Archive for July, 2007

Update: Just posted this on NewTeeVee: Online ads, work in progress. In an attempt to bring more relevance (and extract higher performance) to its AdWords advertising platform, Google is experimenting with a new kind of behavioral targeting technology, Susan Wojcicki, Google’s VP of Product Management (for all… Read More »

Updated.Looks like the vote on the 700 MHz auction rulemaking is finally in, and as expected the commission adopted some of the open-networking proposals championed by Google, but not all. While Google carefully lauds the FCC for its action in a post on the company’s public… Read More »

We are today launching The Future of Software, a micro site that over a period of one month will take a look at some of the major trends that are changing and influencing the software business. In this report we look at a variety of topics –… Read More »

Editor’s note:A side deal in the sale of Dow Jones that we raised as an issue here on Tues is now generating some real controversy. Were the Bancrofts’ advisors ‘bought off?,’ asks “The New York Times”:http://dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/08/02/the-side-deal-in-the-deal-for-dow-jones/. If so, were the interests of the family well-served in… Read More »

Don’t look now, but there’s one of those brutal price wars happening, this time in video rentals. Unlike the cola wars of legend or the perennial PC-chip wars of the last decade or two, this is a price battle I find fascinating. In the short-term, the DVD… Read More »

Cisco Systems, apparently is facing a dilemma: whether to lose to the Linksys brand name or not? Cisco bought Linksys a couple of years ago for $500 million, and it has been a good addition to the portfolio, expanding Cisco’s reach into consumer, SOHO and small… Read More »

Marketing a webapp has become increasingly difficult with the growing competition on the web2.0 front. Viral-Marketing is the way to go in today’s scenario. But HOW can it be done on a low-budget, even better if without cost? I developed a social webapp called “Saywit.com”:http://www.saywit.com/spring/about.html, and launched… Read More »

For Verizon, Fiber (FiOS) is the story

Given a choice between fiber-based broadband and DSL, people tend to opt for the former. Or that seems to be the lesson one can learn from the second quarter earnings reported by Verizon yesterday. Even as its DSL-subscriber additions tanked, Verizon saw a sharp uptake in… Read More »

And the Broadband growth slows

The law of large numbers eventually catches up with everyone, so why would the new broadband subscription numbers be any different. And that’s precisely what is happening to the big three US broadband providers: AT&T, Verizon and Comcast. The problem is that the slowdown in new additions… Read More »

Google’s Wireless Plan, Not Quite Clear

The Federal Communications Commission is going to set rules for the upcoming 700 MHz auctions tomorrow, a decision that could potentially alter the wireless landscape. The auction has resulted in a war of the words, with the Google Camp trading barbs with Verizon and AT&T. Cisco… Read More »

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