7 posts and columns on Iowa

Americans Vote One T-Shirt and Bumper Sticker at a Time — And Here Are the Early Results

in Commerce on January 15 at 2:39 pm PT

The sale and creation of bumper stickers, t-shirts, mugs and other political gear may be a better indication of which candidates Americans like than some of the primaries.
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Viral Video: “Game Change” (Or the Latest Sarah Palin Impersonation)

in Media on December 26, 2011 at 3:22 am PT

She’s baaaack.
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After the PlayStation Hack, a Legal Pile-On Against Sony

in Enterprise on April 28, 2011 at 11:47 am PT

It didn’t take long for Sony to be served with its first lawsuit following the disclosure that its PlayStation Network was hacked. Meanwhile, the number of investigating regulators and outraged U.S. lawmakers is multiplying. Sony’s lawyers are going to be busy.

Congress Is Officially Paying Attention to the Epsilon Breach

in Enterprise on April 7, 2011 at 1:46 pm PT

Have no fear, you consumers worried about the Epsilon data breach. Sen. Al Franken of Minnesota, and other members of Congress, are on the case.

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States Make Play for Web Gambling

in News on March 2, 2011 at 4:30 am PT

Efforts to legalize online gambling in the U.S. are moving to the states as lawmakers roll the dice on bills that aim to steer around federal laws effectively prohibiting Internet wagering.

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Almost Famous: Kent Lindstrom of PlacePop

in Social on April 30, 2010 at 3:41 am PT

This week, we stopped by Ooga Labs, a little incubator on Market Street in San Francisco, to meet Kent Lindstrom, CEO of PlacePop. PlacePop is an iPhone app and Web site, advertised as a check-in sharing service like Foursquare, but without the game. Hmm… a start-up touting that it does LESS, you say? And the CEO used to run Friendster? We had to see about this.

Magazine Giant Meredith: Our Ads Are Lousy, Too

in Media on October 29, 2008 at 5:48 am PT

Why is Time Inc. planning on shedding six percent of its staff? The new numbers released by the magazine publisher behind titles like Ladies’ Home Journal offer a grim clue: Ad revenues are down 18 percent in the last year, and the next quarter looks equally bad.