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Northwest Airlines unveils fully integrated travel service on nwa.com

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Northwest Airlines announced a complete travel booking tool that allows customers to book car rentals, hotel accommodations and travel insurance, in addition to their flight, all in one easy transaction on nwa.com. WorldPerks members can choose from car and hotel partners, giving them even more ways to earn miles.

Now customers are presented hotel and car rental options as they book their flight, with more than 25,000 hotel properties and six premier car rental companies featured. In May, hundreds of activities and services will be added.

Northwest worked closely with iSeatz, a technology company, to design and implement this new offering that is one of the first of its kind in the travel industry. For customers who have already purchased their airline ticket, they can go back to nwa.com to purchase add-on amenities.

Originally posted on April 22, 2008 @ 11:50 pm

AOL collaborates with leading websites to enhance BlueString service

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bluestring.pngAOL is integrating with Photobucket, Picasa and Webshots to give BlueString users the ability to easily access photo and video assets stored on these sites and use them to share, create and collaborate with friends on multimedia shows within the BlueString application. In addition, an agreement with Eye-Fi will allow users to automatically upload photos from their cameras to their BlueString accounts using wireless networks.

BlueString is an all-in-one online destination that offers users a single location to preserve, access, and create with photos, videos and music for free. Over the next few weeks, separate Photobucket, Picasa Web Albums and Webshots tabs will appear within the BlueString application, and give users immediate access to personal media stored on those sites. Users will be able to easily drag and drop photos and videos from those sites into their BlueString accounts to create multimedia shows, without uploading the files a second time.

Additionally, BlueString will work with Eye-Fi, makers of a wireless memory card for digital cameras. The Eye-Fi Card allows users to wirelessly send photos from their camera to their BlueString accounts, using their home Wi-Fi network.

Originally posted on April 23, 2008 @ 1:15 pm

Boomdash helps local businesses compete online

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boomdash.pngBoomdash, LLC, an innovative provider of online marketing solutions for local businesses, has launched Boomdash Reach & Go. This new service enables local businesses to retain and attract new customers through patent pending Internet and mobile phone technologies. Boomdash Reach & Go ensures that local businesses are seen when potential customers search online and provides a unique set of tools used to encourage those customers to actually visit the business.

Boomdash Reach enables businesses to create, manage and publish online ads with major Internet Search Engines based on a monthly budget they establish. Additionally, Boomdash Reach includes a proprietary ad optimization tool that monitors performance and automatically makes adjustments to the ad creating a more effective marketing campaign.

Boomdash Go creates a dynamic web presence for small businesses whether or not they already have a Web site. Specifically, Boomdash Go includes a click-to-call button that enables potential customers to easily make a phone call to the business with the click of a mouse. In addition, Boomdash Go offers a mobile coupon solution that sends promotional coupons directly to the customer’s mobile phone.

Originally posted on April 23, 2008 @ 7:59 pm

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Starpulse.com revamps website with enhanced features

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Starpulse.com, an online entertainment site for celebrity enthusiasts, has revamped its website and is now featuring interactive community enhancements, additional pictures of popular celebrities, more unique and exclusive articles, entertainment news, an expanded contest section and more.

From the latest news to an entertainer’s complete filmography or discography, Starpulse.com is a legitimate information source for pop culture fanatics to find accurate and timely information about the broadest range of entertainment topics.

Originally posted on April 23, 2008 @ 2:18 pm

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Talent search goes digital

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Talent search is going digital with the launch of DiscoverMeLive.com, a socil netwrk that serves as free online destination where anyone can be discovered for his or her talents. Members can upload the content that best demonstrates their abilities, from video clips and audio files to creative writing and art.

Another important distinction of DiscoverMeLive.com is that members can win monthly prize money and even sell their content through the site.

Members aren’t the only ones who will benefit from DiscoverMeLive.com. For every 100 new members, the site will donate $2 to the Canadian Cancer Foundation. It’s an offer that stands for the life of the site, no matter how many hundreds of members join.

Originally posted on April 21, 2008 @ 10:04 pm

Filed Under: Web