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:: Tuesday, July 01, 2003 ::

Promotion got you down or stumped? This site may re-charge your batteries >>> Whatsnextonline.com There's an interesting article on press releases too. "The Internet needs a new method of company information dissemination that fits the medium. But first a new form of Internet news release needs to be adopted." --- The Traditional Press Release Is Dead!

Love those free tools? Here's one to play with >>> Sitereportcard

Decided it doesn't hurt to keep reminding everyone >>> Spotting a Phony SEO Company

Bragging about his trip, my buddy "Bragadocchio" is blog-traveling around the 50 states in 50 states. Or trying to anyway. Blogger isn't the most dependable vehicle, as it turns out.

Yes, I received more press releases to share with you, except they weren't targeted properly. I'm not CNN, ok?

Positive privacy, GPS and another military toy finds love and acceptance by everyday people like us >>> The Sky's the Limit

Quote: " "Imagine," he says, "the end of property crime. Everything that has any value and could be stolen -- a car, a laptop, a piece of construction equipment" (not to mention every ship, plane, truck trailer, and toddler) -- "everything like that will know its location and be able to report it. We can go even further: You tell your laptop that it should only find itself at your office or your home. And if it finds itself in a car trunk, it wakes up, notices that it's in the wrong place, calls your cell phone, and says, 'Hi, this is your laptop. I'm at this location on this map you see. Is that okay?' "

Then the executive goes one step further. He starts talking about insurance companies selling you auto insurance based on how you actually use your car, say, a month at a time. They review the GPS information on where you've driven, how far, to what areas of town, and how fast (speeding, eh?) and bill you for the risks that you're taking. Progressive Insurance has in fact done a trial using just such a system in Texas.

The GPS executive's eyes are sparkling at the prospect of reduced car-insurance rates. I'm thinking, Holy mackerel. The insurance company will have records of everywhere I drive and how fast I drive there. Not even my wife knows that."

:: posted by Kim Krause Berg on 7/01/2003 01:36:35 PM

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