Came across this New York Times article about FriendFeed, a new service that is reminiscent of what we were looking to achieve with SuprGlu. FF allows you to subscribe to your friends’ Internet activity, e.g. music they listened to, entries on their blogs, or photos they shared, all with the convenience of just one [...]

Supposedly, with the cost of $100/year, the Clear Registered Traveler program will pre-screen you (you will be subjected to TSA’s security threat assessment), so that you can walk through their faster security lanes at airports. At some of the airports, Clear has even put in new security check kiosks so that you wouldn’t have to [...]

The latest issue of Fortune magazine details the back-story of Nintendo’s success as a video game company. One thing worth noting is how impressively lean Nintendo is in headcount compared to the amount of revenue the company is able to bring in:
In short, Iwata has made Nintendo as efficient as a bullet train and [...]

In the latest issue of Fortune magazine, the cover story takes a look at how Bloomberg LP operates. The company aligns its employees on its business goals through prominent displays of sales metrics placed around the office:
There are close to 9,400 employees at Bloomberg, and all would cheer that analyst’s fidelity to the product. [...]

“Research shows that doctors who have close relationships with drug makers tend to prescribe more, newer and pricier drugs — whether or not they are in the best interests of patients.”
Reports the New York Times.  No kidding.  Drug business, both the legal and illegal kind, rules this country.

Seth Godin has a blog about business and marketing that I read regularly. He writes short posts that always get straight to the point, and his points are usually interesting.
I was surprised to read his latest post, ‘Good is not almost as good as great‘, which I find short-sighted and a bit tasteless. [...]

I’m a big fan of Zipcar. Good idea, great service, and the people there seem to really care about the customer’s experience. Basically it’s a membership car rental service, but instead of renting for a full day, you get to rent for just the hours you need, and you get charged by the [...]