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Real average hourly earnings for all employees rose 0.1 percent from April to May, seasonally adjusted. This change stemmed from a 0.3-percent increase in average hourly earnings, partially offset by a 0.2-percent increase in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U).
Real average weekly earnings rose 0.1 percent over the month, as a result of the increase in real average hourly earnings combined with the unchanged average workweek. Since reaching a recent peak in October 2010, real average weekly earnings have fallen by 1.4 percent.
Over the year (May 2010 to May 2011), real average hourly earnings fell 1.6 percent, seasonally adjusted. A 0.6-percent increase in average weekly hours combined with the decrease in real average hourly earnings resulted in a 1.0-percent decrease in real average weekly earnings during this period.
These earnings data are from the Current Employment Statistics program. Earnings data for April and May are preliminary and subject to revision. To learn more, see "Real Earnings – May 2011" (HTML) (PDF), news release USDL-11-0891.
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Small Party Favors for Thanksgiving Dinner?
Good Questions
Q: I'm hosting a very casual Thanksgiving dinner and was thinking about making some small party favors to give to my guests.
Any suggestions of something easy, fall-ish and cute?
Sent by Caytie
Editor: Caytie, here's one idea from last year:
• Thanksgiving Treat: Blessings Snack Mix - A lot of readers weren't crazy about the specifics of this particular mix, but you could certainly adapt this in some other way.
You could also make something edible: pumpkin cookies, fudge, toffee! Wrap up in little brown paper bags and tie with a pretty ribbon.
Readers, any more ideas for Caytie?
Related: Thanksgiving for Your Host! Hostess Gifts from the Kitchen
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You could give out flowering bulbs... Daffodils, narcissus, crocuses. They get planted in the fall, would be pretty cheap, and would even workin pots for people in apartments.
MY friend had a fall dinner once (not Thanksgiving) and made small bags of spices for mulling wine as favors.
She purchased some themed fabric, sewed them up (three sides) in a simple bag, and tied it with a ribbon. Even if you didn't use it to mull wine, it was kind of like a sachet or potpourri.
very cute idea with the bulbs! never would have thought of that.
For edibles, I think a baggie of homemade slated caramels would be swanky and nice (feels fall to me) or maybe make up those cute hot chocolate on a stick and wrap them in cellophane to give each guest. You could turn them into placecards too.
thats salted, not slated caramels!
There is a very simple, very Fall decoration of pine cones attached to a few thick pieces of ribbon. Use an orange or red ribbon. Hang them at different lengths. It's a very cute seasonal door decoration. Super easy and cheap. I think the original directions are on Martha Stewart so search her site.
Love the caramel idea and the mulled wine spices! Also thought of mini bottles of infused liquor, like a cinnamon-infused vodka. Those tiny pumpkins are always cute too if you want an easy route.
We have a celebration that goes into the wee hours of the morning. This year, I am planning on sending each guest home with a home-baked pastry to eat for breakfast.
On the bulb notion, last week I bought several "kits" at Lowe's -- one for each person/couple coming to my Thanksgiving dinner, and I started them. They may not be blooming by Thanksgiving, but they'll be on their way.
Lowe's had kits for Amaryllis and Narcissus. They came with a nice pot with little bumpers on the bottom, a clever potting mix "disk" that was easy to work with, and healthy looking bulbs -- all for just a few dollar each. I planted them the other day and they're coming along nicely.
cookies in a jar! you can get a dozen ball jars for really in expensive then you just add the appropriate amount of dry ingredients into the jar in layers, seal and add the recipe card with a ribbon.

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How Starbucks' new Trenta compares to your stomach
Starbucks recently announced their next size up from 591-milliliter Venti: the Trenta. It's 916 milliliters, which happens to be slightly more than the average capacity of the human stomach, as illustrated by Andrew Barr for The National Post.
I don't know why everyone's getting their panties in a bundle though. If it's too big for you, then don't buy it. Besides, 7-Eleven has Starbucks beat with their line of Big Gulp drinks ranging from 0.59 to 1.9 liters.
I'm thirsty.
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Those don't look like any Starbucks cups I'm used to (all those ridges!). Are they cups in Canada different? Or, perhaps that illustrator is a bit lazy and used stock art? I was thinking the new Trenta should come with four short cups to share with friends/fiends. Do I smell fresh coffee? Could I…?
They look like cold cups to me. Trenta is only going to be available for cold drinks.
Excellent! Now there's a way to gain even more calories from the caramel frappuccino.
I think the artist was trying to draw the brown sleeve that protects your hands from the heat/ice
And how much ice is in an average pop can? Given how much ice is typically in cold drinks, there will be nothing near 31oz. of drinkable liquid in the cup.
