MadBid , a fast growing “pay-to-bid” auction site has secured £4 million in a Series A funding from Atomico Ventures. Launched in 2008, MadBid is one of a number of pay-to-bid auction sites which have appeared in the last couple of years, with Swoopo among them.
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Penny auction site MadBid secures £4m funding from Atomico Ventures
Get out of the way, old man! You’re being Disrupted! Screw you, newspapers: blogs are stealing your readers and Craigslist is pillaging your revenue! Take that publishers: Andrew Wiley doesn’t need you and your stupid dead trees! And as for you, hotels – ha! hotels! – if ever there was an industry ripe for disruption, it’s you clowns. Charging $300 a night for a bed and a shower and a tiny plastic enema of shampoo when AirBnB will let you get the same, and more, for $50, so long as you don’t mind the creepy thrill of living in a stranger’s apartment.
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NSFW: Sorry AirBnB Hipsters, I’ll Take Health and Safety Over the Cult of Disruption
The more closely I look at the Image – the Daxiang wing, I mean – the more I think whoever wrote it was a sage. One tiny example… you know how most of the hexagrams’ Images tell you what the ‘noble one’ would do? And then there are three that tell you about the prince, and seven that tell you about the ancient kings.
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The Image of Stripping Away
David Murray ( @davemurr ) is just one example of the many voices and faces you can meet at #140ConfDetroit 10/20/10 – - – Tags: 140conf , social media , GM , David Murray , detroit , Jeff Keni Pulver
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David Murray – @davemurr – One of the Many Voice You Can Hear and Meet at #140ConfDetroit
Lately there have been a lot of advertisements about voip in India and unlimited voip calls from India. net4.in is one such voip provider creating this buzz. I thought to check net4.in and its individual plans that is home voip plans, if its any good for…
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Net4.in Voip Home Calling Plans : India
GM / Buick is the Title sponsor of the #140ConfDetroit – 10/20/10, and I want to thank the amazing team headed by @cbarger for letting us bring this event to the Motor City. – - – Tags: 140conf , social media , GM , Buick , detroit , Jeff Keni Pulver
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#140Conf Detroit – Oct 20 2010 – Thank You GM / Buick for Your Support
In today’s interconnected world, long distance phone service is more important than ever before. People find themselves needing to call businesses, friends and family spread all over the country or world, and the related phone bills can be difficult to handle at the end of the month.
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Cheap Long Distance Phone Services
This afternoon we’ll be at our annual TMC picnic having some fun in the sun – well hopefully sun, the weather may be questionable. As you might imagine, we may be less responsive than our usual standard of immediate response. I’ll be checking email as I can later today and will hopefully post some photos and/or videos throughout the day
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Annual TMC Picnic 2010 Today
Lately there has been very little activity in the voip world with very less voip providers coming up with new promotions. Zenofon has some news for you. I am sure you must be aware about Zenofon but if you have not joined it because of any reasons then it is…
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Zenofon free $3 trial credit to new users
I have an iPhone 4 and while I haven’t seen any major problems with the reception based on how I hold the phone, what the heck, I’d like to get a free case through the program Jobs announced earlier in July. How do I score a free Apple iPhone 4 bumper or case??
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Get that free iPhone 4 case with Apple’s iPhone 4 Case Program app!
The idea of being able to access all my files and data from anywhere on the Internet is darn tempting. Imagine having a multi-terrabyte file server that only you – and people you invite – can share, and imagine it’s fast, easy to set up, and surprisingly inexpensive. Enter the oddly-named Pogoplug.
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Review: Pogoplug Remote Disk Access System
With Australia, Spain and the Netherlands coming on board soon as Truphone Local Anywhere countries (on top of the UK and the USA), we have decided the time is right to make things a little easier for our Truphone Local Anywhere customers, by introducing Truphone Membership. Instead of separately selecting each Truphone country you want local rates in, Truphone Membership gives you access to local rates in ALL Truphone countries for just £10 / €10 / $15 a month, even as more countries are added. What if you’re not travelling to any of the Truphone countries and only using the service at home or away on short trips
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Truphone Local Anywhere pricing update
Biffing busily about Beijing on a bike: Explaining the journey from pictograms to ideograms to the modern and simplified Chinese characters That’s enough brushes, ed. Where the brushes are made … Goodness … Brushes in a calligraphy shop … Beijing Centre for the Performing Arts – again taken from a car
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Beijing 22nd July 2010
My Dad gave me a bluetooth headset that he isn’t using, a Nokia BH-700, and I want to pair it with my iPhone 3GS, but I can’t figure out how to proceed since the instruction manual has vanished. I have the power adapter, so at least I can charge it, but that’s about all I have figured out how to do so far. HELP!
