Via Celsias – a very cool protest about the over indulgence in advertising. Now I’m not at all for banning advertising a la Sao Paulo, but we all have to remember that public spaces, pages in newspapers and minutes of TV or radio time are public goods. It may make financial sense to add just …
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eBay blows cash on TV Ads that are 20 seconds old
eBay UK is placing ads on TV that feature listings with prices that are 20 seconds old. That’s some pretty cute technology, which requires slick systems from end to end. Now the media companies have a system that can deliver ads that quickly, it’s a short leap to designing, creating and placing ads that are …
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The cost of US Free Trade – no iPods
Via No Right Turn, I perused a US document that lists NZ policies thast it consiers are trade barriers. Read the full commentary on this amazing document from Joe Hendren. It was astonishing to see the US music industry’s thoughts about NZ copyright law & policy in print: The U.S. music industry opposes a proposed …
Why the Wii is outselling the rest..
Via BoingBoing
The ultimate Rugby iPhone combo
First check out iphon.fr, for the Haka iPhone combo. Seriously. Then go to Hakatv.fr to roll your own. Cultural sensitivity may be an issue.
Google video ads
Forget preroll, and postroll – the new new thing is Google’s idea of semi transparent ads over the top of the bottom fifth of video. It may even have legs on TV – as we all move to control our own TV watching through time shifting. Frankly this may be the only hope for TV, …
World Cup in HD – not so good
It’s a messy situation over here when it comes to watching the world cup. But yes, I’ve finally got HDTV working on my HD capable MacBook Pro 17 with hi-res screen. The world cup broadcast rights are owned by Channel 10, but games are also broadcast by FoxTel – Aussie’s equivalent of Sky. Sky does …
Trade Me Travel Press Release
Media Release Sunday 9 September 2007 Trade Me Launches Travel Trade Me today launches its new travel website “Travelbug” with an initial focus on accommodation. Aimed at everyday New Zealanders, Travelbug launches with over 1500 accommodation providers and over 10,000 rooms from Ahipara to Stewart Island. “We’re delighted by the take-up we’ve enjoyed from the …
You think RWC is bad in NZ….
Rugby World Cup coverage here in Perth, Australia is underwhelming – Here, for example, is Chanel Tens newly launched website showing the match schedule: Three issues: 1: The coverage is biased to Australia – nothing to do about that I suppose but endure, and go to rugbyheaven.co.nz 2: The timezone over here means that those …
Was Telecom right? Introducing Google Yellow Pages (or not)
Was Telecom smart to sell Yellow pages? Here was I thinking they had given up on the online market of that empire, but perhaps they just recognised that giving up was the right thing to do, as Google was coming to town. Here’s what I received just now into my Yahoo!Mail, but there is a …
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psst… want to go to Yale?
You can – with Yale eLine. Via iTunes.Yale.edu
new iPod goodness
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 – …
multiply multiplies
yet another social networking site – Multiply – looks to be encroaching on, mainly, Friendster’s space. They offer more privacy options than facebook and myspace, and a much cleaner more professional look. On Jun 6th Multiply boasted 5m members, up from 4m 2.5 months before, when usage metrics were up over 500% from the year …
Remove yourself from love lover and crush calculator txts
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 finally gets it…
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 …
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