Nokia May Lead In Location-Based Advertising

If you connect the acquisition and investment dots, you wind up following Acuity Mobile to Navteq to Nokia.  And since Acuity deals in mobile marketing, Navteq works with maps, and Nokia's all about cell phones, this could indicate that some pretty big companies are growing more interested in location-based advertising.

McClatchy Ad Revenue Down Double Digits

The executives at The McClatchy Company, which owns major newspapers across the US like The Miami Herald, The Lexington Herald Leader, and the Charlotte Observer, didn't utter the names of their digital demons in their latest earnings report. But it's funny sometimes how there's a defining echo between the lines.

Microsoft’s Response to 75,000 XP Sigs: “Meh”

You can almost imagine some skinny guy standing in front of large crowd.  The crowd yells, "Let XP live!"  The skinny guy fidgets, and responds, "Um, we need more feedback."  Yes, this is Microsoft PR at its best, folks.

Cable’s Dying, The FCC’s Killing It

The cable industry's in trouble, and the FCC isn’t all that interested in helping it. Six cable networks are suing the Federal agency in an attempt to block "dual must-carry" requirements set to take effect in 2009. The nuances of the issue highlight that cable just isn't keeping up with the competition in terms of capacity, and it appears the FCC is very content to…

Flickr Fans Protest MSFT’s Acquisition Attempt

Bashing Yahoo has become one of the easiest activities in the world.  Flickr is still loved, however, and may, in fact, be one of the few things standing between Microsoft and its acquisition of Yahoo.