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How do I bluetooth pair a Nokia BH-700 with my iPhone?
Image via Wikipedia Mail received from Accenture, India Unmatched in scope, scale and depth, Accenture has the broadest range of business process outsourcing (BPO) services. These include finance and accounting, clinical data management, call centre, customer analytics, human resources, procurement, e-learning, insurance back office, IT helpdesk, and more.
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BPO Careers at Accenture in India
Image via Wikipedia Some of the very important toll free telephone numbers of various entities are listed here. Airlines Indian Airlines – 1800 180 1407 Jet Airways – 1800 22 5522 SpiceJet – 1800 180 3333 Air India — 1800 22 7722 KingFisher – 1800 180 0101 Banks ABN AMRO – 1800 11 2224 Canara Bank – 1800 44 6000 Citibank – 1800 44 2265 Corporatin Bank – 1800 443 555 Development Credit Bank – 1800 22 5769 HDFC Bank – 1800 227 227 ICICI Bank – 1800 333 499 ICICI Bank NRI – 1800 22 4848 IDBI Bank – 1800 11 6999 Indian Bank – 1800 425 1400 ING Vysya – 1800 44 9900 Kotak Mahindra Bank – 1800 22 6022 Lord Krishna Bank – 1800 11 2300 Punjab National Bank – 1800 122 222 State Bank of India – 1800 44 1955 Syndicate Bank – 1800 44 6655 Automobiles Mahindra Scorpio – 1800 22 6006 Maruti – 1800 111 515 Tata Motors – 1800 22 5552 Windshield Experts – 1800 11 3636 Computers/IT Adrenalin – 1800 444 445 AMD – 1800 425 6664 Apple Computers – 1800 444 683 Canon – 1800 333 366 Cisco Systems – 1800 221 777 Compaq – HP – 1800 444 999 Data One Broadband – 1800 424 1800 Dell – 1800 444 026 Epson – 1800 44 0011 eSys – 3970 0011 Genesis Tally Academy – 1800 444 888 HCL – 1800 180 8080 IBM – 1800 443 333 Lexmark – 1800 22 4477 Marshal’s Point – 1800 33 4488 Microsoft – 1800 111 100 Microsoft Virus Update – 1901 333 334 Seagate – 1800 180 1104 Symantec – 1800 44 5533 TVS Electronics – 1800 444 566 WeP Peripherals – 1800 44 6446 Wipro – 1800 333 312 xerox – 1800 180 1225 Zenith – 1800 222 004
I’ve had an Apple iPhone since the iPhone 3 was released and now that I have an iPhone 4, I realize that I should be able to pair it via bluetooth with my Toyota GPS navigational system. I have no idea how to proceed, however
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How do I pair my iPhone with my Toyota navigation GPS system via Bluetooth?
The LG Vu Plus GR700 is AT&T’s latest Mobile TV-enabled phone designed for watching TV shows. As a successor to the LG Vu, the Vu Plus now boasts a side-sliding QWERTY keyboard, a revamped interface, an improved camera and AT&T Social Net, while preserving some goodies of its predecessor, like the 3-inch capacitive touchscreen.
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LG Vu Plus GR700 – Keeps You Entertained On the Go
I’ve been working hard on this behind the scenes for a while now, and it’s high time I let you know about it… When – 4th to 12th September Where – wherever you happen to be, within reach of a phone line – we’ll connect via teleseminars and a private forum. What – a Festival of Change . This is to celebrate change, and explore ways we align ourselves with its flow – through oracles of all kinds, dreams, paying attention to synchronicities… everything we use to be more in touch with the inner nature of the moment.
