Archive for July, 2008
Is this where we’re heading? A colleague of mine showed this video to me at work today, thought it was quite funny, however, makes you ponder on the reality of things.
I like how it’s plotted out and how all the Sn’s try to bash one another.
I’d like to know how many of you feel like [...]
Posted in Social Marketing on July 30th, 2008
Hats off to Cuil. Seriously. I think we have to give these guys some credit.
Although I wouldn’t want to jump into conclusions, I can personally say we definitely need some time to digest the new search engine. The $33 million venture capital was up and running early this week, hence it is still in its [...]
Posted in Search Engine Marketing on July 29th, 2008
Facebook has undergone a facelift! claims The New York Times.
The second largest social network on the Internet has undergone some changes on the member’s profile interface, which will eventually give users more control over their details, photos and personal information.
When will Facebook be unveiling their new look? As of now, it is only in limited [...]
Posted in Social Marketing on July 28th, 2008
I stumbled upon a nice post by James Sherwood on The Register dubbed ‘Brits more hooked on mobile tech than Yanks are’- loved the sound of it, and wanted to bring some data to front.
It’s only fair I call out the final verdict. Brits win, Yanks loose. But let’s just take a look at some [...]
Posted in Mobile Marketing on July 25th, 2008
After much speculation on the subject, Google and Digg, the user generated site, look like they’re finally gonna tie the knot.
Rumors in the beginning put Microsoft as a possible contender for Google, however, Google’s bid was always above or around $200/$225 million.
Since previous attempts early this year, it’s been quite a roller coaster-. Sources from [...]
Posted in Media News on July 23rd, 2008
TiVo, the provider of technology and services for digital video and Amazon.com have set to introduce a ‘product purchase’ feature today that will bring the idea of home shopping to a different level and redefine the art of watching TV.
Starting now, both TiVo subscribers and Amazon customers will be able to shop for anything they [...]
Posted in e-Commerce on July 22nd, 2008
Radiohead has recently launched their promo video for their new ‘House of Cards’ single, which they filmed without using any cameras or lights, instead they did everything using a visualization technology which captures the shapes and relative distances of objects and plots them in 3D images.
The technology is comprised of a scanning system called Geometric [...]
Posted in Video Advertising on July 18th, 2008
Today Amazon.com announced the launch of its Video on Demand online store where users will be able to pick over an array of 40,000 movies and television programs right off the bat.
You choose, you order, it streams.
Clearly it’s a lot better than most internet video stores, won’t name call, which require you to chill in [...]
Posted in e-Commerce on July 17th, 2008
I have been bombarded with election-related material for the past few days, hence my inclination towards writing politically-related posts.
But I must say that despite the miracles of the Internet and the ease in which news, gossip, and everything else is disseminated through it, the same has been causing quite a stir chez Obama.
But the straw [...]
Posted in Viral Marketing on July 16th, 2008
Google is currently testing out their edit result feature which in theory will give users the ability to add, remove or classify their search results. The feature is not yet under the experimental lab area, however, some users who have been included in the bucket test have already spotted it around.
Take a look at this [...]
Posted in Search Engine Marketing on July 15th, 2008
Such projects as twitter and facebook are giving world its rythm