10/17/09

MONOPOLY Game at McDonald's NEWS UPDATE

Ronald McDonaldImage via Wikipedia

Play online game and stand a chance to win big money.
"The MONOPOLY Game at McDonald's has become a part of pop culture that our customers love and anticipate each fall," said Douglas Freeland, director of marketing, McDonald's USA. "This year is more exciting than ever, with customers getting the chance to win $1 million every day."

From now on. McDonald's customers can enter codes from collected Game Pieces at www.playatmcd.com for a chance to win the opportunity to participate in the "$1 Million Dice Roll"

New Ways to Play and Win Online and via Mobile Phone
* Online:

The MONOPOLY Game at McDonald's goes "social," giving customers the opportunity to enter Game codes through a Facebook application that can be downloaded from www.facebook.com/mcdonalds. Players can download the application and enter codes from their personal Facebook page, but must go to www.playatmcd.com to complete registration. With the application, players can invite friends to play and update their status by answering the proverbial, "What would you do with $1 million?"

* Mobile Phone: Players can also take their Game play "on the go" by entering Game codes via a text-enabled mobile phone to "96363" but must go online to complete the registration.*
* Twitter: Players can also receive updates about the "$1 Million Dice Roll" by following McDonald's on Twitter at @McDonalds.

More Information about the 2009 MONOPOLY Game at McDonald's


The 2009 Game is available at participating McDonald's restaurants in the U.S. beginning October 6 through November 2, or while supplies last, and online at PlayatMcD.com through November 16. Customers will get a chance to win $1 million, as well as a $100,000 Online Jackpot Sweepstakes, additional $50 - $50,000 cash prizes in-restaurant, and other rewards from this year's promotional prize partners, including Xbox 360® Entertainment Systems, Shell, My Coke Rewards® and Boingo® Wi-Fi.

Players can collect Game Pieces for the 2009 MONOPOLY Game at McDonald's on Medium and Large Fountain Drinks, Large McCafe Hot Cups, Hash Browns, Angus Third Pounders, Large French Fries, 10-piece and 20-piece Chicken McNuggets.

The MONOPOLY Game at McDonald's is open to residents of the U.S., Canada, Guam and Saipan. The online Game is open to residents of the U.S. and Canada. For complete details and official Game rules, visit http://www.playatmcd.com.

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. You will need Internet access and a valid email address to participate in the Online Game. Open to residents of U.S., Guam, Saipan & Canada. Void in Puerto Rico, Am. Samoa & where prohibited. Game begins 10/6/09. In-Store Game ends 11/2/09, or while supplies last; Online Game ends 11/16/09 at 11:59:59 pm ET. Must be 13 or older (ME residents must be 18 or older) to play Online. Online Game not available in Guam & Saipan; text play not available in Canada. Subject to Official Rules at participating McDonald's or PlayatMcD.com. See Official Rules for prizes, ARVs, odds, and how to play without purchase. All 2009 Winners featured Online are subject to verification.

Sources: McDonalds.


10/11/09

Top 100 opml web and tech blog feed

webBy Zee :Editor in Chief of The Next Web and Principal at online marketing and new media agency WeDoCreative

150+ of the most popular blogs and news sites about the WorldWideWeb [The OPML files]

It’s no secret we completely disagree regarding the recent discussions over the death of RSS and as a commitment to it, we’re starting a new series titled The OPML files.

The series will feature lists of the most respected and popular blogs & sites in various different categories, and to make things easier for you – we’ve done the hard work and include an OPML file for each list.

What is an OPML file? nothing complicated , all you really need to know is that its the file that RSS subscriber use when exporting and importing RSS feeds.

Today, we feel its appropriate to start with Web/Tech Blogs.

How did we compile each list? Frankly, research. For each industry the mechanism and sources are going to be different. For tech blogs for example, we’ve looked at traffic, Technorati, Digg, Techmeme, recommendations and other lists.

So lets get started: Below are the list of the sites included and their RSS feeds:

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