Today I noticed that google is now recognizing forum threads and returning related data in the search results.
Note the “5 Posts – 4 Authors – Last Post: 18 Apr”
Pretty cool.
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Boingo: The Best $10 I’ve Ever Spent
Last week I was stuck at O’hare overnight. I noticed a bunch of large signs proclaiming “free wi-fi terminal wide.” Upon trying to connect to the internet, I discovered that these hotspots were run by boingo and only “free” for customers of certain telcos. While I feel that wifi is an amenity that should always be free, like public restrooms, Boingo was only $10/month. I had some calls to make and figured I’d probably save money by using Skype instead of my $1.95/min roaming cell phone.
After signing up for boingo, I realized that had a 3 month free promo running. So I actually only paid $2.50/month. Even better!
It was not until I came back home that I realized the genius of boingo. Turns out, boingo is actually a partner on all the major wifi networks in North America. Meaning that I can use my boingo account to log in to any Bell hotspot at Starbucks and various other random places around the city.
In case you’re not aware, Bell normally charges $8 PER HOUR!
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4 Interesting Things
in LinksCaught up on my RSS feeds today, found some interesting bits & bobs I thought I’d share.
Pepsi embarks on $1.2B rebranding effort
Looks a little weird, I’ll reserve my final judgement once I see some packaging.Banksy opens a faux pets store in NYC – thnx Ron
…complete with mechanical chicken mcnuggests pecking away at BBQ sauce, genius.Demo of Fennec Alpha 1, the new mobile browser from Mozilla – via ajaxian
Fennec Alpha Walkthrough from Madhava Enros on Vimeo.
AppLoop iPhone application generator! – via Techcrunch
This looks incredibly promising! I’ll be trying it out shortly.
