Archive for November, 2006
« Previous EntriesIs DailyMotion.com the YouTube-Killer?
Thursday, November 30th, 2006If you haven't heard about DailyMotion.com, you probably will fairly soon, particularly if you're one of those people who wants to watch commercial-free television shows for free. I stumbled upon the video-sharing site via by brother, who read about it on Forbes.com.
So who is DailyMotion? Well, they're based in Paris and there does [...]
What Would You Do With a Newspaper?
Thursday, November 30th, 2006USA Today's Kevin Maney has a very intriguing column on what Internet entrepreneurs and thinkers (a.k.a. consultants) would do if they owned a newspaper. What he discovered was this: “These tech folks don't really have any radical, interesting ideas for newspapers”.
That's interesting because you figure a group of people who have embraced the digital distribution [...]
Everyone Loves BitTorrent
Wednesday, November 29th, 2006According to TechCrunch, BitTorrent has raised $25 million from Accel Partners and Doll Capital Management. BitTorrent has also signed distribution deals with a variety of major film and TV producers. So, the idea is the money and the licensing deals with MTV, 20th Century Fox, Paramount Pictures, etc. is going to make BitTorrent legit - [...]
Q&A with b5media's Jeremy Wright
Wednesday, November 29th, 2006For anyone curious about b5media's roots and where it's heading, check out an interview that CEO Jeremy Wright did with Media Industry Professional Profiles.
Goodbye, Google Answers
Wednesday, November 29th, 2006In what may be a first for Google, the company has decided to shut down one of its sideshows/experiments - Google Answers - after more than four years. Is this a new strategic direction for Google and/or a sign of the times that some projects should die a quiet death if they're not working well? If [...]
Wireless Consumers are Stupid if…..
Tuesday, November 28th, 2006…anyone gets excited about a plan by Verizon Wireless to offer access to YouTube on a wireless device. For $15 a month, Verizon is offering a YouTube-like service as part of a service called VCast that will provide a limited number of YouTube videos that have been selected and approved by both companies.
Come on, it's [...]
Re-Use, Re-Use, Re-Use
Tuesday, November 28th, 2006Whatever happened to the paperless office? The PC and Internet was supposed to save millions of trees but office workers are using more paper than ever. A joint project between Xerox Research Center of Canada and Palo Alto Research Center, however, may have a solution with ink that “disappears” from paper after 16 hours. This [...]
UofT to Roll Out Free Anti-Censorship Tool
Monday, November 27th, 2006The University of Toronto's Citizen Lab will make free software available later this week that will help people deal with Web censorship issues in countries where access is restricted or limited. A downloadable tool, called psiphon, can transform anyone's personal computer into encrypted servers (or access points) that can access blocked sites and associated Web [...]
Can Satellite-Radio Survive the iPod?
Monday, November 27th, 2006Michael Urlocker, who writes the OnDisruption blog, has a column in today's National Post looking at whether satellite-radio can survive the growing popularity of the iPod in the mobile music battle. One fact that jumps out is that 70% of 2007's U.S. car models will have built-in iPod connectors, which will give the 67 million [...]
Wow, Silicon Valley/Web 2.0 is Percolating!
Sunday, November 26th, 2006If you're looking for a lite read on a Sunday afternoon, the Guardian has a gushy story about all the cool things happening in Silicon Valley these days, which seems to have been researched by a reporter who spent a long time hanging out with aspiring entrepreneurs at a coffee shop called Ritual Coffee Roasters [...]
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