Monday, April 13, 2009
Does Google Really Control the News?
Once again, Google is the favorite bogeyman responsible for the rapid deterioration in the health of the news industry.
Friday, April 25, 2008
Motorola’s Loss Is Apple’s Gain: That $2.1 Billion Sucking Sound Is Coming From the iPhone
Razr anyone? Motorola can’t even give those things away anymore. The once-proud company reported horrible earnings today, with sales down 21% and a net loss of $194 million. But the big takeaway was the 39% collapse in its mobile phone business. Mobile device revenues in the quarter dropped $2.1 billion compared to last year.
Coincidentally enough, that is almost exactly how much Apple made last quarter over the past three quarters on iPhone sales. That figure comes to $2.3 billion (including lumped-in sales of Apple TVs, which likely made up a very small portion of that total).
Monday, March 24, 2008
At Launch, Mytopia Shows Social Networks How to Play Nicely Together
There is a new casual gaming network in town that’s got some serious cross-platform chops. Don’t be fooled by the cutesy graphics. Today, Mytopia is simultaneously launching across Facebook, Bebo, MySpace (currently pending approval) and its own Web site with eight games (chess, backgammon, sudoku, dominoes, bingo, spades, hearts and video poker). On Monday, it will release the same games across the major Web and desktop widgets: iGoogle Gadgets, Apple Dashboard Widgets, Yahoo Widgets and Windows Vista Toolbar Widgets.
Thursday, January 10, 2008
Billionaires Can’t Keep Frontline Wireless From the Deadpool
Despite the backing of billionaires John Doerr and Ram Shriram, as well as former Netscape CEO Jim Barksdale and former FCC commissioner Reed Hundt, ambitious start-up Frontline Wireless is closing up shop. According to the New York Times, the start-up was unable to come up with the $128 million deposit needed to participate in the upcoming wireless spectrum auctions that it did so much to help shape (along with Google). With a tear in our eye, we are putting Frontline into the deadpool.
Wednesday, December 26, 2007
Radiohead to Promote Album With New Year’s Eve Concert on Current TV
You’ve got to hand it to those guys at Radiohead. Not only are they great musicians. They are great promoters who are at the forefront of figuring out how to use the culture of free music to sell CDs.
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