San Francisco Achieves 77% Landfill Diversion Rate, the Highest of Any U.S. City
via www5.sfgov.org
9 Netflix Classics Worth Streaming on Your Puny iPhone | Underwire
via wired.com
Psycho
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"Stream: Alfred Hithcock's foundational 1960 horror immortal charts the lethal convergence of unlucky losers Marion Crane (Janet Leigh) and Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins) in a remote hotel haunted by sexual jealousy and violence. The rest is film history."
Chevy Volt's In China
"GM is in China today showcasing its Chevy Volt electric vehicle with extended range, as the American automaker announced this very populous nation will be one of the initial markets outside the U.S. to get the car. Plans are in motion to offer the Volt for sale locally starting sometime next year."
Chartbeat's Real-Time Analytics
via gigaom.com
"Chartbeat, which launched last April, says it is tracking more than 1.2 million concurrent visitors to the various websites that use its analytics platform. Customers include Gawker Media — which has a beta version of the site that displays real-time reader information on its webpages, as shown in the screenshot below — as well as Time Inc., the Chicago Tribune, Starbucks and AOL. The company has 2,500 paying customers for its service, which starts at $9.95 a month (after a 30-day free trial), and wants to use the financing from Index and the other VCs to expand internationally." [Mathew Ingram]
Social Strategy Data From eMarketer
According to a June 2010 survey by King Fish Media, HubSpot and Junta42, 72% of US companies said they had a social media strategy.
via emarketer.com
U.S. Auto Sales May Hit 28-Year Low
"Industrywide deliveries, to be released tomorrow, may have reached an annualized rate of 11.6 million vehicles this month, the average of eight analysts’ estimates compiled by Bloomberg. That would be the slowest August since 1982, according to researcher Ward’s AutoInfoBank. The rate would be 18 percent below last year’s 14.2 million pace, when the U.S. government’s “cash for clunkers” incentive program boosted sales."
via bloomberg.com
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