Archive for July, 2005
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Sunday, July 31st, 2005Skype must be preparing for an IPO. How else to explain the bizarre rumors it could be bought by Comcast or News Corp. for $3-billion. Didn't realize April Fool's Day happened early this year. The speculation culprit is Robert Cringely, who figures Skype is worth that much on a valuation of $150 for each of [...]
Who Gets to Blog?
Sunday, July 31st, 2005The Corante's Bob Cauthorn has a lengthy column - rant? - on whether mainstream journalists have the “right” to blog. His thesis is large media groups are jumping into the blogosphere more for marketing reasons - i.e. trying to court a younger audience - than providing readers with a value-added service. As a result, he [...]
Bell Mobility's Youth Marketing Misguided
Saturday, July 30th, 2005Call me a prude but Bell Mobility's efforts to get jiggy with the youth market appears to be confused and misguided. The National Post has a story today that the country's second-largest wireless carrier is selling ringtones called PimpTones that feature references to “hoes”, “skanks” and “bitches”. Bell claims it's acceptable language because “there are [...]
IE7 Catfight - Meow!
Saturday, July 30th, 2005You have to love the scrap that has broken out between The Register's Andrew Orlowski and Robert Scoble over the IE7 beta. Is it ego, pride or simply passion for Microsoft? I haven't had a chance to check out the beta but it doesn't appear to have much in the way of groundbreaking features. There [...]
Steve Nash Hawking MDG Computers
Friday, July 29th, 2005MDG Computers, which makes PCs and laptops, has suddenly become cool after signing a deal with Phoenix Suns' guard and NBA MVP Steve Nash. Nash (otherwise known as Captain Canada for his exploits with the Canadian Olympic basketball team) will appear in TV, radio and print ads, while MDG will support Nash's foundation and work [...]
HP and Apple Divorcing
Friday, July 29th, 2005Now, here's a shocker for a quiet Friday afternoon. According to CNet, Hewlett-Packard has decided to stop reselling Apple's iPod just 18 months after the deal was unveiled. HP is still interested in the “digital-entertainment” market but not with the iPod - even though it just announced a new line-up of HP iPods. Not sure [...]
Bell VOIP Plans Unclear and/or Unknown
Friday, July 29th, 2005If anything, the appeal of the CRTC's VOIP decision by Bell, Telus, Aliant and SaskTel has got tongues wagging with strong views on both sides. Putting aside the regulatory arguments for a minute, what are the ILECs plans when it comes to VOIP? In other words, they're happy to talk the talk - and hold [...]
Some Insight into Blogdigger and Ice Rocket
Friday, July 29th, 2005After posting about Yahoo's RSS search test site earlier today, I got an e-mail from Greg Gershman, who runs Blogdigger. Here's the scoop: the company is based in Baltimore and has two part-time employees, including Gershman, who has a full-time job as a software developer. If you're a VC looking to invest in the [...]
Yahoo Developing Technorati-Like Tool?
Friday, July 29th, 2005There are rumbles out there Yahoo is developing a Technorati-like tool. Steve Rubel captured a couple screen images that clearly show Yahoo is working on an RSS search tool. The test site, however, was quickly taken down. You knew it had to be a matter of time before someone (Yahoo, Google, Microsoft) came up with [...]
Ballmer's Big Boast
Thursday, July 28th, 2005Hey, guess what? Microsoft is going to rule the Web, just as it has dominated the desktop. That's the gospel according to Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer. “We have won the desktop. Now're we're going to win on the Web,” he told analysts today in Redmond. Just to keep things interesting, Ballmer also said Microsoft will [...]
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