Quintura Kept Aloft By Fresh Funding
The last time I wrote about Quintura, its “About Us” section made a fairly blatant plea for funding. I noted this request, and called it desperate. Now Quintura is millions of dollars richer, and I’m, well, not.
Mobile Gaming Revenue To Grow 50 Percent
As publishers release more content, worldwide mobile gaming revenue will grow from $2.9 billion in 2006 to $9.6 billion in 2011, according to Gartner, Inc.
Google Files Net Neutrality Pleas With FCC
While the world seems to be waking up to a larger, more powerful Google than they anticipated, the company’s heft can work to the consumer’s advantage, especially in matters of government influence (da gov’ment does seem to prefer corporations over its citizens). On Friday, Google filed 47 pages worth of comments with the FCC about Net Neutrality.
Clusty Mobile Is Made Available
I’m always suspicious when a company claims to have made its product or service available for mobiles. Is the new version different than the regular offering? And is it something I’d even want to access from my cell phone? In regards to Clusty Mobile, a search site, the answer to that first question is “yes.”
Online Advertising To Reach $35 Billion
U.S. online advertising spending will almost double by the year 2012, with search and display advertising accounting for most of the expenditures.
Adobe PR’s Nightmare
Last night when picking up burritos at Tres Amigos in Half Moon Bay with Patrick someone came up to me (sorry, didn’t get remember his name and even if I had, I’d keep it secret to protect the innocent) and asked “are you Robert Scoble?” He recognized me from my blog. Turns out he’s an engineer on Adobe’s Flex team. We small talked a bit.
Google Unveils Public Policy Blog
With the new Google Public Policy Blog, transparency’s the name of the game; Googlers will explain the company’s position on issues that could affect us all.
Is Google Replacing Affiliates With Big Brand Spenders?
Google’s search for utmost relevancy is hitting affiliate marketers hard, who are noticing their best converters diminishing as keyword prices raise. Relevancy has been the company’s buzzword, but critics say it’s more about the Almighty Coin (pr. Kwan).
Top 10 Reasons Vanessa Fox Left Google
Well, the search marketing industry was mildly rocked this week by the news that the much-beloved Vanessa Fox will be leaving Google where she was something of a maven, spokesperson, and technical evangelista for some years. The news has left me rather verklempt!
Fox And Brightcove Partner
Brightcove, an Internet TV service has inked a deal with Fox Entertainment Group (FEG) to offer it services on all FEG properties.