
Archive for April, 2008
Wednesday, April 30th, 2008
So much for riding at the vanguard of a new wave of music distribution, as Radiohead declares its In Rainbows online experiment a one-time deal.
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Wednesday, April 30th, 2008
Stupidity and anger are never a good combination. A British blogger has been fined for posting an offensive and menacing message about a police officer on his blog.
Gavin Brent, 24, from Holywell, Flintshire, was fined $296 and $718 in costs. He said his post was not meant to be offensive and he used the blog to "let off steam."
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Tuesday, April 29th, 2008
The last time we heard any buzz about unions for online workers, it involved the ill-fated bloggers union. This time, it might not be so unfathomable since it could be a legitimate gripe. A pair of social networking employees allege they were fired for just mentioning the word "union."
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Tuesday, April 29th, 2008
In just about every MySpace profile, there’s all sorts of information that advertisers would love to see. Users don’t list their likes and dislikes with marketers in mind, however, and a MySpace exec has said that participation in the upcoming HyperTargeting program will be optional.
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Tuesday, April 29th, 2008
Universal McCann’s Wave study tracks social media use, and the latest one (Wave 3) gathered information from 17,000 Internet users. They indicated that some startling growth has taken place.
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Tuesday, April 29th, 2008
A new initiative from Warner Bros. Television seeks an audience, and advertising revenue, from online broadcasts.
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Tuesday, April 29th, 2008
VoIP service Jajah benefited from Yahoo’s strategic shift as the recipient of the outsourcing of Phone In and Phone Out premium voice services for Yahoo Messenger.
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Tuesday, April 29th, 2008
Anecdotal evidence and personal experience are all well and good, especially where popularity contests are concerned. Hard data works, too, though, and Hitwise’s Heather Hopkins has weighed in with stats on how Twitter is doing.
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