… Yes, but ice melts. So, it's still all drinkable. you just have to wait for the ice to melt.
Whoosh. It totally went over my head that these are iced coffee only. It doesn't help that they look opaque (there I go rationalizing).
"If it's too big for you, then don't buy it. "
The problem is that portion sizes just keep getting bigger, and they surely aren't healthy things either. If a larger cup means more Americans are getting fat and using my tax dollars because of it, then I do care.
Then I'm assuming you approach people in restaurants and show them the error of their ways when they order a fried dish vs. a broiled dish since fried is more likely to cause heart problems. And I'm sure you ride a bike to work everyday vs. driving your own car because, as we all know, driving is a major promoter of a sedentary lifestyle, thus increasing overall weight…and thus affecting your tax dollars.
Or don't you care that much other than liking how it sounds when you claim others are using "your" tax dollars?
Actually I rarely go out to restaurants and I do bike commute. Thanks for playing though.
What he meant to say was "Actually, I am holier than thou."
Actually he probably is.
You should encourage such behavior/actions/lifestyle, instead of looking for ways to denigrate or distract from the importance of it.
I love how doing the right thing somehow makes me a jerk. "Not Andy" could use some lessons in civility. And yes, hugely oversized drinks from any store affect what we all pay in health insurance and taxes, so that is why I care.
OMG!!…it's not that serious. people chose to get the bigger size at those places. If you don't want that big of a size then buy a small cup of coffee or make your own cup of coffee. That's whats wrong with the US we blame others for what WE put in our mouths!
that's,…….. what she said.
What about 7-11's Super Big Gulp and Double Gulps?
too the ""If it's too big for you, then don't buy it." people:
wow, you really don't get it do you? Yes, people can buy as big as they want. The scary thing about this news is that people want this size! Starbucks wouldn't offer it if there wasn't demand.
question about average stomach capacity: is this the average figure for all all Americans or those that are not over-weight?
Hop off that high horse and you'll get a better view of the situation
Actually the size is quite reasonable – the venti is quite small for iced drinks. Remember that when you order an iced drink at Starbucks, it's not just a couple ice cubes. They fill the entire cup with ice, then add liquid. How much space do you think is left? Maybe half? So this 30oz "trenta" cup is actually about 16 oz – about the same as a bottle of soda.
You're right. We don't get it. Perhaps we should empower the government to come in and decide what is a healthy and reasonable serving for us to drink. Why is this an issue when Starbucks offers a larger size but not an issue when a convenience store offers a 1.9 liter cup of high fructose sugar water? While we're at it, SUVs are more car than anyone really needs. Let's express our outrage at auto makers for offering such a frivolous, unhealthy product.
Or, how about you just don't buy it and let people that have an interest in the product exercise their right to do so?
Nowhere in my comment did I advocate that the government regulate what size drink or what size car we can buy (though I do think it's a worthy debate). I'm simply dismayed that people feel the need to drink that much iced coffee or sugary soda.
I suppose, if you sip a coffee through out the day, like I do, I don't have to make that second run to starbucks… but if you have an addictive personality like my boss, who drinks his coffee in 30 minutes, then I am in trouble!
While it's up to individuals to buy the size they want, (and as an Englishman I love the 7-11 Big Gulps etc) (Diet only mind !) , Starbucks really take the biscuit (biscotti ?) (cookie ?) when it comes to cup sizes.
Remember – Tall – it's not italian it's American – Tall as opposed to Short – but they don't do a short. Actually it is fairly tall though – at 354 ml it's considerably larger than a standard 'cup' – which is around 120 ml – although few people generally drink coffee so short and regular mugs are usually around 240 ml.
Grande – IS Italian – but for large not medium. Venti is Italian but for twenty not for large – and refers to the number of fluid ounces in the cup – 20 – which is odd because this equates almost exactly to a UK pint, but to the slightly odd size of 1 and a quarter US pints.
Trenta obviously then is 30 fluid ounce. Except its not – 30 fluid ounces would be 886 ml – quite a bit less than the Trenta.
Perhaps they'd be better labelling their sizes, Large, Enormous, Mahoosive, and Ridiculously Stupid.
Bear in mind that you'd need 8 shots of espresso in a Trenta to bring it to the same kind of strength as a regular Italian cappuccino
God what's the point of that 900ml again?
I always find it funny when they compare drink size to stomach size. I don't think the stomach does all that much with most drinks that people consume, and that the contents are passed into the intestine fairly quickly. (Especially if the drinks are not fatty and don't congeal into a solid when they hit the stomach acids.)
Well, it is not that large, considering that average American stomach is twice as large as normal ;)
Starbucks dropped the "cup" with this. The "trenta" name is an Italian word that translates to Thirty in English, and even though all of the typical domain name extensions (.com, .net, etc) were taken many years ago, the new and increasingly popular domain extensions like trenta.co or trenta.me were not taken by Starbucks. For a few dozen dollars they could have had major marketing successes with these domains.
