January 02, 2006
Advertising with WinAmp Skins
Product websites these days offer all kinds of downloadable stuff, from desktops and screensavers to IM buddy icons. How come so few of these websites offer customized WinAmp skins? The one pictured above and installed on my computer mimics a pack of Wrigley gum (you can get it here),... [MORE]
Posted by Kyle Bunch at 06:55 PM
Apple, Google Had Good 2005
Apple, I am betting is going to have a good if not great 2006. The reason I say that is because the company did rather well in 2005. While most of the world focused on the booming sales of iPod, Apple’s core business of selling computers also had a... [MORE]
Yahoo to launch reality TV series online
Xeni Jardin: Snip from SF Chronicle article: Terry Semel, the former movie studio chief who now leads Yahoo Inc., is back in show business. His Web portal has filmed a pilot for a reality series called "Wow House" that will be broadcast online within the next few months. (...)... [MORE]
Starz To Launch Portable Movie Download Service
: Not deterred by the rather lackluster response to its online subscription movie service Starz Ticket, the cable TV co is launching is launching a new movie download service that allows consumers to view full-length studio films, concerts and TV shows on portable devices powered by Microsoft software. It... [MORE]
Care About Internet Stocks?
Then read Burnham's posts covering the year that was, 2005. Start here, then go here (best performing), here (worst) and here (IPOs)........ [MORE]
The 50 Best Robots Ever
Wired offers a list. "They're exploring the deep sea and distant planets. They're saving lives in the operating room and on the battlefield. They're transforming factory floors and filmmaking."... [MORE]
December 30, 2005
Web 2.0 Companies I Couldn’t Live Without
There have been numerous 2005 “best of” and 2006 “predictions” posts over the last few weeks as the year comes to an end. I’m not going to write one of those. Giving out “best of” awards seems presumptuous to me, given that I’ve been blogging all of six months.... [MORE]
Jon Fine tells papers to 'steal from Google'
BusinessWeek's Jon Fine urges newspapers to "steal from Google" and cut off their rival's oxygen.... [MORE]
Can You Spot the RFID Spychip?
Katherine Albrecht put together a fearless photo exposé on the use of RFID tracking chips at Wal-Mart, and on various products like printers and TVs. She goes on to show how customers are electronically frisked on their way out of the store. All of this is "for your protection"... [MORE]
RSS Icon & The Feed Theory
What that orange icon really means and does? The unified feed theory defined by The uber geeks.... [MORE]
Click Fraud Competes With SPAM For Title Of "Most Heinous"
Wired: Pay-per-click is the fastest-growing segment of all advertising, reports the Interactive Advertising Bureau. Last year, Yahoo! alone ran more than 250 million individual listings, according to Michael Egan, the company's search-marketing director of content strategy. Yahoo! doesn't break out PPC earnings separately in its financial statements, but Goldman... [MORE]
December 20, 2005
Behind Doc Ock's Bar - the Octopus Tap
As I recall from my heady college days, having a 1-to-1 keg to tap ratio was usually a bad idea. Someone would do a kegstand and then you'd get a dollop of partially-digested Doritos on the top of the keg, leading to the dreaded party foul. The Octopus Tap... [MORE]
Who's heard of KsanLab?
Me neither. But now you have. Check out their website and this really cool "Virtual Tour" of their office, which according to their note to me, "catches the spirit of KsanLab and its people" and "demonstrates the great potential of virtual worlds to transfer both informational and emotional messages"... [MORE]
December 19, 2005
So, One Year Later, How'd I Do?
Each year I make predictions. Each year, I review them and see how I did. Then, I make some more. Alright then. Here's my 2004 predictions post, written in late December, 2004. As much as I might wince at the one or two clunkers, I'd say I did pretty... [MORE]
McD's Uniform Change Year's Top Story
AdAge.com published nearly 3,000 news stories and features on advertising, marketing and media topics in 2005. "MCDONALD'S PLANS TO REINVENT EMPLOYEE UNIFORMS" is the most viewed story of the year. But you can't view it now, unless you agree to pay for it.... [MORE]
Swap gift cards online
Consumers are buying, selling and swapping gift certificates online this holiday season at a new rash of web sites dedicated to gift cards, the New York Times reports: For buyers, these sites present an opportunity to pick up gift cards at savings of 10 percent to 30 percent. Almost... [MORE]
Yahoo to Measure Online and Offline Ad Effectiveness
Yahoo on Friday launched an analytics service that allows advertising on Yahoo sites to not only measure the performance of their online ads but also compare them with their radio, TV and print...... [MORE]
Test Drive an AJAX RSS Reader
Backbase has a whole bunch of AJAX web applications that you can test drive. One notable entry here is their RSS Reader. It's muy slick! Plus you can download the source code of this application and install it on your own server. While you're on the Backbase site take... [MORE]
December 17, 2005
AOL-Google-Microsoft: The Deal Dance History in Links
: We covered every little turn in this story....the history of the story through links (reverse chronological order), below: -- AOLGoogle: Some Details Of the Deal -- More On AOL-Google -- Report: AOL, Google Now In Exclusive Talks -- Case: No Return To AOL -- Time Warner Round-Up: Case... [MORE]
Banner Ad Blog
There are plenty of resources out there for showcasing various ad creative..except for the humble banner ad and annuals don't quite cut it.. so where's a creative to get his interactive creative inspiration from? Try BannerBlog They're also looking to recruit editors from Asia and the United States, why... [MORE]
