Your spending at Starbucks and Dunkin' Donuts looks like a coincident economic indicator, meaning coffee purchases at the two outlets track the economy.
The Christmas season spike, when people are buying gifts, rather than coffee, appears to be the only anamoly.
Too bad Starbucks is not a leading indicator.
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Looks Like Your Starbucks Purchases are a Coincident Economic Indicator

Google Revamps "News" to Allow More Personalization
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Google,
Google News

Wi-Fi Access Plays Key Access Role for Apple Devices and Users
In case you were wondering about the growing role played by Wi-Fi access as a way of offloading smartphone traffic from the mobile network, about 24 percent of U.S. traffic in May 2010 used Wi-Fi, with very heavy usage by Apple iPod and iPhone users.
The iPod "Touch," of course, must use Wi-Fi, which accounts for its heavy profile.
The iPod "Touch," of course, must use Wi-Fi, which accounts for its heavy profile.
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WiFi,
wireless offload

AdMob May 2010 Metrics
AdMob Mobile Metrics - May 2010 - Highlights
View more presentations from AdMob Inc.
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admob,
mobile marketing

Droid X Ad "Hold The Phone Any Way You Like"
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Android 2.2
In case you were wondering what new things it will allow you to do.
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Android,
Android 2.2

Microsoft Kin: Fast Product Life Cycle
Product cycles are quite fast these days, sometimes not by design. Engadget reports that Microsoft's "Kin" is being killed, essentially, after a couple of weeks on the market.
Apparently the Kin development team has been rolled into the Windows Phone 7 team and Microsoft does not plan to launch the device in Europe this year.

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