The FCC learned a couple valuable lessons from the digital television switch in Wilmington, N.C. a couple weeks ago. First: Public awareness was not a problem. Second: Access to local affiliate stations’ transmission was.
FCC Chairman Kevin Martin (right), testifying in front of Congress yesterday, reported on an unexpected technical hiccup which caused a [...]
The downturn in the economy may be reeking havoc on the stock market, but online auction site eBay is using the lull as to buy up established online classified sites at reduced rates in its continuing pursuit of market share.
Jacob Aqraou, general manager of eBay’s global classified business,: "You have a lot of ad [...]
A U.K. regulator has ruled that Phorm’s ISP targeting practices are "are capable
of being operated in a lawful, appropriate and transparent fashion," giving a boost to the web monitoring company’s business of tracking consumers online.
today, the U.K.’s Department for Business,
Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR) also stressed that any profiling Phorm conducts must be [...]
(for exhibitors) on its 3-D glasses. The freaky-looking reusable glasses are now selling for .50, down from .
The discount comes just ahead of the new year, when an estimated
The glasses sound a little pricey, but here’s the sales pitch to theater owners: It may be cheaper to buy reusable glasses than to replenish supplies of [...]
The digital television transition in Wilmington, N.C. was , and a relatively small number of people called in with problems during the first day after the switch took place.
"We only found one person, out of everyone who called, who wasn’t aware that there was going to be a transition to digital television," said Wilmington Mayor [...]
At a conference at this weekend to mark the 10th anniversary of the Justice Department's antitrust lawsuit against Microsoft, a professor held up some red meat.
"There is a certain element of deja vu" to the anniversary program
because of Justice's investigation into the ad-search deal between
Google and Yahoo, noted Harvard Business School Professor Marco
Iansiti. What [...]
This is the day of reckoning for Wall Street. The bankruptcy of
Lehman Brothers, the sale of Merrill Lynch, and the troubles at
American International Group have combined to send huge shock waves
throughout the financial world.
Who could be next and when does the credit storm ease up? How does Washington deal with the fallout? [...]
The online auction site may cut 1,500 jobs from its workforce, according to citing a report from investment-research firm Wedge Partners.
If true, the move will eliminate 10 percent of its 15,000 employees.
"We don’t have a handle on how much of the slowdown is due to economic
conditions and how much is due to competition and [...]
Techies and moneybag VCs had to make some tough decisions about next week. It's the dilemma of the ages: To attend the ?
And then, of course, there's the CTIA Wireless and I.T. and Entertainment conference later in the week, and the surprise . Good luck to anyone who attempts all four.
"I spent a lot [...]
Techies and moneybag VCs had to make some tough decisions about next week. It's the dilemma of the ages: To attend the ?
And then, of course, there's the CTIA Wireless and I.T. and Entertainment conference later in the week, and the surprise . Good luck to anyone who attempts all four.
"I spent a lot [...]