Amy Vernon » WalletPop http://www.amyvernon.net Sat, 31 Jul 2010 13:27:18 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Jan. 8, Cable wars http://www.amyvernon.net/walletpop/jan-8-cable-wars/ http://www.amyvernon.net/walletpop/jan-8-cable-wars/#comments Sat, 09 Jan 2010 00:49:20 +0000 admin http://www.amyvernon.net/?p=703 I analyze the latest cable wars and opine that we, the viewers, are actually going to be the winners here. On WalletPop.

]]> http://www.amyvernon.net/walletpop/jan-8-cable-wars/feed/ 0 Dec. 15, LOL cats and URL shorteners http://www.amyvernon.net/hot-hardware/dec-15-lol-cats-and-url-shorteners/ http://www.amyvernon.net/hot-hardware/dec-15-lol-cats-and-url-shorteners/#comments Wed, 16 Dec 2009 04:13:06 +0000 admin http://www.amyvernon.net/?p=673 While at BlogWorld Expo in October, I had the pleasure of interviewing Ben Huh, CEO of the Cheezburger Network, for WalletPop. We did tons of video interviews, so this one was finally edited and posted today.

Facebook & Google both announced their own URL shorteners and bit.ly announced its Pro version. It seemed kind of like URL Shortener Day. Hot Hardware.

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A DJ did a rap music remix version of the Slap Chop infomercial and now it’s going to be used as an actual commercial. Brilliant. Wrote about it for WalletPop.

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