1. Advertising: On a Mission to Banish the Saggy Bottom  permalink

Advertising: On a Mission to Banish the Saggy Bottom
CLAIRE CAIN MILLER / NYT > Media

Started in 2007 by two Stanford University housemates, the online trouser company Bonobos could have sales of $4 million this year.

2. Thanksgiving: a displaced Brit writes…  permalink

Thanksgiving: a displaced Brit writes…
Paul Carr / TechCrunch

When I first heard about this "Thanksgiving" thing, I thought it sounded like a great idea. We Brits spend a ridiculous amount of time each day giving thanks to strangers - we say thanks to people who hold doors for us, thanks to people who stop their cars to let us cross the road, thanks to waitresses when they give us our bill; even thanks ...

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Loren Baker / Search Engine Journal
Thanksgiving: a displaced Brit writes… Thanksgiving Logos from Google, Yahoo & Bing   —  Happy Thanksgiving from Search Engine Journal to all of the search industry and all readers who come across our site. This year, I'm spending my Thanksgiving morning shacked up in a Hampton Inn in Tamarc, FL .. watching the Macys Parade on the TV, enjoying my continental breakfast and getting ready to head over to Dave Snyder's parents' house for& ...

3. Foursquare-python /  permalink

Github.com

>>> import foursquare >>> fs = foursquare.Foursquare() >>> fs.cities() {'cities': [{'geolat': 52.378900000000002, 'name': 'Amsterdam', ...}]}

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4. Gillmor Gang: Silverlight v. ChromeOS v. Chatter  permalink

Gillmor Gang: Silverlight v. ChromeOS v. Chatter
Steve Gillmor / TechCrunch

The Gillmor Gang convened Wednesday to ponder the last several weeks of events loosely contained in a discussion of the next generation Web operating system. Three major announcements set the table for this Thanksgiving edition: Google's ChromeOS, Microsoft's Silverlight 4, and salesforce's Chatter collaboration platform. The last might be ...

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TechCrunch Europe / TechCrunch
Gillmor Gang: Silverlight v. ChromeOS v. Chatter Microsoft’s Dance With Newspapers Continues   —  We've been doing some more digging on the definitive moves by Microsoft to woo newspapers over to Bing and away from Google, a story we broke two weeks ago . Since then there have been some follow-up by various media outlets, notably the Financial Times this week which confirmed that Microsoft had had discussions with News Corp to “de-index” ...

Mike Butcher / TechCrunch Europe
More emerges on Microsoft’s dance with newspapers   —  We've been doing some more digging on the definitive moves by Microsoft to woo newspapers over to Bing and away from Google, a story we broke two weeks ago . Since then there have been some follow-up by various media outlets, notably the Financial Times this week which confirmed that Microsoft had had discussions with News Corp to “de-index” ...

5. ITV moves in on GMTV  permalink

FT.com

The UK media company acquires the remaining 25% of the breakfast television channel for £22.3m and indicates it will be looking for savings of 10% from the combination

6. Terra Botanica: Europe’s first horticultural theme park  permalink

Terra Botanica: Europe’s first horticultural theme park
Paul Johnson / A Luxury Travel Blog

Europe’s first theme park devoted entirely to the understanding and discovery of plant life, will open in April 2010. After 10 years in the making, this extraordinary project has been implemented by the Maine-et-Loire Departmental Council under the guidance of Christophe Béchu. Perfectly located near Angers in the Anjou district of the Pays de ...

7. Pampering perfection at Pezula  permalink

Pampering perfection at Pezula
Paul Johnson / A Luxury Travel Blog

Pezula Resort Hotel & Spa is situated on the Eastern Head of Knysna in South Africa, just a short drive from George Airport and only a 40-minute flight from Cape Town. Surrounded by rugged cliffs, ancient forests and sheltered beaches Pezula is perfect for a romantic break away for you and your loved one in [...]

8. Mininova ends illegal torrents  permalink

Mininova ends illegal torrents
BBC News

A Dutch court ruling forces the file-sharing website Mininova to remove all torrents linked to copyright material.

9. You In? Yahoo Wants To Help Spread Ripples Of Kindness This Holiday Season  permalink

You In? Yahoo Wants To Help Spread Ripples Of Kindness This Holiday Season
Jason Kincaid / TechCrunch

The holiday season is in full swing, and that means it's time to share some of the comfort we enjoy year round with those who are a little less fortunate — and just to be nicer to people in general. This year, Yahoo is kicking off a drive called You In? , where it invites users worldwide to share their "purple acts of kindness" (purple has ...

