Lost in the shuffle of Microsoft’s acquisition of aQuantive, is Avenue A | Razorfish. As the largest interactive agency in the world, Razorfish carries an immense amount of clout in the industry. Does anyone think for a second that the $6 billion purchase price didn’t include Razorfish’s army of developers converting to Silverlight for development [...]
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Joost to get More Premium Content?
According to this story, Joost has signed advertising deals with a number of major brands, including Nike, GM and Coca Cola. I highly doubt that all of these brands would be willing to advertise with second-rate content. Is this a sign that Joost will soon announce more content partnerships? CBS and MTV have signed on [...]
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Are Competitive Wages Enough?
I just saw a commercial from my local cable television company letting its viewers know that they were looking for “highly motivated individuals” looking for a challenging new career. They, of course, touted their competitive wages, competitive benefits and 401(k). My question is this: What would motivate anyone to take a job where they can [...]
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Super Bowl XLI: Decent Game, Bad Ads
So, the big game was mildly entertaining. Most Super Bowls don’t live up to the massive hype machine that grows over the two week wait between the Conference Championship games and the Super Bowl itself-and Super Bowl XLI was no different. It was an OK game, but it was nothing great. Usually, however, one can [...]
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DailyTech – McAfee Places Full-Page Ad in Financial Times Blasting Microsoft
I just don’t get it. Wouldn’t this be like plumbers taking out full-page ads deriding manufacturers for making more durable pipes? Link to DailyTech – McAfee Places Full-Page Ad in Financial Times Blasting Microsoft Technorati tags: Microsoft, Vista, McAfee, Symantec, spudnik187, Bryan Bartow
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Online Ads Aren’t All Bad
So, after spending some more time with my “Two birds” killer, I realized I had made an incorrect observation about it’s capabilities, or, rather, Windows Mobile 5′s capabilities. Whereas I thought I had set up true Outlook synchronization with my MDA, I had really only set up email pop access through the device. It turns [...]
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There is No Spoon
I found a new blog today. From what I can tell it’s devoted to all things advertising. Its name is ADJAB. They’re running a story right now that claims that The Matrix story may have been “stolen”. Didn’t everyone know this? I’d heard of this long, long ago. I thought they just picked it up [...]
