With a fundamental patent in file swarming secured, and a new adaptive bit rate streaming technology opened for work, Swarmcast CEO Justin Chapweske told Murdok his firm wants to be the next TV infrastructure.
Microsoft Trying Out Social Network Technology
A new social network would, at this point, need to be extremely special. The appearance of something Microsoft’s working on has been described as "strikingly similar to Facebook’s." But TownSquare does have a few unique points, and it’s going to get some spotlight time at an upcoming conference.
24/7 Real Media Rolls Out B2B Ad Network
Digital marketing company 24/7 Real Media has announced a partnership with four publishers to create BBN, a B2B online advertising network.Cygnus Business Media, Nielsen Business Media, Reed Business and the McGraw-Hill Companies have joined together to offer more reach and better media buys for online advertisers.
New Ad Network For The Little Guy
Blog software company Six Apart acquired creative agency Apperceptive, a company that built blogs for sites such as The Washington Post, The Huffington Post, BoingBoing, and iVillage. Now they’re launching an advertising network for blogs. They are also venturing into design, programming, and blog marketing services.
Network Solutions In Another Controversy
Network Solutions really didn’t need any more public relations disasters after the controversy of automatically registering searched-for domains and "protecting" them for a $35 fee. Though this new controversy may not be quite the hyperbole it’s made out to be in some places, it does come with some potentially serious issues.
11-Year-Old Boy Figures Out Network Security
If your business is still letting users inside the network deal with spam and other security issues on the desktop, your leadership may not be smarter than a 5th grader.
Nationwide Sprint WiMax Network Idea Revived
Deep-pocketed cable companies have a newfound interest in helping Sprint and occasional partner Clearwire launch a high-speed wireless network based on the WiMax standard.
Google Talks About Content Network Tools
There are many products and services available to help a content network. The trouble is that access to some of them costs money. So, as a straight-from-the-Googler’s-mouth alternative, ways to improve content network performance were recently discussed on a Google blog for free.
Fox Business Network Fails To Win Domain Name
If you want to learn about the Fox Business Network, foxbusinessnetwork.com is not the place to do it. That domain name belongs to Worldwide Directory Services, and, according to a ruling by the World International Property Organization, WDS will continue to be its owner.
Tech Czar, Blog Translation Network
TechCzar.com is a service for tech bloggers which will translate your blog posts into a variety of languages – like Chinese, German, French, Korean, Spanish and more –, with translations to be hosted at their site. The idea is really neat, I think – the service gets content, and you get potentially more readers for your posts. Furthermore, they also offer some monthly payment to the blogger if their traffic is high enough.