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New iPhone App Translates Baby’s Cries [Looking at You John Edwards]
Good news for lazy parents. Bad news for the rest of us. An iPhone application to translate a baby’s cries and tell parents instantly what they mean has been made available. [this is not a joke] The “John Edwards” version is still in development. Essentially that app will allow you …
A Chinese Lesson in Awesome
If you’re having a hard time understanding what’s going on at NBC regarding the late-night wars, the Chinese are here to help. [Ad Age]
Closing Bell: Just Asking…
If there’s a Salvation Army volunteer wearing a Santa hat and ringing a bell outside of CVS today, should we be suspicious?
Breaking: Google Will Attempt to Crush Netflix
In an attempt to continue world domination, the Lord of the Tubes just made this announcement: Breaking: Google says that YouTube will begin testing a movie rental option. Because they are well aware of their already slow load speed, YouTube says that a two hour movie will now take approximately …
Famously Quoteworthy: Talking Points Memo
Headline of the Day? Dem Talking Points: We’re Screwed! h/t Katie Favazza
MSNBC Still Driving a Model T
According to MSNBC last night, the late Henry Ford, founder of the Ford Motor Company, is trailing NY Senator Kirsten Gillibrand in a recent poll. MediaBistro’s TVNewser discovered humorous error and as poster Kevin Allocca pointed out, Harold Ford Jr. has served as an MSNBC political analyst. [busting news] For …
We Just Won a Boat Load of Money and Might Retire
Don’t be jealous, but we woke up to this email: On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 8:45 AM, Balan Rathakrishnan wrote: Your e-mail ID has won 1,000,000.00 GBP in the British Tobacco Promo. Our response below: Dearest Balan Rathakrishnan, When we woke up this morning on our neighbor’s lawn [don’t …
Voting Glitch: Turns Out “Yankees Suck” Wins MA Special Election
This would not have surprised us: Many predicted an historic upset in the Massachusetts special election to fill the Senate seat left open by the death of Ted Kennedy. But Republican Scott Brown was not able to defeat Democratic candidate Martha Coakley. The election instead went to Yankees Suck, which …
Did the DCCC Really Just Say That?
This won’t play well at all. The DCCC’s official response to losing Ted Kennedy’s Senate seat: “President George W. Bush and House Republicans drove our economy into a ditch and tried to run away from the accident.” [was this edited?] Ummm….
Famously Twittered: Pants on the Ground in MA
If you need to be caught up to speed, click here. @pourmecoffee Don’t be fooled by early MA Senate results. A lot of the pro-Brown nudist districts report first. Classic.
Election Day Web Strategy
The NRSC took a bold, yet expected approach to their homepage today: The DSCC took a less subtle approach:
Remember this Headline
It’s a brilliant move. Pollster John Zogby Predicts A Coakley Win If he’s right, he’ll be showered with gifts and fed the finest grapes. If he’s wrong he’ll fire up a new poll and 10 minutes later everyone will have forgotten.