La Quinta Hotels Launches New Mobile Instant Booking Feature Called LQ-Instant Hold
La Quinta's new LQ-Instant Hold service allows guests to hold a room with just their mobile number for up to four hours.
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5 Useful Things That You Can Do With A First Generation iPad
Here are some useful things that you can do with your old first generation iPad, that will either make you some extra cash or help justify your purchase of a new one.
How to ask for a raise [infographic]
The most difficult conversation an employer and employee can have is about a salary raise. Nationally, employees will receive an average 3% wage increase this year. With this in mind, employers must carefully decide who gets a raise and when, while employees must perfect the art of salary negotiation. Hopefully this infographic will help. Good …
10 Ways To Get The Most Out Of Your CES Experience
I've been to CES more than 15 times and have learned every lesson the hard way. Here are some tips on how to get the most out of your CES experience.
5 Things to Focus On Now That Steve Jobs Is Gone
Let's take a look at 5 things Steve Jobs visions improved upon and how we can take that Proverbial ball and run with it.
Netflix To Rename DVD Service Qwikster And Will Start Renting Video Games
Netflix Co-founder and CEO Reed Hastings made a public apology in his blog late Sunday after a customer outburst against a hike in prices. Hastings wrote the post after a barrage of customer backlash that caused Netflix stock to plunge.
Netflix subscribers quit the service in droves last week after the unexpected increase. Enraged customers flooded the Netflix site with tens of thousands of comments, as well as a barrage of tweets under the hashtag #DearNetflix.
Google Video RIP
A few months ago, Google announced that they would be shutting down their Google Video service. Well, they set a date and that date is today, April 29, 2011. Honestly, they should have shut it down the day they bought YouTube. Archive Your Google Video Content Anyway, what does this mean for you? If uploaded …
5 Awesome Marketing Lessons From The Grateful Dead
Ahead of their time, The Grateful Dead make for a great case study in contrarian marketing. They achieved success by doing what most other bands weren't doing... or by doing the opposite of what others were doing. The Dead were true marketing innovators of their time.
Tips On How To Organize Your Connections After SXSW Austin
How to organize your new SXSW Austin connections and create a solid foundation to enable these valuable relationships to grow.
Unicorn Fighting A Bear: Funny Customer Service Response
A customer ordering a pizza online asked the restaurant to draw a picture of a unicorn fighting a bear on the box. ...And they did it! A+ funny customer service!
Steve Jobs Out Sick, But Apple Still In Good Health
Steve Jobs health issues are not impacting Apple's stock price. If he's is going to take some time off to take care of his health, now's as good a time as any to bow out for a while.
Innovation Power: 3 Of America’s Most Powerful CEO’s Deliver A Master Class At CES
Yesterday morning's keynote, "Innovation Power" with Jeff Immelt of GE, John Chambers of Cisco, and Ursula Burns of Xerox, with moderator, Gary Shapiro of the CEA, was by far one of the most powerful CES sessions I have ever seen.
Darkcasting: Lexus Launches New Online Interview Series With Whitney Cummings
Lexus debuts a new Internet video interview series called Darkcasting hosted by comedian Whitney Cummings.
New GAP Logo Gets Mocked By The (Entire) Internet
The new GAP logo will probably go down as one of the biggest logo redesigns fails in retail history.
Will The Federal Government Start “Wiretapping” Facebook? – Major Facebook Privacy Concerns Ahead
Could your raunchy Facechats face invasion? Facebook privacy is now in question as the Federal government wants access to the social network's user data.
Steve Jobs Prank Calls Starbucks During The Original iPhone Keynote
Steve Jobs prank calls Starbucks during the original iPhone keynote at Macworld San Francisco and orders 4,000 lattes to go for the live audience.
Final Facebook Profit For 2009 Estimated At $800 Million (2010)
It usually takes a while for businesses to turn a profit. But it's hard to believe that with over half a billion users, the first Facebook profit year just happened.
