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Can video make reading sexy? CBS to launch book channel online

“Video killed the radio star”? So sings The Buggles.CBS Corporation’s Simon & Schuster, however, is singing the praises of video to make books stars and is creating a new “book-centric” Internet video channel aimed at doing just that: BookVideos.tv!Slated for a June launch, BookVideos.tv will “humanize authors,” Sue Fleming, Vice...

Tags: Culture, Marketing, The Real Deal, TV, Video, Web 2.0, YouTube

Blog posts 2007-05-10

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

Google: Why use Gmail?

Google is no longer shy in touting its Gmail.On Valentines Day, Google shed the Gmail veneer of exclusivity, as I discuss in "Google’s Silence."I also pointed out in "Gmail for the masses" how Google is exploiting the most valuable Web real estate to promote Gmail uptake: its own $150 billion...

Tags: Advertising, Google, Google Software Applications, Marketing, ROI, Search, Search Advertising, Self-Promotion, Social Media, Social Networking, Social Web, The Real Deal, Video, YouTube

Blog posts 2007-02-17

Jim Lanzone's vision for Ask.com: 'Real Deal' Interview

Barry Diller, CEO, IAC/Interactive, has taken to extolling the IAC search engine property Ask.com as the “connecting glue” for IAC’s “integrated conglomerate” of diverse Web properties and services.Jim Lanzone, CEO, Ask.com, however, prefers to see himself operating as a “chef” remixing content ingredients to create a better search experience for...

Tags: Business Models, Local, Usability, Advertising, Search, Google, Blogs, CEO Interviews, Internet Data, Brands, Marketing, The Real Deal, ROI, Metrics, Ask.com, AskX strategy

Blog posts 2007-01-10

Bid4Spots vs. Google Audio Ads? EXCLUSIVE 'Real Deal' CEO interview on radio battle

Bid4Spots is an online marketplace for unsold commercial radio advertising inventory based on the premise that when ”radio stations have unsold airtime close to the week of broadcast, many would rather sell it at a substantially discounted rate, than not sell it at all.”Bid4Spots runs weekly reverse auctions where radio...

Tags: Bid4Spots, ROI, Radio, Google Software Applications, The Real Deal, Marketing, Google, Search, Advertising, Media, Local, Business Models

Blog posts 2006-12-10

Blip.tv vs. YouTube? Founder talks 'The Real Deal' in exclusive interview

Blip.tv is not a blip in online video.I chatted at length with Mike Hudack, co-founder and CEO, today about how blip.tv came to be and where it is headed.Blip.tv has a simple tag line that encapsulates its straightforward mission: “a great service for great shows.” Hudack and his four...

Tags: YouTube Inc., video, Mike Hudack, advertisement, Blip.tv

Blog posts 2006-11-13

SWMX Radio vs. Google? SWMX COO talks 'The Real Deal' in exclusive interview

Google was mum on its dMarc Broadcasting acquisition at its Q3 conference call last month (see "Is Google hiding the radio star? Google silent on dMarc Broadcasting").Google spokesperson Michael Mayzel told me that Google is:Planning on releasing a beta version of Google Audio Ads by the end of the year.Industry insiders...

Tags: Business Models, Local, Media, Advertising, Google, TV, Television, The Real Deal

Blog posts 2006-11-05

Metacafe vs. YouTube? Metacafe CEO talks 'The Real Deal' in exclusive interview

Google’s acquisition of YouTube realigned the online video space.Metacafe is now the “world’s largest independent video site,” according to Arik Czerniak, Co-founder and CEO. I had a lengthy chat with Czerniak yesterday while he was in NewYork City, the “media capital of the world.”Czerniak is based in Israel, where he...

Tags: Business Models, Media, Advertising, Culture, User-Generated Content, Venture Capital, VC, Social Web, Video, YouTube, Amateur Content, Self-Promotion, TV, Television, The Real Deal, Content, Social Media

Blog posts 2006-11-04

Additional Resources

Google's Chrome OS: Will you give up desktop apps?

I won't ntntI can'tI'm not online 24/7. I need local apps, as does everyone else. Say what you want. But network outages happen... Weather by forces of nature or human error, a network will eventually go down. It's only a matter of time. And knowing Google's past GMail outages, I...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Desktops, operating system, desktop, Google Inc., desktop app, netbook, Google Chrome

Discussion threads 2009-11-19

iTablet goes OLED,??bumped until late 2010

$2000? I doubt it.Apple puts themselves in a "premium" price range, but $2000 for a 10" tablet? Even they're not THAT crazy.No ThanksDon't need or want either, waste of space...If I want real gaming, I'd rather play real games on my PS3 or Wii on my flat screen; or on...