A comparison to the bladder would be more helpful.


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Translate / Translatable and Dataobjects
14 August 2009 at 4:03am
Hi Community
can anyone help me with Translatable and Dataobjects?
I'm currently testing a multilanguage setup. Translatable works fine for my first test pages.
I additionally have dataobjects (called GalleryImage) with has_one relations (image) and text fields (Title, description, and so on).
i put "Object::add_extension('GalleryImage', 'Translatable');" in my config and the GalleryImage_translationgroups table was built.
Now, how can i translate my data objects? where do i find or how can i add the nice "create new language" dropdown or something similar?
Please Help....
Thanks, Ralf
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Re: Translate / Translatable and Dataobjects
17 August 2009 at 4:27am Last edited: 17 August 2009 4:44am
ok, no answer
and neither DOM nor CTF seem to like my translatable DataObjects very much...
so i ended up doing following:
- truned OFF Translatable for my DataObject
- added following fields: 'Title_en_US' and 'Description_en_US' (my default locale is de_DE)
- so i won't have to duplicate my gallery images for translation (like Translatable does in SiteTree) and have information for all languages in one Dataobject.
in my GalleryImage.php i added a function like this:
public function localeTitle() {
if (Director::currentPage()->Locale != Translatable::default_locale()) {
$functionName = 'Title_'.Director::currentPage()->Locale;
$this->Title = $this->$functionName;
return $this->Title;
and similar for description so i can access the right (translated) title and description from my templates.
in my GalleryPage.php i did something this:
function translatedGalleryImages() {
$Data = $this -> GalleryImages();
// Get Dataobjects from Original-Languague-Page
if ($this->Locale != Translatable::default_locale()) {
$Data = $this->getTranslation(Translatable::default_locale()) -> GalleryImages();
return $Data;
so i can control the translated Dataobjects in the Template with <% translatedGalleryImages %>
and in in function getCMSFields():
$galeriemanager = new HasManyComplexTableField(... ctf config ....);
if (Director::currentPage()->Locale == Translatable::default_locale()) {
$fields->addFieldToTab('Root.Content.Galerie', $galeriemanager);
} else {
$fields->addFieldToTab('Root.Content.Galerie', new LiteralField('Gallery Message','
Galerie bitte in Standardsprache ('.Translatable::default_locale().') bearbeiten

Please edit your gallery in default language ('.Translatable::default_locale().')
'));
return $fields;
maybe one can define the original language as fallback (Title/Description) or filter objects which have/haven't filled out fields for current displayed language...
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Re: Translate / Translatable and Dataobjects
2 September 2010 at 6:28pm
I'm having the same problem on my current project. How can I add a nice 'create new language' Button on my Customized DataObject in the ModelAdmin?
derralfs solution is not practicable for my DataObject, as it would require do duplicate about 35 fields. Moreover it's not the way Translatable and DataObject was build for, is it?
Re: Translate / Translatable and Dataobjects
1 October 2010 at 5:02am Last edited: 2 October 2010 3:43am
I'm going to hit this wall soon... it is the one reason to keep all of your data in the sitetree and have it managed in the 'Create Translation' stuff. The most key items that are mostly content are going to return into the site tree for this reason.
But there are still many items that cannot go there and I use ModelAdmin to manage their data.
My plan is to take the items that need to be translated and move them into 'WebsiteDisplayData' (with a has_one locale) type object and then link them to the original dataobject with a has_many.... so....
*needs to be translated
-has_many NewDataObjectWebsiteDisplayData
-has_one Locale
What do you think? Is there a better way?
Another possibility (that might become a module as it is a more generic way of doing it..) could be to create something that you can select a dataobject and then create a translation of it's data where you can then select each field and enter your translation. This would store something like...
class TranslatableDataObject
static $db = array(
Then a function could be created like...
function TranslateDataObject($doMyObject)
...that could look up the object id in the translation and then overwrite the fields that have a translation as specified above.
Maybe this is a topic for the core dev list?
Re: Translate / Translatable and Dataobjects
8 October 2010 at 11:03pm
After reading this.... http://www.silverstripe.org/data-model-questions/show/293323#post293323
It is clear that the option of has_many translations for my fields is not going to work because the popup HTMLField is not working with tinymce... anyone got this functionality working?
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Re: Translate / Translatable and Dataobjects
12 October 2010 at 9:38pm
We've created a proof of concept ModelAdmin with Translatable a while ago: http://open.silverstripe.org/browser/modules/translatablemodeladmin/trunk
It basically adds a language switcher to the ModelAdmin UI, and then hooks the language filtering into search results and adds it to new records. It doesn't take care of making a ComplexTableFIeld (or any relations edited through ModelAdmin) translatable, but should illustrate whats generally required to do this.
