GM Mixes Church and State
When discussing the editorial and advertising components of a media outlet, I jokingly refer to them as “church and state.” This is because they are something I try and keep separate when practicing media relations.
Anheuser-Busch Increases Economic Interest in Tsingtao
Tsingtao Brewery and Anheuser-Busch jointly announced that Anheuser-Busch has increased its economic interest in Tsingtao to 27% upon its conversion of all the remaining convertible bonds in Tsingtao.
Microsoft To Unveil Xbox 2 (360?) On MTV
Today, Microsoft has announced a partnership with MTV to premiere the upcoming Xbox 2 (360?) on the MTV channels in the United States, Asia Pacific and Europe. The system will be showcased in these areas during a 24-hour period.
10 Things You Should Expect From Your IT Copywriter
Anyone who’s ever tried marketing IT products or services knows that it’s a specialist field.
Spam Messages Increase, Lose Effectiveness
As spam mailings continue to permeate email inboxes around the Internet, the majority of those who receive spam accept the unsolicited emails in stride, almost as if it’s an expected occurrence when using the Internet.
Genentech Sales Increase by 55%
Genentech announced total product sales of $1,186.0 million for the first quarter of 2005, a 55 percent increase over product sales of $763.7 million in the first quarter of 2004.
More Skype and more MSN
Internet phone service provider Skype has released a new update to version 1.2 of its desktop application for Windows.
Microsoft’s Channel 9 and Cultural Rules
Channel 9, the social networking blog and wiki for Microsoft’s developer community and the outside world run by ‘5 guys from Redmond’, celebrated its first birthday last Wednesday.
EFF Issues Guide To Safe Blogging
I’ve been a fan of the Electronic Frontier Foundation since it started. I’ve paid dues, gone to fundraisers, attended rallies. The EFF’s defense of people who can’t afford to defend themselves for online activities that attract the ire of organizations that oppose would stifle the use of the Net for expression has earned my respect.
Map Wars heat up
There’s a community being built around Google’s Maps. Very cool I’m jealous.
Now, I’ve seen Microsoft’s future mapping strategy and I’ve been sworn to secrecy. Don’t count us out yet. After all, we have TerraServer and a few other things that work well on maps.