Tags: SunSHINE, iTablet, organic light-emitting diode, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-19

GIMP dropped from default Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx installation

I use the GIMPThe user interface stinks, but the GIMP is a powerful application. I use it regularly for editing pictures. F-spot on the other hand, I don't like much. I use gThumb for organizing my photos (gThumb was F-spot's predecessor in early Ubuntu versions). gThumb also allows some simple...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, GIMP, Ubuntu

Discussion threads 2009-11-19

Rumored HTC 'Dragon' Google phone to spar with iPhone, Droid

The problem for competitors is that Google could throw a billion or more atmobile OS market including Android and ChromeOS. They just want a flood of cheap, very functional, very powerful mobile internet devices. They do not need ANY profits on the OS itself.Hardware manufactures like Palm, Blackberry, and Nokia...

Tags: Keyboards, Telecom & Utilities, Smart phones, Handhelds, phone, keyboard, Google Inc., physical keyboard, High Tech Computer Corp., iPhone Droid, Apple iPhone

Discussion threads 2009-11-18

Office 2010 Beta 2: More than just a bunch of pretty icons

Of course its better, they stole ideas fromOf course 2010 is better, they stole (oops, innovated) most of the new ideas from Office MVPs that built add ins to previous versions. (There is a very silent revolt going on in the MVP ranks over it and many long term...

Tags: Numbering, Microsoft Office, Office MVP, ribbon, Microsoft Word

Discussion threads 2009-11-18

YouTube/Univision deal a huge resource for teachers

Off topic: have you seen this great stuff for Ed Tech?I haven't tried it, but it looks very promising:http://lizards.opensuse.org/2009/11/17/opensuse-edu-li-f-e-creating-open-minds/Yeah...we're still blocked....NTNTCall me a Luddite,Call me a Luddite, but I don't think TV or Movies belong in the classroom.Its been a long time, but back when I was in HS any...

Tags: Microsoft Windows NT, YouTube/Univision, Luddite, Call-me

Discussion threads 2009-11-17

YouTube/Univision deal a huge resource for teachers

Here's one from the "One more reason not to block YouTube" files: Univision will be posting its content for free on YouTube. The details announced yesterday provide easy access to programming online for a quickly growing segment of the US population. Just as importantly from an educational perspective,...

Tags: YouTube Inc., Material, Corporate Communications, Internet, Marketing, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-11-17

Beware: Spam on Facebook and Twitter has reached epidemic

another spammer paradise...tell me something I don't know.Duh reallyDuh really,you got payed to tell us were getting spammed?? Well actually you get spammed i don't subscribe to twitter or face book. I just simply email friends and family and guess what,i don't get spammed doing it that way,who woulda known!How...

Tags: Cyberthreats, Twitter Inc., social site, moral code, spam, Facebook

Discussion threads 2009-11-17

CRM Association-Netherlands Rocks Het Huis!

I'm in love with Amsterdam....no wait, I love it but I'm not in love....no, hold on, I like it a lot, but I'm not in love, nor do I love it. The Theory.... Interestingly enough (to me at least and who else am I really writing this for...

Tags: Car, Amsterdam, Conference, CRM, Advertising & Promotion, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Paul Greenberg

Blog posts 2009-11-16

Microsoft confirms 'detailed' Windows 7 exploit

Ummm interesting....so just block 139 and 445...445? great that port aggain.Is SMB blocked to/from internet by th firewall by default?RE: Microsoft confirms 'detailed' Windows 7 exploitPorts 139 and 445 are blocked by default for Internet access by Windows firewall in Windows 7 and any commerical hardware firewall. They are enabled...

Tags: Firewalls, SMB/SME, SMB protocol, Microsoft Windows 7, firewall, Windows 7 exploit, Microsoft Windows, small and medium business, Microsoft Windows Vista, operating system, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-11-16

Asia-Pacific leaders: no final deal in Copenhagen

Here Harry, take this tylenol.You're way too excited.The end of US freedomsWelcome to the new world where you are going tobe taxed and wealth transferred to other countries.2010 Vote them out.2012 Vote him out.Here's some better newshttp://www.climatedepot.com/a/3515/Prominent-Russian-Scientist-We-should-fear-a-deep-temperature-drop--not-catastrophic-global-warmingThanks to solar cycles, there's more to fear from COOLING than warming.Harry is such...

Tags: Government, leader, global warming, rich nation

Discussion threads 2009-11-16

Hackers bypass Windows 7 activation

lol...and double lolwhoever thinks that windows 7 is any better than any previous disaster they created will be dispelled soon.Google will take over and leave MS in the dustGoogle is going to take over and leave the lethargic Windows in PC dust.loverock's mother herei must apologize for my 44 old...

Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Linux

Discussion threads 2009-11-16