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Coming soon: Festival of Change
Sometimes, Governments get feedback from the citizens in ways that they cannot anticipate. One example was seen in the recent issue about the VAT rates on diesel, implemented by the Delhi Government. The Commonwealth Games to be hosted by Delhi in October is sucking in more money that anticipated, and with delays, especially for the
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Delhi Government forced to reduce the VAT on diesel, after finding that people voted with their feet
Rich text signatures have long been one of our most widely requested features . Some of you have tried your own solutions, including Greasemonkey scripts, browser plugins, and even using canned responses from Gmail Labs. Others have simply lived with frustration of not being able to change the colors or font size of your signature, or insert images and links
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Colourful Rich text signatures in Gmail
Posted by Adam Kovacevich, Senior Manager, Public Policy Communications Google’s Marissa Mayer wrote in the Financial Times today about the impact for consumers of governments potentially regulating search results. Because the article is behind the FT ’s paywall, we thought we’d share the complete text here (also, check out search analyst Danny Sullivan’s take on this issue). Do not neutralise the web’s endless search By Marissa Mayer Published: July 14 2010 Think about the word “jaguar” – what comes to mind?
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Our op-ed: Regulating what is “best” in search?
Republic of China Voice Holding Corporation (CHVC) (OTC: CHVC) announced today that it has established a new calling cards service distributed through its wholly possessed subsidiary, Wize Prepaid Inc., to be sold to various ethnic groups placed within the U.S. who are looking for a cost-effective way to call family and friends in their country of origin. The service is marked as “Wize Family and Friends” and is sold through the Company’s current Wize Prepaid master allocators.
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New Calling Card – Online Investment
Tuesday, June 29 at the Cisco Live Conference Las Vegas, John Chambers announced their newest product, the Cius tablet aimed at the enterprise market and positioned as a mobility product. That very same day a two hour IPv6 deployment panel, moderated by Cisco’s Alain Fiocco, featured Google, Microsoft, Comcast and Tata Communications in front of a room filled to near capacity.
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IPv6 Basking in the Desert Sun
For some time now, India has been plagued by the case of more and more intolerance in society, especially when it comes to a clash between the desires of the younger generation and the apparent social mores of the generation. For many years, Indians used to read about honour killings happening in Islamic countries, and
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Handling the diktats of the illegal khaps in a legal manner, hope this does not go to a committee
Over the past week there has been a new wave of email scams who are targeting internet users all around the world to part with their personal and financial details. The scam email appears to come from the hiring manage of the International Student Exchange Center – telling them about an excellent new area representative job and if you are interested you should apply with your personal details and CV
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Email Scam – Nothing to do with InternationalStudent.com!
Posted by Richard Whitt, Washington Telecom and Media Counsel Convergence is an overused and misused term, but fortunately it’s back in vogue for all the right reasons at the Federal Communications Commission. Back in December, Google and others suggested that the FCC pave the way for the convergence of the Internet and the television screen in their National Broadband Plan.
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Convergence Brought Home
“The logo’s interlinking hands in the yellow and green of Brazil and shaped like a trophy aim to enhance Brazil’s image as a warm, hospitable nation. The design is taken from an iconic photograph of three hands triumphantly raising the World Cup.” — QUOTE FROM WORLD FOOTBALL INSIDER Some have likened it to a “ facepalm .” I can see the resemblance, but personally, I’m just glad it’s an improvement on many of the previous World Cup logos . Watch the launch video below (or here on YouTube ).
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Brazil World Cup logo 2014
After reporting earlier this year about the new student visa clampdown that was about to take effect in the UK, and how these new changes were going to threaten most English Schools in the UK , English UK challenged the government over these new regulations and won! On the 8th July 2010 Mr Justice Foskett, sitting in London, declared the fresh restrictions had been achieved through altering guidelines when there should have been a formal change to the rules, with the matter referred back to Parliament. English UK are now asking that the rules be reverted back to the days prior to March 3rd when students could come to the UK to study English with only basic English language skills. Tony Milns, chief executive of English UK, said: “This judgment upholds our basic case that the Home Secretary was wrong to introduce a substantive change … without laying that change before Parliament.” English UK estimates the ruling has saved “more than £3,000 jobs and over £600 million a year in foreign earnings”.
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English UK Wins High Court Battle
Sprint’s new flagship Evo 4G smartphone has been selling well, but the company is also facing some spot product shortages of the phone, according to Dan Hesse, Sprint’s chief executive. At the Forrester Customer Experience conference in New York, Hesse admitted that the company was having issues meeting the high demand for their new high-speed phone. Sold out on Sprint ‘s official website and some of the retail stores, the device is more popular than both the carrier and the handset maker, HTC , had anticipated
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Spot Shortage of HTC EVO 4G Due to Strong Demand