The Masters of Media (MofM) blog is a collaborative initiative from the New Media Master’s students of the University of Amsterdam. The blog was constructed in September 2006 as part of the New Media Practices course, taught by Geert Lovink. It strives to become a recognized authority on what’s going on in the wide world […]
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Saregama India, part of the Gramophone Company of India and owners of the pioneering HamaraCD.com are planning to launch a portal from where users would be able to download over 27,000 hours of music at Rs. 12 per song. HamaraCD was one of the first Indian sites which gave the user the option to create […]
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Make way for the new breed of search engines. Take Mahalo for instance which claims to be the world’s first human-powered search engine, and thus giving only highly relevant categorised results. Being human powered, would of course have implications on scale as Ask.com had discovered, but without doubt, this would be one way to cut […]
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Incuby is aiming to build a community where inventors can display their inventions to the general public, entrepreneurs and investors. The site is still in development and will move to a closed beta test in the coming weeks with a broad number of inventors already signed up to test the site. The focus is on […]
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According to the new Telephia Premium SMS Report, Premium SMS revenues totaled more than $273 million, making up 32 percent of mobile content revenue in Q1 2007. This report includes content purchased via premium SMS from off-portal storefronts as well as premium text messaging services, like voting/sweepstakes and chat.
Download purchases paid for via premium SMS […]
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Changing the world, one startup at a time.
This Business 2.0 compilation showcases the innovations that have either changed the world of threaten to do so. Probably their answer to the TED Talks.
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An IDC report forecasts that Internet advertising will grow about three times as fast as advertising overall during the forecast period. The overall revenue of Internet advertising will grow from $16.9 billion in 2006 to $31.3 billion in 2011 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 13.5%.
Search advertising will retain its number 1 position […]
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An ideation portal, Ideawicket allows innovators to post their ideas or offer solutions to companies that may source those ideas or post their requirements. Catering to a varied cross-section of industries, the portal allows innovators to browse through the company requirements and post their ideas free of charge. To get access to the ideas however, […]
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In 2006, VC forms are estimated to have invested over $32 billion globally - the highest VC investment in the last 5 years. With 27 investments worth $166 million versus 2 investments worth $17 million, Indian dotcoms too made a strong comeback in 2006.
An important aspect of the dotcom boom this time around, is the […]
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For more than a half-century it has entertained, informed and captivated, but television as we know it today is about to disappear.
The convergence of TV with the Internet is transforming a technology that has gone largely unchanged for 60 years–a one-way, TV signal broadcast to a screen, whether that screen is a TV, PC or […]
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