Online Communities

  • Zune’ing around.

    We love Jim Benson. Yes we do. We’re Gonna Zune Zune Zune ah ZuneI guess I don’t understand what a Launch is. Techmeme is abuzz today about Microsoft “Launching” their iPod called Zune. But you can’t buy one until the holidays and they won’t tell you how much one will cost.That’s not really a Launch….

  • Yahoo!Answers and Sainsburys

    Yahoo! Answers UK and Ireland have struck a deal with Sainsburys for Sainsburys to sponsor the food and drink section: Sainsbury’s to sponsor Yahoo! AnswersUK & Ireland has announced that it’s tied up with Sainsbury’s as the first global commercial sponsorship deal for its new Yahoo! Answers social search site. The campaign will see Sainsbury’s…

  • Another WPP partnership

    WPP have been busy this week: WPP Group forms partnership with TiVoAuthor: Gareth JonesWPP Group has formed a partnership with TiVo, the American personal video recorder (PVR) company that has developed technology allowing viewers to skip TV commercials. It’s understood that the deal will see WPP’s media planning and buying agency brand GroupM buy a…

  • Exploding Brands

    Ben McConnell and Jackie Huba have a superbly titled blog called Church of the Customer Blog. It’s at customerevangelists.typepad.com. Have a lookee at this bloglet Mentos and Diet Coke Chances are you’ve probably heard about and most likely seen one of hundreds of videos featuring the fun that’s possible with Diet Coke and Mentos. The…

  • WPP and LiveWorld – ads and online communities

    From e-consultancy: LiveWorld gets WPP cash injection Ad giant WPP has continued its online spending spree, leading a $2m round of funding in internet marketing outfit LiveWorld. The move comes after WPP and LiveWorld formed a joint venture in July, with both firms saying they have seen growing demand for marketing services focusing on online…

  • Talking of Microsoft

    Computeractive.co.uk brought this information from Sean Nichols (vunet.com) to my attention – it’s the official release of Zune today: Microsoft has released details of its much-anticipated Zune media player. The device will offer 30GB of storage, access to online communities and music stores, and a wireless networking feature allowing users to share media. It will…

  • Microsoft on Online Communities

    Microsoft have always done developer communities really well, I reckon. Have a look at this interview with Sean O’Driscoll, Senior Director for CSS Community and MVP Worldwide, Microsoft Corporation- in full over at informit.com. This week, Stephen Ibaraki, FCIPS, I.S.P. has an exclusive interview with noted Senior Director, Sean O’Driscoll. …The last part of this…

  • Baidu versus Google

    Snippets from New York Times’ David Barboza article, courtesy of The Ledger Online: Today, Baidu has a market value of $3 billion and operates the fourth-most trafficked Web site in the world. And Baidu is doing what no other Internet company has been able to do: clobbering Google and Yahoo in its home market. But…

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