» Hangout With the Scientists Looking for the God Particle
09/02/12 19:57 from Read/Write Web
Want to hang out with the people who run the CMS? No, not the content management system. The Compact Muon Solenoid . It\'s one of the two big detectors at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the largest and highest-energy particle accelerator ..
» Google Studies Web Surfing, Ecommerce Via Chrome
09/02/12 19:11 from Online Publishing Insider
Google commissioned Knowledge Network to create a panel of Internet surfers it could study through a downloadable app supported by its Web browser Chrome. Google likely can\'t capture the details of an ecommerce transaction, but can tell whe..
» Fabled Google Drive Won\'t Be Another Dropbox
09/02/12 19:00 from Read/Write Web
The Wall Street Journal has revived rumors about Google launching a cloud storage service called Drive. The comparison everybody wants to make is to Dropbox . The thinking is that Google will challenge everyone\'s favorite start-up by relea..
» E-books and Self-Publishing Roundup, Feb. 9, 2012
09/02/12 18:45 from MediaShift
The best stories of the week from across the web on e-books and self-publishing 1. 2012 marks the rise of new e-book tools (Forbes) 2. Self-published crime writer is Kindle\'s most popular author (The Telegraph) 3. Rogue self-publishers add..
» [STUDY] 61% of Social Media Users Feel So Close To You
09/02/12 18:30 from Read/Write Web
Sometimes little things like a sweet comment on Facebook or a Twitter friend calling your tweet a \"favorite\" can really make a social networker bee\'s day. A new study from Pew finds that for the most part, adults are kind to each other on ..
» [Infographic] Mapping the Tools in the Mobile Development Ecosystem
09/02/12 18:00 from Read/Write Web
The mobile development ecosystem is a large, complicated space. There are innovative startups making tools for native and mobile Web apps along with large enterprise-grade companies that offer solutions from cloud support to frameworks and..
» Harry Reid Wants a Bigger, Badder Version of SOPA/PIPA
09/02/12 17:30 from Read/Write Web
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., still licking wounds from last week\'s defeat of the Protect IP Act and its House counterpart the Stop Online Piracy Act, is reportedly working on an even more sinister, Internet-regulating bill. F..
» WPP's MJoule Enters China's Mobile Market
09/02/12 17:06 from Online Publishing Insider
WPP agencies GroupM and Tenth Avenue have joined forces to launch a mobile marketing presence in China through the acquisition of local mobile agency Wisereach. The new entity, known as MJoule, will combine assets of Tenth Avenue\'s mobile s..
» Keep Track of your AWS Expenses With Cloudyn
09/02/12 17:02 from Read/Write Web
With the number of individual Amazon Web Services now seemingly approaching infinity, it makes sense for third parties to get into the act of trying to keep track of what you are actually spending and whether you have over-provisioned your..
» Daily Must Reads, Feb. 9, 2012
09/02/12 16:16 from MediaShift
The best stories across the web on media and technology, curated by Lily Leung . 1. GigaOM CEO discusses acquisition of PaidContent (Wired) 2. BBC journalists told not to break news stories on Twitter (Guardian) 3. AOL has hired a new chie..
» A Look at Steve Jobs\' FBI File
09/02/12 16:16 from Read/Write Web
Yes, it\'s true. The FBI had a file on Steve Jobs . It\'s not what you might think, though. The FBI performed a \"level III\" background investigation on Jobs as a potential presidential appointee in 1991. He was described by most witnesses as..
» Oracle Claims Taleo\'s Cloud-based Talent Management Jackpot
09/02/12 16:00 from Read/Write Web
In the 20th century, corporations recruited talented professionals but then nurtured them and integrated them into their organizations. Talent was part of their business foundations. In the more intricate economy of the 21st, talent is som..
» Big Question (Answered): \"Do You Have Too Many Facebook Friends?\"
09/02/12 15:04 from Read/Write Web
Every day I jump onto Facebook for my work, but honestly, I never use it as it was intended. If you send me a message or like my status, I might engage, but I never reach out to folks. My stream is full of interesting content about people ..
» Appcelerator Acquires Cocoafish to Implement Mobile Cloud Services in Titanium
09/02/12 15:00 from Read/Write Web
Mobile development company Appcelerator announced today that it is buying \"backend-as-a-service\" startup Cocoafish to implement cloud services and functionality to its Titanium Platform . Acquiring Cocoafish is an astute move by Appcelerat..
