Asides
3D SatNav
I have rarely seen something as cool as this. These guys work for UK defense and, on top of producing software that is used to control some UK and US airfields, they produce this 3D rendering Satnav software. It works on mobile too! Check it here: AGS.
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Wireless data market
Wirelss data is a 120bn$ business worldwide. Check out the details at GigaOM.
More of this, please
EMI recruited a Google exec. It’s never too late to shop around for expertise, knowledge and experience. And old media need a lot of this if they want to remain competitive. Here the details.
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Sempo report on search marketing
State of the market survey by SEMPO reports strong search advertising and healthy growth ahead.
Read it here.
Rise of independent media brands online
Very interesting Blog on consumer brands, branding, online campaigns and user engagement as a driver of high CPM.
Read it here.
Sony Ericsson X1
Have you seen anything cooler than this? X1
Social network profit
Interesting, the Chinese seem having figured out how to make money from social networks. At least, it looks like, with half a billion USD revenues and a quarter billion profit in 2007. This is not change money.
Read it here
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Platform A
Former AOL on Platform A:
“AOL has spent nearly a billion dollars to put together Platform A, buying Lightingcast (online video ads provider, for $100 million in 2006), Third Screen Media (mobile ads, for $105 million in 2007)…”
Read it here.
And the WSJ article, worth a quick look here.
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Social Directory?
Found this interesting one:
“The declining relevance of telephone directories erased 95 percent of publisher RH Donnelley’s market capitalization over the last 12 months…”
Available here.
Google and TV adv?
Interesting, check it out. Will they make it?
“Google (GOOG) has had a lot of trouble convincing the TV world that it can be trusted to sell their 30-second spots…”
Check it here.
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