Businessweek.com: Although the 400-acre farm’s profits were a distant memory, Shatto had both a financial and familial stake in the company, and he refused to sell out. “I figured the only thing we could do was keep milking the cows,” he says, “but we had to find a way to make money for a change.” He conducted a feasibility study […]
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Pro Podcasting
IHT.com:The primarily amateur Internet audio medium known as podcasting took a small, hopeful step on Friday toward becoming the commercial Web’s next big thing. That step was taken by Odeo, a five-person start-up that is based in a walk-up apartment in the Mission District of San Francisco and was co-founded by a Google alumnus. The company plans to introduce a […]
Premium McDonald’s Coffee
Smartmoney.com: McDonald’s is testing high-end coffee in restaurants, and analysts say it’s a matter of time before that company and other U.S. fast-food chains start offering a better brew. Profits on specialty coffee, a nearly $9 billion a year retail market in the U.S., are too large for the chains to ignore. Test Results Positive So Far “McDonald’s is testing […]
Real-world Gaming
The New York Times: The first advertisement appeared in USA Today a week ago, right on schedule. People from around the world had stayed up all night waiting for it, talking in chat rooms and online forums. It had to be a clue, they thought. Everything before it had been a clue. “LOST. The Cube,” read the ad, posted at […]