Black Friday Cyber Monday

For a bit of seasonality here, as we just got out of the Thanksgiving week-end, it seems like Black Friday is becoming Cyber-Friday as more folks in the US do their Holiday shopping online. Online transaction was 25% up on Friday vs total Black Friday sales which rose by a mere 0.5%.
* More at WSJ

Internet Monopolies: A Tolkien Analogy

Sometimes, I do get scared of monopolistic internet situations, when I realize the power of Google, Facebook or Wikipedia...
Great article on this topic on the Guardian

Micropayment: the Answer to Freemium?

Now that the 'gout du jour' is in making people pay online, micropayment is getting a lot of attention. Who are these micropayment companies that will allow faster / real monetization of the web?

From Google Checkout to Paypal, learn more @ Forbes

Behavioral Advertising

Now when you visit a website, this website won't serve you ads depending on who they guess you are but they will now which websites you have visited before and what searches you've done, and will serve you ads accordingly. This is better ad targetting than ever before, thanks to new data mining companies.

* Read more @ WSJ

Is the Future of Gaming Online

Another industry that is scared of piracy and is moving its business model from consoles to online.
* More at The Economist

Texting too much: a good thing?

Seems like multitasking and texting at all times could be a good thing, developing the future workforce time management & communication skills.
* Read at WSJ

What does Google know about you?

A lot / way too much. And the Google Dashboard will show you how much it really is that Google knows about you.
* Read @ Techcrunch

Facebook Ad Spams: Very insightful interview: TO READ!

If you want to know why when you click on an ad on FB, you end up in a place that looks like a scam, read this interview from Dennis Yu, CEO of Blitzlocal and one of the active companies in Facebook spams.
*Read @ Techcrunch

Is convergence finally really here?

On connecting your TV directly to the internet to access content and services? and also eventually videos.
Who would have thought?
Lately no post because blogger is not available in China. No post, no reading posts. Feels quite strange when half of th einternet is blocked.
* Re: connected TVs, read @ NYtimes.