All posts tagged ‘Dan Frommer’
by Dan Frommer, Blogger, Silicon Alley Insider
We haven’t spotted many ads so far in Apple’s (AAPL) two-week-old iPhone app platform. But that could change soon: Mobile ad network AdMob is opening … up to iPhone app developers, and is giving away $1 million of free advertising to get developers to use it.
The key difference between AdMob and other iPhone app-focused ad networks we’ve seen so far: It already has a host of big-name advertisers and publishers signed up.
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by Dan Frommer, Blogger, Silicon Alley Insider
Have you ever wished you could fall asleep and wake up as Samantha, a 19-year-old who loves the outdoors? Or Erik, a 29-year-old booze hound with cooking skills? Now you can! On Facebook, at least.
An eBay seller named pseudopr415 is auctioning off 10 fake Facebook profiles, each with a minimum 200 real “friends,” who live in major cities across the U.S. The idea: Marketers might want to buy these profiles to sneakily advertise their wares under the guise of a real person. Who are these fake folks?
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by Dan Frommer, Blogger, Silicon Alley Insider
Turns out the iPhone shortage isn’t limited to New York Apple stores: Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster called 20 Apple stores nationwide today–and all of them were sold out of iPhones. In a note, Munster says the lead time for iPhones on Apple.com is still “5-7 days.” What does this mean?
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by Dan Frommer, Blogger, Silicon Alley Insider
Hulu’s Web video service might never make it as a business. But it’s going to help save me hundreds of bucks a year. Why? I finally packed up my set-top box and canceled cable. Digital cable is a nice service, especially on a high-definition TV. But it’s hard to justify spending lots of money on something I don’t really need anymore. The math is simple: My $80 cable bill adds up to $960 a year.
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