Anybody keen to pick up this module and extend it? We could use:
- List of existing translations (linked to translated edit form) on each record edit form
- "Create translation" dropdown/button
- Readonly fields of original language (that might already be in place through Translatable->updateCMSFIelds())
In terms of getting CTF to support Translatable:
- Add a language dropdown on the "add" popup
- Limit listing based on $_GET['Locale'] (or TranslatableCTF->$locale really).
- Links to existing translations in "edit" popup
Any takers?
Re: Translate / Translatable and Dataobjects
13 October 2010 at 4:56am Last edited: 13 October 2010 5:08am
$('#myid').livequery('click', function() ...
is now...
jQuery('#myid').change(function() ...
And yes that is very nice and can help very much - but there are quite a few things that will be need to make it "user" proof! It won't be for a couple of weeks because I have some other development from our software which I have promised to make open. But definitaly as I move forward this is a great start.
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Re: Translate / Translatable and Dataobjects
15 October 2010 at 9:17am
I've committed your patch in http://open.silverstripe.org/changeset/112300
Looking forward to your contributions on this module - yeah, I think there's still a lot to do in terms of UI ;)
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BLE is a feature in Bluetooth 4.0—the latest version of the wireless radio-based technology that connects two devices over a short distance, such as between cell phones and headsets—designed for low-power and -latency applications. It allows devices that utilize the protocol to realize long, continuous operation before a recharge.
Along with the ANT+ protocol, the medical community and health care-related industries have taken an interest in BLE and designing products around (more about BLE in health care explained here). But, if Apple, a major, influential player in the electronics industry, is throwing its support behind it, BLE could become standard across the board.
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Google is updating its search app for Android devices. As part of that update Google Now, its predictive search/intelligent assistant feature, is offering new content and capabilities. These new features do not yet extend to Google Search/Now on iOS devices.
The feature that got considerable coverage earlier today is a parking-locator card. Google records the location of your vehicle on the street or in a parking lot. It will show you a Google Now card with a map of the vehicle's location and point you in the right direction to get back to your car.
I haven't used it so I don't know if it works at all. But it's potentially very useful.
Google Now will also now work when your wireless network or internet connection doesn't. In other words, the Now cards will remain on the phone and not disappear.
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Of particular relevance to our discussion of Place-based marketing, Google Now will also show indoor maps of selected malls. I suspect later it will show indoor maps of stores that it has already captured. Google has maps of roughly 50 malls and a number of retail chains such as Home Dept, Macy's, Sports Authority, Ikea and others. Coverage is uneven however.
Most intriguing of all, Google Now will remind users about products they've searched for previously when those users are near stores that carry the same items. If you've been looking for a particular type of running shoe, for example, and a nearby store typically carries that product Google Now will indicate you're near a store that offers it.
This capability doesn't extend to real-time inventory however. That's up to the user to check or confirm.
In addition, it's not clear how large the geofence is. Will it be a mile, 3, miles, 5 miles? I suspect Google will see how users interact with this feature and adjust the geofence radius accordingly.
In a very obvious way this "product-alert" capability could quickly become a feature of Google's PLAs and a potentially powerful marketing vehicle for retailers and brands. Today users must themselves invoke Google Now (swipe up). To be really effective and helpful, however, Google Needs to turn some of these things into push notifications.
It's very interesting that three out of four of these new features and capabilities pertain to location and two specifically to shopping and indoor location.
Yesterday's Facebook developer conference didn't yield a payments announcement.) It's still a logical move for the company to make.) However it did see the introduction of a new logo/identity and the launch of a new branding campaign for payments incumbent PayPal.
PayPal is probably still the growth engine among a range of decent-performing but somewhat lackluster businesses at eBay. Here's the data from the Q1 earnings release:
PayPal net total payment volume grew 27% with Merchant Services volume up 32% and on-eBay volume up 15%. Revenue grew to $1.8 billion. PayPal gained 5.8 million new active registered accounts to end the quarter at 148 million, up 16%. Global on-eBay penetration increased to 78.9%. PayPal continued to invest in its credit offerings, providing flexibility for consumers and merchants while improving its ability to manage transaction expense and reinvest in the business to accelerate growth.
PayPal may soon face a range of mobile payments competitors in Facebook, Amazon and Apple. Google failed to vanquish the online payments incumbent with Google Wallet but it bet on the wrong strategy (NFC). The PayPal brand is not as strong as some think (perhaps even the company itself). It has name recognition but relatively weak brand affinity among consumers.
