retroremakes
December 15th, 2009, 07:40
Today's remainders have a URL shortener from good ol' Google, the realization that people outside of the United States might want certain iPhone apps (http://gizmodo.com/tag/iphoneapps/), a deal on the TomTom iPhone app (http://gizmodo.com/tag/tomtomiphoneapp/), and Apple winning a bunch of awards.
Yeah, it's an Apple-dominated bunch of remainders. Maybe I'll make tomorrow's three-fourths Microsoft for some balance.
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/4/2009/12/500x_kindle2oniphone.jpg (http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/4/2009/12/kindle2oniphone.jpg)
Kindle iPhone App (http://gizmodo.com/tag/kindleiphoneapp/) Now Available for Over 60 Countries
If you live in one of the many countries previously ignored when it came to availability of the iPhone Kindle App, you can stop crying: The handy-dandy app can now be downloaded through the App Store in over 60 countries. If you're still somehow overlooked, then I'm very sorry and wish I could offer you a tissue. [App Store (http://ax.itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/browserRedirect?url=itms%253A%252F%252Fax.search.i tunes.apple.com%252FWebObjects%252FMZContentLink.w oa%252Fwa%252Flink%253Fpath%253Dappstore)]
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/4/2009/12/500x_applelogo.jpg (http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/4/2009/12/applelogo.jpg)
Apple Named Takes Best Brand, Best Ad, Best Marketer, Best Award Winner Titles
Adweek just wrapped up their "Best of the 2000s" Awards (http://www.bestofthe2000s.com/) and Apple walked away with three shiny pretend trophies. One for the brand itself, one for marketing strategies, and one, oddly enough, for the "Get a Mac" ad campaign. Congrats to them, and while at it: Congrats to Gawker (http://gawker.com/) for taking the "Blog of the Decade" award in the same listing. Now are we done with these awards yet? [The Loop (http://www.loopinsight.com/2009/12/14/apple-wins-best-ad-brand-and-marketer-of-the-decade/)]
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/4/2009/12/500x_googlegoogle.jpg (http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/4/2009/12/googlegoogle.jpg)
Google Brings Yet Another URL Shortener Into the World
As if we don't have enough URL shorteners, Google has decided to toss in one of their own making into the new versions of the Google Toolbar and FeedBurner. I'll admit that http://goo.gl/ is kinda clever and that at least there's some assurance that links won't mysteriously disappear overnight as with some tiny websites, but I still groaned when I read about yet-another-damn-URL-shortener. [Google Blog (http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/12/making-urls-shorter-for-google-toolbar.html)]
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/4/2009/12/500x_canadaapp.jpg (http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/4/2009/12/canadaapp.jpg)
US & Canada Version of TomTom iPhone App Now on Sale for $69.99
The US version of the TomTom iPhone app recently dropped to $49.99, but if you really needed the Canada version, there's some good news: Only 20 bucks more gets you the combo of these two lovely North American countries. In a way this tells us that someone's caught on to the fact that the original $100 price tag was far too high, but who really cares? It's an almost decent deal now. [iTunes (http://ax.itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/browserRedirect?url=itms%3A%2F%2Fax.search.itunes. apple.com%2FWebObjects%2FMZContentLink.woa%2Fwa%2F link%3Fpath%3DTomTomInternationalBV%26partnerId%3D 30%26siteID%3DN4fpDxu780Q-tOVTDZxburq7JDHOUo_dkg)]
http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?p=1 (http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?p=1) http://a.rfihub.com/eus.gif?eui=2226 http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/p4dm4wyxkSlQYtyUEDmdInWA6p0/0/di</img> (http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/p4dm4wyxkSlQYtyUEDmdInWA6p0/0/da)
http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/p4dm4wyxkSlQYtyUEDmdInWA6p0/1/di</img> (http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/p4dm4wyxkSlQYtyUEDmdInWA6p0/1/da)
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?d=H0mrP-F8Qgo</img> (http://feeds.gawker.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?a=E4wGFahDEW8:Fc9sQ60HYBI:H0mrP-F8Qgo) http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?d=yIl2AUoC8zA</img> (http://feeds.gawker.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?a=E4wGFahDEW8:Fc9sQ60HYBI:yIl2AUoC8zA) http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?i=E4wGFahDEW8:Fc9sQ60HYBI:D7DqB2pKExk</img> (http://feeds.gawker.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?a=E4wGFahDEW8:Fc9sQ60HYBI:D7DqB2pKExk) http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?i=E4wGFahDEW8:Fc9sQ60HYBI:V_sGLiPBpWU</img> (http://feeds.gawker.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?a=E4wGFahDEW8:Fc9sQ60HYBI:V_sGLiPBpWU)
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~4/E4wGFahDEW8
More... (http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/E4wGFahDEW8/)
Yeah, it's an Apple-dominated bunch of remainders. Maybe I'll make tomorrow's three-fourths Microsoft for some balance.
