Archive for the “Free” category

Swag Alert: 100 Free Business Cards, Courtesy of Ziki

by Tony Hung on October 10, 2007

If you’re the type who likes free swag, then here’s a heads up. Ziki is a people-search engine (a la spock), which allows you to not only search for other people, but secure your own profile for others to see.  (…)

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TV Networks Giving Away Shows For Free? Very Shrewd, Actually.

by Tony Hung on September 21, 2007

Well, not *completely* free, but word comes from the LA Times that Fox is following the footsteps of other major US TV networks in a move to make their primetime shows more accessible — and more important, freely *available* — (…)

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New York Times is Free — And Validates Google’s Imminent Domination!

by Tony Hung on September 18, 2007

You may have heard that the New York Times is eliminating its paid service, NYTimes Select, and is making all of its news, including its archives, available to the public. Good news for tirekickers, Scrooge McDucks’, and penny-pinchers all around (…)

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WSJ Free Of Fee? Rupert Murdoch Might Not Actually Care

by Tony Hung on August 10, 2007

Rupert Murdoch paid a hefty premium (a 65% premium, in fact) to secure the Wall Street Journal.  As someone who has always been traditionally viewed as an outsider (although, probably not for some time now), this must be one tasty (…)

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Free vs. Fee: Only The Numbers Can Tell The Real Story

by Tony Hung on August 8, 2007

You may have heard that the New York Times may, in the near future, remove its paywall to some select content.  While I can’t comment on the “select content” myself (since I am not of the approximately 220,000 paying $7.95/mo), (…)

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