By marco on September 1, 2008
There are a lot IM networks/services out there and almost every country has a favorite one (almost like social networks/community) which has the highest penetration.
The folks at EQO used their IM network to investigate on the use of IM services by country, check out Global Instant Messaging Market Share – Open Data:
It seems almost unfathomable [...]
Posted in Marketing, Networking, statistics, Web | Tagged AIM, global, GTalk, ICQ, IM, instant messaging, market share, MSN, Y!IM
By marco on August 15, 2008
Amazon.com has opened up the second round of the beta phase for its unbox instand video streaming service called “watch now”. The unbox service enables you to rent and buy movies and TV shows from amazon through a download to your PC without the need to get the DVD shipped to you, or going to [...]
Posted in iTV, MacOS, Media, News, video, Web | Tagged amazon, beta, instant watching, IPTV, streaming, unbox, video, watch now
By marco on August 11, 2008
I have been missing out on this completely, so for everyone who is in the same boat, check out http://drhorrible.com:
Aspiring super-villain Dr. Horrible (Neil Patrick Harris) wants to join the Evil League of Evil and win the girl of his dreams, but his nemesis, Captain Hammer (Nathan Fillion), stops him at every turn in [...]
Posted in iTV, Media, video, Web | Tagged comedy, Dr Horrible, hulu.com, iTunes, TV
By marco on August 2, 2008
A friend just pointed me to this older blog post by Chet Haase (his blog), titled Crystal Methodology. He is describing different methodologies of how to develop software and has some interesting twists added to every single one.
One example excerpt:
Scum
In the Scrum development model, the focus is on short iterations and constant communication. [...]
Posted in Blogging, programming, Web | Tagged development methodology, fun
By marco on July 17, 2008
Are you a startup in the Online advertising business? The econnomy is in a very shaky state and many companies think about their future.
This is what the Google Trends graph looks like for the search term “recession”:
Google Trends: term “recession” in searches and news.
I found a great article on “Futuristic Play by Andrew Chen” called [...]
Posted in Marketing, Web | Tagged advertising, google trends, recession
By marco on July 16, 2008
Jusr saw this over on GigaOM and I have to say I really love this great post titled: Real World of Warcraft: Is Offline Part of the Plan?
A real-world MMO has one more advantage: Revenues. The opportunities for sponsorship, or for driving players to real-world locations to make real-world purchases, make Blizzard’s current revenues look [...]
Posted in Marketing, Reading, Web | Tagged Blizzard, gaming, Offline events, World of Warcraft, WoW
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