Megan Fox Struggled as Sex Symbol, Says Shia LaBeouf

Megan Fox famous feuded with Transformers director Michael Bay, once said, "He wants to be like Hitler in the set, and he was."

Megan Fox and Shia LaBeouf

Former Fox costar Shia LaBeouf explains the actress, 25, struggled with "the role of sex-driven" and hairy below suddenly becomes "she is the sexiest woman in America."

"He has a hard time accept it," LaBeouf, 24, told the Los Angeles Times. "Mike movie woman in an interesting way to a summer 16 years sexuality That .. It's the style of Michael."




LaBeouf, who recognize the Bay "unwise,"adding, "When Mike would ask [Fox] to do certain things, no time to talk to inflate We are on the run .."

But LaBeouf says it's a different story for Rosie Huntington-Whitley, substitute Fox in the third installment of the action-packed movie.

"She came with a background of Victoria's Secret this and he's comfortable with it," he said. "So he can get down with the way Mike's work, and make the entire set a very different vibe."
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AdSense's "i" Link Replaced By "AdChoices"

Google announced they are changing the "i" link found in the Google AdSense ads to "AdChoices."

The change is to comply with the online advertising industry's Self-Regulatory Program for Online Behavioral Advertising. It will allow Google "to more proactively give users notice and choice about the ads they see." Google explained:

Just like before, users who click on the "AdChoices" label will be taken to a page where they can learn more about online advertising and the ads they've just seen. This page will also provide a link to the Ads Preferences Manager, where users can control the types of interest-based ads they see. Our tests of this new icon and label showed that they should not have any effect on ad performance. We think this rollout will help users better understand the ads they're seeing, and we look forward to seeing widespread adoption of this label throughout the industry.

This is nothing really new, except the label change. Google has allowed users to report bad ads via that link since 2005.

Here are some pictures:

"i" not expanded:

"i" expanded:

New "AdChoices":

Old Way in 2005:

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10 HUGE Questions Raised By Groupon's IPO Filing

1. What is Groupon's REAL long-term competitive advantage?

This is really the most important question any potential Groupon investor ought to ask

themselves. Any potential investor in any company, really, but particularly an unprofitable, high-growth, risky company in a brand new market.

What is, in one sentence, your long-term competitive advantage? What is your "moat" in Warren Buffett's expression? What is the thing that is unique to Groupon and that is going to ensure its long-term success?

Is it first-mover advantage?

Is it scale?

Is it your brand?

Is it excellent execution?

It can be any of these or a combination of them, or something else entirely. But there needs to be a really good answer to that question.

2. Why are people not buying groupons anymore?

As Yipit's David Sinsky notes,

As Yipit's David Sinsky notes, Groupon's business seems to be declining in its bigger markets. The big reason is that people are just buying less and less groupons.

If people stop buying your product, that sounds like something your investors ought to know about.

So, why is that? The novelty wearing off? Competition? The crappy economy? Wizards?

3. How is the international business faring?

Image: Asthma Helper via Flickr

The filing doesn't really give any details on the international business, except its relative size and two short "case studies" on London and Berlin. We've heard that Groupon's international operations are in something of a disarray. Given that they're a huge part of the business, we ought to hear more about them.

4. What's the repeat rate for merchants?

Image: Flickr Guy Schmidt

One of Groupon's comparative advantage is that it has a database of thousands of small merchants who have used Groupon. However, that advantage is only worth much if those merchants want to run groupons again. Do they? If so, at what rate? Groupon has said in the past that 1500% 90 to 98% of merchants are happy with their experience. Yet we haven't seen that in the filing. What gives?

Image: Courtesy of Pension Risk Matters

Groupon says that it pays attention to a metric called "Adjusted Consolidated Segment Operating Income" which counts customer acquisition costs as capital expenses. On its face, this seems ridiculous. Why not just cop to the reality, which is that Groupon loses tons of money but that's fine because it plans to make tons of money from that later?

6. Why have your insiders trousered so much money?

Groupon founders have trousered hundreds of millions of investor dollars. They also paid themselves dividends out of the revenues of a money-losing business. While there's a good case for letting founders "take some chips off the table", this seems more like "breaking the bank." Why trouser so much cash from the business? Did someone have a hundred million dollar mortgage they needed to pay off or they couldn't focus on the business?

7. How many merchants get a better than 50-50 deals, and why?

Image: AP

Groupon typically takes a 50 percent cut of the coupons it sells. But we've reported that in many markets Groupon gives merchants an 80-20 split. Is that a specific thing to gain share in specific markets or verticals? Or is that a growing trend?

8. Why are your margins declining?

It's not just that Groupon's losing money. It's that its margins are declining. Groupon bears say that Groupon can't be a long-term success because it's in a business with such low barriers to entry. Groupon bulls say that there are barriers to scale in the daily deals business.

If the bears are right, Groupon's margins should decline as competition eats into them. It's what seems to be happening. But we can't be sure. So, why are margins declining?

