Friday, March 19, 2010

‘Rants’ News

Why Do the Unsexy Parts of Technology Make the Sexy Dollars?

Friday, September 5, 2008 3:41

Everyone in the Web 2.0 world hears news coming from companies like Youtube and Hulu on a seemingly daily basis. However what most tech blogs fail to cover is the (for lack of a better term) unsexy part of the online media business. These companies are uploading, managing ...

The Social Media Ego

Tuesday, September 2, 2008 3:58

This is a guest post from the Founder and CEO of Vidshadow, Jordan Hudgens. I thought he had a unique perspective on how Web 2.0 got us where we are today. This is taken from his personal blog in its entirety.

And the Hits Keep on Coming, Youtube sued for $777 million

Wednesday, July 30, 2008 16:10

It's official, Youtube has now been sued for more than it was purchased for by Google. Just in case you didn't think Viacom's $1 billion dollar lawsuit was enough, Valleywag has just reported that Mediaset — the Italian media empire of irascible tycoon Silvio Berlusconi — wants €500 million ...

Short-Form is still king (just a poor king)

Friday, July 25, 2008 4:03

Companies like Hulu and TidalTV have been expanding the adoption rate of long form content online, however Frank N. Magid Associates, a research analyst, and Metacafe released a survey revealing consumer behavior and preferences in online video viewing that shows that short form content is viewed more than long form. ...

Yahoo gets serious about search a couple years too late

Friday, July 11, 2008 16:21

Yahoo! is going with the "if you can beat 'em, open it up and give it away" strategy. So far that midset hasn't proven too successful for Reddit, who opened their platform last month with poor results. We'll see how this works out for Yahoo!. Trying to ...

Web Killed the Voicemail Star

Saturday, July 5, 2008 18:45

Michael Arrington announced it, so I guess it is true, voicemail is dead. In a lengthy rant this afternoon, the Techcrunch editor wrote on the complete uselessness of the medium. All I can say to that is, "Thank You!" Voicemail has been one of my most hated ...