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Hollywood Internet Movie Download Sites - Still Looking for a Business Model
November 6, 2009
(Hollywood) Industry Slowly Embracing New Media | www.hollywoodreporter.com
Good article - the ugly truth about digital movies on the web is that no stand alone digital video content service makes money today, not CinemaNow (Sonic Nasdaq SNIC), Amazon, Vudu, or BlockBuster. The business model is missing, the revenue share small and the demand absent.Many have tried and failed...
November 5, 2009
A trip into the secret, online 'cloud' | edition.cnn.com
This article does a good job of explaining what cloud computing is to non IT professionals: a messy system of thousands of web servers scattered around the world..It may be interesting to get to know the where/when/how our data is managed, but that is not a crucial point.Likewise with financial scums,...
Yahoo’s Online Advertising Has Stabilized After The Economic Slump
November 3, 2009
Yahoo: Online Advertising Has Stabilized | www.businessweek.com
Yahoo’s online advertising business has witnessed a rapid emergence in its revenue in the last quarter and a dropdown in its search and display segment. Similarly Google has also shown a modest growth in this market. The report submitted by these companies showed the current and future outlook of online...
November 1, 2009
web to be truly worldwide at last | news.bbc.co.uk
As per a recent meeting in Seoul,S.Korea and ICANN's (Internet Corp. for Assigned Numbers and Names ) decision to allow users to choose full web and e-mail addresses using non-Latin character sets means the end of a TRULY world wide web and not the beginning!!It will most certainly lead to further...
Bing Google Announce Confirmed Deals with Twitter!
October 21, 2009
Twitter talks data with Microsoft, Google | www.totaltele.com
The way that we disseminate, receive and digest information has been forever changed by the internet and further evolves today with these announcements. Search results will now provide traditional indexed and now realtime Tweets. The entire online community and many organizations will be quickly impacted....
The Twitter Way to Look for its Business Raison-d'Etre
October 21, 2009
Twitter talks data with Microsoft, Google | www.totaltele.com
Twitter has a strong loyal following, provides immediacy and local information. On the other hand, growth has plateaued at 8 million a month (still quite acceptable for many web 2.0 sites). More worryingly, traffic is decreasing and downtime problems are a regular occurrence.Twitter needs to infuse...
The Great Search Engine Shootout
October 20, 2009
Bing, the Imitator, Often Goes Google One Better | www.nytimes.com
Google is the mammoth market leader, the bright light that illuminates the SEO world first and foremost; Bing is the large moth that is fluttering around that light, hoping to block it out with large wings that span the globe - but a small butterfly flying on it's own is the one to watch- the visionary...
Google will have to put some resistance to Microsoft Bing
October 19, 2009
Google refines search results to counter Microsoft | www.businessweek.com
Google has brought a breadth of fresh air in the search engine arena, and has quickly grabbed market share, but may have to up its efforts in innovation to maintain its position. Bing is not just a slightly different way to do and present search results, it is the way forward.
Music Streaming in Search of a Business Model
October 16, 2009
Skype founders start streaming music venture Rdio | www.telecompaper.com
Music streaming raises many questions for both providers of the service and users:- To ad-fund or not to ad-fund?- Owning music versus paying for subscription?- Subscription versus theft?However, it is crucial to remember that "music gains in popularity because people share it with each other". This...
Watch Out Amazon (and Publishers): Google Editions is Coming!
October 15, 2009
Google to launch platform for selling books online | www.huffingtonpost.com
Google has announced a new platform for selling electronic versions of books through its new Google Editions service. This will enable consumers to "read" e-books on a wide variety of electronic devices. So, maybe that's why Google was scanning all those books....and we may all benefit from the "freeing"...
AT&T, Inc. versus Verizon Wireless – Misleading Information? Wow!!!
November 4, 2009
The Effects of US Hispanic Media Concentration for Advertisers and Investors
November 3, 2009
Good news for both the Data Loss Prevention and the Encryption Marketplace
November 3, 2009
Apple Gets a Lukewarm Reception in China – Is Anyone Surprised? I Am Not
November 2, 2009
The European Commission's Own 2.6GHz Band Decision Is Seriously Flawed
November 3, 2009
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