Microsoft is taking the veil off of its Mediaroom platform this week, an all-in-one IPTV and digital media platform. The new product integrates digital television, music and photo-sharing, picture-in-picture and developer tools.
AOL White-Labels Google Ad Platform
Part of the billion-dollar deal that Google invested in AOL has helped Time Warner’s interactive arm offer true search advertising purchases on AOL Search.
Google Maps Integrated Into Media Platform
Reality Digital, a media sharing and social community solutions for businesses, has integrated its digital media-hosting platform, Reality Digital Opus and Google Maps. This allows users to find the geographic location of videos uploaded to Opus.
Nokia Unveils Mobile Platform
It looks as though 2007 is turning out to be a banner year for advertisers looking to engage consumers on their mobile devices. With the first two screens (television & computer) squarely in check, marketers are now focusing on the third screen (mobile) and its advertising potential.
MerchantCircle Brings Local Businesses MySpace Platform
My hat’s off to MerchantCircle. I’ve just read a Business Week article that explains how the company is serving local businesses with a network that borrows a few ideas from MySpace. It sounds like they’ve hit on a winner!
Yahoo Switching to Panama Platform Today
Monday February 5th, 2007, will be a day that goes down in search engine history. At 3pm PST today, Yahoo will bring together 30 to 40 engineers and start migrating the old Overture pay-per-click platform over to the new “Panama” model.
Digg: A New Platform for Discrimination
I’ve been pondering my stance on Digg recently. When I saw Christian Mezei’s Unofficial FAQ regarding the Digg algorithm, I began to ponder the entire concept of social media, especially given the recent controversy surrounding which content makes the front page, and which gets buried.
Blogsmith – The Next Big Blogging Platform?
A few days ago, 901am.com got the scoop that Blogsmith was going to be released to the public early in 2007.
Choosing the Right ‘On Demand’ CRM Platform
Learning the ins and outs of any software package is never an easy task, trying to find the time to learn it all within the limits of a free trial, and then apply it to your specific business needs can prove to be a complete turn off!
Convert to a Dynamic, RSS-Enabled Publishing Platform
Things have changed a lot for web publishers since I wrote the first edition of Power Linking in 2002. Back then there was only one option for publishing websites for the average, non-geek: static html pages.