Archive for the 'internet' Category

CBS Interactive sets up shop in Silicon Valley

CBS Interactive is doing it right by setting up an office in Silicon Vally (Menlo Park). This world has changed and Tech plays a big role. Today, people don’t need to start their morning with a newspaper, listen to the radio to/at/from work or watch the evening television newscast; although, most still do […]

Newspaper web traffic up 12%, catching 40% of web users

Newspaper continues upward, online that is, with 12% growth in web traffic.  Another cool number is that 40% of all U.S. web users visited a newspaper website in Q1.  Here is more info…

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IAB video ad guidelines

We’ve all seen the plethora of reports and headlines about the video ad business over the past few years. The IAB continues their efforts to help us all face the right direction. That’s cool because bumping into awkward ad sizes just isn’t what it once was (hey man, the animated gif eye sore […]

Tired of all those social web accounts? Try FriendFeed

FriendFeed basically builds bridges between your social web accounts (YouTube, MySpace, Facebook, LinkedIn, etc, etc) and allows you to stay connected with friends a bit easier in a world of multiple logins/passwords.  Read more here.
On a same-same-but-different track is Google’s OpenSocial.   Same in that it makes this “multi” world easier, different in that opensocial is […]

Pogo — AT&T gets into the browser business with Vizible

AT&T and Vizible have a new browser in beta dubbed Pogo. Instead of repeating what has already been said (and better), I’ll tip the hat and foward you to ars technica…
AT&T has opened up a private beta of its new, hyper-visual web browser named Pogo. Yes, you read that right—AT&T is diving into […]

GM shifts to Digital gear, to spend $1.5B (50%) on Digital advertising

Hybrids aren’t the only new thing at General Motors.  GM is shifting gears in a big way.  Last year it spent $197 million in online display advertising… and now it plans to spend $1.5 billion on digital and one-to-one marketing, of its $3B budget, over the next three years.
There is more here…
Consumers looking to buy […]

Google TV Ads

I was invited to try out Google’s beta for TV advertising yesterday. The term AdWords does not really fit here/anymore, but we’ll look past that for the moment. It looks like you cannot target to local TV at this point. It does seems like this would work okay for cable TV advertising. […]

LinkedIn goes mobile

LinkedIn launched a mobile edition — http://m.linkedin.com.

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AllThingsD posts upfront note about Tracking Cookies

The popular mainstream blog, AllThingsD, has posted a note drawing attention to the use of tracking cookies on its website. I think AllThingsD is a model for how mainstreaming media (in their case, The Wall Street Journal) can enter the blogosphere and maintain a balance between the blogger vibe and that of traditional media. […]

Yahoo Letter to Stockholders

I received this letter last week and thought I would share it with you.
February 13, 2008
Dear Stockholders,
On February 1, 2008, Microsoft made an unsolicited proposal to acquire your company. As much has been reported in the press recently, I wanted to reach out to you personally to let you know why your Board of Directors, […]