So the iPhone 3G S is lust-worthy, if for no other reason than the 3MP autofocus camera and the speed increase. There’s plenty of news about how AT&T is lagging – no MMS (coming), no tethering (maybe coming), giving smaller discounts to iPhone 3G customers than to new customers. I’m not eligible for the $299 [...]
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Yahoo! acquires IndexTools
April 9th, 2008 2 Comments
Today Yahoo! and IndexTools announced that Yahoo! is acquiring IndexTools. Here is the official press release. I’m really jazzed about it. IndexTools is a great group that’s been laser focused on the stuff that customers care about. They have a very practical attitude towards their products. Because they started in 2000, they learned from the [...]
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The Behavioral Targeting Penguin
March 10th, 2008 No Comments
Hi kids! Today the cute and cuddly Mr. Penguin from AOL will answer all your questions on behavioral targeting! Isn’t he cute! Now you know that behavioral targeting is your friend! Have a good day! And a tip o’the cap to the Good People at AOL who keep Mr. Penguin in anchovies in return for [...]
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US Purplebacks?
September 21st, 2007 No Comments
So I see the U.S. Government is showing off the new currency .. Hey, they are using Yahoo! purple for the number. Coincidence? I’m just asking…
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Twitter: Social Microblogging
June 2nd, 2007 4 Comments
I’ve been dorking with Twitter .. still trying to figure out if it’s a great waste of time, or a lousy waste of time. I’m sure the cool kids are using it via SMS, but something about having my phone buzz me to learn that one of my friends is now eating a cookie just [...]
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FeedBurner to Google
May 23rd, 2007 No Comments
Like many bloggers, I use FeedBurner to distribute my RSS feed. They provide well-formed feeds, predictable performance, and a small amount of reporting so I can see how many RSS readers I have and what articles they click on. You might recall that FeedBurner acquired BlogBeat some time back, but I don’t think they actually [...]
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WPP and 24/7; Microsoft and aQuantive
May 18th, 2007 No Comments
The online ad market gets more interesting by the week. Yesterday WPP Group, a huge advertising conglomerate, agreed to acquire 24/7 Real Media. Microsoft, not to be denied an ad network, purchased Seattle-based aQuantive — for an amazing US$6B in cash, an 85% premium. That means Microsoft gets Avenue A | Razorfish and Atlas. This [...]
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Notes on Emetrics Summit San Francisco 2007
May 15th, 2007 7 Comments
Another Emetrics has come and gone. Many of the Summit’s highlights have been presented in other blogs, but I did want to point out a few personal observations: Big News and Rumors: Eric Peterson strikes out on his own, a new Google Analytics, and WebSideStory changes its name to Visual Sciences. But the biggest question [...]
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Your Web Analytics Software Is Junk
May 13th, 2007 2 Comments
Scoble asks What Will Steve Jobs Kill Next? It’s a good list, if not misleading (the iPhone will have a keyboard equivalent, for instance) but shows how designers should be ruthless in challenging assumptions, and cutting out what isn’t necessary. Think about web analytics software. We’re overwhelmed by silly reports, useless visualizations, and bizarre multidimensional [...]
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