Hollywood Asks YouTube: Friend or Foe?
Did you miss Eminem's hit movie "8 Mile"? You're in luck: Many of its rap battles and other major scenes are available for viewing on YouTube, the video-sharing Web site owned by Google. Indeed, unt...
Skype founders name new video start-up Joost
Janus Friis and Niklas Zennstrom, the duo that brought the world Skype and Kazaa, have chosen a name for their new online-video start-up. — The two Danes want people hungry for Internet entertainmen...
Ambient video awareness and visible conversations
A few years ago Marc Eisenstadt, chief scientist with the Open University's Knowledge Media Institute, wrote to tell me about a system called BuddySpace. We've been in touch on and off since then, an...
Weebly offers free, easy Web site creation
Weebly, a start-up that lets you easily create Web sites with the latest Web 2.0 tools, has raised seed cash from YCombinator, and moved to San Francisco. — The company is just three people from Sta...
SponsoredReviews is Launching Soon.
Corporate News — I'm not going to give a date yet, but beta testing is going very well. Look for updates real soon. — It looks like the word is out. The blog herald just mentioned us. — Our of...
Anywhere the Eye Can See, It's Likely to See an Ad
Add this to the endangered list: blank spaces. — Advertisers seem determined to fill every last one of them. Supermarket eggs have been stamped with the names of CBS television shows. Subway turns...
Hooked on Google
Microsoft may have been willing to spend years developing Vista, the long-delayed upgrade of its Windows operating system, but when Bill Gates was presented with a plan for finally beating Google in I...
24-Hour Newspaper People
Like a lot of modern newspaper people, I have a blog. — For those of you who don't have a blog yet, think of one as a large yellow Labrador: friendly, fun, not all that bright, but constantly demand...
AOL Announces Recommended All Cash Offer for TradeDoubler
Appealing Offer Combines Attractive Premium with Long-Term Vision for TradeDoubler — Acquisition to Enhance AOL's Online Advertising Business in Europe — NEW YORK, DULLES, Va. and STOCKHOLM, Swede...
Read/Write Intranet Idol
I believe that 2007 is the year when companies will start to understand that they need a read/write Intranet. Here is a list of some of the start-ups and large companies that produce systems that cou...
Newspapers should own local search results
Newspapers have the best local content for local restaurants, movie reviews, local business, school sports, and should be the first search result for any local search. They are not. Greg Linden says...