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Pimp My Blog
MTV parent Viacom is allowing web users to embed videos from a number of MTV sites, including Pimp My Ride, into their web spaces. This comes at a time when Viacom requested the removal of 100k+ clips from YouTube. While this move shows Viacom’s desire to control the source of their content on the web, … Continue reading
Gmail’s great viral ‘swindle’?
So, Gmail is to open up to all users worldwide bringing to an end one of the great viral marketing campaigns of recent times. When Gmail’s email service was first launched, it was invite only and I can remember the scramble among the early adopters to track down others with an account. Accounts were offered … Continue reading
Joost Box
Could Joost be the future of television? This venture, formerly known as the Venice Project has Janus Friis and Niklas Zennström behind it. These are the people who brought you Kazaa and then Skype. Read more here.
Banging the DRM
After Bill Gates’ explained his view on DRM to a group of bloggers, Steve Jobs has set out his vision for a DRMless world. At first sight it might seem that they’re both saying the same thing – i.e. that as content distributors, they perceive DRM to be an impediment to progress and not in … Continue reading
The Skype’s the limit
One of the joys of opening up your product to the development community is that you get applications that you would never have thought of and would never get budget approval to complete. Plus, their quirkiness can lead to great viral marketing. To illustrate the point, take these examples of Skype ‘hacks’ from VoIP news: … Continue reading
Your own personal Google
Google has been steadily been building a suite of products tied into a single Google identity – think Gmail, Adsense, Google Video, Groups etc.. Now Google is taking further advantage of those user accounts (as well as trying to create a few more) by adding more personalisation to searches. Now when you are signed into your … Continue reading
