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iStockphoto CEO on Getty Images acquisition: Exclusive interview on one year anniversary

iStockphoto CEO on Getty Images acquisition: Exclusive interview on one year anniversaryGrowing a business takes timeNice piece. In the last couple years the media has focused on web 2.0 companies and applications- many new social networking sites look at the success of a YouTube and get stars in their...

Tags: Web 2.0, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate law, iStockPhoto, Getty Images acquisition, Exclusive Interview, Getty Images, year anniversary, acquisition

Discussion threads 2007-02-19

iStockphoto CEO on Getty Images acquisition: Exclusive interview on one year anniversary

Got $1.00? Then you can download one of 1,459,000 artist quality, royalty-free images showcased at iStockPhoto.Bruce Livingstone, iStockphoto President and CEO, has been powering “the first, biggest and best community-powered marketplace for value-priced imagery,” since he founded it in April 2000.As of February 2006, Livingston has been powering his photographic...

Tags: Brands, Business Models, Content, Copyright, Culture, ecommerce, Marketing, ROI, Social Media, Social Networking, Social Web, The Real Deal, User-Generated Content, Video, Web 2.0, YouTube

Blog posts 2007-02-19

Additional Resources

ProStockMaster 1.7.1 (Mac)

Sell your photos all in once through top microstock agencies! Upload and sell everywhere! ProStockMaster helps thousands of stock photographers in preparing and uploading their images to leading microstock agencies: iStockPhoto, ShutterStock, DreamsTime, 123rf, BigStockPhoto, CanStockPhoto, Fotolia, Stockxpert, and Alamy. 1-click uploads, automated keywording with built-in tranlsations, earnings statistics, and...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Agency, Photograph, ProStockMaster, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing

Software downloads 2009-11-17

Make the best out of your photos while traveling

The San Francisco Chronicle's Travel section posted an in-depth guide on basic travel photography. According to the article, Americans will shoot 27 billion photos this year, but "it's also likely, however, that many of those photos give or take a billion will be bad." True, but...

Tags: Photograph, Rachel King

Blog posts 2009-06-22

21 ways to flog dead horse projects

After writing my last post, which was on this same topic, I learned about 21 special techniques organizations use to deny their true state of failure. This is from the Humor Archives blog, but it's actually not funny at all. In reality, this...

Tags: Horse, Performance Management, Workforce Management, Training And Certification, Human Resources, Michael Krigsman

Blog posts 2009-06-05

Do CEOs *really* care about IT?

"Aligning business and IT" is a buzzword concept that comes up at every gathering of CIOs. Listening to technology CEO's discuss the topic at MIT's CIO Symposium, it appears little progress has made been in addressing this issue. Today's opening panel consisted of...

Tags: CIO, Information Technology, CEO, Strategy, Management, Michael Krigsman

Blog posts 2009-05-20

ProStockMaster For Windows 1.6.2 (Windows)

Sell your photos all in once through multiple microstock agencies. ProStockMaster helps thousands of stock photographers in preparing and uploading their images to leading microstock sites: iStockphoto, shutterstock, dreamstime, 123rf, bigstockphoto, canstockphoto, fotolia, stockXpert, and alamy. Fast and easy uploads, automated keywording with built-in translation and keywords generation mechanism, earnings...

Tags: ProStockMaster, Microsoft Windows, Advertising & Promotion, Operating Systems, Software, Marketing

Software downloads 2009-03-18

Bucking the trend, handful of open source players attract VC funding

Venture capital spending is down eight percent nationally yet a number of open source companies have scored big funding wins as of late. Talend, which develops open source data integration software including Open Studio, this week announced it secured $12 million from investors Balderton Capital,...

Tags: Software, Venture Capital, Open Source, Finance, Financing Startups, Paula Rooney

Blog posts 2009-01-27

Five strategies for 2009 IT gold

Let's talk about running successful IT projects in 2009. This discussion is more important than ever, because IT problems remain common, with some estimates suggesting 68% of projects fail. Despite staggering odds, follow these five strategies to reach the IT pot of gold. ...

