Dynamo’s proprietary player was one of the first to give creators the option to directly charge viewers for their content. Now, the company is closing the player to the public, instead refocusing on a white label offering for filmmakers, continuing the trend of pay-to-play services. Read more »
Observers of database technology should look closely at the non-relational database market to see where the most interesting growth lies in the world of applied information storage and retrieval. Read more at GigaOM Pro »
As the industry experiments with how to make money off web content, a number of sites, varying in style, approach and pricing, have rejected the idea of ad-supported models in favor of direct payment options. How do these companies match up? Find out below. Read more »
Micropayment options are just one monetization possibility that a web video creator might consider in order to generate a profit off their original content, but the tools for enabling small-scale payments are so far relatively limited, especially for independent creators. Change, however, just may be ... Read more at GigaOM Pro »
Political Lunch creators Rob Millis and Will Coghlin today at SXSW demoed a new tool for makers of content looking to distribute video under a micropayment system during a panel called “Beyond Advertising: Can Online Video Finally Pay?” Dubbed Dynamo, the new fully embeddable player features […] Read more »
[qi:gigaom_icon_cloud-computing] Collectively, Yahoo, Facebook, Amazon and Google are rewriting the handbook for big data. Startups intending to reach these proportions must also change their thinking about data, and enterprises need this model for internal deployments as a way to retain an economic edge.The four leading web […] Read more »