I'll bet that the last time you called a repairman to come fix something in your house, you were stuck with a bill in the ballpark of $250 and an annoying revelation: I could have done that. After all, the dude probably just pulled ...READ»
I'll bet that the last time you called a repairman to come fix something in your house, you were stuck with a bill in the ballpark of $250 and an annoying revelation: I could have done that. After all, the dude probably just pulled ...READ»
Paywalls may be working for the New York Times, but other publishers looking for a digital lifeline may not want to rely on them. Still, what's the alternative? Google has quietly cooked one up that asks online readers to answer one ...READ»
Sprint is integrating Google's Voice digital telephony protocol into its cell phone network offerings. Did Google just insert an important crack in the cell phone industry that it'll lever open later?READ»
There are millions of bad photographers with mobile devices running around documenting everything from children to street crimes and putting those photos online somewhere for safe keeping and sharing. I wonder where the business model is.READ»
AT&T's iPhone tariffs just got a big makeover ... or possibly a downgrade in performance, depending on how you look at it. The iPhone 4 is driving the changes, and it actually tells us a lot about how we'll use 4G ...READ»
Walmart's intention to acquire VUDU's on-demand video service may seem like a curious move for a big-box brick-and-mortar retailer. Although eroding DVD category sales is a culprit, my sense is that this move is more strategic and could be more far-reaching if they succeed.READ»
The U.K.'s The Guardian newspaper is about to try an alternative model to charging for online content that sounds infinitely more digestible: Bonus content "member's clubs."
The idea was spawned from a survey email sent out to ...READ»
If the U.S. government isn't willing to sell the Post Office to the popular DVD rental service, it should at least try to learn from how Netflix so efficiently moves so many envelopes through its system every day.READ»
YouTube has become our national trove of free video, a place where a company can find a free platform for video marketing junk and individuals can watch dogs sleepwalk. But as we've discussed before, the Web's video giant costs Google ...READ»
There's a new patent application from Microsoft that's pretty confusing: It describes what is essentially a pay-as-you-go PC, with certain functions locked out at both the hardware and software level until released by a payment ...READ»
It’s been years since YouTube became the jewel in Google’s [GOOG] crown in terms of usership, but it’s never made the company a dime. Now it seems the search giant is figuring out effective ways to monetize their video site, ...READ»
Facebook is still hunting for a business model and reading Om Malik's Why Facebook Connect Matters & Why It Will Win post got me thinking:
If Facebook is going to make it even easier for people to create
content, searching ...READ»