9. What must happen for the company to be profitable?

Image: Flickr/Eric Charlton

Groupon is wildly unprofitable. That, in and of itself, isn't a dealbreaker. You should be able to go public without profits--if you have a clear reason why you're not profitable and a clear plan for getting there.

Famously, Amazon spent 6 years as a huge, unprofitable public company. But Amazon's founder Jeff Bezos always had a good reason for that: to be a huge online retalier, he had to put "scale before profitability." Amazon had to achieve huge scale before it could be profitable. Bezos was always clear about that vision and what needed to happen.

Given that Groupon is in a brand-new, incredibly fast-moving market, it doesn't make sense to ask when it will be profitable. But it does make sense to ask what must happen for it to be profitable. How many cities? How many subscribers?

10. What's the rush?

Image: Ray Rivera

Seriously. What's the rush?

As Fortune's Dan Primack points out, Groupon shouldn't have to go public now. It would still have a lot of runway left if its investors and employees didn't trouser hundreds of millions of dollars of investor money and revenues. We already knew Groupon wanted to go public fast.

Whether it's a used car or a billion dollar revenue run-rate company, it's never a good sign when someone wants to sell fast. So, what's the rush Groupon?

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/groupon-ipo-explainer-2011-6#10-whats-the-rush-1#ixzz1OGuBc7yQ

Father Goes Crazy When He See's Dirty Text Messages From A Boy All On His Daughter's Cell & Facebook!

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Meet Our 2 Millionth Facebook Fan

She's 22, she's a make-up artist, and she loves every second of her life! Meet the 2 millionth person to "like" the Tosh.0 Facebook page… and possibly America's newest sweetheart, Kristina Lea Moccia!

You guys are too fast for us. We were keeping an eye out for when our Facebook page would cross the 2 million mark and it slipped right past us!

Who noticed our mistake but none other than Mr. One Million himself, Ed Gunther. I received this Facebook message:

Ah, the master of calculations was right. Luckily, even though we dun goofed, we backtraced it and are able to give #2,000,000 her due, Ms. Kristina Lea Moccia.

MP: Congratulations, Kristina Lea Moccia! You are the 2 millionth person to "like" the Tosh.0 Facebook page. How does it feel?

KM: It feels kind of crazy actually. I had no idea that liking Tosh.0 on Facebook would turn into something like this, but I’m pretty glad I decided to like it when I did.

MP: Tell us a little about yourself.

KM: What can I say? I'm 22 years old and I work as a make-up artist for M.A.C Cosmetics. I have a crazy Italian family and I’m kind of an internet junkie. My hobbies include retro video games and going to drag bars. I live a pretty awesome life and I enjoy every second of it.

MP: Did you realize the page was approaching 2 million fans when you liked it?

KM: To be honest, I didn't. I just thought to myself, "Tosh.0 is pretty damn awesome. Why haven't I liked it on Facebook?" I do feel bad for the fans that may have been waiting to claim the name as the 2 millionth fan. But I suppose they should have tried a little harder, huh?

Read the rest of our interview after the jump…

MP: You like 1365 pages on Facebook. Is there anything you don't like?

KM: Oh, there’s quite the list of things I dislike. I'd say public restrooms rate pretty high for me. Who knows the things you'll find in one? Venereal diseases come to mind, but I digress.

MP: Are you honored to enter our hall of millionth fans alongside Ed Gunther?

KM: I am quite honored to join him. I'd say he is a much better fan than me, considering he Battle Royaled his way to Mr. 1 millionth. That's pretty impressive, if you ask me.

MP: What's the most exciting thing that's ever happened to you?

KM: I’d say that acquiring my job with M.A.C tops as the most exciting thing in my life.

MP: Where would being honored as the 2 millionth Tosh.0 Facebook fan rank on that list?

KM: This ranks pretty high on my list of exciting things! Not everyone gets the chance to say they were honored as the 2 millionth fan!

MP: Do you remember the first time you watched Tosh.0?

KM: I was watching TV at my friend's place, and he turned on Tosh.0. It was episode 14 and as we were watching two crazy girls fight each other, I turned to him and said, “A TV show all about the crazy videos people put on the internet? Genius."

MP: Give us your Top 5 Tosh.0 clips.

KM: This is pretty difficult. There are more than just 5 clips that I’ve thoroughly enjoyed. But I’m gonna go with:

1. Reh Dogg Recreated
2. The Popcorn Challenge
3. The Angry Preacher Web Redemption
4. The David after Dentist Web Redemption
5. The Buried Alive Prank

MP: If you could say one thing to Daniel Tosh, what would it be?

KP: What’s your sign?

MP: Ah, the oldest pickup line in the book! Thanks for taking the time to answer our questions, Kristina!

And thanks to everyone who "likes" us on Facebook. We'll see you again at 3 million! If you haven't already, you can get started now.

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