Forbes: “Every era has its prized commodity, cherished for its value and utility–gold in the 1850s, oil in the 1870s, water out West in the 1940s. Ours is data … we present the Masters of Information–those entrepreneurs and companies figuring out how to separate the gold from the gravel on the Web.” [via PaidContent.org]
TechCrunch profiles a new music matching service called Pandora. Basically, it is a recommendation engine built on the components of a song, rather than what other users decided to listen to or purchase. They apparently have human listeners who tag each song with a wealth of information about the sounds and style. Then when a…
Fred Wilson mentions on his blog that plenty of people are telling him that radio is dead. He has some interesting data from JD Power on what consumers think about satellite and HD radio in their cars. My own view? Satellite threatens FM much more than AM. Those who still listen to AM often do…
BL Ochman has gone on the warpath against the BlogOn conference and its PR firm, Porter Novelli. First, she was irked that Porter Novelli’s rep refused to grant her a press pass to cover the event. Then she seemed insulted when BlogOn’s marketing rep suggested a trade in which BL would agree to promote the…
Robert Scoble takes a crack at the question of how to make RSS simple for users. I agree that we should make things simple for readers whenever possible. I have even argued in this space in the past to come up with another, more user-friendly name for RSS. But then I got to thinking. Are…
Got a Slingbox last week. It allows place-shifting of your TV viewing. Where TiVO allows for "time-shifting" (you can watch when you want), Slingbox lets you watch where you want. The net effect for this road warrior is that I can watch Red Sox games from hotel rooms around the country. Costs $250, you hook…
comScore stirred up a hornet’s nest with its recent "Behaviors of the Blogosphere" report that attempts to quantify blog audiences. Jason Calacanis went on a rampage against the report, alleging it was biased since a rival blog network founder (Nick Denton) was a sponsor of the report. But now Jason raves about the Feedster 500,…
Beltway Blogroll reports: Down the hall here at National Journal, The Hotline’s Blogometer reports on the newest advertising network organized through BlogAds. It is called Buy the Right Ads and caters to advertisers who want a presence on conservative blogs. The network includes big-name blogs like Ankle Biting Pundits, Hugh Hewitt, Michelle Malkin, PoliPundit and…
For all of those folks who can’t blather enough about waiting for the "next generation" of iPod that has video or who are excited about video on cellphones or who insist on writing off today’s audio podcasts as a mere stepping stone to video in the future, I have one message: remember the Sony Watchman….
Online Media Daily reports: People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals said that its aggressive online viral campaign targeting trendy teen apparel retailer Wet Seal has led the company to agree not to carry fur this fall. PETA’s initiative, which leveraged the membership of social networking site MySpace, illustrates marketers’ newfound respect for online opinion,…