Yahoo! online ad warning sees shares tumble

Yahoo!'s CFO warned of a weakening in online advertising demand yesterday, causing jitters among investors in major US internet stocks.

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Posted 20 September 2006 09:58am by Richard Maven with 0 comments

MSN exhibits great use of Ajax, good for the web

Over at Ajaxian yesterday, Michael Mahemoff gives a heads up on the latest Web 2.0 move by MSN, which sees them offer pretty much as yet unheard of Ajax driven user features for their image search. 

It’s great, but it’s also gimmicky – KISS.

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Posted 18 September 2006 20:57pm by gareth knight with 1 comment

Thoughts on d.Construct 2006 conference

If you’re watching the Web 2.0 scene in the UK then you might be interested in some thoughts on the annual d.Construct conference I attended last Friday.

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Posted 13 September 2006 10:28am by gareth knight with 1 comment

Amazon launches TV and film service

Amazon has launched its long-anticipated video downloading service, marking its entrance into the online TV and movie business.

Dubbed Amazon Unbox, the service will offer TV programmes from a wide range of broadcasters including MTV, the BBC, Fox, Nickelodeon and The History Channel.

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Posted 08 September 2006 12:00pm by Richard Maven with 0 comments

Waterstone’s relaunches site as Amazon deal ends

High street book chain Waterstone’s  has relaunched its website as part of a bid to revive falling sales.

A soft launch of the site took place this week, with new features including a book club, suggestion lists and video feeds from authors.

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Posted 01 September 2006 15:56pm by Richard Maven with 0 comments

Frank Quattrone escapes third trial, charges to be dropped

Infamous dotcom banker Frank Quattrone has cut a deal with the US government to end his three-year prosecution for obstruction of justice.

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Posted 23 August 2006 13:07pm by Richard Maven with 0 comments

Digital Bites - A Week In The Video Downloads Sector

LOVEFiLM's Craig Sullivan provides a weekly overview of the key news stories to emerge this week in the online video sector...

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Posted 27 July 2006 14:03pm by Chris Lake with 0 comments

Craig's digital video roundup

Here's LOVEFiLM's Craig Sullivan's weekly digest of the key news affecting the digital media sector.

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Posted 26 July 2006 11:43am by Chris Lake with 0 comments

Jeff Bezos invests in 37Signals

I nearly fell of my chair this morning when I read that 37Signals have taken on outside funding, but after reading a bit further I’ve come to the conclusion that they’re actually in a very, very sweet spot…

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Posted 26 July 2006 10:23am by gareth knight with 0 comments

What digital giants can learn from Greek mythology

Microsoft’s choice of Argo as the development name for its eagerly awaited digital media player has got us thinking about how other mighty digital brands might (or might not) want to draw on Greek mythology for inspiration.

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Posted 25 July 2006 14:07pm by Linus Gregoriadis with 0 comments