EMI Drops DRM Restrictions On iTunes
Crusaders against Digital Rights Management (DRM) believe the practice does nothing to curtail music piracy while placing unnecessary restrictions on downloaded audio content. In a move that should please the anti-DRM contingent, EMI has announced that it will remove the restriction from its tracks on iTunes.
Google Adds To DoubleClick Intrigue
The biggest Internet players have at least a passing interest in DoubleClick, an online advertising network that reaches hundreds of websites, and they could be willing to overpay for it for a variety of reasons.
Opera Announces Official April Fool’s Policy
The Oslo-based software company clarified its position on tomfoolery, gimcrackery, shenanigans, mischief, mayhem, but not hijinks.
Opera Software ASA, makers of the best browser in this, or indeed any, universe, today revealed the results of a five month process to determine this year’s April Fool’s joke. After considerable competitive analysis, structural synthesis, skilled observation, educated prognostication and blind luck, the management along with Opera’s Corporate Relations and Prevarication department determined there will be no April Fool’s joke for FY07.
Learning from Island Marketing
I have a few days off and am in sunny Cancun until next Monday. Though Cancun may not officially be an island, there are several things that I noticed in common among every trip to an island or resort area that I have the chance to take – including this one.
Free Ad Serving from Google – Will it Win?
As I already suggested previously, John Battelle has also now posted saying Google’s upcoming foray into third-party ad serving will be with a free product.
Google Maps Reverts To Pre-Katrina Images for NO
Google is coming under criticism for rolling back satellite imagery of New Orleans, replacing the images of post-Katrina New Orleans with older, pre-hurricane photos that show the city in a much cleaner condition than is the reality. In this article by The Age, Google says it is only offering the best images it has, and that there are many factors that went into the change:
Make Your Words Captivate
Does the thought of writing give you a sinking feeling? Do you find yourself falling asleep at the keyboard?
What follows are ten unique tips to boost the clarity of your written words.
“Why should I care?,” you say?
Bad Plan and a Bad CMS Implementation
One of the biggest mistakes really large publishers make today is doing SEO like it’s 1999. They throw up hundreds, thousands, and sometimes millions of pages, with the belief that more is better. This has grown exponentially with web 2.0 and blogging apps and cross-tagging, listing and publishing content in multiple spots. Here’s an example that’s pretty typical of a problem I see with alarming frequency.
A Citizen Media Venture
Arianna Huffington, whose Huffington Post is working on a “citizen media” venture with NewAssignment.net (which I wrote about in an earlier post), has an interesting perspective on the future of newspapers in a recent post.
“Why I Must Pay Up Front”
This is the sixth part in a ten part series. Read Previous Posts Here.
This is a very common objection and it is often used as a hello test, so handling it properly is very important: