Archive for 'Tech news'
Google Wave – the future?
Posted on 09. Sep, 2009 by Mike Georgeson.
It could well be…
Just thinking about how Google Wave could help communications and came up with a scenario for local Governement. Wave is apparently launching later this month and if all the hype is to be believed, I can see it helping to shift the way we communicate to a higher level. As always, we [...]
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Coolness: Amazon’s Acquisitions and Investments, Visualized
Posted on 27. Jul, 2009 by Mike Georgeson.
How awesome is this? All credit goes to MeetTheBoss for creating this visualization (better quality image available when you click through), but it was too good not to share it with you.
It’s a visual representation of Amazon’s acquisitions and investments from 1998 until its most recent purchase of Zappos for a reported $928 million.
The image [...]
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Is this the future? Certainly could be…
Posted on 21. Jul, 2009 by Mike Georgeson.
Interesting video showing the potential for delivering a sixth-sense style internet experience with $350 of kit. And you know that the cost will just keep dropping…
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Online word of mouth outstrips every other form of promotion / endorsement
Posted on 11. Jul, 2009 by Mike Georgeson.
Two surveys that I picked up on that draw somewhat different conclusions. First of all (via Marketing Charts) comes this study by WorkPlace Media which says that 96% of employed consumers won’t think less of a brand if it has no social media presence.
Moreover while 25% recommended a business or product on a social network, [...]
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Do you need to own your music?
Posted on 22. May, 2009 by Mike Georgeson.
Reading a very interesting article at BrandRepublic discussing the merits of spotify. Silly name but you’ll probably remember it, right? Spotify is a streaming music service that I use.
But it got me thinking – do I really want, or need, to own the music I listen to? Do I want to pay for having that [...]
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Google Values MySpace Deal At $75 Million/Year Or Less
Posted on 22. May, 2009 by Mike Georgeson.
Interesting article at TechCrunch where they say that Google thinks that the next deal with Myspace is worth,at the most, $50 million – $75 million per year, significantly less than the $300 million/year they’re paying now.
This is over a year away but I feel that this could the beginning of the end for Myspace. They [...]
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Banner ads do more than just look pretty
Posted on 18. May, 2009 by Mike Georgeson.
Online display ads have gotten a bad rap lately. It’s a format, according to many sources, with declining investment and waning effectiveness.
But a study from iProspect may have discovered an unexpected benefit of online display ads.
When Internet users were surveyed to find out what actions they took when viewing a display ad on an [...]