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No one can buy them yet, at least us mere mortals. They went on sale in the US for one day, priced at $1500, but personally I'd sit back and wait for a couple of years.

This is technology in it's infancy. It would be like buying a car but waiting for the council to start building some roads so you could use it

Fascinating stuff, and not something I was aware of, so assume there's not too much publicity about this at the moment (unless it's passed me by!) Good old politics and education, always a ropey mixture, then throw in a general election...

Any apprenticeship questions, I now know where to go 

This is the second year they have done it, but I like chocolate, and they like marketing. 

Who said marketing gimmicks don't work?

Thanks Nimbus Hosting 

To be fair, they have been very good over the years, and a 1000% better than the previous hosters. So if you want reasonable low cost hosting, they are worth a look.

Unfortunately (for Nimbus) we have migrated the forum off their server over to our directory hosters, Rackspace.

So the question is, will I get a choccie bar next year!

Anyone else had any Easter gimmicks/marketing promotions come through? Or has anyone tried it themselves?

Be interested to hear how it went, did you get a decent ROI, or was it just a branding exercise. Would you do it again, or did you get your fingers burnt?

The chocolate one has been around for a while now, so anyone seen any other versions?

TESCO Every little helps - Forum thread 

I'm guilty of being an online shopper, then moaning when the High Street store closes. We've lost our local HMV, and it's a shame. I used to go there infrequently, maybe an occasional mooch and purchase.

I think WH Smiths still sell some music, and of course there is Clives favourite, Tesco's

Amazon sell counterfeits?

A poignant and sobering article come documented memorial to those UK Service Men and Women who lost their lives in Afghanistan.

UK military deaths in Afghanistan - BBC

So finally I've had enough of getting bombarded:

So no doubt, log in, and go to email preferences, and yup, a nice obvious stop any more emails. Sounds fair enough.

I then get the following message:

What? You mean Yelp have someone employed to select the tick box to stop sending me emails?

Come on Yext, you're supposed to be a market leader, with endless developer resources, and should be leading the way in innovation design and features. Not spamming people by default.

B- must try harder.

No it's not sour grapes or cheap competitor bashing. I think the Yext platform is very good and would encourage any small business to get signed up. While you are there, give us a review!

It's the lack of thought into some of the design flow processes of the review system that annoys me. Or maybe it's my OCD and nobody else minds 

A tenner on NO for me 

Maybe this is what people want, but it doesn't float my boat...

Interesting stuff, and thanks for the detailed response.

I can't help my cynical radar going off, I wonder if there is an element of govt stat fudging, by shepherding kids off to an apprenticeship to keep the unemployment figures down, but thats just me 

But some interesting stats there, especially 27% of apprentices go on to earn more than grads. That's the sort of publicity that will make it ever more popular!

If we were a web design company, then I'd seriously look at taking on a trainee/apprentice, and if you get a bonus as well, even better!