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Monthly Archives: April 2008

04.30.08 / AOL reinvents sites to attract advertisers

AOL has been struggling to update their various web sites since changing their revenue strategy last year. In an effort to attract more advertisers, they have made major changes to a number of their vertical sites, including Money & Finance, … Read more »

04.29.08 / Microsoft explores subscription plan for productivity software

The wires are buzzing this week as Microsoft is reportedly experimenting with subscription-based versions of their productivity and security software packages. The new pricing plan, code-named “Albany”, is currently in private beta, and no announcement has yet been made as … Read more »

04.29.08 / New music video site to rival YouTube

A new website aims to compete with YouTube by offering premium quality music videos. The Santa Monica, CA based start-up is PluggedIn Media, and their strategy is decidedly different from Google’s “homemade” video site. PluggedIn is firmly within the parameters … Read more »

04.28.08 / Competition heats up for RIA platforms

As the popularity of interactive web applications continues to set the standard, the tools developers use to create RIAs (rich internet applications) are increasingly functional and sophisticated. Some focus more on graphics and animation, while some are directed at businesses … Read more »

04.25.08 / Yahoo! to unify services in social networking model

Hot on the heels of Yahoo!’s better-than-expected earnings report, the search company has revealed new plans that will change their social networking strategy. Instead of continuing to pursue Yahoo! 360° as a social networking spot, Yahoo! will open its platforms … Read more »

04.24.08 / Apple earnings report is bad news for Microsoft

In an unexpected twist, yesterday’s earnings report from Apple shows that the Silicon Valley giant is still very much dependent on its Macintosh products for revenue. As the Wall Street Journal is reporting, “Apple said it sold 51% more Macs … Read more »

04.24.08 / Online identity: how businesses can appeal to multiple personas

In our everyday lives, both online and in the physical world, we all present different versions of ourselves to others. People speak differently to their friends, a clerk at the grocery store, their boss, or a bartender at their favorite … Read more »

04.23.08 / Dilbert goes Web 2.0

Scott Adams’ popular workplace comic strip, Dilbert, has undergone a Web 2.0 makeover. The new Dilbert.com hosts a blog, features flash displays of newly color strips, and invites readers to outwit Adams by creating their own punch lines for favorite … Read more »

04.22.08 / Businesses honor Earth Day with green policies

Today is the 39th annual celebration of Earth Day, a “holiday” created in 1970 to increase awareness for environmental protection. People around the world will plant trees, conserve electricity and water, stop driving, and make changes to their habits today … Read more »

04.21.08 / Mozy offers online storage for all

A new trend in SaaS applications has emerged in the online storage realm. Everyone from USAToday to CNN Money is recommending that everyday internet users engage in some form of off site document backup. One promising player in the on … Read more »