Makin’ Moves

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Are Ads as Content the Future of Advertising?

In a world where competition for attention is growing faster than ever and consumers get to skip the ads if they want, will advertisements as content save the day for advertisers? It’s not clear yet, but there is a growing body of evidence that it can and is being done by advertisers, both big […]

OMG Mortgage Resets Ahead Are Really Scary

I read about the mortgage reset schedule in the Wall Street Journal and managed to find these two graphics on the web. This is very scary. There is a huge mountain of sub-prime mortgage rate resets ahead and the peak is just before the next general election. It will make this […]

ZML Spells Hollywood’s Newest Nightmare

ZML.com is positioning itself as the movie version of AllofMP3, a Russian service that provided downloadable music on the cheap. They claim over 1,500 movies, such as Transformers, Live Free or Die Hard, The Bourne Ulitimatum and lots of other big tiles with prices starting at $1.99. The service requires registration and a prepaid […]

Glam - Network Power Discussion

A great post on the Buzzmachine by Jeff Jarvis discusses Glam’s networked business model. Michael Arrington over at TechCrunch offers a counter view arguing that since they don’t own the pages they will lose in the end.
I think that both maybe right, but it will depend on the circumstances. Distributors have always made […]

RCRD LBL Uses Ads to Provide Free Music

I came across RCRD LBL today on my stroll around the net today. RCRD LBL is a network of ad supported online record labels and blogs offering completely free music and multimedia content from emerging and established artists.

All the music is released in DRM-free MP3 format and will work on any personal computer or […]

French Downloaders May Lose Access to the Web

Reuters is reporting that
Internet users in France who frequently download music or films illegally risk losing Web access under a new anti-piracy system unveiled on Friday.
The three-way pact between Internet service providers, the government and owners of film and music rights is a boon to the music industry, which has been calling for such measures […]

Zune 80 in Short Supply

According to USA Today,

The Zune 80, Microsoft’s recently announced high-capacity digital music player, is competing with Apple’s entrenched iPod to be the electronic darling for holiday sales. But the Zune 80 is sold out or in limited supply after its first week at leading retailers, including Amazon, Best Buy, Target and Wal-Mart.
Perhaps this generation of […]

Did Greenberg Help Stanford’s Facebook Apps Go Viral?

I just posted about Dan Ackerman Greenberg from Stanford who posted at TechCrunch, about how he manipulates the system to help make videos viral. Greenberg is also head TA at Stanford’s class on Facebook Applications.
I also noticed that two of the apps from this class have gone viral according to TechCrunch
Today we received word […]

Black Hat Approach to Viral Video

In a guest post over at TechCrunch, Dan Ackerman Greenberg outlines his approach to taking just about any video viral. The approach manipulates the system to drive the results people want and there is some complaining that this kind of thing would be tolerated. While it may work, it certainly demonstrates questionable ethics […]

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