10. US retailers turn to social media on 'Black Friday'  permalink

US retailers turn to social media on 'Black Friday'
FT.com

US retailers will on Friday unleash a traditional barrage of post-Thanksgiving holiday shopping promotions, with the National Retail Federation expecting 134m Americans to head for the stores.

11. Facebook  permalink

FT.com

A hit movie release next year might provide the perfect platform to generate interest in a public listing but investors should approach with caution

12. Hacker Gary McKinnon to be extradited to US  permalink

Afua Hirsch / Technology news

• Alan Johnson quashes last-ditch attempt to halt extradition • Family fear hacker with Asperger's is at serious risk of suicide Computer hacker Gary McKinnon, who has Asperger's syndrome, is at serious risk of suicide, relatives said today, after the home secretary rejected a last-ditch attempt to prevent his extradition to the US. In a ...

13. Why does Mandelson favour the Analogue Economy over the Digital?  permalink

Cory Doctorow / Technology news

Britons' love for filesharing is here to stay – and Peter Mandelson had better get used to it There's a lot to hate about Peter Mandelson's controversial Digital Economy Bill, but there's one provision that perfectly captures the absolute, reality-denying absurdity of the whole enterprise. That titbit is the provision that holds the Bill's ...

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Rss.feedsportal.com
Why does Mandelson favour the Analogue Economy over the Digital? Britain's woman in Brussels   —  SOME of those dispatched to bat for Britain in the higher reaches of the European Union (EU)—such as Neil Kinnock, a twice-defeated Labour leader, and Chris Patten, who had lost his parliamentary seat—were cruelly lampooned as rejects of their own electorate. Catherine Ashton has never received a vote from anyone outside the Campaign ...

14. All New Google Design  permalink

All New Google Design
Lee Odden / Online Marketing Blog

Google is a master of innovation in the search space and while they seem to subscribe to Guy Kawasaki’s “release early and release often” new product philosophy, the attention to changing the Google search page is near-holy. Minuscule design changes at even the pixel level are cautious and carefully considered. And rare. ...

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Searchengineland.com
All New Google Design Try Google’s New 3 Pane Look   —  That new Google look that’s being tested, that we covered last week in our Google Tackles Its “UI Jazz” Problem, Tests Streamlining Search Options Feature post? Now you needn’t just read about it. You can try it out yourself!

15. Lachlan Murdoch joins forces with DMGT  permalink

FT.com

The son of media baron Rupert Murdoch has joined forces with Daily Mail and General Trust after agreeing to buy a half-share in the UK group's Australian radio operations

16. Future chief attacks news paywall plans  permalink

Chris Tryhorn / Media news

Specialist news represents the only chance of making charging for online content work, says Stevie Spring Stevie Spring, the chief executive of publishing group Future, has today warned that there is "not a cat in hell's chance" of making charging for general news content on the internet work. But for specialist titles, like those in Future's ...

17. Black Friday Ads Online for Smart Shopping  permalink

Black Friday Ads Online for Smart Shopping
Zdenka Turecek / Search Engine Journal

Black Friday just isn’t what it used to be (not that we're complaining). Gone are the days of lining up outside of Macy’s in your pajamas at 6 am with grandma. Thanks to the Internet and online Black Friday ads, you can map out a plan for the biggest shopping day of the year at the click of a mouse… Check out the SEO Tools guide at ...

18. Media Guardian: Telegraph Media Group promotes Will Lewis and Tony Gallagher  permalink

Martin Stabe / Martin Stabe

"[Will] Lewis will set up and run the new digital division, an 'entrepreneurial unit' which will have a staff of 50 and be based in Euston, away from the company's main office in Victoria. As managing director, digital, he will also oversee TMG's existing digital businesses."

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Judith Townend / Journalism.co.uk
Media Guardian: Telegraph Media Group promotes Will Lewis and Tony Gallagher Will Lewis to head Telegraph's new digital 'entreprenuerial unit'   —  Lewis will remain overall editor-in-chief but Tony Gallagher named new Telegraph editor

19. Competition : What is Gordon Thinking?  permalink

Competition : What is Gordon Thinking?
Order-order.com

Not a caption competition this today (that is tomorrow).   For context you should know that this snap was taken from  yesterday’s PMQs  and  was kindly sent in by a co-conspirator.

20. Dear Mandy,  permalink

Order-order.com

According to this website it falls at the Magna Carta fence ….any opinions?