Online Advertising Slowing, But Still Growing!

Online advertising growth is set to slow into single digits for the first time in 2009 according to eMarketer's revised projections.eMarketer is basing its projections on the latest Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) and PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) data. It says online ad spending will reach 25.7 billion in 2009, which is 8.9 percent over the $23.6 billion that will be spent in 2008.Previously eMarketer predicted in August…

Hulu’s New Video Search and Site Features

Hulu introduced a couple of new site features today to make it easier for users to find the videos they are after. For the first one you can thank Hulu's Beijing team according to a post on the Hulu Blog.

Blockbuster Launches New Set-Top Box

Blockbuster is introducing its own set-top box, which will bring movies directly to a user's TV and provide access to on demand content.The MediaPoint digital media player by broadband device maker 2Wire is available to Blockbuster customers for $99 and includes 25 movies. After the initial 25 rentals, movies are available for $1.99 each to $3.99.

Twitter’s New Values

Twitter has acquired  "Values of n," a company founded by Rael Dornfest, former CTO of O'Reilly Media. Dornfest is known for being a pioneer in RSS and editing O'Reilly's Hack books.