Dot Com Lifestyle Ramblings

Some Photos From Hong Kong

Hong Kong is unlike any city in China. This is because it’s closer to a Western city than a China one. For 100 years, Hong Kong was ruled by the British Empire but reverted back to Chinese rule in 1997. Since then, China has chosen to re-assimilate Hong Kong over a 50 year time line. Mainland Chinese citizens still need […]

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Top 5 Tips for Keeping Your Passwords Safe

1 – Keep ‘em Guessing Never use personal information to create a username, login or password (i.e. names of pets, relatives, nicknames, dates of birth, birth location, etc…). In this day and age where information is often finding its way onto the Web and identity theft experts have become ever-savvy at ferreting out these details, it is CRUCIAL to choose […]

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John Chow dot Com Reader Wins Azoogle T-Shirt Contest

A huge congrats goes out to John Chow dot Com reader, Melody Nieves of AWalkInMyShoes.com. Melody is the winner of the AzoogleAds Party at The Playboy Maison T-Shirt design contest. Melody’s T-shirt designed was judged best design by the powers at AzoogleAds. For her winning entry, Melody will be receiving an all expenses paid trip to LA to party it […]

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ShoeMoney Sues Google Employee For AdWords Violations

TechCrunch recently ran a story about my arch rival Shomoney suing an employee of Google for violating the AdWords T&C. Google has a policy to protect trademarked names from being bid on. For example, Google won’t allow you to use the word “Dell” in any AdWords ad because it’s a registered trademark. Unless you get permission from Dell, you can’t […]

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