Updates
I know — an update posting is kind of like a band releasing a greatest hits compilation, a bit of a copout. However, since I wrote them, some of my blog topics have had updates:
N-E-S-T-L-E-S
Greenpeace, through continued social media pressure and activism, has claimed victory. According to a May 17, 2010 Greenpeace blog, Nestle has agreed to “ensure its products have a zero deforestation footprint.” Nina Backas, Nestle spokeswoman, is quoted in a Wall Street Journal article as saying, “Like all companies, we are learning about how best to use social media, particularly with such complex issues. What we take out of this is that you have to engage.”
Sour Grapes
Apple sold 3 million iPad’s in the first 80 days. No, I still don’t have one.
Get LOST
Lost went off the air in May 2010 and provided ABC with its best viewer numbers for a Sunday night (not including the Oscars) in over two years. The finale proved a marketers dream as the event kept expanding in length and even included a post finale appearance by cast members on Jimmy Kimmel’s show.
ACTA. This could be big. This could be bad. This could be nothing.
There still isn’t a consensus. Some countries want to include the names of food and fashion items (think Gucci and Parmesan cheese). There are also still concerns over the secrecy of the discussions. Aside from an initial draft of the document being released in March, nothing else has become public. “We still have a lot of disagreement on ACTA,” European Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht told a committee of lawmakers at the European Parliament on July 13, 2010.
I rant, therefore I am.
Facebook has had run-ins with China and with Pakistan over differences in what their countries views as private and public. The issue is one of data protection regulations in different countries. In one country something is fine, in another it is not. Think about it like this, what happens if a business person from Germany takes his laptop to France for a conference and uploads photos of folks he met. He then travels to Spain for another conference and uploads more photos before heading back to Germany. Are the photos subject to the laws in Germany, France or Spain? According to CNET, “after acquiring a jaw-dropping 7.8 million new monthly active users in the U.S. in May, it only picked up 320,800 in June, the research found, and among users age 18-25 and 35-44 it actually lost traffic.” Some suspect the media hype over privacy issues may be to blame.
Whole lot of shakin’ goin’ on
According to modernsurvivalblog.com (I let them do the computations since I don’t like math), “Earthquakes between magnitude 5.0 and 6.9 are still up and occurring 33 percent more frequently than average statistics so far during 2010 (133% of normal). Earthquakes between magnitude 5.0 and 9.9 are occurring 25 percent more frequently than average statistics so far during 2010 (125% of normal).
