March 2011
2 posts
Today’s Digits segment about the iPad flying off shelves. More than half a million sold in the first weekend, analysts say. That’s about as many iPad 1s Apple sold in the first week.
Here’s a clip from Digits today on the rise of television ad-targeting and what it means for consumer privacy.
February 2011
14 posts
Here’s a segment from today’s Digits about Google’s changes to its search algorithm.
Why Did Time Inc.'s Jack Griffin Get Fired? →
Mr. Griffin insisted that every magazine include a masthead in each issue and that his name be on top, bucking a long-standing tradition at the company of leaving it up to individual editors whether or not to run a masthead. The mandatory extra page cost the company about $5 million a year, said a senior executive, noting that the decision came after hundreds of employees were let go in recent...
Does Apple's New Subscription Service Run Afoul of... →
WSJ: If Apple gets to a point where it is selling 60% or more of all digital subscriptions through its App Store, “then you might move into territory where an antitrust challenge would seem feasible,” says Herbert Hovenkamp, an antitrust professor at the University of Iowa College of Law.
The planned investment fund, run from the New York company’s asset-management...
– J.P. Morgan Plans a Fund Geared to Firms Like Facebook and Twitter - WSJ.com
Wow. This is a big deal.
(via evangotlib)
China’s ascent has been the main source of popular legitimacy for the...
– Interesting page one article in WSJ today about China’s ambivalence in surpassing Japan as the world’s 2nd largest economy.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704593604576140912411499184.html
Tumbling my first video… which is about Tumblr. Just seemed the right thing to do.
Here’s a write-up of our social media panel with all-star data gurus. http://bit.ly/hoykiI
Check out wsj.com at 1 ET. I’ll be co-hosting digits, discussing Nokia “burning”, the ongoing techification of fashionweek and the iPad.
Psyched to see Malcolm Gladwell interview Wendy Kopp about TFA at NYPL.
Last-minute planning for #socialmediaweek panel on big data today at Google in NY. 12 to 2 (panel starts at 12:30). http://bit.ly/fW692W
Catching up on The Morning After @TMAonHulu. hulu.com/the-morning-after
January 2011
1 post
RT @zseward: Great new writethru on Google shakeup http://on.wsj.com/gaNV2q by @Amir_Efrati and @JVascellaro
October 2010
6 posts
Networks in rift with Google TV. @samschechner and @amir_efrati http://bit.ly/bRwJap
Sneak peak of new @biz commercial for Stoli. http://bit.ly/bf9aUx
Yahoo Huddles As Firms Show Interest. http://bit.ly/cUALCN
Check out wsj.com at 8:30 ET. I’ll be talking about Yahoo live.
AOL, Blackstone, Silverlake talk Yahoo. http://bit.ly/bscis8
Will you save online ads and go back to them later? http://bit.ly/ca4783
July 2010
7 posts
Goog trioka on China, APPL, etc. www.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704111704575355601458441956.html?mod=WSJ_hpp_LEFTWhatsNewsCollection
Google trioka talks China, Apple & more. http://bit.ly/cRXI9n …
Media chefs fretting over the economy at Sun Valley. http://bit.ly/bTPv05
From Sun Valley: Krikorian on Google TV and how hardware makers should respond. http://bit.ly/c0dzKh
Zuck and Schmidt peel away from the pack and Sun Valley: http://bit.ly/9T2EEt
My walk-up to Sun Valley. http://bit.ly/dsq1T5
Who would be the most fascinating person to interview in New York City?
June 2010
2 posts
Today’s @Digits show. Have you ever seen a Kin in the wild and what media cos. think about Hulu. http://bit.ly/dkPr8x
Breaking: Hulu could begin testing subscription service this month. “Preview” will be invite only, at first. http://bit.ly/bopUUL
May 2010
9 posts
56 min left to join the fun at Teach For America benefit tonight bit.ly/9XIw93. Can’t wait to see the 400 of you who have bought tickets.
Yahoo Ad Campaign: Take Two. (via @vranicawsj) http://bit.ly/d5yGan
RT @magiccurrykart: Teach For America’s 1st annual SF fundraiser at the Cal Academy 5/7 - http://bit.ly/cu4Np9 - Come bid for Magic Curr …
Full Facebook glitch story. http://bit.ly/dzb21l
Running upstairs to do Digits Live with breaking news on Facebook. Blogs.wsj.com/digits
An updated version of my Google Books article with @jeffreyT1 http://bit.ly/adL0B4
Google to start selling digital books this summer. http://bit.ly/bn31wU
Come to my panel on strategies for publishers who want alternatives to Google. Starts in 10! #w2e
Come to “Media’s New Business Model: Success without Google (Web 2.0 Panel)” Tuesday, May 4 from 8:00 am to 11:00… http://bit.ly/bwlV1y
April 2010
33 posts
Google plans to show off TV/settop box technology to developers in May. http://bit.ly/aS0YUU
WSJ.com - Facebook Wants to Know More Than Just Who Your Friends … http://on.wsj.com/9UsZpr
Google discloses user data requests. Brazil and U.S. respond. http://bit.ly/dxmzpN
Yahoo starts to pay for Yahoo’s search business, boosting profits. http://bit.ly/cZVmtT
Check out blogs.wsj.com/digits around 10 to hear me talk about Google privacy letter and upcoming news.
Officials from ten countries demand Google pay more attention to user privacy, send Google a nasty letter. http://bit.ly/bEgZmh
Tech sector in hiring drive. (written w/@carituna) http://bit.ly/bFPh6g
Excited to meet developers at #chirp.
Today’s Digits Live with @staceydelo. We discussed possible hurdles ahead for promoted Tweets. http://bit.ly/ansmQ9