It’s hard for things to grow when they’re being artificially constrained; think about bound feet if you need a rather gross example. So, if some new reports lead to any significant developments, Hulu may be making some smart decisions and heading in new directions.
Microsoft Becoming Preoccupied With The Cloud
We don’t know how many people play drinking games while reading press releases, but here’s a warning: taking a shot every time Microsoft uses the word "cloud" must be dangerous to one’s health. Lately, the cloud is about all the Redmond-based corporation can seem to discuss.
Online Viewing Becoming A TV Substitute
A higher percentage of people are going online to watch primetime TV shows, according to a new report from Integrated Media Measurement Inc. (IMMI).More than twenty percent of people view some amount of primetime television online. Within the group of online viewers, 50 percent are watching programming as it becomes available and are using the computer as replacement for the television set. The other 50 percent are using the Internet to watch previous programs they missed, or to re-watch clips of episodes they have already seen.
Google Becoming Too Big For Itself?
Fortune magazine has one of the most comprehensive "Google’s starting to fall apart" articles, I’ve seen in a long time.
Price Becoming More Important For Mobile Users
Price has become an increasingly important factor when choosing a wireless provider according to a new comScore survey of U.S. mobile phone users.Coverage, price and family/friends connectivity were the three most important factors given by respondents when choosing a wireless carrier. In a similar survey from 2006, respondents said better coverage was almost twice as important as price, 27 percent compared with 14 percent. Having friends and family who had the same carrier was an important factor for 13 percent.
Yahoo’s Castle Becoming A Cage?
In the olden days, armies often didn’t attack castles so much as sit around them; weeks or months later, the defenders would run out of food and their leaders would have few options other than to surrender. Yahoo may be placing itself in a similar situation in its fight against Microsoft.
In Flight Internet Becoming More Popular
Two months ago, we reported that Alaska Air would be the first U.S. airline carrier to test satellite Internet access on their flights. Now, several other airlines have followed suit—but it looks like they might beat Alaska Airlines to the punch.
Google Becoming Wikipedia Without the Talk Page
In a recent post about paid links, Danny Sullivan wrote about how Google’s army of engineers are going to start hand editing PageRank scores if they think you are selling links, which is a move that wreaks of desperation.
Behavioral Targeting Becoming ‘Essential’
Now is the time to do some behavioral targeting before it’s regulated. (Da guvmint is froggy on both sides of this issue, wanting at the same time to limit how much digital information is stored about users and to glean all they can from it for their own surveillance purposes.) Though people tend to be creeped out by how much marketers know about them, if done right, it can be mutually beneficial.
Time Inc. Becoming More Social
Time Inc. says it has plans to add social networking to its Web sites that have off line magazines in the next six months.