http://www.wildblueskies.com Trends, strategy and insights into digital media business and culture Mon, 29 Jun 2009 10:22:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In a move that will tie up its various education related initiatives (think education fairs and exhibitions), Manorama Online, the new media division of the Kerala based Malayala Manorama, has launched ManoramaHorizon.com - an education portal. Based on the listing model ManoramaHorizon.com will allow educational institutes to enlist their names on ... http://www.wildblueskies.com/online-media-strategy/malayala-manorama-launches-manoramahorizoncom/ With this little enhancement, you will now be able to search the web from Gmail without leaving your Gmail window. Turn it on from the Labs tab under Settings, you'll see a new search box on the left side of your inbox. Type your search in, and a window (like a chat ... http://www.wildblueskies.com/online-media-strategy/gmail-gets-its-own-google-search/ Currently, 27.9 million US Internet users have a blog they update at least once per month, and they represent 14% of the Internet population. By 2013, 37.6 million users will update their blogs at least monthly. eMarketer estimates that in 2009 96.6 million US Internet users will read a blog at ... http://www.wildblueskies.com/online-media-strategy/blogs-continue-to-gain-momentum/ The fifth most popular web brand online with an estimated 83 million visitors in February - that's YouTube for you. Estimates reckon that 41% of all US video streams will go through YouTube in 2009, thanks to over 375 million unique viewers worldwide. However, revenue continues to elude YouTube. eMarketer tabulated ... http://www.wildblueskies.com/online-media-strategy/what-does-youtube-make-and-spend/ Mumbai-based Ideacts Innovations, which makes software products targeting cyber cafes, has raised series-B venture capital funding from Sequoia Capital India and Silicon Valley Bank says VCCircle. Ideacts had raised $5 million from Sequoia Capital in 2007, but the amount raised in second round is higher than first (Economic Times puts it ... http://www.wildblueskies.com/online-media-strategy/ideacts-innovations-raises-series-b-from-sequoia/ Sure, spam is irritating and frustrating for all of us and it shows no signs of slowing down, but if anyone needed yet another reason for stopping spam, consider this - the annual energy used to transmit, process and filter spam totals 33 billion kilowatt-hours (kwh) - equivalent to the ... http://www.wildblueskies.com/online-media-strategy/the-effect-of-spam-on-our-environment/ Come September 20, and telecom subscribers should be able to change their number from one mobile service provider to another for a mere Rs. 300 or less, while retaining their original phone number. Eagerly awaited, and much delayed, hopefully this will also lead to the service providers improving the quality of ... http://www.wildblueskies.com/online-media-strategy/soon-mobile-number-portability-at-less-than-rs-300/ Even as video game console shipments decline during the global recession, growth in online gaming subscriptions is expected to be grow a projected 20.4% between 2005 and 2013 due to a sizable console installed base and growing consumer awareness of online gaming, says In-Stat. Some highlights of the report, Despite Slowing ... http://www.wildblueskies.com/online-media-strategy/console-gaming-online-subscribers-to-increase-20/ The collection, Mobile Learning: Transforming the Delivery of Education and Training, is for anyone interested in the use of mobile technology for various distance learning applications. Readers will discover how to design learning materials for delivery on mobile technology and become familiar with the best practices of other educators, trainers, ... http://www.wildblueskies.com/online-media-strategy/ebook-on-mobile-learning/ A first of its kind, the International Journal of Learning and Media is devoted to examining the intersection of media and learning in multiple contexts. Volume 1, Issue 1, edited by David Buckingham, Tara McPherson and Katie Salen, is now available for FREE at http://ijlm.net. While IJLM retains the peer-review process of ... http://www.wildblueskies.com/online-media-strategy/the-international-journal-of-learning-and-media/