Digital Business
YouTube Ads Turn Videos Into Revenue
Viewers wouldn’t notice, but that clip also makes an important point about modern advertising — YouTube is an increasingly fruitful place for advertisers.
The Staggering Pace Of Technology
I have more transistors than neurons. So do you. That’s something worth caring about, because it signals the advance of a weird new world that most of us aren’t prepared for.
‘Super Angels’ Alight
Much of the venture-capital industry is undergoing a shakeout. But a growing breed of start-up investors dubbed “super angels” is rapidly raising new money—and ratcheting up competition with established venture capitalists in the process.
Is Apple Planning Touchscreen iMacs And MacBooks?
Apple filed a patent back in January outlining an all-in-one iMac that would function as a standard mouse-and-keyboard computer when the screen was positioned at an upright angle.
Virgin Mobile To Offer $40 Unlimited Prepaid 3G Data Plan
The company has made headlines in the past for offering data plans priced competitively with the major carriers and is about to truly undercut all of them with a $40-per-month unlimited data plan.
5 Easy Ways To Build Your Digital Reputation
Today we have the ease of searching conversations, the constant availability of learning opportunities and more ways to communicate and interact with others.
EFF’s Take On Verizon And Google’s Net Neutrality Proposal
Cindy Cohn at the EFF has published an extensive—but easy-to-read—analysis of the positives and negatives in Google and Verizon’s ‘net neutrality proposal.
Why 3-D Is Already Dying
While premium pricing for 3-D movie tickets has lined studio pockets over the last few years, it hasn’t translated into throngs of new moviegoers at the theater. Movie admissions have been in a tailspin for more than a decade, and despite a bump in 2009, new data shows the public is cooling to the offerings at their local theater yet again.
Selling The Infrastructure Cloud
When choosing a cloud service and promoting it within your company, be sure to have examples of other cloud providers who offer a similar service. This emphasizes category momentum and helps skeptics get over concerns about single sourcing.
What’s Next For Hotmail
“It’s a two-horse race at this point in e-mail,” discounting Yahoo, even though it is still the leader in the U.S. market. Gmail, he said, continues to outpace Hotmail’s growth, increasing 20 percent last year.
Fox Mobile Offers Hulu-Like Subscription Service For Smartphones
Bitbop will work on devices such as the iPhone, Droid and several BlackBerry models at launch with more handsets on the way.
AT&T’s Suspiciously Great Zero Charger Turns Itself Off
The Zero Charger is a so-called “smart” charger, meaning it senses when the device is charged and shuts itself off.
Browser Ballot Screen Boosts Opera
Opera Software said downloads of its Web browser have more than doubled since Microsoft implemented an EU mandated ballot screen in Windows that gives users the choice to install browsers other than Internet Explorer.
StatusNet Signs Up ABC News And Sh*t My Dad Says For Hosted Microblogging (Public Beta)
CEO Evan Prodromou describes the various ways StatusNet can be used: as an open-source microblogging server akin to WordPress, as the basis for an online community “(ning.com for microblogging); for enterprise (Open Source Yammer), or for a single user to own their social media presence (your own ping.fm).” One of the cooler features of StatusNet is OStatus, which lets you follow people on different social networks all from within your hosted microblogging enevironment.
Apple v. Google: The Battle Is Fully Joined
With the number of smartphone companies now suing one another — Nokia, Apple, RIM, HTC, etc. — it’s clear that a turf war is well underway. All players are in the game to win, and will take any advantage over the competition they can get.
The New York City Tech Scene Doesn’t Play Dirty Enough To Win
There is a missing ingredient in the New York scene, particularly as it relates to consumer oriented companies.
Windows 7 Fastest Selling OS In History
One of the things that’s really been a big part of the success of Windows 7 is the great collaboration with our hardware partners, the innovation they’re bringing to the form factors.
Sharkoon’s USB 3.0 SATA HDD Dock Doubles Up, Now Handles Two Drives
Packing a pair of SuperSpeed USB sockets and room for two 2.5- or 3.5-inch hard drives (or a combination, if you prefer), this device makes it dead simple to clone drives and ready a new one to supplant your existing platter.
Samsung’s PMA Gifts: HD Pocket Camcorders, Point-and-Shoots With AMOLED Screens
Here’s what Samsung is providing, all set for a Spring 2010 release:
Week in Microsoft: Windows Phone 7 Series arrives
One of the many unanswered questions about Windows Phone 7 Series is what the application development situation will be like. A few details have started to emerge; through both official and unofficial channels and the big news is that application development will use managed code more or less exclusively.