Tags: Information Technology, Strategy, Management, Michael Krigsman

Blog posts 2009-01-05

i$tock Contributor Application 1.0 (Mobile)

Quick-Check for your istockphoto.com account. Features: Overview of the following account information: Account balance live New sitemail messages Live Credits Live Downloads (day/month/total) Earnings (day/month/total) Royalties (day/month/total) Referrals (day/month/total) Upload stats. Comment stats. Rotate your device to view a slideshow of your last accepted images. You can also save...

Tags: Mobile, Image, Apple iTunes, 21TORR, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics

Software downloads 2008-11-27

iStockApp 1.0 (Mobile)

Search the image library at istockphoto.com, view your account details and see recent images. With this version you can: View your account details (downloads, balance etc.) View to 10 most recently approved files Search for images View details on an image Add images to a lightbox Viewing account details requires...

Tags: Mobile, Tom Fewster, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing

Software downloads 2008-11-19

14 ways IT screws up projects

Successful projects require decent project execution. Look, no one's asking IT to save the world, but delivering projects really well should be a core IT function. Some projects are so bad that IT seems to deliberately shoot itself in the head. Sorry, but...

Tags: Project, Information Technology, Strategy, Management, Michael Krigsman

Blog posts 2008-10-02

Warning: failure-driven IT layoffs ahead

Even under normal circumstances, IT failures impose a substantial drain on corporate resources. During this period of economic trouble and scarce resources, however, many organizations will show less tolerance for failure, making layoffs likely. CIO blogger, Peter Birley, describes the downturn equation from...

Tags: Project, Layoff, Information Technology, Strategy, Management, Michael Krigsman

Blog posts 2008-09-19

SceneCaster: 3D media creation and sharing for the masses

At this point 3D hasn't been a mainstream part of the social Web, mostly confined to virtual reality environments like Second Life. SceneCaster, which will debut at DEMOfall 07 this week, takes the concept that Flickr and YouTube has done well--Web 2.0 media sharing in a browser--and applies it to...

Tags: 3D, Scene, Technology, SceneCaster, Dan Farber

Blog posts 2007-09-24

Need friends? FakeYourSpace.com to the rescue

Are you a new job seeker who spent more time studying in school than cultivating friends on Facebook or MySpace? Not to worry. Now there is a new site for people who need to fake their popularity, reports the New York Times. Everyone knows that employers just might do...

Tags: Education Technology, Social networking

Blog posts 2007-02-28

Viacom to Google: We're NOT bluffing!

“Is Joost old medias answer to YouTube?” asks fellow ZDNet blogger Larry Dignan. Philippe Dauman, Viacom CEO declares:Were extremely pleased to be working with Joost, and couldnt be prouder to be a key partner in the launch of the next generation in broadband video technology. We have the number one...

Tags: Television, Google Software Applications, Copyright, Google, User-Generated Content, Social Web, Video, YouTube, TV, Legal

Blog posts 2007-02-20

News to know: Virtual PC 2007; IT leadership; Joost's big deal

Notable headlines: Dion Hinchcliffe: Tracking the DIY phenomenon Part 1: Widgets, badges, and gadgets.Viacom to license content to Joost: WSJ.Jason OGrady: The DVD-R at right media that destroyed my SuperDrive photos.Donna Bogatin: John McCain announces McCain Space.Wind River acquires real-time Linux tech.Engadget: Its official: XM and Sirius plan to tie...

Tags: General

Blog posts 2007-02-20

Stock Photo Assistant 1.3.1 (Windows)

Stock Photo Assist is designed for photographers selling their pictures through Stock Photo services. Stock Photo Assist comes with the following key features: - keywords selection tool with built-in translation for various languages (Arabic, French, Hungarian, Russian, German, Greek, Danish, Spanish) - keywords parsing with built-in functions for translation, spell...

Tags: Stock, Microsoft Windows, Soft Symphony, Stock Photo Assist, Investment, Finance

Software downloads 2006-09-01