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  • Sony BMG Strengthens Online Video Offerings

    On Monday, Brightcove announced that Sony BMG Music Entertainment will be utilizing its broadband technology to further its Web music video arm.Sony BMG has already launched an ad-supported music video site called…

  • Spam Eats Up One Hour Per Day

    According to a “Spam Personality” survey conducted in May by Reflexion Network Solutions, a typical employee spends up to an hour per day deleting spam e-mails. This translates into about 12.5% of lost work time for someone…

  • Those Smashing Mash-Ups

    The world heeds me not when I extol the virtues of convergence. “Con-what?” It’s the coming together of technologies, don’t you know, the new wave of…And I’ll stop right there. There’s better terminology for convergence as we tangibly…

  • Invest Wisely in a Business Geek

    Business is like a game of poker—a few careless moves will have you trading in your designer clothes for a barrel with suspenders. New business ventures, particularly Internet ones, present thrilling opportunities; we come…

  • What If mergers

    Summer seems to bring with it more than just warmer weather. It also seems to bring with it increased activity in mergers and acquisitions. This time last year, we saw within a sixty day window deals that included Valueclick buying…

  • Google goes CPA

    Yesterday, I had the opportunity to present, as part of a panel at DM Days, my thoughts on the changing search landscape. My piece focused on CPA search, a topic that fascinates me in no small part due to the arbitrage activity taking

  • ESA Fights Louisiana Video Game Law

    The Entertainment Software Association has filed a lawsuit against the state of Louisiana after the governor signed a new bill that limits the sale of violent video games to minors.

  • Live From the Mobile & Digital Licensing Summit: Mobile Gaming Gains Momentum

    Last year, consumers paid for 382 million downloads of mobile games, and that number is expected to soar to 1.7 billion by 2010, representing a $5.9 billion industry and signaling the industry’s rapid growth.

  • Gmail is Still Beta for a Reason

    I think it was the threat of a Gmail revolution that prompted Yahoo to increase the storage space parceled to its free email accounts last year. (Yahoo’s paid email at the time, of course, gave storage to spare. It’s an example of how the…

  • Eyes Wide on the Internet

    How could I get tired of advertising seminars or conferences? Not only can I count on scoring enough pens, pads, and doo-dads to last me until the next one, but I usually end up learning my field of work, too. The Eyes on the…