There are some surveys that suggest PayPal is a highly trusted consumer brand and in a stronger position vis-a-vis its rivals and potential rivals. I belive that's mostly about name recognition and not actually about trust. I also think that PayPal (on the consumer side) is extremely vulnerable to "disruption" should a well-designed Apple or Amazon (or potentially Facebook) payments product come along.
Below are the installed user-base numbers for the three companies:
Against that backdrop PayPal introduced a new brand identity and is launching a global branding campaign featuring TV and online-video. The theme of the ad below is simplicity and convenience.
The campaign and global push may well shore up PayPal's position by making it the most familiar non-bank/credit card associated with payments. Indeed, there's an opportunity for PayPal to more firmly establish itself as the online and mobile payments product of choice.
It will still need to improve the user experience (e.g., stop defaulting to user bank accounts as the primary payment method), crack down on PayPal related fraud and phishing (if it can) and be generally more consumer-centric and service oriented rather than simply an alternative way to pay to avoid filling out a form.
This morning at its developer conference in San Francisco Facebook is expected to make two significant mobile announcements. First it will announce what it's calling "Facebook Audience Network," a mobile ad network that will leverage Facebook data for ad targeting in third party developer apps.
Facebook has been working on and refining this since 2012 and the formal announcement is expected today. This will instantly make Facebook a major mobile ad network and primary rival to Google in the mobile ad space. It may also foreshadow a broader introduction of an AdSense-like display network for the PC too.
The other expected major announcement is a payments API. This will streamline the user payment experience (form filling) in third party commerce apps. It will also lead to more user/conversion data for Facebook.
As the mobile payments battle heats up Facebook could quickly become tier-one player, along with PayPal, Apple, Amazon and Google. The open question is whether consumer-users will trust Facebook with their payments and credit card information. Many already do.
Both of these opportunities are natural, logical and very large for Facebook.
In its recent Q1 earnings report Facebook said that it had 609 million mobile daily active users and total mobile users of 1.01 billion. Mobile ad revenue represented approximately 59% of ad revenues for the first quarter of 2014, up from approximately 30% in the first quarter of 2013.
Update: The Facebook Audience Network mobile ad network was announced but not the payments API (so far).
The Mobile Marketing Association (MMA) today released its first "Mobile Video Benchmark Study." The study looked at different categories of video ads through the lens of multiple variables: engagement, duration, OS and day part. CTRs were used as a proxy for engagement.
A number networks and video technology platforms were involved: AdColony, BrightRoll, Brightcove, Hulu, Tremor Video and Videology. There were three types of video ads examined: linear, interstitial and "value exchange."
Linear ads are essentially pre- and post- roll video advertising. Interstitial video ads are those that run during programming or content, and value exchange are ads that are user initiated for some reward or benefit.
The study also evaluated the impact of engagement when ads were "skippable" vs. not-skippable. In total there were more than 500 million ad impressions tracked across mobile web and apps, on phones (by OS) and tablets.
At the highest level the study found:
Value exchange ads generated the highest CTRs (2.7%), followed by non-skippable linear video (2.3%). Although skip rates are high, completion rates were also very high for those who did not skip ads. Ad completion rates were highest in the morning and late evening but flat throughout the day.
Between 6 and 10 showings generated the highest CTRs (1.5%). After 10 showings of the ad CTRs declined. Finally ads between 15 and 30 seconds generated the highest CTRs.
Video is going to be a major mobile ad format. The reason is that brand marketers don't need to generate separate creatives; and mobile users are already consuming huge amounts of video content on their devices. There's a natural fit.
While rich media/video ads are just a small percentage of mobile advertising today I anticipate that will grow dramatically in the next two years.
Place 2014 -- the only conference bringing together indoor location, offline analytics and advanced mobile ad targeting in a single event -- will be held at the W Union Square - New York City on July 22, 2014.
Executives from Google, retailer Alex & Ani, MEC North America, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, Factual, SK Telecom, IndoorAtlas, Thinknear, Sonic Notify, and Aisle411 will join a growing list of speakers to present case studies and explore how mobile marketing, offline tracking and indoor location will change the future of digital marketing and brand advertising,
Place 2014 will bring together the entire spectrum of companies building the indoor marketing ecosystem -- retailers, technology vendors, mobile developers, data providers, advertisers, agencies, and investors -- for the only event of its kind anywhere.
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Beacons (including Apple's iBeacon) utilize short-range communication technology intended to improve the in-store consumer experience and market to smartphone owners on premises. While beacons are just one among several indoor location technologies, they're cheap and easy to deploy so many retailers, museums, malls and venue owners are running tests or are in the early stages of larger rollouts. This report takes a look at beacon technology, current deployments and the opportunities for in-store marketing.
