Conflicting Futures for Social Networks
It is being said that major social networks like MySpace and Facebook, and perhaps social networks as we know them have reached their climaxes in terms of usage and monetization. Om Malik says these networks are getting a "sanity check", citing new numbers from comScore: Today there are numbers out from comScore that indicate plateauing growth for the big two — MySpace and Facebook — in the U.S.
Yahoo and Google – How Bad is it?
It’s time for another edition of Good Idea/Bad Idea! Good idea: Making more money. Bad idea: Making more by admitting that you suck and your competition is so good at this that you’ll let them make the money for you. Actually, other than the “admitting you suck and your competition is so good,” that doesn’t sound like an entirely bad idea, does it? I mean, using the competition to increase your profits could potentially be a good thing.
Yahoo Punted Recent $9B Microsoft Proposal
An alternative to a full takeover of Yahoo presented the company with a Microsoft offer of a billion dollars for Yahoo’s search assets, and $8 billion to buy back stock from corporate raider Carl Icahn and other investors.
Google Users Inclined To Spend Cash Online
The government’s plan to stimulate spending by sending out checks may or may not have worked – new Hitwise data doesn’t help a lot there. But other stats indicate that Google fans are a little more prone than Yahoo users to pump money into the online economy.
9 Million People Have Made Purchases On Mobiles
Making purchases using mobile devices such as cell phones is increasing in the U.S. with 9 million mobile subscribers saying they have used their mobile to pay for goods or services and nearly half (49%) saying they plan to try mobile commerce in the future according to a new report from Nielsen.Men were found to be more likely then women to use their mobile phone for commerce with 4.9 million men doing so and 4.3 million women making a purchase using their mobile phone.
Microsoft Sets Up Digital Manners Police
If at first it seems creepy, go with that gut instinct. You’re probably right. Microsoft’s patent application for "digital manners policy" (DMP) technology is part iRobot, part destined-to-be-used-for-nefarious-purposes. Here’s how it is supposed to work: You walk into a movie theater, the movie theater sets your mobile phone to vibrate for you. You stroll into a museum, the museum disables the flash on your camera or disables your camera altogether. You get too close to the cockpit, any wireless device at risk of interfering is shut off.
Manners For Social Networking
UK etiquette experts, Debrett’s, have created a new set of rules for how to behave on social networks.The rules were created after research by telecoms company Orange found that 62 percent of social networking users are confused or frustrated by online etiquette. It found that 26 percent were unsure about how to respond to unwanted pokes or messages.Eighteen percent said they were confused on "how to respond to my ex when in a relationship with someone else."
Cable Ad Sales Fail At eBay
After a year, eBay closed down its Internet-based TV and radio ad selling platform, as cable channels avoided it due to fears of commoditizing ads.
‘Poo Porn’ Judge In Deep Doodoo
The phrase "jury of your peers" was purposeful wording and, I imagine, purposefully did not say "judge of your peers." Federal Judge Alex Kozinsky might disagree he’s a peer of "poo porn" "shock artist" Ira Isaacs, whose obscenity trial Kozinsky was overseeing. But if not in the same club, they’re at least in the same ballpark.
Fake Ad Spurs Ethics Questions For Papers
There are two likely reactions here: What’s the big deal? and That doesn’t sit right with me. Pick one for this line: In order to test the impact of print advertising on Website traffic, two Philadelphia newspapers created a fictional airline, advertised it in their papers, and measured the Web traffic the ad created, disclaimer coming somewhere towards the end of the process.