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		<title>Thank You, Steve Jobs!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2011 06:07:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David van Sunder</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today was just another day. I was finishing up dinner when I got a text and a phone call from my brother in quick succession. “Did you hear Steve Jobs died?” I read from the text as my brother&#8217;s voice was saying the same thing to me through the white earbuds of my iPhone. My [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Google Invests $200M in Farmville? Is Search Over?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 05:34:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David van Sunder</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to ReadWriteWeb, Google has invested over $100 million and possibly as much as $200 million in Zynga, bringing the total investment in Zynga to somewhere around half a billion dollars. You might not know the name Zynga, but if you spend any time on Facebook, you have probably heard of some of the games [...]]]></description>
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		<title>KnowEm: Do You Control Your Name?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 07:52:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David van Sunder</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[People constantly talk about how important a name is to a business. They usually follow that declaration up by emphasizing that a good domain name is just as important. What people often forget is how important it is to register the name of your business on all the major social media sites. Now some of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DoGooders DoEvil?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 07:56:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David van Sunder</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[DoGood Headquarters recently released a plugin for Internet Explorer, Firefox and Safari that replaces ads on websites with “green related initiatives, philanthropic calls for action and health and wellness ideas.” Before I get critical of this new service, because I will, I just want to say that I sympathize with part of what they are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Facebook Funny Money</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 07:48:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David van Sunder</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Micropayments]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://vansunder.com/?p=836</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Micropayments have been the holy grail of the internet for years. Finally, companies like Apple and Amazon seem to be profiting where many others have tried and failed. Apparently, Facebook thinks that they stand to make a profit through micropayments as well. According to Facebook&#8217;s developer blog, Facebook is now entering the beta phase of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BetterMe.com: Honest Feedback, Anonymously</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 07:57:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David van Sunder</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One common problem in businesses is not knowing what coworkers or employees think about a subject. Sometimes the subject is fairly mundane, so you can just ask. When the subject is more sensitive though, either you or the people you intend to ask might be hesitant about discussing the subject openly. In the past, you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More Education, Less Ad Clicking</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 07:56:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David van Sunder</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few days ago, Chitika Research put out some interesting data comparing the relation between online advertising CTR (click through rates) in comparison to college education. According to their findings, the higher the percentage of college graduates, the lower the CTR for the population. Their conclusion from that finding was that advertisers who target more [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Social Networks for Authenticating Corporate Sites? Forget About It!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Feb 2010 07:23:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David van Sunder</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Cloud Computing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Increasingly, web sites are allowing people to login using one of their existing social networking accounts. And for good reason. It makes life easier for users. Instead of having to signup for a new account and remember what login and password they used for a site, users can login using their account at Twitter, Facebook [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Want Ultra High Speed Broadband? Google Wants to Supply It.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Feb 2010 07:59:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David van Sunder</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Broadband]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://vansunder.com/?p=749</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I have to say that I&#8217;m pretty excited by Google&#8217;s announcement that they are going to build and test a few fiber networks around the United States that would provide internet access at up to 1 gigabit/sec. That&#8217;s in comparison to the U.S.&#8217;s pathetic 3.9 megabit/sec average. That&#8217;s over 250 times faster! That&#8217;s even 20 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Location Based App Roundup: Checking Out Checking-In!</title>
		<link>http://vansunder.com/geolocation-roundup/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 07:10:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David van Sunder</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://vansunder.com/?p=694</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Like I said yesterday, it&#8217;s hard to decide what location based apps to target for a business. So, here is a quick roundup of some options available today. How did I choose which apps to include? Simple. I went through the Apple App store and downloaded all the location based apps I could find. I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Geolocation Apps: Who Cares Where We Are?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:44:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David van Sunder</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://vansunder.com/?p=693</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[So, what are geolocation apps and why should you care? Good question. Well, first off, geolocation based apps are apps that base their features around where you are. They take that information from the GPS in a mobile device, such as a Blackberry, iPhone or another smartphone. That information is used to tell other users [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Google that Name, Buster!</title>
		<link>http://vansunder.com/research-names/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Feb 2010 07:51:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David van Sunder</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Trademark]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Web Search]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[When many people think of a great product name or domain name, they quickly check to see if the domain name is available. If it is, they quickly purchase it and they&#8217;re in business. Think that&#8217;s enough? So, did the UK government. According to The Register, the UK government&#8217;s Directgov website named the children&#8217;s section [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is Valentine&#8217;s Day Empty? Augment It!</title>
		<link>http://vansunder.com/augmented-reality-card/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 07:48:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David van Sunder</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Hallmark]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m not a big Valentine&#8217;s Day kind of guy. I used to be, but the whole day has started to feel a bit forced as I&#8217;ve gotten older. Besides, it&#8217;s too close to my wife&#8217;s birthday, so it loses some of its impact. Still, this augmented reality card idea from Hallmark that I saw via [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Dangers of Numerical Goals</title>
		<link>http://vansunder.com/dangers-of-goals/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jan 2010 07:59:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David van Sunder</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Goals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Management]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Many managers seem to think that setting concrete numerical goals and riding their employees to deliver on them is the key to good management. If their employees don&#8217;t deliver, they need to be “talked to”. That&#8217;s definitely an approach, but it isn&#8217;t always an effective approach. The reasons why are complicated, but they come down [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vanity Search or Brand Protection?</title>
		<link>http://vansunder.com/brand-protection/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 07:35:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David van Sunder</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many people Google their names or the names of their businesses occasionally to see what they find. While some people call that a vanity search, I call that brand protection. Some of you might protest that you don&#8217;t need to search for yourself because you&#8217;re not selling anything, but in reality, we&#8217;re all selling something. [...]]]></description>
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