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Echo chamber: Social media strategists are talking to themselves

We may praise ourselves for our insight. But more often than not, none of that matters. The key decision makers that are creating and implementing these campaigns don’t care what we think. by Jennifer Leggio

Tags: Advertising Agency, Advertisement, Agency, Social Media, Radio, Jonathan Trenn, Pandora, Royalty Payment, Jennifer Leggio

Blog posts 2008-08-21

iPod, Zune: Magnets for stolen music?

iPod, Zune: Magnets for stolen music?Actually, you're both wrongIt is a bit of a shakedown, but it's not how Malik is claiming it to be. It's a tactic by Microsoft to lessen Apple's power in the market. They're willing to take a huge loss on the Zune, just...

Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Apple iPod, digital audio, Apple Inc., royalty payment

Discussion threads 2006-11-09

Apple, mobile operators answer musicians' royalty call

Apple, mobile operators answer musicians' royalty callI'm confusedWhy should iTunes and the other operators be paying songwriters when they sell their music? Isn't that the responsibility of the record labels who are supplying iTunes and the others with the music? Do cd stores also have to pay a...

Tags: genie, mobile, Apple Inc., music, CD, royalty payment

Discussion threads 2006-09-29

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Large Commerce Icons 2009.3 (Windows)

Large Commerce Icons allow Web designers and application developers produce professional-looking products for accountants and bookkeepers, the financial industry, commercial and business applications. With more than 120 instantly available, royalty-free icons and the maximum size of 512x512 pixels, the Large Commerce Icons set is a sure hit. The set of...

Tags: Financial, Microsoft Windows, Image, Icon, Aha-soft, Large Commerce Icons, Operational Accounting, Financial Accounting, Finance

Software downloads 2009-10-18

Microsoft adds an 'Office Starter' edition to its distribution plans

Consumer PreinstallsAs a preinstall on new consumer computers, it makes a lot more sense than Microsoft Works.Family packs, payment plans, unlimited downloadsI think if MS offered family pack bundles; partial payments over periods of time until the software is fully paid for; and unlimited downloads of the software to registered...

Tags: Groupware, starter edition, ribbon menu, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., Office Starter, distribution plan, Microsoft Outlook

Discussion threads 2009-10-08

Small Business Icons 2009.2 (Windows)

Over a hundred royalty-free icons for developing small business solutions available for instant download! Small Business Icons represent a wide range of business items, notions, and actions from billing to shipping, from insurance to customer support, and from computer hardware to information security. Drawn in uniform colors and sharing common...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Small Business, Aha-soft, Small Business Icons

Software downloads 2009-09-30

Business Icon Set 2009.2 (Windows)

Business Icon Set is a collection of royalty-free stock icons for use in commercial and personal products, including software applications, websites, blogs, and presentations. Icons are divided into such categories as Business, Finances, Transport, Money, Computer and Reports. Icons are carefully created pixel by pixel by the hand of a...

Tags: Bank, Microsoft Windows, Icon, Aha-soft, Financial Services

Software downloads 2009-09-30

Packaged software, an accident of history

"government engineered" ????"dysfunctional business model"Sounds like someone is looking for a new "revenue stream"!This sounds suspiciously like the "lease a car" vs "rent a car" debate. Change the looks of the same old clunker to "generate sales" without really improving anything.Feudal Europe had the royalty owning the land and...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, Web Standard, software, accident

Discussion threads 2009-08-24

Kindle lawsuit not so 'ridiculous'

Kindle lawsuit not so 'ridiculous'"As Authorized""[i]... or as authorized by Amazon ...[/i]" seems to leave a pretty big hole in the TOS.RE: Kindle lawsuit not so 'ridiculous'since 1984 book is available thousands of places, the law suit has little merit in terms of damages regardless of how much the download...

Tags: Tos, lawsuit not-so, Amazon.com Inc., not-so

Discussion threads 2009-07-31

SoundExchange, webcasters settle at last

Let the music play. Finally, after two a half years, we have an agreement on webcasting royalties that doesn't doom sites like Pandora to the ashheap. The LA Times reports that SoundExchange and webcasters have agreed to a structure that doesn't require a per-song royalty payment....

Tags: Webcaster, Operational Accounting, Finance, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-07-07

Internet Radio agreement: Good enough for now

Hollywood and Silicon Valley have reached an agreement on Internet radio - an experimental payment structure that is far from perfect but much better than the alternative rate system that threatened to put Web-based streaming sites out of business. The agreement creates a tiered-system for the radio...

