links for 2007-08-02
- GigaOM Disney, not Sony buys Club Penguin: “Contrary to earlier reports, Walt Disney Co., not Sony is buying Club Penguin, a kid-focused virtual community based in Kelowna, BC in Canada. Club Penguin” (tags: socialnetworking, socialsoftware, Business, Acquisitions, Disney, Kids)
- AC/DC Blows Off iTunes, Takes Highway To Digital Music Hell: “Rock group AC/DC, one of the last remaining big-name holdouts to digital distribution, has announced an exclusive deal with Verizon Wireless’ V CAST Music’s digital music service to deliver their entire music catalog digitally.” (tags: Music, Audio, Verizon, Mobile, media)
- The Mobile Web Versus The Web On An iPhone: iPhone Wins In A Blowout by Vidya Lakshmipathy – Forrester Research: “Forrester evaluated the iPhone’s capabilities, and we believe that the iPhone signals the beginning of the end for the mobile Web as we know it today” (tags: Mobile, Web, iPhone, trends, development)
- Yahoo’s ROBO Study: Search Has Big Impact On Offline Purchases: “Yahoo calls this ROBO — Research Online Buy Offline. It’s the latest in an increasing body of empirical data, much of it from Yahoo studies, that show how significant the Internet has become as a driver of local/offline consumer purchase behavior.” (tags: online, ecommerce, retail, Commerce, Research, Yahoo)
- Traffick: When Will Google Have a Flat Quarter? … OK, Now: Search Engine Enlightenment | Grab the feed: traffick.com/atom.xml: “Right now though, tangible evidence is mounting that finally, keyword prices in several key verticals should be affected by an economic downturn.” (tags: Google, Business, Search, Advertising, AdWords)
- Where Rupert Could Fall Short: “”This insulated the Journal from some of the harsher, short-term demands of the market. It also insulated Dow Jones’ management from feeling market pressure to make any moves that might have made the company bigger—and thus much harder for News Corp. t (tags: Business, Acquisitions, NewsCorp, WSJ, media)
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