Click To Play play_blip_movie_631194(); Investment in information technology has slowed in recent years and will slow more in the months ahead with the prospects of a recession, according to a report by Steve Lohr in today’s New York Times. While this belt tightening may be tied to an economic cycle,…
Newsweek’s Steven Levy on MacBook Air: Sleek but “Circumcision” Cuts its Functionality
Click To Play play_blip_movie_630620(); I visited Steven Levy at his Newsweek office in midtown Manhattan today to get the lowdown on the new MacBook Air. Steven has one of a handful of review units provided to big foot tech journalists. Steven gave the new computer a mixed review on newsweek.com…
Amazing but True: Beet Revolution “Seeded” by Media Darling Michael McCarty
Click To Play // As you might have guessed, we like beets here at the purple channel — we like ‘em grilled, boiled, juiced, on sandwiches and in our soup — ah borscht! These days you’ll find beets served in some of the fanciest restaurants. But, this wasn’t always the…
Davos: Scoble Scoops Bono’s YouTube Spot with Streaming Phone
Uber video blogger Robert Scoble is making video blogging history in Davos at the World Economic Forum right now. With a Nokia 95, a WiFi connection and a QIK account, he is streaming an extraordinary number of interviews. Sure, the quality is not great, but the access to so many…
YouTube Launches World Economic Forum Channel
YouTube has a big presence at the World Economic Forum in Davos. Co-founder Chad Hurley and executives are on the scene. The video sharing site has launched a channel for citizens around the globe to upload questions and comments. Above is a Reuters video report about the YouTube efforts at…
Robert Scoble Is Streaming Live Video on QIK from the World Economic Forum in Davos…Michael Arrington Wonders, “Why Not Meet in Hawaii?”
The World Economic Forum in Davos has been the super exclusive gathering for the world’s leaders in government, business and academia. It’s been covered by a very small group of journalists including The New York Times John Markoff Markoff blogs about the big presence this year of Silicon Valley execs…
Microsoft Commits $235 Million to put PCs in Schools, Report…Bill Gates to Announce Details in Berlin Tomorrow
Click To Play play_blip_movie_458541(); Microsoft is making available some $235 million over the next five years to help students around the world with computer equipment and training, Reuters reports. Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates is scheduled announce the program tomorrow in Berlin. The New York Times has some additional perspective via…
YuMe Grabs NBC Direct Ad Insertion Business….Insertion of Dynamic Ads into Video Takes a Giant Step
Click To Play play_blip_movie_500418(); We’ve been talking about the prospects of inserting dynamic advertising into downloadable video clips as an emerging trend. Clearly, consumers will download more clips. The big issue facing the industry is how can ads, once downloaded as part of file, be "changed" dynamically. There is some…
Reuters to Make the Web News-Video-Rich as it Opens Vast Resources to Online Publishers
Click To Play play_blip_movie_622585(); In much the same way that Reuters made Web portals Yahoo! and AOL into news platforms by providing its newswire feeds some 10 years ago, the London-based information behemoth is set to make the Web video-news-rich by providing thousands of clips to publishers. Some 13,000 clips…
New Robert Scoble TV Show on FastCompany.TV will be Monetized via Sponsorships, No Pre/Post Roll
Click To Play play_blip_movie_617504(); As publishers large and small look to monetize online video content, one emerging model is sponsorship, a format in which a brand gets to be associated with a show, usually with an introductory mention and/or graphic. This form of advertising harkens back to the early days…