» Bay Citizen, Center for Investigative Reporting Plan to Merge. Now What?
09/02/12 14:00 from MediaShift
The Bay Citizen and the Center for Investigative Reporting, two non-profit organizations based in the Bay Area, announced formally Tuesday that they intend to merge. Under terms of the agreement, Berkeley, Calif.-based CIR, which also runs..
» Social Marketing Drives Higher Value, Revs
09/02/12 13:38 from Online Publishing Insider
Do premium display advertising and social marketing drive product sales, media subscriptions and memberships? New research finds a direct correlation between visual and emotional resonance and higher revenue per order.
» 5 Lesson March Madness Mobile Marketers Can Learn From The Super Bowl
09/02/12 13:38 from Video Insider
With the Super Bowl over, time to focus on the next widely televised and advertised event: March Madness. For mobile marketers, the Super Bowl ads\' use of mobile displayed five takeaways essential for success.
» 5 Lessons March Madness Mobile Marketers Can Learn From The Super Bowl
09/02/12 13:38 from Online Publishing Insider
With the Super Bowl over, time to focus on the next widely televised and advertised event: March Madness. For mobile marketers, the Super Bowl ads\' use of mobile displayed five takeaways essential for success.
» Publicis Unveils 'Friendly' Bid For Germany's Pixelpark, Part Of Aggressive Digital Acquisition Plan
09/02/12 13:35 from Online Publishing Insider
Publicis Groupe, which has been bulking up on digital agency acquisitions as part of a long-term plan, this morning unveiled a \"friendly takeover bid\" of Pixelpark, an independent digital shop headquartered in Germany.
» Three Ways To Use Linked In If You\'re NOT Looking For A Job
09/02/12 13:00 from Read/Write Web
A post last week on pimping your LinkedIn profile drew a big response, as well as a divide in comments about whether or not people should be using LinkedIn . One of the bigger misconceptions in comments in emails was that LinkedIn is a pri..
» Inaccurate labels and why we need them (and need to improve them)
09/02/12 10:46 from Seths Blog
If I tell you, \"I\'m going to the baseball game,\" it seems as though you\'re likely to understand what I mean.
Of course, you won\'t. When George Will goes to a baseball game, it\'s a religious experience. Me, I don\'t even like baseball...
» Groupon\'s First Earnings Call Missed the Mark, But It May Not Matter
09/02/12 05:28 from Read/Write Web
Today in its quarterly earnings call, Groupon reported that it did not meet fourth quarter expectations. The company posted a $43 million loss, or $0.08 cents per share. Despite the loss, Groupon\'s revenue in the fourth quarter 2011 grew 1..
» Apple iPad Holding On To 88% Of Tablet Traffic
09/02/12 02:49 from Video Insider
Clicks on tablet ads from paid-search campaigns rose five times higher in January, compared with the same period a year ago, according to research released Wednesday from Rimm-Kaufmann Group (RKG), a digital marketing agency.
» Daily Wrap: January\'s List of Apps You Need to See and more
09/02/12 02:00 from Read/Write Web
Dan Rowinski rounds up the best apps, in our opinion, of January 2012. This and more in today\'s Daily Wrap. Sometimes it\'s difficult to catch everything that hits tech media in a day, so we wrap up some of the most talked about stories. We..
» Stop Saying \"Finally\"
09/02/12 01:50 from Read/Write Web
FIIIINALLY! Google released a Chrome beta for Android ! GODDDDD. What took them so long? All the Ice Cream Sandwich users have been waiting, like, FOREVER ! Finally, Tweetbot for iPad came out . I\'ve only been asking them for, like, EIGHT ..
» 10 Ways to Win Over Writers
09/02/12 01:00 from Read/Write Web
As a PR person, product developer, CEO or whatever, you\'re probably more interested in getting noticed by the media than developing a relationship with a particular writer. That\'s one way to go about it. Then there\'s that old-fashioned \"bu..
» EPIC Seeks To Prevent Google's Privacy Changes
09/02/12 00:53 from Video Insider
The advocacy group EPIC is seeking a court order requiring the FTC to take action against Google for its new privacy policy, which takes effect March 1 and allows it to combine information about signed-in users across a variety of products ..
» Nginx Continues Growth, Adds Commercial Offerings
09/02/12 00:30 from Read/Write Web
According to the Netcraft Web Server Survey for February 2012 , Nginx was \"the only server to experience a non-negligible market share increase this month\" by picking up 0.27 percentage points. Good news for the upstart Web server, just as..
