The New York Times has realised that internet advertising will generate more revenue than subscriptions, and abandoned the TimesSelect subscription service. TimesSelect held archives, their highly rated columnists and other material. Apparently TimesSelect made $10m per year, but I would think the NYTime columnists alone should be able to generate that value in increased ads …
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A nice column by Deborah hill Cone on ACP’s decision then reversal of the decision to ban Facebook use by staff. It was an uninformed move as Facebook is quite the weapon for journalists. Deborah also lets slip that NZ Herald also bans Facebook, and no doubt have all sorts of other sites on the …
Rather amusingly, the US Foreign Trade Barriers document referred to below also has some tasty things to say about Telecomms in NZ: U.S. industry has expressed concern about the fees charged for completing calls using mobile networks in New Zealand, which are among the highest in the world. That’s a clear statement that Telecom’s under-investment …
Reading through some of the top 50 blogs. I found, on StevePavlina, this little snippet from a review on a book called “Life on Purpose”. The book seems far too religious for my taste, and the review a bit wordy, but I did like the first bullet that Steve quoted: 1. Become Incredibly Selfish. This …
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I’d love to see this in Wellington – a shared workshop with 3d printers and other heavy duty design and fabrication machinery and tools. Check out the photos….
be sure to check you the new iPod goodness, and update your presentation skills by watching Steve’s latest missive.. While I’m not really enamored with the idea of paying for ringtones, I do like the price drops in the iPhone and the new nano with super hi res screen looks great. But then again – …
a simple new category on Trade Me., but some pretty serious efforts have gone on behind the scenes to make credits accessible to everyone. Well done Trade Me, Meridian and M-Co. Now the question is whether trade Me dares sell to overseas buyers, where the market is huge….
Wired has a nice little demonstration of what is wrong with the market structure for mobile telephony in the USA. The four major carriers have each somehow crippled the Razr2. AT&T has high speed data with HSPDA, and the Opera web browser but does not play video on the outside screen. It, along with most …
It’s strange, but this post on Love Calculator that I wrote months ago consistently gets a few views every day. It even seems to be growing. It seems that our scamming friends are wandering the world. Just this week there have been a comment from the UK (a 14 year old girl) and a ‘contact …
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Sony really should have owned the digital music layer market – after all they had the orginal walkman, and the mini-disc player was dominant in many geographies. But they lost billions in sales by trying to restrain copying of music through horrendous digital right management which crippled their devices. You couldn’t copy data on to …
Apple really is transforming an industry – Nokia has unashamedly pre-announced an iPhone clone. That link is complete with video goodness. The more important thing to me is Apple’s ability to change the market structure. Currently there is far too much power with the telcos, and by launching the iPhone Apple has managed to grab …
Three clients this year have all come in with record profits. It’s a symptom of what they are – excellent companies. BHPB made record EBITDA of US$20.1 Billion, and profits of $13.7 billion. Thats on the back of some stellar commodity prices and solid volume increases. Records in Aluminium and Stainless Steel Materials helped things …
Guy Kawasaki lists 6 tips for responding to Craigslist ads, which would also apply to non-corporate online ads on, say, Trade Me Jobs. Guy’s list is simple: apply fast, use a proper cover letter, respond to the employer’s questions fast, respond to the employers questions well, indeed go above and beyond when responding to those …
AwayPhone has what seems like a good solution if you are going to travel to a bunch of different countries. It only works for home phones from the USA, UK/Ireland and Canada at the moment, but from there you can roam pretty much anywhere, including Australia and NZ. The Register has a good review. It …
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