PALM INC. and Research In Motion (RIM), makers of the popular BlackBerry are scheduled to announce a licensing agreement today that will allow Palm’s Treo to use BlackBerry’s e-mail and communications technology for their own smartphones. This will enable Palm to market Treo to businesses already using BlackBerry devices.
Read Palm Inc. and BlackBerry Maker Will Sign a Licensing Agreement
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MICROSOFT HAS BEEN HELPING the Nigerian government to investigate email scams over the past several months and the collaboration has already resulted in criminal prosecutions for a few companies. Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is currently investigating hundreds of suspected scammers and plans to make spamming a criminal offense with jail terms of up to three years. Microsoft is providing technical assistance to EFCCs efforts.
The most common scam originating from Nigeria involves requests for bank account information for transfers of large amounts of money, of course with promises of a large payoff to the gullible victim. I often receive these e-mails and wonder what type of people would actually read them and say, “Hey honey, look! We just got an email saying that we could make a few million dollars and all we have to do is let these guys use our bank account to transfer some money! It’s our lucky day!”
For the full story, go to BBC News: Nigerian e-mail frauds targeted
IT SEEMS THAT THIS WHOLE TREND of transparency in business is being heeded by some, perhaps to their own detriment. The British Secret Service recently launched its website, registering 3.5 million hits in the first several hours of the launch.
Not too long ago, the Secret Service was so secret that it denied its own existence. Now, in an effort to recruit wanna-be Bonds to join the fight on global terrorism, they have gone public. My name is Bond, visit my website.
For the full story, go to: NY Times: Britain’s Secret Service Indeed
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WONDERBRA has a cool online ad out, tastefully showing how online ads are evolving interactive visual content. Check it out at Experience WonderYou Make sure that you roll your mouse over the people in the background of the ad to see their comments!
HERE’S A SIMPLE DIAGRAM illustrating the push-pull balance of online communications. Customers pull RSS feeds, podcasts, and content from your website and syndicates while you and your affiliates push e-mail content (i.e. newsletters, promotional messages, company news, offers, etc.) What isn’t shown here are the links from other sites that send traffic to your site.
What do you think is missing?