Tags: Revenue, Internet Radio, Agreement, Webcaster, SoundExchange, Operational Accounting, Finance, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-07-07

Money Icon Set 2009.1 (Windows)

Money Icon Set is a collection of royalty-free ready icons for use in commercial and personal products, including software applications, websites, blogs, and presentations. The icons have been carefully created pixel by pixel by the professional artists. They shine with a bright palette of colors, smooth and well-rounded edges. Superb...

Tags: Icon, Aha-soft, Microsoft Windows, Tools & Techniques, Operating Systems, Software, Management

Software downloads 2009-06-22

Pirate Bay defendant urges DDo$ attack on lawyer

Pirate Bay defendant urges DDo$ attack on lawyerBrave but silly manHe has yet to realise the golden rule in life, **NEVER** go up against lawyers.Especially, if they have just smacked you down in court.Revenge is sweete, except it will be the lawyer taking it all.. Yeah, sounds like Pirate Bay...

Tags: Piracy, SECURITY, Revenge, Pirate Bay, DDo$ attack, DDo$, attack

Discussion threads 2009-05-12

Show me how you beat Microsoft in patent fight

Show me how you beat Microsoft in patent fightDid ya see thishttp://www.cnn.com/2009/US/03/31/bridge.microsoft/index.htmlI was told in another blog that the patent is long filenames in FAT. If that is the case then we need to sue the US Patent office for giving out false patents. If they can patent...

Tags: software movement, patent, Microsoft Corp., TomTom, GPLv2

Discussion threads 2009-03-31

Windows Strata = Microsoft's layered cloud OS

Windows Strata = Microsoft's layered cloud OSThe cloud providers fully support the platform the provide. On the otherhand, try to get help from MS for problems with your application hosted on Rackspace. It will be a LONG wait.And, end users have to pick their poison. No matter which platform they...

Tags: Operating systems, Windows Strata, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, operating system

Discussion threads 2008-10-08

LiMo vows to fight on, debuts new mobile handsets from Motorola, NEC, Panasonic

The LiMo Foundation has no intention of fading away. At the launch of LinuxWorld Expo in San Francisco today, the foundation announced the release of  several new Linux-based mobile handsets from Mototorola, NEC and Panasonic. The addition of these latest models -- including Motorola's...

Tags: Panasonic, LiMo Foundation, Nokia Corp., Mobile, Handset, Symbian Inc., NEC Corp., Motorola Inc., Linux, Advertising & Promotion, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software, Marketing, Paula Rooney

Blog posts 2008-08-04

TS Man 1.2.8 (Windows)

TS Man is a very intuitive computer service & repair software, using a fast and royalty free database server for multi-user connectivity, a simple and almost self explanatory graphical user interface, through which you, the end user, will complete the daily service & repair tasks with ease and accuracy. Benefits:...

Tags: Payment, Database Server, Microsoft Windows, Blanchesoft, TS Man, Taxes, Free Trade, Databases, Financial Planning, Finance, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management

Software downloads 2008-05-28

Powerdrive Hospitality Pro 2.0.32 (Windows)

-Clock in /Clock out -Working hours control Wages report -Automated Set Cost per Head/Group Booking system -Stock control On/Off or Drinks Only -Anti Staff Fraud Features -Royalty customer system -Add customer name to bill on the fly-Customer Tab accounts payment-Gift Voucher system -Individual Tax system for each item-Individual Printer for...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Eisler Industries, Sales Strategy, Taxes, Free Trade, Sales, Financial Planning, Finance

Software downloads 2008-05-20

Is "working on it" just open source FUD?

Sun is pondering an open source codec. No they're really working on it. It even has a name. Open Media Stack. Part of the Open Media Commons initiative. Oh, it's royalty free. Look, here's a blog post. And a news release. (And a diagram, from the blog...

Tags: Open Source, Sun Microsystems Inc., Codec, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-04-14

Patent court rules in Microsoft patent spat

Patent court rules in Microsoft patent spatRare winStill leads me to be that MS support for software patents is misguided, though, even in terms of MS' own interests.Patenting software seems strange...Software patents seem strange because a developer can come up with hundreds of ways under the hood to make a...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, PATENT Process, Patenting software, patent, software, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-02-26