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New smartphone user survey data from Thrive Analytics and the Local Search Association (LSA) reinforce the now well-established idea that consumers will share location information in exchange for tangible rewards. We've seen this in our own survey work as well as that of other third parties (e.g., Swirl, OpinionLab).
The LSA study involved just over 1,000 US smartphone users. It was conducted in January.
Strinkingly the survey found that 97% of Gen Y, 91% of Gen X and 81% of "young Boomers" (under 53) used their smartphones at least sometimes while shopping in stores. Comparing prices and accessing coupons were the top two reasons.
Large majorities of each demographic segement (85%+) said that using smartphones in stores makes them smarter shoppers and helps them make buying decisions accordingly. The top four apps used in stores were "mobile search," Amazon, Facebook (among younger users) and a barcode scanner such as RedLaser (eBay).
The top three motivations (in order) given for being willing to share location with retailers were the following:
Windows Phone OS 8.1 has received some early favorable reviews. One of the standout features is Microsoft's virtual assistant Cortana.
Two early side-by-side comparisons of Cortana with Siri and Google's Voice Search/Now contend (and demonstrate) that the Microsoft assistant achieved comparable performance:
It thus appears that Microsoft has taken away Siri or Google's assistant capabilities as competitive differentiators vs. Windows Phone. Indeed in the Gizmodo test Siri lagged in a few cases.
Neither review says that Cortana has exceeded the other assistants at this point. But the fact that Microsoft is out of the gate with a comparable capability is impressive. The only major thing that now stands in Windows Phone's way is its more limited app selection.
Let's hope that Cortana now puts pressure on Apple to further upgrade Siri. Since its dramatic introduction nearly four years ago Siri has not lived up to its potential, though it has continued to improve incrementally.
Google Voice Search performs adequately. It's speech recognition for dictation is consistently not as good as Apple's (Nuance's). Google Now's "anticipatory search" and related features are much more interesting. However Google Now also hasn't evolved significantly in the past 12 to 18 months.
According to the latest data from the US Center for Disease Control (CDC), roughly 133 million US adults rely exclusively or primarily on their mobile phones at home. That means they either don't have a telephone landline at all or have one but rarely use it.
The most recent data available are for the first six months of 2013. The CDC reported, "Approximately 38% of all adults (about 90 million adults) lived in households with only wireless telephones; 45.4% of all children (approximately 33 million children) lived in households with only wireless telephones." The CDC explained that younger people, adults with roomates and no kids and those in lower income groups were more likely than others to be wireless only.
The related "wireless-mostly" category is defined as "households with both landline and cellular telephones in which all families receive all or almost all calls on cell phones." According to the report, roughly 43 million US adults (17.7%) live in these wireless-mostly households.
Unlike the wireless-only group, however, wireless-mostly demographics feature better educated and more affulent individuals and families. They can afford to maintain a landline but choose generally not to use it. Most of the people reading this probably fall into that latter group.
Together these two groups represent about 55% of all US adults. This now means that landline users are in the minority.
Internet-influenced offline consumer spending is roughly 10X the value of e-commerce but no one has been able to clearly see or track this phenomenon until recently. Most marketers have focused on online clicks and conversions because they have been much easier to track and measure.
There are now a range of methodologies to track online-to-offline conversions. Some involve tracking smartphones. However some involve CRM or sales data and the matching of that data to online or mobile ad exposures. This methodology is utilized by Facebook, Twitter -- and now apparently Google.
The Wall Street Journal reports that Google is involved in a "pilot program" with six advertisers that matches online cookies to store sales data and other information provided by Acxiom Corp. and DataLogix. Facebook and Twitter both work with DataLogix as well.
Apparently the Google pilot involves search ads for the time being (but I'm sure it contemplates display as well). According to the WSJ, the in-store tracking pilot "adds a new column that shows in-store sales spurred by the ads."
Google is also in beta with a program called "estimated total conversions," which measures cross-device visits and extrapolates conversion rates from a subset of signed-in Google Chrome browser users. The company is planning on extending the program to offline store visits (tracking Android users exposed to ads into physical retail stores).
Retail is the largest spending category of online advertisers according to the IAB. In 2013 total digital retail advertising was worth roughly $9 billion out of a total of nearly $43 billion. Retailers are also major mobile advertisers.
As indicated, there are a variety of methodologies that can now be used to track online-to-offline conversions:
DataLogix and similar vendors have data on trillions of dollars of consumer purchase behavior. The internet-influenced product and services market is worth more than $2 trillion, while e-commerce in the US is worth between $210 and $260 billion.
Online to offline ad tracking and its impact on the larger digital media world will also be one of the themes of Place 2014.


