Some $65 billion in advertising is expected to disappear from traditional media outlets in 2009, according to a recent report from Outsell Inc., a media research and advisory company. Companies will instead focus their investments on their own web sites and other forms of online marketing,… Read More »
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Today’s high-tech entrepreneurs have at their command more than just the ability to invent new technologies — they have mastered the discipline and the methodology required to harness those technologies in order to serve customers. Such a combination of new technology and new understanding is unlocking… Read More »
I confess I have a rather odd hobby. I seek out and collect statements from broadband regulators and lobbyists that reveal a fundamental misconception about the networks they oversee. Stacey uncovered this gem in April from New York state’s CIO: Consumers should be able to “know… Read More »
Apparently, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’ abject apology for remotely nuking copies of “1984″ and “Animal Farm” from hundreds of unsuspecting Kindle devices was not enough for one Michigan teenager. Seventeen-year-old Justin Gawronski filed suit against the company in federal court in Seattle last week, charging the… Read More »
In our era of immediate gratification, creating a quick and responsive web experience is often as important as the product or service you’re trying to sell. Poor performance can frustrate users to the point that they will leave your site. Recent studies show that on average,… Read More »
Mark Ormond can’t get his “followers” to do anything. After they increased to several hundred only days after creating a Twitter account, the Internet marketer was encouraged by the prospects. Now he wonders how much influence he really has over the fast-growing but unproven community. “They don’t… Read More »
Spotify, after fundamentally changing the way in which Europeans find and listen to music via their computers, is now setting its sites on the mobile world. Its existing service, which is accessed via an iTunes-style desktop client, enables users to instantly stream entire albums and share… Read More »
Will Publishers Ever Make Money Off eBooks?
Barnes & Noble’s launch of a full-scale ebook challenge to Amazon, including a deal to be the exclusive ebookstore provider to Plastic Logic’s would-be Kindle-killer when it’s released next year, means the emerging market for digital books will finally see some real competition. That’s good news… Read More »
4 1/2 Ways to Deal With Data During Cloudbursts
Cloudbursting is an approach to handling spikes in demand that overwhelm enterprise computing resources by acquiring additional resources from a cloud services provider. It’s a little like having unexpected houseguests and not enough beds for them to sleep in; some of them will have to be… Read More »
Why Big Data & Real-Time Web Are Made For Each Other
There’s been a lot of discussion lately about the real-time web and the problems it poses for incumbent search companies and technologies. Fast-moving trends and the availability of up-to-the minute updates mean that purely historical answers are missing crucial information. Dealing with constantly growing information streams… Read More »
