Gorny to be featured in BizAZ
Thomas Gorny, CEO of IPOWER, has been chosen as one of BizAZ's 35 under 35. The feature will appear in the magazine's May issue.
Widgets
I've been reading about widgets. Basically, a widget is a small bit of code, usually JavaScript, that a non-technical person can paste into a the template of a blog or website. This code serves up fresh content delivered from other servers, such as news headlines or product information. I came across this pretty cool site called http://meez.com. You can create your own animated 3D identity widget. They have a ton of selections most of which are free to create your cartoon-self as close to the real you or as outlandish as you like. Here's the one I quickly put together for myself 
Sites like Snipperoo.com and Widgetbox.com have a ton of other widgets you can add to your website or blog.
Jen Merry
IPOWER Marketing Manager
How Company Names Are Really Created
The following is a list of some company name etymologies. It is interesting that many of these major brands did not get their names by spending thousands of dollars on a naming consultant:
7-Eleven: this chain of convenience stores started in 1927 as U-Tote’m (so called because customers “toted” away their purchases). In 1946, U-Tote’m became 7-Eleven to reflect the stores’ new, extended hours: 7am until 11pm, seven days a week.
Adobe: from the name of the river Adobe Creek that ran behind the houses of founders John Warnock and Chuck Geschke.
Apple: for the favorite fruit of co-founder Steve Jobs and/or for the time he worked at an apple orchard.
IKEA: A composite of the first letters in the Swedish founder Ingvar Kamprad’s name in addition to the first letters of the names of the property and the village in which he grew up: Ingvar Kamprad Elmtaryd Agunnaryd.
Mercedes: from the first name of the daughter of Emil Jellinek, who distributed cars of the early Daimler company around 1900.
Pepsi: named from the digestive enzyme pepsin.
Samsonite: named from the Biblical character Samson, renowned for his strength.
Taco Bell: named after founder Glen Bell.
Google Co-Founders and CEO Each Received a Salary of $1 in 2006
Larry Page, Sergey Brin, and Eric Schmidt each drew a salary last year of $1. At first one might feel bad for the three executives; although each of them made up for their small salaries via the large stakes they own in the company.
Page and Brin shared the 26th position on the Forbes U.S. billionaire list published last March. According to Forbes, both Page and Brin are each worth $16.6 billion.
Schmidt currently owns 10,096 of Google's Class A shares and 10.7 million of its Class B shares. At the end of 2006, those securities were worth nearly $4.9 billion.
April Fools Day on the Internet
This past Sunday was April Fools Day (April 1st) and the Internet served as a platform for many hoaxes and practical jokes. The following is a list of some April Fools Day hoaxes...
*eBay added an "Unbelievable Deals!" section to its home page, with the following list of "Top 10 Deals"
Cow Licks
Flying Carpets
Happiness
A Clue
Your Face on Mt. Rushmore
Dream Date
Electoral Votes
Ocean Front Property in Arizona
A Vowel
Evaporated Water
* PC Magazine discussed "10 Revolutionary Technologies" including a helmet for Wii usage and a Wi-Fi toothbrush.
Google Calendar's Google GooDay (or G'Day in Australia) provides an extra day between Saturday and Sunday.