[B12 Partners Solipsism] I would be very surprised if Microsoft was not the first to come up with the concept of paying for positive Wikipedia entries (and positive news stories, yadda yadda). We all know Micro$oft's reputation for arriving late to the party, and purchasing themselves a good time with their large juicy mounds of cash.
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[Tinkerx.com] TinkerX » Business: When media are new and everybody is jumping all overthemselves to get in on a game that seems very exciting because all those crazy kids are setting up MySpace pages and downloading YouTube videos and using the Wikipedia to research their homework because it’s all so dang social… well, you need to stop and understand whether the social aspects of what they are doing are features or functions of those networks.
[Blogbusinesssummit.com] Blog Business Summit: But even within the intelligence community, some agents have begun experimenting with a wiki system they call Intellipedia. The system has even been used to generate a National Intelligence Estimate, which the Times describes as “an authoritative snapshot of what the intelligence community thinks about a particular state—and a guide for foreign and military policy.”
[Namedevelopment.com] Media and Entertainment Archives: Strategic Name Development ...: Take a look at this blog on Funny Business that will bring you back to 1988, when Radio Shack could charge $1,499 for a cellular phone (I can’t remember when I used that name) and watch an ad for a car phone from the same year. If you must refer to a mobile phone that is especially for use in a car, the term to use, in my opinion, is “in-car phone” such as the Motorola M710 or a “handsfree” set - although you really cannot ask somebody to call you on your "handsfree.”
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