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Gerard's ears popped as the airplane took off from the ground. When he was younger, he would always get a sense of great excitement when he was on a plane. He used to love that weird feeling of his insides sinking as his body kept rising. He used to stare out the window and smile at the view, even though he often got nauseous. Those were the days of childhood innocence and free lunches. Now, he was old and worn and he hated airplane rides. He hated all the overly polite flight attendants and he hated the shitty food they served. He hated that there were no good movies to watch and no good radio stations. He hated that he could hear the droning whirr of the engine if he leaned his head against the window. And what about the bathrooms? They smelled like shit! He hated everything about airplanes.
And most of all, he hated how ridiculously senile he was becoming.
He looked over to the seat next to him, where Mikey sat, twiddling his thumbs. In all honesty, Gerard wanted Frank to be sitting there, holding his hand. Instead, the short guitarist was in one of the rows behind them. It was definitely possible for them to switch places, but it would've been rude to tell Mikey that.
Mikey, however, didn't want to be there. He hated his goddamned luck; of course he had to be the one to tell Gerard to go see a therapist. It just had to work out that way. What was he supposed to say? He didn't want to hurt his brother in any way. The fact of the matter was that there was no possible way to make this sound okay, no euphemism for "Dude, you need a shrink." There was no doubt that Gerard was going to either freak out or widen his eyes in that sad puppy-dog expression that Mikey hated to look at. However, it was for his own well being. As his brother, Mikey had to do this if he wanted his brother to be happy once again.
"Gerard..." Mikey gulped and looked his brother straight in the eye. He was just going to have to get this over with and he was going to have to sound at least a hundred times more confident than he felt. At the last minute his bravery faltered and his eyes fell to the floor. But still, he forced himself to speak, "Look, we all want you to get better, but there's only so much me and the guys can do, y'know? It's not just the drugs, bro, you seem pretty um...depressed. So, we were just thinking about it and it'd be great if you talked to someone else about it. Like, someone who knows how to get you out of this kind of...situation. I just want you to get better."
Gerard was silent, his face blank as he processed what Mikey was trying to say. It was pretty obvious that his brother wanted him to see a shrink, but he didn't want to get to that conclusion. It was easier to simply think around it as one would walk around a puddle of muddy water.
After all, it was pretty fucking embarrassing that his own flesh and blood thought he was some sort of maniac who needed a therapist to help him function. Maybe he did. In a way, it was logical, but it still wasn't something Gerard wanted to take into consideration. It probably wasn't the right mentality, but he had always associated shrinks with schizophrenics and depressed people. Though some would beg to differ, Gerard didn't count himself as either of those.
Well, maybe he was a bit depressed. However, that didn't mean he needed some poker-faced doctor sitting across from him, taking notes on how he felt, analyzing every word he said and turning it into something totally different, taking it as some sort of symptom. Feelings meant nothing anyway; they were just chemical imbalances in the brain. They just happened to also run most people's lives. But Gerard was frankly sick of that. He was going to be a monk, meditate all day, until he reached some sort of nirvana-like stage. And and he wouldn't have any more problems and he'd be able to do nothing and everything at the same time.
Diverting his attention back to his brother, his train of thought went off the rails. Mikey's expression made something deep inside him crumble to pieces. And it sort of hurt, in a horribly unphysical way. He no longer knew what the hell he should think.
So he said the first word that came out of his mouth, "Oh."
Mikey blinked a few times, expecting something more. When it became clear that Gerard had said everything he wished to say on the subject, the bassist bit down on his lip. He obviously wasn't too enthusiastic about the idea.
"Uh...so what do you think, Gee?" he prompted.
The singer shook his shaggy hair onto his forehead, as if he was trying to hide his face, and shrugged. Mikey managed to catch a glimpse of his eyes. They were glazed over with immense hurt. Mikey's stomach sank.
"Just think about it, okay? It's for your own good. Please, Gerard, just give it a shot. If it doesn't help, you can stop. And anyway, lots of people have therapists. "
Yeah, lots of /crazy /people! Gerard was tempted to tell Mikey that he didn't need a shrink, he could get better on his own. However, his mouth felt too dry to even open. He merely nodded and turned around in his seat. His stomach was beginning to do cartwheels and there was no way on Earth he would allow himself to get sick. There was nothing more disgusting than vomiting into one of those paper bags. He decided that he'd just have to sleep it off.
When he pressed his head against the wall, he could hear the whir of the motor. ..of course. He let that act like some sort of monotonous lullaby and shut his eyes. He commanded his body to sleep. Nevertheless, he was unable to, largely due to thoughts of his brother's suggestion. A feeble voice in his head was nagging him to do the right thing. Fortunately, Gerard had plenty of experience; he knew how to completely ignore it.