» Are You Part of the 2% (of People Who Get Campaign News From Twitter)?
09/02/12 00:00 from MediaShift
Many of you are, like me, among the proverbial \"99%\" when it comes to economics and income. But if you regularly learn about the 2012 campaign from those you follow on Twitter, as I do, you\'re in an elite class of a different sort. A new r..
» Do Your Users Get You? Test Them With Solidify
08/02/12 23:59 from Read/Write Web
ZURB launched yet another free and handy design application to help anyone test Web products they\'re working on. This one is called Solidify . It takes care of one of the most annoying parts of building an interface: testing clickable prot..
» Google Confirms Motorola Licensees Pay 2.25% Per-Unit Royalties
08/02/12 23:45 from Read/Write Web
If all goes according to plan, the same company which last year asserted that patents were essentially legal weapons in an unfair war against the Android operating system, will find itself the owner of one of the largest technology portfol..
» Greenpeace: Google Tops In Clean Energy, Apple Omitted
08/02/12 23:05 from Online Publishing Insider
Google got top rankings by Greenpeace Wednesday in its latest Cool IT Leaderboard ranking of 21 IT companies on their clean energy roles.
» GigaOm Acquires paidContent
08/02/12 23:00 from Video Insider
Prominent Silicon Valley blog GigaOm has acquired the assets from ContentNext Media, parent company of media-focused blog paidContent, from publisher Guardian News & Media.
» Blip Raises $12M, Plans New Services
08/02/12 22:47 from Online Publishing Insider
Giving its Web TV network more room to wiggle, Blip just raised $12 million in a mix of dept financing and equity. No flash in the plan, Blip has spent the past six years growing its audience -- until now under the name Blip.tv.
» Mobile Firm Bango Teams With Facebook
08/02/12 22:42 from Online Publishing Insider
U.K.-based mobile payments firm Bango said Wednesday it had struck a deal to provide \"payment services\" to Facebook. The agreement suggests Bango could provide wireless billing services to Facebook as the social networking giant seeks to mo..
» NBC Failed With Their Super Bowl Webcast, But Wants Us To Believe It Was A Success
08/02/12 22:24 from The Business Of Online Video
NBC completely failed in their execution of streaming Sunday\'s Super Bowl on the web, yet they want us to believe that it was an engaging and successful webcast. Do they think we\'re stupid? Instead of coming clean and saying they had techn..
» Marketers Encouraged To Break A Few Rules
08/02/12 22:06 from Online Publishing Insider
Tapping customers on technology platforms that companies can\'t completely control can become a bit uncomfortable, but they can do it productively, according to Josh Bernoff, SVP of idea development at Forrester Research.
» GigaOm Buys PaidContent
08/02/12 22:02 from Folio Magazine
» Stora Enso Restructures to Drop $63.6 Million in Costs
08/02/12 20:45 from Folio Magazine
Stora Enso has announced a restructuring plan that aims to cut costs in its annual magazine paper operation by about $63.6 million by third quarter 2013, with the goal of improving efficiency and productivity.
» mBLAST Expands Service Offerings
08/02/12 19:42 from Folio Magazine
mBLAST, a marketing intelligence and brand analytics company, has extended its services by offering its API beyond selected partners. The company has also launched a new search function that allows customers to freely search its content dat..
» GigaOm Acquires PaidContent Creating Premier Digital Media Brand
08/02/12 19:37 from Content Matters
Tech blog GigaOm has acquired Content Next Media , parent of PaidContent and related blogs. Content Next, first acquired by Guardian Media in 2008, has been on the shopping block in recent months, as GMG looks to focus its operations. Of ..
» E-Commerce Spending Up to $50 Billion in Q42011
08/02/12 19:25 from Folio Magazine
» GfK MRI Launches Digital Ad Measuring Service
08/02/12 19:22 from Folio Magazine
To address the growing need for accountability in digital marketing, GfK MRI has launched a syndicated service called Starch Digital.
» Why we are buying paidContent
08/02/12 19:05 from NewTeeVee
First the news: Yes, the rumors are true . We are indeed buying the assets of ContentNext Media from Guardian News & Media Limited. And no, we are not disclosing the terms of the deal, except that we are buying the entire group of properti..