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/4/2009/12/500x_kindle2oniphone.jpg (http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/4/2009/12/kindle2oniphone.jpg)
Kindle iPhone App (http://gizmodo.com/tag/kindleiphoneapp/) Now Available for Over 60 Countries
If you live in one of the many countries previously ignored when it came to availability of the iPhone Kindle App, you can stop crying: The handy-dandy app can now be downloaded through the App Store in over 60 countries. If you're still somehow overlooked, then I'm very sorry and wish I could offer you a tissue. [App Store (http://ax.itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/browserRedirect?url=itms%253A%252F%252Fax.search.i tunes.apple.com%252FWebObjects%252FMZContentLink.w oa%252Fwa%252Flink%253Fpath%253Dappstore)]
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/4/2009/12/500x_applelogo.jpg (http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/4/2009/12/applelogo.jpg)
Apple Named Takes Best Brand, Best Ad, Best Marketer, Best Award Winner Titles
Adweek just wrapped up their "Best of the 2000s" Awards (http://www.bestofthe2000s.com/) and Apple walked away with three shiny pretend trophies. One for the brand itself, one for marketing strategies, and one, oddly enough, for the "Get a Mac" ad campaign. Congrats to them, and while at it: Congrats to Gawker (http://gawker.com/) for taking the "Blog of the Decade" award in the same listing. Now are we done with these awards yet? [The Loop (http://www.loopinsight.com/2009/12/14/apple-wins-best-ad-brand-and-marketer-of-the-decade/)]
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/4/2009/12/500x_googlegoogle.jpg (http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/4/2009/12/googlegoogle.jpg)
Google Brings Yet Another URL Shortener Into the World
As if we don't have enough URL shorteners, Google has decided to toss in one of their own making into the new versions of the Google Toolbar and FeedBurner. I'll admit that http://goo.gl/ is kinda clever and that at least there's some assurance that links won't mysteriously disappear overnight as with some tiny websites, but I still groaned when I read about yet-another-damn-URL-shortener. [Google Blog (http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/12/making-urls-shorter-for-google-toolbar.html)]
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/4/2009/12/500x_canadaapp.jpg (http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/4/2009/12/canadaapp.jpg)
US & Canada Version of TomTom iPhone App Now on Sale for $69.99
The US version of the TomTom iPhone app recently dropped to $49.99, but if you really needed the Canada version, there's some good news: Only 20 bucks more gets you the combo of these two lovely North American countries. In a way this tells us that someone's caught on to the fact that the original $100 price tag was far too high, but who really cares? It's an almost decent deal now. [iTunes (http://ax.itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/browserRedirect?url=itms%3A%2F%2Fax.search.itunes. apple.com%2FWebObjects%2FMZContentLink.woa%2Fwa%2F link%3Fpath%3DTomTomInternationalBV%26partnerId%3D 30%26siteID%3DN4fpDxu780Q-tOVTDZxburq7JDHOUo_dkg)]
http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?p=1 (http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?p=1) http://a.rfihub.com/eus.gif?eui=2226 http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/p4dm4wyxkSlQYtyUEDmdInWA6p0/0/di</img> (http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/p4dm4wyxkSlQYtyUEDmdInWA6p0/0/da)
http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/p4dm4wyxkSlQYtyUEDmdInWA6p0/1/di</img> (http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/p4dm4wyxkSlQYtyUEDmdInWA6p0/1/da)
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?d=H0mrP-F8Qgo</img> (http://feeds.gawker.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?a=E4wGFahDEW8:Fc9sQ60HYBI:H0mrP-F8Qgo) http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?d=yIl2AUoC8zA</img> (http://feeds.gawker.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?a=E4wGFahDEW8:Fc9sQ60HYBI:yIl2AUoC8zA) http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?i=E4wGFahDEW8:Fc9sQ60HYBI:D7DqB2pKExk</img> (http://feeds.gawker.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?a=E4wGFahDEW8:Fc9sQ60HYBI:D7DqB2pKExk) http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?i=E4wGFahDEW8:Fc9sQ60HYBI:V_sGLiPBpWU</img> (http://feeds.gawker.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?a=E4wGFahDEW8:Fc9sQ60HYBI:V_sGLiPBpWU)
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~4/E4wGFahDEW8
More... (http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/E4wGFahDEW8/)