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JetBlue’s public apology aired in YouTube

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JetBlue CEO David Neeleman delivered a public apology for JetBlue’s operational problems last week when it cancelled more than 1,000 flights that delayed and stranded thousands of travelers due to storm. The CEO vowed to fix the problem and come up with a Customer Bill of Rights. Another chance, perhaps? They gave us the $39 airfare anyway from DC to Boston. Seriously speaking, owning up responsibility is the first stop to healing stained customer relations. Watch the video after the jump… [Read more…]

Originally posted on February 20, 2007 @ 10:51 am

A Monster deal for The New York Times

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The New York Times and job search company Monster formed an advertising alliance that would create co-branded helped-wanted and recruitment sites within the websites of Times Co. papers, including the The Boston Globe.

“Together with Monster, The New York Times Co. will significantly increase our presence in the online recruitment space,” Times Co. chief executive Janet L. Robinson said in a statement.

I can only hope that the guys from The New York Times have seen this David and Goliath presentation before the advertising alliance was formed.

Originally posted on February 15, 2007 @ 12:37 pm

Moving on…

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What is the purpose of life? Actually, that is not the point of this post. The more appropriate question is, why am I posting here at 901am? You see, people know me as the editor of The Blogging Times, a blog that I launched from ground up and enjoyed working on until the end. Do not email me seeking for answers why I left. It’s plain and simple: I had to move on.

But really, what is the purpose of life? Rick Warren, known for his book “Purpose Driven Life” said that “life is preparation for eternity. We were made to last forever, and God wants us to be with Him in Heaven. He wants us to practice on earth what we will be doing forever in eternity.”

Does this matter to you? Maybe not, but this is the very reason why I’m moving on. I cannot prepare for eternity there. The purpose is lost.

Originally posted on February 15, 2007 @ 9:35 am

Google introduces Chrome OS

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We know it’s coming as part of their grand plan. So, let us all welcome the Google Chrome Operating System.

Sundar Pichai, VP Product Management and Linus Upson, Engineering Director formally announced the highly anticipated OS via the Official Google Blog. Pichai explained the nature of this new project:

Google Chrome OS is an open source, lightweight operating system that will initially be targeted at netbooks. Later this year we will open-source its code, and netbooks running Google Chrome OS will be available for consumers in the second half of 2010. Because we’re already talking to partners about the project, and we’ll soon be working with the open source community, we wanted to share our vision now so everyone understands what we are trying to achieve.

Google Chrome OS will run on both x86 as well as ARM chips and we are working with multiple OEMs to bring a number of netbooks to market next year. The software architecture is simple — Google Chrome running within a new windowing system on top of a Linux kernel. For application developers, the web is the platform. All web-based applications will automatically work and new applications can be written using your favorite web technologies. And of course, these apps will run not only on Google Chrome OS, but on any standards-based browser on Windows, Mac and Linux thereby giving developers the largest user base of any platform.

Originally posted on July 8, 2009 @ 1:30 am

Facebook app allow users to refer and earn

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ReferQuest.com and its Facebook version has launched, allowing its to state what they’re looking for, along with the reward they’ll pay the person who finds it for them.

Money can be earned also by promoting requests, finding matches, and earning the offered rewards. ReferQuest.com currently offers over $40 thousand in rewards. Small businesses can use the free application to offer finders’ fees to reward customer acquisition. Posting requests is free, and users only pay when they’ve found what they’re seeking.

It’s straightforward: Offer rewards for the results you want. We will see though how this new site progresses.

Originally posted on July 3, 2009 @ 11:51 pm