This is a periodic recap of some interesting innovations that have been recently in the news.

In a recent post I wrote about a few of Register.com’s marketing strategies. The problem was that in my case the innovation didn’t work – they led me to register a domain name and only at the last second did they tell me it wasn’t available. This result was an irritated and resentful customer (me).
I was lucky enough to experience a similar innovation error with USAirways. (Yes, I realize the airline industry is often a target of my posts, but they’re creating this material – I’m not …

I own a few website domains – my innovation blog, my name, and several sites for various business ideas – through either GoDaddy.com or Register.com. In the last week, two sales tactics that Register.com use really jumped out at me – and not in a positive way.

In a recent post I wrote about how I had no intention of paying the high fees that media companies were charging for the online versions of their magazines and newspapers.  Don’t mistake that position for thinking that I believe all content should be free – far from it.  I am ready to embrace micropayments, when the model becomes widespread and standardized, as a means to purchase unique, valuable content a la carte.
But the idea that I would pay more for the online version of a magazine or newspaper, or …