth has been demonstrated. The 2006 Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) concludes that a systematic relationship exists between a country's economic development and its level of type of entrepreneurial activity" .
Virtual world, real money
Whole new worlds are taking shape in cyberspace. But is it really just a case of second lives, same old messes? Matt Philp investigates. Dave Manley's story begins like the stories of so many other naive arrivals to a new town. Broke, with no prospects, he falls back on his only asset: his body. Dancing at a strip club leads to work as an escort (only with women, mind). Eventually, he banks enough to finance a climb to respectability. But this is where the going gets weird. In real life, Mr Manley is a genial, bald, bearded 71-year-old from Dunedin and his foray into the sex industry was not only vital, it was virtual. The stripping was entirely the work of his online alter-ego or "avatar" a tall, buffed, Nordic hunk he calls Jay. Mr Manley is living out his racy second life in Second Life, the Internet-based, fully immersive 3D world where you can be whoever you want to be, and which, it is claimed, now numbers four million registered users, or "residents".
Apple and EMI: Music Is the Winner
Announcing the landmark agreement between iTunes and EMI, Steve Jobs said he expected other record labels to follow suit, and he predicted that half of iTunes' 5,000,000-track inventory would be available in unprotected format within a year. That would be an amazing turnaround for an industry that has fanatically resisted selling music that can be easily copied. PEER 1 Dedicated Hosting - 20% x 2 off Windows Dual Core Servers Choose PEER 1 Dedicated Hosting to manage your server while you work. Get greater reliability, enhanced security, faster performance, and more. For a limited time, get 20% off your Windows Dual Core Server every month and 20% off your set up fee! .
Sites aimed at preteens gaining in popularity Marketers courting ...
He lives a full, if virtual, life and has a pad decked out to his tastes, says owner and decorator Jake Reynolds, a 9-year-old.
Six months ago, the 3rd grader got sucked into Calvin's world and hasn't left it since. He can't.
Once Jake used the secret code that came with his store-bought bulldog to create an online version at Webkinz.com, he committed to feeding and shopping for the pup regularly while interacting with other kids and their virtual pets on the Internet.
"You have to play it mostly every two days or every day, because if you don't then their health meter goes all the way down, and they'll get sick," Jake says matter of factly. "I do it just about every day because I just really, really like it."
Webkinz.com is one of a growing number of social-networking sites aimed at preteens, many of whom have watched older siblings interact online at places like MySpace.com.
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