PC iTunes hits 1 million downloads. Apple also announced a promotion with PepsiCo Inc. starting in February in which 100 million winning bottle caps on certain Pepsi drinks grant the winner a free song. When I read that, I said, “That’s 99 million dollars!” Then I said, “No, it costs just the royalty… which may be a fixed cost anyway.” Then I figured, “Lots of people will buy Pepsi. Maybe Pepsi paid Apple for it.” Smart move, Jobs.
The Internet is fast.
Skype – the software I’ve been looking for. It permits VoIP across corporate networks.
Google lets you search by location in the US. via GoogleBlog
Schwarzenegger is the new California Governer. I wonder how many Californians can spell his last name…
Robert Engle and Clive Granger won the Nobel Prize for their work on ARCH and something-or-the-other-I-ought-to-have-studied-at-B-school. I was outside Engle’s office last month (somewhere within 100m of the corridor in the photo), and that’s the closest I’ve been to an Nobel laureate. Of course, some people know him personally and discuss ‘stupid problems’ with him.
Recognising the problems with PageRank. via RobotWisdom