The venerable WSJ is reporting that Microsoft is buying a small 30-person firm in Santa Barbara called AdECN that runs a network linking buyers and sellers of internet ad space. Can Microsoft build the next ad exchange platform?  Sure.  Will users want to use it.  Huge maybe. Google itself has learned the hard way that […]

Buying a TV was once a simple endeavor. You decided how much you wanted to pay and then how big of set you wanted. You basically paid for what you got. A brand name with a nicer tube would cost a bit more or if wanted a bigger TV, it would cost more. Those days […]

As you might have heard, Apple doesn’t reveal much about future plans 🙂 So, of course, it’s speculation but it will be back at some point when Apple needs a sales boost to the laptop line. First, they are selling both lines like crazy. The high margin MacBook Pro orders are back-ordered as the new […]

AOL is buying Tacoda for between $200 and $300 million according to reports today. To operate as a wholly owned subsidiary probably to get around the onslaught that will come from such a huge ad network (the largest actually via Advertising.com) buying a BT firm one presumes. This deal is significant and at $200 million […]

Yep, “He’s Outta Here!” or “He Could Go All the Way,” or “These guys are killin’ me!” or “Buried in the Cellar” takes on a whole new meaning. You can die in peace now if you’re an Atlanta Braves, Boston Red Sox, Chicago Cubs, Detroit Tigers, Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Yankees and Philadelphia Phillies […]

Yea, nothing says ORGINAL G and GANGSTA than some flip flops. Is that the pop-pop of an AK? No, just Bob running from the stand before his Italian Ice melts … Well, in the new SCARFACE VIDEO GAME, Tony lives (sorry to spoil it if you were planning on buying the crappy game) – apparently […]

E3 originally started out an a convenient place for hundreds of video games companies to bring together hundreds/thousands of video game retailers, buyers, and the CE press to showcase what the next year would bring and most important of all – get them to sign a sales order. In beginning, there were literally mom & […]

While it’s easy to think of Flash as being a mainstay of the consumer internet era, the reality is that it was the equivalent of a Spray Paint Gun, in the hands of an artist, it was and can be art – bringing complexity and depth to a 1-dimensional webpage. However, the reality is that […]

For marketers and companies that sell to consumers, there are some takeaways from this weekend to learn from, to genuflect upon or to go into a corner and weep uncontrollably. LAUNCH DAY Of course, it’s not easy to create a product that will cause people to stand in line for days on end – those […]

With a few exceptions, most online video sites allow you to download the videos to your desktop. Google Video is the easiest. On the right side, you can choose to download MP4’s by selecting PSP/iPod. YouTube is relatively easy, in Safari, just look for the GET VIDEO/FLV line in WINDOW>ACTIVITY and just double click.* But […]