The CD Can’t Be Dead! (Can It?)
Ever since I read last week about EMI CEO Alain Levy declaring, “the CD as it is right now is dead,” I’ve been trying to decide what I think about iRead More…
Month: January 2020
The Music Industry Loves Text Messaging
Reuters reports that out of the United States 220 million cellphone users, approximately 88 million send text messages frequently and about 46 millioRead More…
Get Paid for Your Videos: Google Video (not YouTube) Now Sharing Ad Revenue
The official Google blog today announced that it would release an exclusive video from the makers of the incredibly popular Diet Coke and Mentos actRead More…
Cellular Banking: Cellphones Take Over for Banking in Certain Countries
The Economist has an article (subscription required) about South Africans using cellphones as banks. About half a million South Africans now use theirRead More…
Hell.com Fails to Sell During Live Auction
Not surprisingly, Hell.com failed to have any bids placed above the $2.3 million reserve set by the seller at a live auction on Friday. Bids were appaRead More…
Domain Name Sales Making a Comeback? Hell.com vs. Heaven.com
The Wall Street Journal (subscription required) reports that Hell.com will go up for sale today, Friday, October 27, 2006. Through some sort of live aRead More…
US Judge Ruling in Favor of Spamhaus is No Victory
If you’ve been following the e360 v. Spamhaus case, you’ve probably heard that the Judge refused to order Spamhaus’s domain name suspended. If yRead More…
ACLU v. Gonzalez: It’s not About Porn, it’s About Censorship
The ACLU filed a suit Monday, the latest in its ongoing challenge of COPA, the Child Online Protection Act. Frankly, I’m surprised at how little attRead More…
Google: “The Government of the Internet”?
Is Google the “government of the Internet?” So complains David Milman–chief executive of Rescuecom, a company that lost a lawsuit to Google over traRead More…
Google’s Growth Forces Adjustment in Hiring Process
Google’s recruiting process is notoriously tedious. Experiences of job candidates range from those who had to pass through a dozen or more in-personRead More…