» Nowbox brings TV-like navigation to videos on the iPad
08/02/12 19:00 from NewTeeVee
While many cable companies have turned to the iPad as a way to build a better navigation system, there\'s at least one app that\'s trying to build TV-like navigation for web videos. Nowbox , which is available as a free download on the Apple..
» Rising Mobile Content Boon To Marketers
08/02/12 18:24 from Video Insider
With the spread of smartphones, more people are embracing a range of mobile content and services. A new Forrester report urges marketers to keep up with consumers, spending more time in mobile to build brand awareness and interaction on han..
» Conde Nast’s Domino Returns as a Special Issue
08/02/12 17:24 from Folio Magazine
Condé Nast’s much-beloved Domino magazine, which closed in 2009, is making a return to market as a special edition, called Domino Quick Fixes, set to hit newsstands in April.
» Hosting CDN Dinner For Wall Street Money Managers, Wed. Feb. 16th in NYC
08/02/12 16:48 from The Business Of Online Video
I have been invited to host a dinner for buy side analysts, next Wednesday February 16th in NYC. The event will start at 6pm and the location is midtown. It will be an informal event where I will be presenting some of my latest pricing dat..
» Hosting CDN Dinner For Wall Street Money Managers, Wed. Feb. 15th in NYC
08/02/12 16:48 from The Business Of Online Video
I have been invited to host a dinner for buy side analysts, next Wednesday February 15th in NYC. The event will start at 6pm and the location is midtown. It will be an informal event where I will be presenting some of my latest pricing dat..
» Daily Must Reads, Feb. 8, 2012
08/02/12 15:45 from MediaShift
The best stories across the web on media and technology, curated by Lily Leung . 1. Amazon and Viacom nearing web-video deal (Reuters) 2. Sky News clamps down on Twitter use (Guardian) 3. Le Huffington Post Québec launches (FishbowlNY) 4. ..
» Akamai Acquires Blaze, Adds Frontend Optimization Services: Here\'s What That Means
08/02/12 15:42 from The Business Of Online Video
This morning Akamai announced they have acquired Blaze Software, a cloud based provider of front-end optimization (FEO) services. Terms of the deal weren\'t disclosed, but the numbers will come out, maybe even by Akamai during their earning..
» With Viacom deal, Amazon looks like a real competitor to Netflix
08/02/12 15:07 from NewTeeVee
Amazon continues to ramp up the amount of video content it offers for free to its Amazon Prime subscribers. On Wednesday it announced a deal with Viacom that will bring the number of titles available as part of its Prime Instant Videos ser..
» Blip.tv raises $12M, changes name to… Blip?
08/02/12 15:01 from NewTeeVee
Web video pioneer Blip.tv has raised a new $6 million round of funding from existing investors including Bain Capital Ventures and Canaan Partners, as well as $6M of debt from Silicon Valley Bank, according to an announcement sent out Wedn..
» Boxee clashes with cable companies over encryption
08/02/12 14:00 from NewTeeVee
Boxee’s live TV dongle has only been available for a few weeks , but the company is already embroiled in a fight with cable giants like Comcast and Time Warner Cable over it, and it is now getting support from groups like Public Knowledge ..
» Spoiler Alert! Tech Is Changing the Way We Even Talk About TV
08/02/12 14:00 from MediaShift
(Spoiler alert! The following post includes things that happened on \"Downton Abbey,\" \"The Sopranos\" and \"Dallas.\") The post to Facebook on a late Monday morning was simple enough. A photo of actor Thomas Howes as his character William from..
» Are You Set Up to Share or to Fail?
08/02/12 13:00 from Hear 2.0
Although I quote my friend Seth Godin regularly, I rarely repost his thoughts in their entirety. Today I am going to make an exception for a post which is, in every way, exceptional : Horizontal marketing isn\'t a new idea. But it is the ..
» Pontiflex Powering Spanish-Language Mobile Ads
08/02/12 12:30 from Video Insider
Lead-generation agency Pontiflex has added Spanish-language capability for its mobile sign-up ad platform, which allows consumers to choose the types of ads and offers they get. The move comes as part of its recent step to extend its sign-u..
» Users Tap Smartphones, Tablets For Movie Info
08/02/12 12:30 from Video Insider
Smartphone and iPad owners rely heavily on their devices for movie-related information and advertising. A majority on both devices use them to watch movie trailers. About two-thirds of smartphone and iPad users said they find out about new ..
