It’s one thing to complain about anther country. It’s quite another to call it by the wrong name. The United Nations accepted name for the country between Thailand, Laos, China, India and Bangladesh is Myanmar. Not Burma. Even Wikipedia gets it right – it appears that Myanmar is the formal name, used since the 13th …
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FT goes free
UK’s Financial Times has set itself free, in a half-baked kind of way. You get ’30 views’ per month, which I suppose is meant to suit bloggers linking to articles, but not much else, such as reading other articles. Not enough for me – I’ll keep them off my list until they get it. Guys …
Elijah’s video
Elijah is 11. He did this at Wellingon’s capitale holiday program. cool
Your brand really doesn’t matter
From tomfishburne, a reminder to all of us not to take brands too seriously. Aside from Apple of course.
Throng’s TV listing cloud
Pitched as the world’s first web 2.0 listing service, Throng’s tv-guide uses tag cloud technology to show the interesting stuff – as chosen by Throng fans. It’s not really useful yet – only showing today’s listings, and while the listings are clickable, they link to site sections (e.g. ‘movies’) only. The longer term answer is …
Good AFR.com news – but will they finally get it?
Credit David Kirk for pushing the side of reason – especially while doing his other job as Rugby correspondent and blogger. ..afr.com, will be relaunched for the second time this year in “a matter of weeks” with more content likely to be made freely available after months of criticism The decision by Fairfax chief David …
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Rugby viewing basics
Rugby viewing basics is making sure that the two team have clearly distinguishable uniforms. That was not the case this morning with Scotland vs the All Blacks. The game was almost unwatchable in the panned out views, and tough at times in the closeups.
How and how not to broadcast TV online
NBC, idiots that they are, withdrew from selling programs on iTunes, and instead is launching its NBC Direct service, which will be free. But there are a few catches. First, the shows will be riddled with unskippable ads. Second the shows will be playable on Windows only. Third, they’ll only last for 7 days before …
N90 and iPhone…
If you are looking for news on the Apple 4th generation “N90 iPhone” then try: A Chinese employee committed suicide after one of 16 prototypes dissappeared: mystateline.com China Stakes has the best article. Sun graduated from university just last year, that the iPhone is called the iPhone N90, that Sun was in charge of transmission …
TV3’s Pyrrhic victory
I’m not a lawyer – but has an unhealthy precedent been set by the Mediaworks vs Sky TV ruling? If so then Mediaworks strategists and lawyers should be taken out and shot. The ruling was very strict, and allows competing Sky to use 2 minute clips from the World Cup just 3 times in a …
How to watch the rugby? with iPods of course
So many rugby games, so little time. So I, err, invested in some Apple products to help me manage my Rugby watching. They also helped to boost my AAPL shareholding value. That’s the new iPod Classic (160GB) on the left and the new iPod nano on the right, along with the not so new but …
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Coming to your mobile phone: Google ads
Google is expanding the adwords product to websites designed for mobile phones. web page providers can simply choose wether to accept the ads, much like adwords does so now. With the limited screen real estate on mobile, Google recommends 2 ads per page. It’s tough though, on mobile devices where you pay so much for …
The New York Times is now set free – what next AFR?
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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Stop banning the internet
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 …
Air NZ does it with models, Southwest goes prude
Excellent marketing from Air NZ – who once again demonstrate that there are some very smart people that are being unleashed within their domestic team. Air NZ held a fashion shw in the sky, complete with Rachel Hunter in attendance. Here is one of the eight models strutting one of 30 designer’s ware. Meanwhile America’s …
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