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John Stewart's iPhone: Product placement or pop culture?

John Stewart's iPhone: Product placement or pop culture?I asked myself the sameHis finger did conspicuously move away from the Apple logo when the camera went into close-up, but since the joke was saying how great it was with a heavy dose of sarcasm, ("oh, those are camels... even better.") it...

Tags: tv & home theater, tvs, digital media, advertiser, apple iphone, product placement, john stewart, apple inc.

Discussion threads 2008-02-25

MySpace makes $30 million a month; YouTube award winners; Lonelygirl15 product placement; Wikipedia rival launches

MySpace makes $30 million a month; YouTube award winners; Lonelygirl15 product placement; Wikipedia rival launchesYouTube product placement agencythere is now an online agency specialized in product placement in youtube videos ... and it's free! www.brandfame.com

Tags: wiki, advertising & promotion, youtube inc., product placement, lonelygirl15, wikipedia, myspace

Discussion threads 2007-07-06

MySpace makes $30 million a month; YouTube award winners; Lonelygirl15 product placement; Wikipedia rival launches

The social web weekly: a quick-fire roundup of some of the news, announcements and conversations that have occurred throughout the week…MySpace makes $30 million per month. According to analyst Richard Greenfield, MySpace generates "in excess of $30 million" a month in revenue, with about $24 million in domestic revenue and...

Tags: wiki, e-mail providers, wikipedia, product placement, myspace, youtube inc.

Blog posts 2007-03-29

(Photos: Gadgets play supporting role to 007)

(Photos: Gadgets play supporting role to 007)Someone would actually carry a suitcase with 007 labeled on it?Why not spiderman or superman lunch pales?OO7 GADGETSOF COURSE PEOPLE WILL WANT THESE GADGETS WHETHER THEY SAY 007 OR NOT, BESIDES IF SOMEONE DIDN'T WANT SOMEONE TO KNOW IT'S 007, THEY WILL SOON HAVE...

Tags: sony corp., photograph, product placement

Discussion threads 2006-11-23

Product placement in magazines to reach $160.9 mln in 2005

The total value of product placements in magazines is on pace to grow 17.5% in 2005 to $160.9 mln, and product placements in newspapers is projected to rise 16.9% to $65.0 mln, estimates PQ Media. Consumer magazines will take in $15.6 mln worth of paid product placement deals in 2005,...

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Blog posts 2005-08-04

How's this for product placement? Cisco IP mentioned on "24"

I missed Monday night's episode of "24." But from what I read on The Motley Fool site today, I wish I hadn't.Rich perfect name for a financial writer Smith, a freelancer for the investment-advice site, reports that the episode featured a mention of IP telephones, and "a brief flash of...

Tags: product placement, cisco systems inc.

Blog posts 2005-05-19

$3.46 bln was spent on product placement in 2004

PQ Media estimated 2004 product placement deals at $3.46 bln. This is an increase of 30.5% over 2003. Product placement grew at a compound annual rate of 16.3% from 1999 to 2004. And since 1974, the value of product placement rose at a compound annual rate of 10.5%. Both in...

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Blog posts 2005-04-14

$3.46 bln was spent on product placement in 2004

PQ Media estimated 2004 product placement deals at $3.46 bln. This is an increase of 30.5% over 2003. Product placement grew at a compound annual rate of 16.3% from 1999 to 2004. And since 1974, the value of product placement rose at a compound annual rate of 10.5%. Both in...

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Blog posts 2005-04-14

Additional Resources

Dell now ships XPS and Studio notebook with Ubuntu Linux 8.04 factory installed

Dell has launched an XPS and Studio notebook with Ubuntu Linux 8.04 factory installed.  The two models are the Dell XPS M153On and Studio 15n.  Dell "recommends Windows Vista Home Premium" for both of these models, according to the Dell web pages for similar models. Here's the quick blurb...

Tags: ubuntu, dell computer corp., ubuntu linux, notebooks, blogging, hardware, notebooks & tablets, internet, paula rooney

Blog posts 2008-08-07

I went to Moscone Center and all I got was this stupid T-Shirt

Where's the hot chicks? Yeah you heard it, Summer LinuxWorld Expo sucked. Again. No, I didn't go this year. In fact, I haven't gone in two years. So how can I say it sucked? Because everyone who I know...

