MSNBC buys hyperlocal site EveryBlock
EveryBlock combines news updates, city press releases, business reviews, and public records including crime reports and restaurant inspections to give you a ton of information about what's going on in your city, neighborhood, city council district, or police district. Information can be arranged on a timeline or in an "overview" window which gives you the latest information in one screen.
There's no information available about how much MSNBC paid for EveryBlock or what the company plans to do with the service. But I wouldn't be surprised to see it expand to cover additional American cities soon. I also wouldn' tbe surprised to see a bit of advertising and MSNBC branding added to the site.
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So, just how good at time waster games are you? Think you've got the stuff? Well, The World's Hardest Game 2.0 doesn't think you do.
Yes, amazingly, it's possible to have a sequel to a game called "The World's Hardest Game". It doesn't seem logically possible, since if the first one was actually the world's hardest, how could another one come along and share the moniker? It made me doubt the name in the first place. That is, until I tried the game.
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whiskey said 8:26AM on 8-20-2009
Brad, did you read the piece by boycottnovell on this subject?
I really don't like this, not one bit. If they get a hold of the media in a more direct way, all we will have is PR spins and denial. :(
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whiskey said 11:16PM on 8-19-2009
Read the piece from boycott novell on this subject. It's rather eye opening on how this could mean the beginning of something ugly.
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