Tuesday, September 11, 2007

Widgets: The Next Generation

Widgets, the online programs that users can download to bring extra content to their desktop, are being used by marketers in new ways.

http://www.adweek.com/aw/iq_interactive/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003634269

Monday, September 10, 2007

Microsoft launches suite of apps for download to take on Google

Microsoft is offering its suite of Windows Live online services through a single download in a beta test.

http://www.directtraffic.org/OnlineNews/Microsoft_launches_suite_of_apps_for_download_to_take_on_Google_18271571.html

Newspapers in 2020: Death of editors?

Editors will go the way of the linotype machine. Increasingly, human editing will be viewed as an expense and a delay that few can afford.

http://www.businessweek.com/the_thread/blogspotting/archives/2007/09/newspapers_in_2.html?campaign_id=rss_blog_blogspotting

Youtube Ads

The 1.5 billion dollar question may just have been answered. How to effectively monetise Youtube’s unrivalled popularly in the online video sharing market.

http://www.gpyr.com.au/DigitalWatch/?p=190

Sony launches teen drama on Bebo

Sony Pictures is to release a teen drama filmed in real-time through the UK's leading social network Bebo.

http://www.nma.co.uk/Articles/34913/Sony+launches+teen+drama+on+Bebo.html

Mobile patent application fuels Google Phone speculation

Google has applied for a patent for a mobile payment system, sparking renewed speculation about its possible Google Phone, or GPhone.

http://www.directtraffic.org/OnlineNews/Mobile_patent_application_fuels_Google_Phone_speculation_18271289.html

Thursday, September 6, 2007