The remainder of the flight was extremely awkward and unusually long. As the plane finally landed at Newark Liberty International Airport, Gerard was ready to run out of the stuffy vehicle and into a bathroom stall to throw up again. He forced himself to hold it in while following Mikey to meet up with the others near the luggage carousel. After showing off weak smiles at everyone and giving Frank an embarrassed kiss on the cheek, he excused himself to the bathroom. He briefly reminded himself to walk calmly and slowly, but by then, he was way too queasy to care whether or not the others saw him run.
His friends stared after him and exchanged another set of worried glances. It was quiet while they pretended to scan the carousel for their suitcases.
"So..." Ray broke the silence, "How'd it go, Mikey?
Mikey shuffled his feet and kept his eyes on his shoes. He felt a bit uneasy shifting the duty to someone else, but he knew that there was only one person who could talk Gerard into doing something as unpleasant as seeing a psychiatrist.
"Um, I dunno, he didn't really say much about it. He's obviously not very into the idea...I don't think I'm gonna be able to convince him. I think...I think someone else should try." Upon saying this, Mikey looked directly at Frank.
The short guitarist took a while to get the hint, "What? Me?"
"Well, it makes sense," Bob reasoned, "I mean he probably listens to you the most out of all of us."
"But Mikey's his brother. I'm just like his...um..." Frank blushed, leaving his sentence incomplete.
"Well, a couple of nights ago, you managed to talk him out of drinking any more beer or getting high. I think you should give this a shot," Mikey urged, "Please, Frank? It's for Gerard."
Frank groaned and looked at the faces of each of his friends and realized that he had already lost the argument before it even began "Alright, fine! I'll do it. Just give me tonight."
Bob giggled.
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I've been on this blogging journey for almost a year now, and it's been A.MA.ZING! I've gained lots of inspiration from so many people.
Here are a selection of posts that have been like "rays of sunshine" for me over the past year. This is by no means an exhaustive list, as there have been many, many other sources of inspiration.
Rays of sunshine…
- get me nodding my head in 110% agreement
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- remind me that I'm not alone
- encourage me on this journey of parenting.
Cath's Supermum post
Sarah's post about taking a break from the usual after-school routine to create memories with her kids…Bunking off.
Karen's post needs no explanation Orange cake is soul food, ironing is not.
Naomi's 10 tips for avoiding mother-guilt
Megan's reflections in Sometimes.
Rachel's Guide to Imperfect, but Clean, Laundry.
Al's post about stuff…Where does it all come from?
Kate answers the question How do you do it all?
Finally, Louisa thoughts on What makes a friend?
Deb's post about playing in the rain.
Karen's post about her youngest one's choice of language…Someone's poisoned the waterhole.
Zoey's post…naps are evil.
Chantelle shares her experiences of what her little one gets up to while she's in the shower…7 things kids destroy while you shower.
Julie's post about assessing the situation with our kids…when grace is better than justice.
Kelly's monthly Love the Moment challenges. It was so much fun taking photos and blogging about my experiences in May of this year.
Ann's suggestions on How to fall in love again in 4 minutes a day.
Thea's weekly Sunday sessions.
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Buying an iPod should be easy, right? That's what Robin Landy thought when he started shopping for one online a couple of years ago. But as the Londoner tried searching for the best price on the specific iPod he wanted, he kept turning up irrelevant results: the wrong color, the older model, and so on. "All I could think was, it should be easier than this," says Landy, 30.
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You may decide you're comfortable giving up a little privacy in exchange for some extra cash. InvisibleHand, for example, claims to have identified more than $52 million in savings for U.S. shoppers since it launched in 2009. SmartMoney test-drove three online shopping add-ons to see how much they can really help you save:
InvisibleHand. This browser add-on, just launched for Internet Explorer and also available for Firefox and Chrome, is designed to protect you from buyer's remorse by doing your comparison shopping for you. While looking at a Sony Cyber-Shot 12.1 megapixel digital camera on BestBuy.com, for example, InvisibleHand alerted us that the camera was available for $10.99 less on Buy.com -- and also showed us five other sites selling the same product.
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PriceStalker. This comparison-shopping Web site offers a free Internet Explorer add-on. Highlight a product's name, right-click on it and you can pull up a list of similar products available on other sites. The best results, however, come from the site itself, not the add-on tool. Right-clicking on that same Sony Cyber-Shot camera, for example, turned up more expensive options, but clicking through to the Web site found several offers that would save about $36 off the BestBuy.com price.
Bing Shopping. Microsoft's new search engine offers another free Internet Explorer add-on that connects with its shopping search function. It works much like the PriceStalker tool -- right-click on a product's name to see sample Bing Shopping search results. As with the PriceStalker tool, the best results were found by clicking through to Bing itself. The right-click option turned up a Sony Cyber-Shot for $46 more than the BestBuy.com price, but a Bing search beat Best Buy's price by about the same amount.
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