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As I write this, I am wondering why Comcast doesn’t carry HD Net? Doesn’t make any sense to me.
A quick peruse on their site and you can see that HD Net has some terrific programming. Mark Cuban is a true visionary and has put together a great offering, knowing that the future of television is [...]

Viacom’s Vendetta?

What exactly did Google do to create such a fervent enemy-combatant in the media company Viacom? Ever since we learned of the collapse of discussions over carrying Viacom cable content on YouTube, Viacom has been on an apparent crusade to bring Google to its knees.
After months of negotiations to give Google’s YouTube permission to display [...]

I just bought this high definition camcorder after much decision making and research and look forward to using it. Here is a video review I came across; unfortunately, the clip stops abruptly before the reviewer finishes his discussion about the camcorder.
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AT&T’s Cingular unit and Travelocity are among the marketers whose brands’ presence in adware is continuing — despite their pledges to cease participating in such programs. But industry observers say companies bear responsibility for tracking their marketing. “They have the power to monitor their own ads, and so they should,” said Kevin Heisler, analyst at [...]

Apple reported fiscal second quarter earnings of $770 million, or 87 cents a share, on revenue of $5.26 billion. Wall Street was expecting earnings of 64 cents a share on sales of $5.17 billion, according to Thomson Financial.
In the same period a year ago, Apple reported earnings of 47 cents a share on revenue of [...]

An interview from last year that is still worth watching with a true innovator and marketing genius.
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Next week I’m leading the “Open Source, the Web, Interoperability, and Microsoft” panel at Mix07 in Vegas, my first Microsoft conference. Naturally, I’ve been pondering the topic so I don’t end up on stage with my pants around my ankles. The more I think about it, the more I think Microsoft loves open source—and [...]

The majority of people who buy insurance do online research first — but that doesn’t mean they only want to read.
Interactive tools engage people with your website, and create a more positive user experience. Marketing folks like to call a website that encourages people to spend more time on it “sticky.”
Some super-sticky websites that do [...]

All media will be going digital in the next five years, said Brian McAndrews, president/CEO of aQuantive.
In the keynote address at an industry conference titled “The Digital Decade: What the Last Five Years Can Teach Us About the Next Five,” Lynne Johnson, a senior editor at FastCompany.com, interviewed Mr. McAndrews yesterday about how past developments [...]

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