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Most Americans still don't eat vegetables often enough, and fruit consumption is actually dropping a little, according to a new government report released Thursday.

A gap between the two front teeth is one of the most sought-after physical features at this year's fashion week in New York, says the Wall Street Journal. A handful of top actors, such as Anna Paquin also sport them.

Health experts say that the soda-swilling, video-watching habits of boys ages 6 to 19 mean that about 15 percent are now extremely obese, up from about 9 percent a decade ago. That includes kids like Garrett and Nathaniel Uterhark, whose mom stepped in to help.

Normally I am among the first to say that Google has great timing with their product launches. Not saying that their products are perfect each and every time, rather that Google can launch their stuff at just the right moment. Sadly in the case of TV to the consumer, Google is all over the place.

According to this article, Google is looking to launch a a pay per view TV option. Yeah, because they’ve apparently learned nothing from AppleTV’s pay-per-use model failure and instead think they can compete with video on iTunes. Give me a break. No one in their right mind is buying video from DRM based iTunes unless they have a way to make a smooth transition for livingroom viewing, like Amazon and Roku. At least then DRM isn’t so bad as you are not using a PC to watch content.

I am of the mind that Google is going to have another Google Wave like failure here as asking people to once again, duplicate an existing service wanting a pay per use model is to be kind, redundant. Bundle this with the lack of a set top box like AppleTV or Roku and this concept becomes very half baked. Most people are not going to watch content like movies or TV on a computer. And even with Hulu, people are trying to connect it to TV sets. I know I did.

Normally I am among the first to say that Google has great timing with their product launches. Not saying that their products are perfect each and every time, rather that Google can launch their stuff at just the right moment. Sadly in the case of TV to the consumer, Google is all over the place.

According to this article, Google is looking to launch a a pay per view TV option. Yeah, because they’ve apparently learned nothing from AppleTV’s pay-per-use model failure and instead think they can compete with video on iTunes. Give me a break. No one in their right mind is buying video from DRM based iTunes unless they have a way to make a smooth transition for livingroom viewing, like Amazon and Roku. At least then DRM isn’t so bad as you are not using a PC to watch content.

I am of the mind that Google is going to have another Google Wave like failure here as asking people to once again, duplicate an existing service wanting a pay per use model is to be kind, redundant. Bundle this with the lack of a set top box like AppleTV or Roku and this concept becomes very half baked. Most people are not going to watch content like movies or TV on a computer. And even with Hulu, people are trying to connect it to TV sets. I know I did.

I’ve been among those from the beginning pointing out how useless Twitter was for search results at any level. It’s a great way to connect with readers, partners, customers and so on. But as a search engine, it’s not cutting it at all. And now it seems that the rest of the world is finally beginning to catch on with this idea.

Despite the benefits of trend spotting a Twitter search can provide, any results given by Twitter lose their value soon after the person sending the updates hits the enter key. So in response, Twitter is now only going back four days. I think this is a reasonable amount of history for Twitter to maintain. But hopefully, this change will also offer us less of the annoying fail-whale along the way as a result.

It’s also likely that the mindset behind limiting the database to four days stems from the fact that data changes, so there is not really such a need for data that may now be dated, by Twitter trending stats. Just one thought.

I’ve been among those from the beginning pointing out how useless Twitter was for search results at any level. It’s a great way to connect with readers, partners, customers and so on. But as a search engine, it’s not cutting it at all. And now it seems that the rest of the world is finally beginning to catch on with this idea.

Despite the benefits of trend spotting a Twitter search can provide, any results given by Twitter lose their value soon after the person sending the updates hits the enter key. So in response, Twitter is now only going back four days. I think this is a reasonable amount of history for Twitter to maintain. But hopefully, this change will also offer us less of the annoying fail-whale along the way as a result.

It’s also likely that the mindset behind limiting the database to four days stems from the fact that data changes, so there is not really such a need for data that may now be dated, by Twitter trending stats. Just one thought.

If I didn’t know better, I’d say that Facebook Live either had a massive issues with its video metrics or perhaps with its ability to attract an audience who cares. Speaking for me, I find myself leaning with the latter as streaming live video is more on par with YouTube, Ustream, or other related services.

Still, it seems that this article raises the question and points out that it could go either way.  The sad part is they even Facebooked the event and still no one outside of some 300 or so viewers showed. Maybe the issue is just poor timing. After all, Friday afternoon for an “all about Facebook” kind of thing is hardly that exciting.

Finally, the last possibility for the low numbers comes down to it being a possible bug. Not unreasonable, if you stop to think about it. But regardless, Facebook has had a substantial history of bugs in its past. What do you think? Is Facebook Live simply a snoozefest with no takers? Perhaps, instead, the problem is with the metrics counting the viewers?

[Photo above by _Max-B / CC BY-ND 2.0]

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If I didn’t know better, I’d say that Facebook Live either had a massive issues with its video metrics or perhaps with its ability to attract an audience who cares. Speaking for me, I find myself leaning with the latter as streaming live video is more on par with YouTube, Ustream, or other related services.

Still, it seems that this article raises the question and points out that it could go either way.  The sad part is they even Facebooked the event and still no one outside of some 300 or so viewers showed. Maybe the issue is just poor timing. After all, Friday afternoon for an “all about Facebook” kind of thing is hardly that exciting.

Finally, the last possibility for the low numbers comes down to it being a possible bug. Not unreasonable, if you stop to think about it. But regardless, Facebook has had a substantial history of bugs in its past. What do you think? Is Facebook Live simply a snoozefest with no takers? Perhaps, instead, the problem is with the metrics counting the viewers?

[Photo above by _Max-B / CC BY-ND 2.0]

• Every Possible Way to Market Your Website Explained Simply and to the Point: 2 DVD Set
• Facebook and Twitter 101 Training
• Inbound Marketing: Get Found Using Google, Social Media, and Blogs (New Rules Social Media Series)
• Facebook Marketing: An Hour a Day
• Socialnomics: How Social Media Transforms the Way We Live and Do Business
• Grow Your Business on Facebook ~ Fan Pages ~ Use Social Media to Build Loyal Customers