» Extole Secures $10 Million For Social Referral Funding
08/02/12 12:30 from Video Insider
Strangers or friends can become the most successful brand advocates through online word-of-mouth marketing. Shasta Ventures thinks so highly of the idea that the venture capital firm -- along with existing investors Norwest Venture Partners..
» Post-PC Creativity: A Manifesto
08/02/12 12:30 from Video Insider
At the cross section of art, copy, technology and the human body and brain lies the dawn of a new era-a new age in which storytellers of every order are armed with the ability to make magic: the post-PC creative era.
» Accordant Bats 3,000, Touts It As Proof That It's Organizing 'Biddable' Marketplace For Indies
08/02/12 12:11 from Online Publishing Insider
Accordant Media, a New York-based ad technology firm specializing in creating \"white labeled\" trading desks for long-, mid-tail, and big independent agencies not affiliated with the major agency holding companies, has marked an important mi..
» How do they know you\'re not a flake?
08/02/12 10:43 from Seths Blog
Before your link gets clicked or your proposal gets read, a busy person is going to triage it to find out if it\'s even worth glancing at. Since everyone is now connected, the new permeability has created a deluge of noise, and just about e..
» You\'ve got to know the truth to tell it
08/02/12 05:56 from Online Journalism Review
By Robert Niles: Inherent within the whole \"truth vigilante\" meme lies a tough question for many journalists: \"What if I don\'t feel qualified to decide who\'s telling the truth?\" If you\'ve ever asked yourself that question, give yourself a w..
» First Super Bowl Webcast Draws Over 2 Million Viewers
08/02/12 02:08 from Video Insider
The first-ever webcast of the Super Bowl pulled in more than two million users -- about 2% of the traditional TV viewing on the NBC network. NBC said the Super Bowl webcast became the most-watched, single game sports event ever.
» FTC Sends Warning To Mobile App Developers
08/02/12 01:51 from Online Publishing Insider
The Federal Trade Commission has warned three online data brokers that their mobile apps must comply with the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act.
» Oakland A's Billy Beane: Performance Indicators, Analytics Key To Strategy
07/02/12 23:05 from Online Publishing Insider
Key performance indicators will become far more proprietary as calculations and analytics continue to integrate into everything from search engine marketing to baseball, according to Billy Beane, general manager for the Oakland Athletics Ma..
» Atlantic Media’s Government Executive Revamps Digital Strategy, Website
07/02/12 21:03 from Folio Magazine
» McClatchy Digital-Only Sales Rise
07/02/12 20:19 from Video Insider
McClatchy Co. said digital ad sales declined 2% during the fourth quarter. The publisher, however, attributed the year-over-year decline to the fact that it bundles digital sales with print advertising. Year-over-year, McClatchy said digita..
» Facebook, Twitter To Vie For Mobile Ads
07/02/12 19:57 from Online Publishing Insider
Facebook has yet to monetize mobile inventory, but the unexploited mobile landscape provides Twitter with an even playing field when competing with the social network. Twitter\'s deep integration with iOS 5 should help the company accelerate..
» CNBC Taps Foothorap To Head Network Sales
07/02/12 19:55 from Video Insider
Robert Foothorap has been promoted to senior vice president-TV network advertising sales at CNBC from vice president-advertising sales and business development. He reports jointly to Marianne Gambelli, President of NBC Advertising Sales and..
» Cord Cutters: Lilyhammer, Battleground & Co.
07/02/12 19:46 from NewTeeVee
Online video isn\'t just about clips of cute kittens anymore: Netflix and Hulu have both invested in original programming, and YouTube and others are stepping up their game as well. Check out web-first shows like Lilyhammer and Battleground..
» Big 4 Sites Control Future Of E-commerce
07/02/12 19:46 from Video Insider
One could argue that Google, Amazon, Apple, and Facebook now control the fate of online commerce, per a new Forrester report. Online retailers\' success rests largely on the skill with which they can navigate this new reality.
» Apple\'s iTV and the carrier question
07/02/12 19:26 from NewTeeVee
Evidence is slowly emerging that Apple could be working with operator partners for the introduction of its upcoming iTV product. Last week, Bloomberg reported that Apple may get access to programs through partnerships with carriers such as..
» Consumer Magazines See Disappointing Second-Half 2011
07/02/12 19:19 from Folio Magazine
» The Bump and Mamasource.com Enter Content Partnership
07/02/12 18:49 from Folio Magazine