Tags: booth, trade show, webcast, linux, internet, rss, web site development, web technology, operating systems, software, jason perlow

Blog posts 2008-08-07

Google gives us the keys to insightful information

If you are someone who can't get enough data, Google's new "Insights for Search" (which I'm sure will be renamed to simply "Google Insights" when they realize the current name is too long) is going to be a place that you want to visit. Google Insights for...

Tags: google inc., advertisement, brand, tool, branding, productivity, marketing, garett rogers

Blog posts 2008-08-06

The electric car is here, and your neighbor may be driving it already

The electric car is here, and your neighbor may be driving it alreadyTalk about Polution!!There's is no form of transportation MORE polluting than an electric car. Why people are so thrilled with them....They use power which is produce primarily by COAL!!!The coal-fired electricity has to be transmitted which costs...

Tags: car, electric car

Discussion threads 2008-08-06

Talking Firefox security with Mozilla's Window Snyder

LAS VEGAS -- Mozilla security chief Window Snyder wants to open-source much more than the Firefox browser. During a sit-down chat at the Black Hat security conference here, Snyder announced plans to launch three new initiatives around threat modeling, training and vulnerability metrics that push the envelope...

Tags: mozilla firefox, window, training, web browser, mozilla corp., window snyder, web browsers, security, internet, ryan naraine

Blog posts 2008-08-06

VMware launches new system builder, certification programs, joins Linux Foundation

VMware is investing more resources in the channel and IT community -- and getting more involved in the Linux community -- to preserve its lead in the virtualization software market. At LinuxWorld and Next Generation Data Center Conference this week, the Palo Alto, Calif. virtualization software leader...

Tags: vmware inc., system builder program, virtualization, linux, cloud computing, utility computing, storage management, open source, servers, hardware, operating systems, software, storage, paula rooney

Blog posts 2008-08-06

Hardware-based iPhone 3G unlock coming 20 Aug

According to a post at iPhone Atlas a company called USB Fever is preparing to offer a hardware-based iPhone 3G unlocking device. The company is taking pre-orders for a US$35 SIM unlock that consists of a micro-controller mounted to a 0.10mm thin piece of FPC that fits...

Tags: apple iphone, sim card, apple iphone 3g, hardware, 3g, cellular phones, flash memory, wireless, consumer electronics, personal technology, jason d. o\'grady

Blog posts 2008-08-06

"I Am Rich" iPhone app - a steal at $999.99!

"I Am Rich" iPhone app - a steal at $999.99!DangIf they'd just throw in tip calculator functionality with it, I'd snap it right up. :-PNothing "remotely scammy?""but I can't see anything remotely scammy about this since what the app is and does is clearly explained in the description."Other than the...

Tags: pet rock, apple iphone

Discussion threads 2008-08-06

IBM should spend another $1B to drive consumer adoption of its Symphony OpenOffice-Linux desktop

IBM should spend another $1B to drive consumer adoption of its Symphony OpenOffice-Linux desktopIbm should spend 1% of its revenueeach years to help , expend and monitor/sponsored open sourceUp to a certain point IBM OS/3 "pay back" linux or bsd flavor since we are into the "if/why not"...

Tags: unix, operating systems, open source, servers, desktop, ibm corp., linux, microsoft corp., symphony, server

Discussion threads 2008-08-06

Sprint: Can it convince customers to stay?

Sprint had some good news Wednesday: The wireless provider lost 901,000 net customers and only 776,000 post-paid subscribers in the second quarter. Wall Street was expecting more customer defections. For instance, Morgan Stanley was expecting post-paid subscriber losses of 947,000. But let's get real here: Sprint is on the ropes...

Tags: sprint communications, product marketing, customer relationship management (crm), wi-fi, wireless, marketing, enterprise software, software, larry dignan

Blog posts 2008-08-06

Welcome Zack and other good stuff

We're beefing up resources by adding in Zack Whittaker as a contributor. For those that don't know, Zack is already contributing under the iGeneration banner. That makes him the perfect candidate for Alley. Tough, knowledgeable, a great communicator and a product of the computing generation, he's the go-to guy on...

Tags: twitter, development tools, strategy, software development, software/web development, management, dennis howlett

Blog posts 2008-08-06

New Google box for offices can search 10 million files

Google said it is an offering an upgraded version of the hardware appliance its sells to companies and government organizations for Google-style Web search of office documents. SAN FRANCISCO--Google said on Tuesday it is an offering an upgraded version of the hardware appliance its sells to companies and government...

Tags: google inc., reuters, google, google search appliance, search

News items 2008-08-06